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ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE RECORDS OUT. GREAT ROCK, GREAT COMEDY & GREAT ADVERTS. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. NEVER GET TIRED OF LISTENING TO IT. ALSO IT HAS MY SIGNATURE SONG ON "SILAS STINGY"
Great music i have it on vinyl i can now listen to it in my car. They don't make music like this anymore the adverts are funny.
Coming from someone whose parents were little more than children at the time of this album's release, i did wonder at the time whether I'd 'get' the who sell out. From it's striking front jacket featuring Pete Townshend without a jacket to it's zany captions citing Baked Beans, deodorant and acne cream amongst its inspiration it was unlike some of the other elaborate mystical artwork of 60s bands that i was used too. In fact i distinctly remember as a ten-year-old walking into a record shop and thinking it was a wholly bizarre looking thing bordering on intimidating. However as i reached late teens i realised the significance of The Who and after spotting this album on e-bay, the vaguely familiar artwork suddenly bore new- meaning. This album is definitely best appreciated either having just experienced puberty or being in the developing stages of it. Suddenly the large nosed fellow clutching a bottle of deodorant makes sense, as does Keith Moon despairing over a coaster sized pimple on his face trying every cream under the sun to clear his acne.That intimidating feeling I felt back then in the record shop is exactly what puberty feels like. Even Roger Daltrey bathing in baked beans seems relevant after living off a student diet for a couple of years. So what of the album itself? Well the album cover sets the tempo for everything else to follow, its a bold,baffling, at times hilarious and youthful pastiche'of 60s sound trickery and engineering plus a joyous example of an iconic band in the making. Opening like an offshore radio station, the 'sell-out' aspect of the album is illustrated with a series of radio commercials, advertisements and jingles bridging each of the main songs. The first track 'Armenia City In the Sky' blasts with all the force, strident romp and purpose that made The Who legend, and other similar tracks such as 'Jaguar' continue this theme. But there is another side to The Who at work here too. Pete Townshend particularly explores a much more lyrical side to his work, with a couple of gentle yet dazzling ballads such as the haunting 'Sunrise' and 'Our Love was'. Then there are a couple of gems released on the remastered edition for the first time, such as Keith Moon's 'Girl's eyes' with it's delightful nostalgic feel. The frivolous yet witty theme of Pete Townshends composition Tattoo is accompanied by an exquisitely worked bit of harmony that clearly shows if the album in parts was intended to be juvenile, the studio techniques and The Who's mastery of them had clearly come of age. This is the Who's experimenting ground that would eventually be truly bottled on masterpieces such as Tommy and Quadrophenia, but it is perhaps no less important as it listens like the blue-print behind those later works. But even for those unfamiliar with other Who works this album should in places, still provide ample entertainment to make it a sound investment. So overall,a tongue-in cheek is an absolute requirement with The Who Sell Out, at other times there are tender melodies and soaring lyrics that will touch most people. And In a way that playful humour of turning pretension on its head is as relevant today as it was when the album was conceived. And as long as that transition from childhood to adulthood exists, there will always be a place for The who Sell Out on any shelf anywhere in the world.Read full review
This is an album that takes me back to radio London in the '60's I have the vinyl but won't play it for fear of damaging it. This has all the jingles that radio London used to use, absolutely brilliant, plus the sounds of the 1960's Who. Frank