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Overrated
Bad concept executed poorly, just an obnoxious album to revisit
This was silly and somewhat fun.
Fun concept, a fun listen, but largely feels like the band is screwing around and the big tracks are largely distant from the album as a whole. When 80% of the record feel like one-off half-joking demos it makes songs like "Maryanne" and "I Can See For Miles" feel like they would have been better suited on an EP.
I think this is a victim of this list. I get the joke and I like it, but when it’s shuffled in with other 60’s rock albums that take themselves seriously and sound just like it, my opinion definitely gets affected.
Without detracting from how influential The Who were, if I take the music on its own then this is a slightly disjointed record of 60s rock, which, if I'm honest, felt a little gimmicky with all the fake ads. 'I Can See For Miles' is a highlight, but 'Silas Stingy' a definite lowlight. The Mod movement is very much not for me so The Who don't represent anything bigger. As such, I won't be going out of my way to listen apart from when their other albums inevitably appear on this list
Better than I expected after seeing that album cover. Kinda Kinks-esque
Great album. I was only familiar with I Can See for Miles from this. The rest is great. Love the concept of it being a radio broadcast.
The cover art might be better than the album.
The Who I like (and I am learning that is a very qualified phrase) is the windmilling guitar rock out Who. This is not that. I Can See For Miles, is as good it gets. I appreciate it’s a concept, but the fake ads are just annoying
Absolute drivel.
Oh that is a lot of The Who in one go. I generally like the *idea* of The Who much more than the reality. And this is The Who with ad breaks. Two tracks in and I was thinking you could already knock 5 minutes off the run time by eliminating both of them. I am grateful at this point to have read Wikipedia and discovered the album was actually originally 39 minutes and not the 71 minutes Amazon was offering (or the 5 hours 41 minutes of the super deluxe version!). I liked Odorono despite the fact it was about deodorant. And I liked I Can See for Miles. Ultimately the concept annoyed me so much it was hard to see past it to judge the songs however. 2/5
I can see for miles is great but it's mostly annoying
"She ripped her glittering gown/couldn't face another show, no./her deodorant had let her down/she should have used Odorono." Oh Pete. 🤣 They're just way ahead of the curve for a band this early in their career.
The song that everyone listens to is great but as a whole its a forgettable album
Interests fills between songs. Very 60s and fairly non descript
Not a great listen. Couple of ok songs but largely not much to write home about.
Quite a few good tracks on this album which made it more enjoyable than Tommy.
It’s just all pretty painful really. You’re really not as funny as you think you are lads.
estranho e com uma música muito boa. não escutaria esse álbum novamente. 1,5/5.
Album com algumas bem boas principalmente no início. I Can See For Miles é incrível, a bateria dela no show é boa demais. Marienne with the shaky hands é mt boa também, além de I can't reach you e outras da primeira metade. A segunda metade do disco me perdeu um pouco 3.5/5
aw man. like who is actually listening to this though
Weird album. Very British. I guess it's sort of a comedic album. Hard to tell sometimes when something is influential but you've only heard the stuff influenced by them so it feels reductive even though it was the original. I guess I feel that way about this. Not bad but just okay.
I honestly didn’t realize this version of The Who existed. Unlike their more self-serious greatest hits, this album gives more of a concept album with a whimsical feel. Glad I got to experience it!
I generally like the who, but this is not their best album
It's easy to see why they're not spoken about in the manner as others from that generation.
I thought I would enjoy this album way too much, and it has been most of the contrary. It's not bad, it has some nice ideas, some nice sounds, but it becomes a bit repetitive and bland. Of course, I've listened to much better things by The Who. This album is not that outstanding. However, it's nice. But just not a much interesting album.
Nowhere near the Who’s best. I can See for Miles is excellent, but otherwise it’s pretty average with some really annoying adverts and jingles.
I like the Who, but this isn't, for me, their best album. I like the "I can see for miles" track.
This is a mess. Truly a bunch of average to bad songs surrounding one good song surrounded by shitty skits. I know they’re way better than this, they prove they can do a concept album at least twice more after this. What a disappointing album, I can’t wait to meet the person who says this is their favorite album ever.
