What Are You Listening To?

[SteveO]

A big flop for The Who's debut ! but after that WOW !!!!!

THE WHO "the who sell out" cd,1967.

The Who's first concept album...
the concept was that you're supposed to be listening to a radio station,complete with commercials(real and made up by the band!)....great tongue-in-cheek idea,but doesnt work...and im a huge Who fan.
the songs here are very weak by Townshend's standards,Daltry tries to do a good job vocally, but its a bit hard to polish up a dog-turd IMO.
i guess the only positive thing about this one is that the cd contains nine bonus tracks that werent included on the original vinyl release,seven of those bonus tracks are ok, two are crap,and that sums up the album in general, icouldnt recommend this album as a starting point to enter the world of The Who, try "tommy","who's next","face dances" or their debut set "my generation" for that!

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM
(only the bonus tracks rate it as a like album)

wosrt track: sunrise
best track: i can see for miles

tracks:

1. armenia city in the sky **
--.heinz baked beans-commercial
2. mary anne with the shaky hand *
3. odorono **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JrH_m06qyQ above four tracks-audio
4. tattoo *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfoWgLDxT_8 live
5. our love was **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWD2D21fo3w audio
6. i can see for miles **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ppU_XBruB4 live
7. i cant reach you **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ZuRuZNIQo audio
--.medac-commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8IWFRK0bB0 audio
8. relax *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0foenpSdVxA audio
9. silas stingy **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3PNOiugebU audio
10.sunrise *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4knE3c2vUA audio
11.rael #1 **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VnrLRo3Luo audio
--.rael #2-commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxGZkhG63BI audio

3s=0
2s=7
1s=4

rating: 1.6

bonus tracks:

worst track: melancholia
best track: early morning cold taxi

tracks:

1. glittering girl **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVn-WowJpA8 audio
2. melancholia *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1HJdEuCn0 audio
3. someones coming **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9plMa1VvzM audio
4. jaguar **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwD3OvMTq8A audio
5. early morning cold taxi **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCqokKS_KXI audio
6. hall of the mountain king *
7. girls eyes **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-S2CTzcRo audio
8. mary anne with the shaky hand(alt version) **
9. glow girl **

3s=0
2s=7
1s=2

rating: 1.8

overall rating: 1.7