The Who - The Who Sell Out

Greatest Who LP. Worst remastering.

I cannot overstate enough what a landmark album this is. Townshend and The Who entered their own with The Who Sell Out. Brash, loud, exciting, intelligent, crazy, profound, imaginative and fun. The Who new how to have fun and be funny while everyone was going to San Francisco.
From the ground breaking Pop Art cover to the last refrains of "Track Records....Track Records...", this album is a tour de force.
My only gripe is the remastering. What was John Astley thinking? It sounds totally flat and sterile. No justice has been served to the way it originally sounded. The mix is all over the place. "I Can't Reach You", has the vocals and tambourine in one channel, while all the instrumentation is in the other. It sounds thin and hollow.
My advice is to find a copy on vinyl and experience the original spread of the mix. January 1, 2009

Earlier the better

The Who Sell Out represents the best Who performances but I'd only say that after hearing the additional tracks. The original album is great but the extras make this essential. It also represents the Who at near or around their peak along with Live At Leeds. I'm biased but the first 3 albums are the best. They are energetic, exciting and really good fun. December 24, 2008

The Who's Best Album By A Country Mile

This is just one of those mind blowingly great albums. It is so great, as in one of those albums that when you listen you might wonder to your self -- Wow, is there a human on this earth with such bad taste that they don't like this? If someone tells you anything but that this album is great, their taste in all things should be questioned. If you don't have this already, get it now!!!!!!!!! August 7, 2008

The Who - Pirate Radio

For me this is The Who's first really good album. They would go on to achieve even bigger things, but "Sell Out" shows a glimpse of the potential that was to come. The album revolves around the concept of a pirate radio station complete with commercials (written and performed by The Who). It is a really clever concept especially for 1967. The album produced a classic Who hit in "I Can See For Miles" which to this day is the band's only top 10 hit in the U.S. The album was ahead of it's time in many ways and includes the mini conceptual piece "Rael" which would serve as a springboard into their classic album "Tommy". Today this album sounds very much a product of it's time, but the remastering is very well done and is chock full of 10 bonus tracks. The Who went on to do several albums that I consider to be all time rock classics, but this one is where it all started. June 30, 2008

Great CD

This is definitely another great Who CD despite the fact that the CD is really in Mono and not Stereo like it says on the cover. This CD absolutely deserves five stars. June 23, 2008

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