The Who are so hit and miss for me. A really great singles band but very few good full albums. This album is no exception - I can see for miles is a great song but damn the rest of this album is terrible. Also, I’ve always found the cover to be unsettling - no one should be sitting in a pile of baked beans. Yuck. One star for the one good song on this album.
This was objectively terrible to me. Do not recommend.
3rd album we’re getting from The Who (yet), and I have to admit they have been one of the biggest disappointments this far. There are not many really good songs here, and almost all of them are places on the last half. Not a moment of joy until I Can See… breaks up the crap.
Didn't love it, didn't hate it.
Keep in mind that we started listening to The Who right after Who’s Next dropped. Quadro followed and both got a lot of play. Sometime in late ‘73 or 74, long before The Who By Numbers was released, I went back and bought a vinyl copy of Sell Out (released in ‘67.) Despite the rave reviews it had received upon release, it was a huge disappointment. It got played maybe twice. Why play Sell Out when you can listen to Who’s Next or Quadro? Or even Tommy. But not to worry, The Who By Numbers came out a short while later and that started getting all the play. (2.2*s) for original UK version. The better songs are on the extended version, notably Early Morning Cold Taxi and Glow Girl. I’m sure we’ll be hearing from The WHO again before this project is complete…
Quite a clown show album all over. I do love the oversized products and cartoonish style of the album cover and gatefold. The Who aren't at their best here but it's only their 3rd release so can't go too hard and looks like they were having a lot fun with it. To the critics that think this is their best though...bugger off. The only real track is "I Can See For Miles" with the rest just a silly smattering. But a solid work of parody at the time from a band that was just getting big. Plenty of bands "sell out" and can't get away with something like this today (never mind the lawsuits). More of a display piece in a collection than a repeat player and you will find it up on my record shelf...2.63 stars.
What a fantastic album. Despite growing up in a big Who household I had never heard The Who Sell Out as this wasn't one of the parents collection. I was only familiar with the cheeky album art and I Can See For Miles prior to this listen. Sell Out was such a fun and creative endeavor. Outside of I Can See For Miles there aren't really any hits/singles but the album has all the best aspects of the early Who days. Loved the inclusion of radio bumpers and fake product jingles to make the whole thing sound like a programmed broadcast as opposed to an album release. The songs finely walked the line of solid radio hits with an edge of humor and wit. The Who nailed the assignment on this one from every level. I was underwhelmed by My Generation and Live at Leeds but the other Who entries have been high quality albums that absolutely belong on the list. 3.42 stars
this album by the who is based around listening to the radio. imagine you're in the slums of the united kingdom and you made a dinky makeshift boombox and every time you slightly twist the antenna, you get a completely different station. this is the concept of the who sell out, crazy and varied tracks with proper radio jingles in between. it's generally a pretty great concept album, plenty of solid songs with a little handful of acquired-taste tracks. this album has a really loud, shrill mastering style that was common throughout this decade. it's slightly distorted, and it's unabashedly british. it's a fun little trip, for the people who are interested, anyways.
I couldn’t finish this album. There are some odd choices for their songs, and I found it just downright annoying.
Sucks. 2/5
not great, but better than some of their other stuff.
It was great I think I’ll add some of the songs tho my playlist
p113. 1967. 3 stars. Classy 60s Brit psychedelic rock, let down by filler and straying to pretentiousness and excessive musical wankage. When it's good, it's brilliant. And "I Can See For Miles" is possibly the best thing Townsend ever wrote.
Aged poorly
I got thru 1 & 1/2 songs, absolute rubbish & so fucking annoying! People really like The Who, I don’t get them.
I've always thought The Who were overrated, and while I didn't enjoy it all that much, this album has given me more respect for them. Who decides that as their 3rd ever studio album they want to make a concept album interspersed with fake radio ads? Also imagine it's 1967 and you've heard some of The Who's hits on the radio and you want to buy an album, just to come home with this thing and have them singing jingles about baked beans on track 2.
