℗ 1967 Polydor (UK)
Released | 1967 |
Duration | 39m 04s |
Record Label | UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) |
Genre | Rock |
The Who Sell Out (Stereo)
The Who
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Armenia City In The Sky (Incl. Two Radio London Jingles)
The Who; Speedy Keen |
3:48 | |||
1.2
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Heinz Baked Beans (Incl. "More Music" Jingle)
The Who |
1:00 | |||
1.3
|
Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand (Acoustic / Incl. "Premier Drums Commercial" / Radio London Jingle)
The Who |
2:28 | |||
1.4
|
Odorono (Incl. Radio London "Smooth Sailing" Jingle)
The Who |
2:35 | |||
1.5
|
Tattoo (Incl. "Church Of Your Choice" Jingle)
The Who |
2:51 | |||
1.6
|
Our Love Was (Incl. "Pussycat, Speakeasy & Rotosound" Jingles)
The Who |
3:23 | |||
1.7
|
I Can See For Miles
The Who |
4:05 | |||
1.8
|
I Can't Reach You (Incl. "Charles Atlas" Commercial)
The Who |
3:31 | |||
1.9
|
Medac
The Who |
0:59 | |||
1.10
|
Relax
The Who |
2:38 | |||
1.11
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Silas Stingy
The Who |
3:04 | |||
1.12
|
Sunrise
The Who |
3:04 | |||
1.13
|
Rael (Pt.1 & Pt.2)
The Who |
5:38 |
"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 stereo 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 | -0.67 -2.15 to -0.32 | -15.00 -19.04 to -12.53 | -12.01 -16.10 to -9.40 | 9 8 to 11 | |
1 | Armenia City In The Sky (Incl. Two Radio London Jingles) | -0.42 | -13.94 | -10.6 | 9 |
2 | Heinz Baked Beans (Incl. "More Music" Jingle) | -0.44 | -16.03 | -12.5 | 10 |
3 | Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand (Acoustic / Incl. "Premier Drums Commercial" / Radio London Jingle) | -0.73 | -14.47 | -11.7 | 9 |
4 | Odorono (Incl. Radio London "Smooth Sailing" Jingle) | -0.49 | -15.26 | -12.8 | 10 |
5 | Tattoo (Incl. "Church Of Your Choice" Jingle) | -0.62 | -14.63 | -12.4 | 9 |
6 | Our Love Was (Incl. "Pussycat, Speakeasy & Rotosound" Jingles) | -0.72 | -15.89 | -12.5 | 10 |
7 | I Can See For Miles | -0.32 | -12.53 | -9.4 | 8 |
8 | I Can't Reach You (Incl. "Charles Atlas" Commercial) | -0.67 | -14.74 | -11.6 | 10 |
9 | Medac | -0.82 | -16.48 | -13.3 | 11 |
10 | Relax | -0.51 | -14.02 | -10.9 | 9 |
11 | Silas Stingy | -0.40 | -13.82 | -11.3 | 9 |
12 | Sunrise | -2.15 | -19.04 | -16.1 | 11 |
13 | Rael (Pt.1 & Pt.2) | -0.44 | -14.12 | -11.0 | 8 |