Artist: THE WHO
Album: THE WHO SELL OUT REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1967/ 1995
Media type: CD

The Who Sell Out is the third album by the English rock band The Who, released in 1967. It is a concept album, formatted as a collection of unrelated songs interspersed with faux commercials and public service announcements. The album purports to be a broadcast by pirate radio station Radio London. Part of the intended irony of the title was that The Who were actually making commercials during that period of their career, some of which are included as bonus tracks on the remastered CD.

The album's release was reportedly followed by a bevy of lawsuits due to the mention of real-world commercial interests in the faux commercials and on the album covers, and by the makers of the real jingles (Radio London jingles), who claimed The Who used them without permission. (The jingles were produced by PAMS Productions of Dallas, Texas, which created thousands of station ID jingles in the 1960s and 1970s.) In 2003, the album was ranked number 113 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

All tracks written by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

TRACKLIST:

01 "Armenia City in the Sky" (John Keen) – 3:12
"Radio London"

02 "Heinz Baked Beans" (John Entwistle) – 0:57
"More Music"

03 "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" – 2:04
"Premier Drums"
"Radio London" (Instrumental)

04 "Odorono" – 2:16
"Radio London"

05 "Tattoo" – 2:42
"Radio London" (Church of Your Choice)

06 "Our Love Was" – 3:07
"Radio London" (Pussycat)
"Speakeasy"
"Rotosound Strings"

07 "I Can See for Miles" – 4:17


"Charles Atlas"
08 "Can't Reach You" – 3:03
09 "Medac" (John Entwistle) – 0:57
10 "Relax" – 2:38

"Rotosound Strings" (1995 remix only)
11 "Silas Stingy" (John Entwistle) – 3:04
12 "Sunrise – 3:03
13 "Rael (1 and 2)" – 5:44
"Track Records"


Bonus tracks (1995 remixed and remastered CD):

14 "Rael 2" – 0:47
"Top Gear"

15 "Glittering Girl" (previously unreleased) – 2:56
"Coke 2"

16 "Melancholia" – 3:17
"Bag O'Nails"

17 "Someone's Coming" (Entwistle) – 2:29
"John Mason's Cars" (Rehearsal)

18 "Jaguar" – 2:51
"John Mason's Cars" (Reprise)

19 "Early Morning Cold Taxi" (Roger Daltrey, Dave Langston) – 2:55
"Coke 1"

20 "Hall of the Mountain King" (Edvard Grieg) (previously unreleased) – 4:14
"Radio 1" (Boris Mix)

21 "Girl's Eyes" (Keith Moon) – 3:28
"Odorono" (Final Chorus)

22 "Mary-Anne with the Shaky Hand" (alternate version, previously unreleased) – 3:19

23 "Glow Girl" – 2:24
"Track Records" (on the remaster, this only appears after "Glow Girl", with "Rael 1" segueing directly into "Rael 2")


LINE-UP:

Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion
Pete Townshend – guitar, lead vocals, keyboards, pennywhistle, banjo, backing vocals
John Entwistle – bass, lead vocals, horns, backing vocals
Keith Moon – drums, lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion
Al Kooper – keyboards, organ