I’ve heard this before and I own it. This is in my dad’s collection too, and it’s been a favorite since I was a toddler. And I love The Who as well. It will be hard to give this a fair review given my history with it, so I’ll try to approach it with an open mind. First off, I love the ad jingles they throw in, especially the brief intro at the beginning before Armenia City in the Sky and then the Heinz baked beans ad directly after. The little jingles and the songs that have ads incorporated in them tie the album together as a concept better than the other notable concept albums of the era, with the exception of The Who’s later rock operas. However the rock operas are extremely self important while Sell Out basically presents rock music as a disposable commodity. The only complaint I have is the production is really sweetened up. This is a problem with all their albums up to Who’s Next when the record company finally let them record as loud as they played. It would be nice if there was a live recording of this like they have for Tommy on the Live At Leeds box set to hear how they wanted it to sound, but that wouldn’t really work what with the jingles and all. This is their best album by far and one of the best of the 60s.
Of course they sell out. Later. Not with this record though. I Can See For Miles is an all time class for good reason - that song is well written with a catchy melody that’s easy for the common man to sing, easy to remember chorus, it has it all. Does any recall the verses though? Oh yeah…If you do recall then you know that really makes this a hit is the bitterness inherent throughout e.g. “you took advantage of my trust” etc. Betrayed by a cheating partner. Tale as old as time! Our Love is a step below in terms of song quality but a nice slice of mod pop. Relax and Tattoo are mildly interesting as Roger’s vocal takes are somewhat interesting and presage, in large part, Tommy. However, the rest of the LP is a throwaway with a corniness that betrays The Who’s earlier output. As an album, The Who Sell Out is an early inconsistent experimental attempt at a concept album but the jingles and the whole pirate radio facade is frankly weak sauce. This album’s appearance on this list makes me think the author was, as the English would say, taking the piss. The fact that some professional reviewers also said that this was the best record The Who ever made just confirms that so called professional music reviewers and critics are, frankly, just stupid. The best Who record is Quadrophenia and it is not even close. So, go listen to that album and don’t waste your time with this lame excuse of a record. 2/5
Hat mich nicht gerade von Hocker gerissen.
This is awful. The conceit just does not work for me and there are not enough strong songs on here to overcome the crap. Give me Songs For The Deaf any day
This is some of The Who’s most interesting work. It has some of the satirical irreverence of The Kinks and the general psychedelic vibes of ‘67. This is my first time hearing it besides “I Can See For Miles”. I kinda wish Speedy Keen sang all The Who’s songs.
I just didn’t enjoy it at all.
Actually, this is the forth The Who album I’ve listened to as part of this project. My relationship with the band has been a bit complicated. I was always more of a rocker than a mod. At some point, I found a way into their music and am enthusiastic about some of their stuff. Surprisingly to me, that doesn’t apply to this album. Perhaps the album is conceptual in its structure and music. But just like in real life, concepts can be a failure. And that seems to be the case here. I probably won’t listen to this album again. 2/5
As a self-professed enjoyer of musicians that get a lot of plays in retirement homes, I did not enjoy this album. The splicing of ads is novel, maybe because this has way fewer ads in it than if you were to actually listen to the radio. The production and the idea of the album is cool, but the actual songs themselves are a bit milquetoast. I was gonna put I Can't Reach You and Sunrise as highlights but they were more like reprieves from nursery rhyme dogshit rather than actual good songs. The Who sell out and I'd like a refund
boring
After listening to this album I feel confused. Why did they throw random jingles in and what is going on in general. I wouldn't say it deserves only one star, but...
