℗ 1967 Polydor (UK)
| Released | 1967 |
| Duration | 38m 46s |
| Record Label | UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) |
| Genre | Rock |
The Who Sell Out (Mono)
The Who
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Armenia City In The Sky (Mono Version)
The Who; Speedy Keen |
3:46 | |||
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1.2
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Heinz Baked Beans (Mono Version)
The Who |
0:57 | |||
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1.3
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Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand (Mono Version)
The Who |
2:34 | |||
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1.4
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Odorono (Mono Version)
The Who |
2:35 | |||
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1.5
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Tattoo (Mono Version)
The Who |
2:41 | |||
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1.6
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Our Love Was (Mono Version)
The Who |
3:23 | |||
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1.7
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I Can See For Miles (Mono Version)
The Who |
4:05 | |||
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1.8
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I Can't Reach You (Mono Version)
The Who |
3:27 | |||
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1.9
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Medac (Mono Version)
The Who |
0:56 | |||
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1.10
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Relax (Mono Version)
The Who |
2:36 | |||
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1.11
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Silas Stingy (Mono Version)
The Who |
2:58 | |||
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1.12
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Sunrise (Mono Version)
The Who |
3:00 | |||
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1.13
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Rael (Pt.1 & Pt.2 / Track Records Run Out Groove / Mono Version)
The Who |
5:48 |
"Celebrated with an elaborate new box set, their 1967 pop-art experiment remains the band’s dark-horse favorite, when they were scrappy enough to laugh at themselves but strong enough to write the music that would define their career."
- Pitchfork
Initially released in December 1967 and described latterly by Rolling Stone as "The Who’s finest album" The Who Sell Out reflected a remarkable year in popular culture. As well as being forever immortalized as the moment when the counterculture and the ‘Love Generation’ became a global phenomenon and ‘pop’ began metamorphosing into ‘rock’.
The Who Sell Out was originally planned by Pete Townshend and the band’s managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, as a loose concept album including jingles and commercials linking the songs stylised as a pirate radio broadcast. This concept was born out of necessity as their label and management wanted a new album and Townshend felt that he didn’t have enough songs.
The ground-breaking original plan for The Who Sell Out was to sell advertising space on the album but instead the band opted for writing their own jingles, paying tribute to pirate radio stations and to parody an increasingly consumerist society.
The Who Sell Out is a bold depiction of the period in which it was made, the tail-end of the ‘swinging 60s’ meets Pop art mixed with psychedelia and straight-ahead pop. It’s a glorious blend of classic powerful Who instrumentation, melodic harmonies, satirical lyrical imagery crystallised for what was only the group’s third album. The album’s ambition and scope is unrivalled by The Who, or any other act from that period.
This re-release features the original mono mix of the album!
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
Tracks 1-13 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-13 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.04 -1.96 to -0.21 | -14.71 -17.65 to -12.29 | -12.04 -14.90 to -9.40 | 9 7 to 10 | |
| 1 | Armenia City In The Sky (Mono Version) | -0.90 | -13.65 | -10.3 | 8 |
| 2 | Heinz Baked Beans (Mono Version) | -1.70 | -16.19 | -12.4 | 8 |
| 3 | Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand (Mono Version) | -1.52 | -15.28 | -12.6 | 9 |
| 4 | Odorono (Mono Version) | -0.91 | -14.91 | -12.7 | 10 |
| 5 | Tattoo (Mono Version) | -0.82 | -14.71 | -12.5 | 9 |
| 6 | Our Love Was (Mono Version) | -1.41 | -13.98 | -11.2 | 8 |
| 7 | I Can See For Miles (Mono Version) | -0.69 | -12.29 | -9.4 | 7 |
| 8 | I Can't Reach You (Mono Version) | -1.14 | -14.93 | -12.6 | 9 |
| 9 | Medac (Mono Version) | -1.49 | -15.44 | -13.3 | 10 |
| 10 | Relax (Mono Version) | -0.57 | -13.67 | -11.3 | 9 |
| 11 | Silas Stingy (Mono Version) | -0.21 | -14.23 | -11.9 | 10 |
| 12 | Sunrise (Mono Version) | -1.96 | -17.65 | -14.9 | 10 |
| 13 | Rael (Pt.1 & Pt.2 / Track Records Run Out Groove / Mono Version) | -0.21 | -14.36 | -11.4 | 10 |