Armenia city in the sky - 2/5 Mary Anne with the shaky hand - 2/5 Odorono - 3/5 Tattoo - 2/5 Our love was - 3/5 I can see for miles - 2/5 I can't reach you - 3/5 Relax - 3/5 Silas stingy - 2/5 Sunrise - 2/5 Rael - 2/5 Someone's coming - 2/5
Quite a cool concept. I feel like I understand mods now. I can see sooooo clearly how this album, and the band, appealed to a certain kind of man in the 60s lol. Creative and fun, but also a bit up itself
This album honestly felt kind of stale but chaotic at the same time. I don't really know how to describe it, it was just odd to listen to and not enjoyable at all. 3/10, Favorite Song: Rael 1
The stereo mix doesn't bode well for me, since my left ear is mostly deaf. But hey, what can you do? Unfortunately, this causes me to miss a lot of detail from Keith Moon's excellent drum chops. One specific vocal effect is used heavily here – the same one featured in a lot of ELO tunes, most notably Mr Blue Sky and Sweet Talking Woman. Here, it doesn't work well. Everything on the album, every single musical element, is designed to perplex the listener rather than necessarily entertain. To be fair, most of the rock world was perpetually high on hallucinogens in the latter half of 1967, so this would've been the perfect backdrop. The first two tracks, Armenia City In The Sky / Heinz Baked Beans, are pretty shoddy. Essentially a handful of consecutive product ads with some standard guitar and fairly bad singing. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand is much better, though still a long shot from the Who's best output. Everyone else is irritated by these advertisements, right? Yes, I get it, it's a ~concept~ (replace tildes with a sparkle and a drumstick flourish) – but the concept is stupid. Tattoo is the first really good track. It's intensely reminiscent of where the band would go with Tommy a few years down the road, from the cleanly mixed acoustic guitar to the overwhelming, lush vocal harmonies. There's no reason for the track to bleed into Our Love Was, though. It doesn't count as a "cool transition" just because the end of the previous song is chopped off and placed at the beginning of the next one. (Additionally, Our Love Was Bad.) We approach brilliance, though, with the emphatic, surprisingly complex I Can See For Miles. Great use of panning into both ears (the drums are extremely audible now!), catchy chorus and overall melody, a fairly experimental guitar line that still manages to stay radio-friendly... Yeah. A lot to love here. I Can't Reach You is essentially an extended coda, featuring a pretty similar mood but incorporating piano instead of guitars. "There goes mingy Stingy" is one of the Who's dumbest lyrics (see also: Fiddle About) but the song that contains it, Silas Stingy, is pretty strong. Almost a cappella but with 3/5 Key tracks: Tattoo, I Can See For Miles, I Can't Reach You
Seemed like an early Who album. The fake ads didn’t bother me anywhere near as much as that stupid “mingy stingy” song. But as long as it’s not “Tommy,” I am fine with listening to a Who album. Listening to this one didn’t really make me any more or less of a Who fan, but it was a perfectly fine non-“Tommy” early Who album.
1/5
4/10
ehhhhhhhhhhh................ sure.
Heinz Baked Beans haunts me.
Hmm, maybe my least favorite Who album I’ve heard but still liked it.
Armenia city in the sky - trippy, okay Bake Beans - weird jingle Mary Ann - heard this song before. The later version on this album is better. Odorono - song commercial, meh Tattoo - meh Our Love Was - the take 12 version is better I can See For Miles - probably the best song on this album I Can't Reach You - this is my 2nd favorite Sunrise - not bad, liked the lyrics Relax - liked this one Rael part 1 and 2 interesting, part of it became the instrumental "Sparks" from Tommy Overall a weak album, shows promise, hard to like because of their later albums being so much better
Heard of The Who. Never this album. Not sure which disc I’m supposed to listen to. Starting from the beginning. Armenian city in the sky is pretty cool. Well written. Good guitar. Heinz is super interesting. Really good horn and drums. Weird this early in the album. Mary Anne is pretty fun. Very 60s. Really good writing on ordorono. I like the radio hits from one song to the next to. Makes it feel like a real album. Tattoo and our love was are pretty forgettable. Classic rock songs. I can see for miles is a lot better. Awesome guitar. Great drums too. Really good keyboard and songwriting on I can’t reach you. Don’t really like medac. Dated. Relax is a lot better. Very fun song. Great guitar again. Love the solo. Don really like Silas stingy. Sunrise is fine. Good lyrics I guess. Nothing really special. Real is pretty cool. Really good drums. Flute is pretty cool add. Overall underwhelmed with this album. It was just OK. Pretty dated. No real bangers. 2.4 stars.
I Can See For Miles is great, otherwise just a slog to get through.
Good pop album. I like British rock and this album did not disappoint
chill! Hadn't listened to much The Who but they sounded basically how I expected them to. nothing super stood out to me on the album but it wasn't bad. good background music!
5/10
Something really irritated me about this album. I think because I expected more. Just a bunch of silly sounding songs. Sounded more like a compilation of shit b-sides. Nearly got a 2 because of the adverts, I like that concept, but couldn’t justify it.
Not great is it. I really like “a quick one” but this is just daft I can see for miles is good like
Just a great 60s pop/psych concept album thats not ment to be taken seriously. The who doing their version of radio caroline. From the cover to the adverts its just a fun album! A record that was gearing up the for TOMMY bit unfortunate that its in the shadow of some their more famous work but with songs like Armenia city in the sky, I cant reach you, sunrise and I can see for miles its still classic who album.
Never listened to it. I like the fact irs a coherent album, interludes and tie ins. not just a collection of songs as many albums of the period were. revolutionary. I appreciate the humour and lyrics. Clearly precursor for albums like Songs For The Deaf and Modern Life Is Rubbish being able to be made True album experience. If youre gonna attempt to be political though, at least get the country's name right... 4 for the effort
Never listened to an album by the who, this sounded so different to the singles I have heard
Other than a couple of songs I didn’t really like it.
lol they should have sold out sooner and harder. Better than the other ones. Sheeeeees electric 3
prolly not enough songs about heinz baked beans but otherwise i did find myself enjoying a lot !
i really wanted to like this more than i did. fun little concept, a couple great songs. but a lot of songs are the kinda very 60s brit rock which i found kind of cloying. but man if some of them aren't terrific and strange
Listening to The Who through this project has taught me they might be slightly overrated. I don't hate anything about this album, but I also think some of the success might have been partly the press pushing them. I didn't really get the prank commercials in this, just felt like music.
Trying to be the Beatles much? I can hear why The Who are so loved and adored even though they are stupidly overrated to me. They existed at just the right time and place. Psych baybeee! Lucky them. There are some nice moments on here but it gets dragged down by intentionally sounding like one long commercial samples collage with a few songs strewn in. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand and I Can See For Miles are good solid songs. I suppose I’d like this more had I been there.
I've learned through this project that I feel very average about The Who. This album confirms those feelings are still accurate. Fun concept but the songs were just ok.
i swear i blinked and the album was already two thirds over FHJSFHJFSHSJF not in a bad way! honestly i think very few records from the era have the sheer Forward Momentum this one does, it rly does feel like this endless mix broadcast that ur just sliding down. the band lends a lot of muscle to pete's goofy songs and jingles, and they have enough character and power to keep the whole album from feeling like just a novelty. idk if its their Most consistent songwriting outing (to be honest, i dont find petes songwriting super consistent anymore anyway), but if its not, its certainly one of the best choices regardless. maybe not a Perfect Pop Album in strict execution, but kind of a Perfect Pop Album on some spiritual level...i used to throw this one on by Far the most for casual listens from this band, and i can see why, its pretty compulsive!
I like the rhythm section of the album, but it’s lilting 60s Britishness doesn’t hold up for me. But, it’s cool to hear them experiment with different recording techniques and novelties.
I really like this album. It's chaotic and completely unfocused, but you can start to hear the germs of what would become "Tommy." It gets a little overwrought in places, but a solid, solid album. 7.5/10
Couldn't get past the first song
Pretty good, as a beans lover
a pop art gem, with jingles and a couple of cracking songs - but when I was listening to it, I thought "Petra Haden's cover of this album is better". So - The Who get 4 stars, but the list would be better if Petra's take on it was here. That one is a 5 star album.
Didn’t get this concept at all. Couldn’t listen to this again.
beans
The Who at their most bonkers, good fun and I Can See For Miles is an absolute tune.
Enjoyed this, although it’s odd… I can see for miles is great
Surprisingly listenable. Wouldn't return but an interesting hour.
Love this, their last good record really. Tom.
not my favorite The Who but still enjoyable
One hit song in an album full of shit.
I can appreciate that The WHO are one of those bands that you can’t really criticize too much cause they are just such an important foundational band for all of rock music. Like for example, despite how disconnected this band feels from something like let’s say deathcore, something that seems like it couldn’t be further from it, well shockingly they are linked. There’s a group of people out there that (incorrectly) think that the whole created the first metal song. The song they are referring to is a heavier version of one of their songs off a live album (I can’t remember the specific details of that song but if you search it you can find that info). So even if they didn’t directly create the genre, it shows that they had an influence on the people that influenced the genre in the future on some regard. Despite my long winded defense of The Who as an important influential rock band, this is where the praising stops and you realize why I’ve been so defensive about the band. It’s because this album is such a massive nothing burger that literally put me to sleep once (thankfully not while driving). It’s just to dry and boring, even a legitimately silly creative album artwork can’t redeem this completely forgettable stepping stone of an album. It does feature the song “I can see for miles” which is genuinely a good song so seek that one out and skip the rest of the album. (This was actually the end of my review but than I remembered I had one actual constructive criticism of this album and I wanted to add that. Which is, the best moments of this album that had the most promise was when they decided to get very mildly psychedelic right near the end of the album. No joke, Rael 1 and 2 are the best songs on the album, I could’ve done with more whacky psychedelic stuff. But I guess the world as a whole was only just starting to dip their toes into that.
Oh, they sold out. But this album is great. The Who are so fun and classic for me.
I enjoyed this a lot! I expected the concept album aspect to detract from the songs a lot more than it did.
One of the best sixties albums
aburrido,no hay mucho más por decir
The whole radio jingle bit was distracting and didn't work for me. They apparently felt the same and abandoned it by the end of the album. I liked 2 out of 13 songs on this album, not a great average. Who didn't deserve to be on this list? This album.
If you asked me if I would enjoy an album with ads built in I would tell you you’re crazy, but here we are. The concept is easy to grasp and works well. This is a distant ancestor to Songs For The Deaf. Super creative from a music and artwork standpoint. My primary issue with this one comes from the second half being largely weaker than the first. Favorite songs were Armenia City In The Sky, Our Love Was, I Can See For Miles, and I Can’t Reach You.
Armenia and I Can See For Miles are great, but the ad paradies get a bit tiresome.
"...it was the band's lowest-charting album on the UK Albums Chart..." Why is this Scooby-Doo sounding crap on the list, then!?
Cheeky album of 60s British pop rock, pulling little bits of influence from psych, mod, arty, and pop culture. Infused with humor and short melodic tunes that can still pack a punch and showcase The Who’s abilities - just not as strongly as some of their later albums. It’s a fun listen that I enjoy, but it’s not a top album from these guys for me.
The Who are a really good band, but this is a really bad album that doesn't deserve a spot on the 1001. It's a gimmick album and I just don't get the joke.
Solid three-and-a-half album. It suffers from multiple inconsequential songs, but it does have some hidden bangers.
5/10… psychedelic rock / 60s pop / *1967
Lot of songs I enjoyed, but not as a cohesive unit
Probably The Who’s most overrated album. I understand its significance and originality for the time it was released, but they were still a singles band at this time. I can see for miles is one of their most annoying 60s singles, and it’s one of the highlights of this album. That being said, it’s still The Who so it still gets a 3.
Love The Who. This was just annoying and sounded like it was recorded from within a can of Heinz Beans. Appreciate the attempt to make a statement and that saves this from a 1.
Yeah no, muchas canciones. No lo escuché ajdkk
위트가 있네
Me ha gustado mucho para conocer solo una canción
Another good album
Never heard one of the songs on the album, probably for good reason.
I liked it - I knew a few of the tracks previously but had not listened to the whole album before. I cannot find any fault with it and there are no dud tracks it just does not really connect with me - possibly its the vocals which are a bit blunt and lacking emotional connection for me.
With every Who album on the list, their stature as rock gods diminishes
It does not sound like it, and I understand that, but I am a fan of The Who. I don't like how so many of their records need a theme or something close to a theme, but I like their music. This, by far, is the most overrated album in their catalog. It's not nearly as interesting or even good as history says it is. The commercials are welcome because they break up what sound like outtakes from better albums. I can't get behind this album. It's not good, even if I want it to be good. The songs aren't strong and there is a reason the sales weren't great. Why The Who Sell Out is considered a classic, I just can't explain that.
I can appreciate a concept album, but this one was really boring. Two stars. (Favorite track: I Can See For Miles.)
sold out album. mostly radio jingles album goes nowhere
I normally like The Who, but this was dogshit
Interest one this. A different sound than you associate with their later stuff. Bits of the Beatles and Beach Boys in here. I liked it. Simpsons: Yes
I don't want Heinz, goddammit! I'm a Branston Beans man.
Sells out...
It's fine. And too long. I could have lived happily ever after without ever listening to this. Great cover artwork, of course. Although the joke does probably wear a bit thin after a bit. So... Not THAT great.
Ok, not really for me
Fun album with little commercials interspersed
Funniest concept album I've ever seen. random brand jingles after songs and they were only paid for some of them. The Coca-Cola chant into "Melancholia" hits
The 1001 Albums book put it perfectly: They were still crappy enough to make fun of themselves, yet already brilliant enough to deliver songs brimming with genius. Is this a perfect album? No. But yet, it's so quirky and unique, I really, really love it dearly.
I don't hate this.
Aika sekoilua mut the Who
⭐️⭐️⭐️
I love The Who, but what in the annoying hell was this?
当時の空気感を感じることができる良いアルバム。
When to listen: IDK if I would again, but I love I Can See For Miles and I can see how smart it is, how funny the little jingles are, and how dedicated to the concept album The Who is.
Bored out by the Who. (And I love classic rock!)
In customary The Who fashion, this is rather pretentious (not least the silly "radio jingles", introductions/intermissions and laughable attempts at being abstract in a lyrical sense), and at times very grating. However, I did prefer the greater lean into psychedelia that can be observed on this album, and the songs generally seemed more cohesive, with clear structures and comprehensible ideas. I'm still baffled as to their popularity and the esteem in which they are held, but this one won't be joining the shit pile as it wasn't without merit.
This entire album feels like one giant deep cut from The Who, aside from the familiar “I Can See For Miles.” THAT song is truly among their very greatest. Along with, you know, all those other great ones. Otherwise the album is VERY reminiscent of the Kinks. It pairs up nicely with The Kinks’ “Arthur.” It seems like The Who heard Sgt Pepper and asked themselves, just how hard can we lean into this whole concept album idea? This seems like their first answer, but it wouldn’t be their last. It’s a prelude to “Tommy” - their first, but not last, complete Rock Opera. The bonus tracks “Glittering Girl” and “Melancholia” are fantastic. I really wish I could hear JUST original album / track listing on Spotify, especially for a project like this, but at least in this case the offerings are so strong. Not sure how these songs didn’t make it onto the original album, but didn’t research that either. It doesn’t feel like a full 5/5 but I will round up for Keith Moon, for “I Can See for Miles” and to honor this premier British Invasion band.
This is fantastic album. It is weird and quirky and anything but a sell out album. I loved the inclusion of ad bits, and enjoyed the sharp and distinct non-rock elements on some of the tracks.
6/10 Highlight: I Can See for Miles Odorono
The mock advertisements are probably the most interesting thing about this album! Some good songs but it almost feels like a mixed tape of various songs from The Beatles, The Mamas & Papas, The Kooks etc without showcasing a clear sound of The Who. But then I suppose that's the point, as it's supposed to be an hour of Radio London. Some great bass and guitar parts throughout, especially on Odorono.
Sure
Some really great songs. Great concept too.
Too long
minus half a star for silas stingy. minus half a star for abandoning the concept around silas stingy. could have been their best album.
Well executed concept, only issue is Moon's wild ass drumming is traded in for song writting and takes a backseat. Overall super fun album.
This is a funny record, and very much tongue in cheek, though it wasn't terribly received at the time. I think The Who might be the best rock band of all time.
I was already familiar with this album before listening. At one time, it was one of my favorite albums. It is a proto-concept album, serving as a radio program and not just an album. The commercial bumpers are interesting, but maybe they're just more of a novelty than anything. This album does have I Can See For Miles, which is one of the best songs of The Who's entire career. Rael has the same melody as would be used in the Tommy theme on the next album. It's a good album, and I will definitely listen again, but it probably slots below The Who's best albums.
The snob’s favorite Who album, cause, you know, it’s meta and all that. I have no problem with this album really; See for Miles is a classic, and the dynamic duo of Moon and Entwistle will never disappoint, but part of me enjoys the radio interludes here more than the music.
The Who scrub through the frequencies searching for some priceless truth in a world where everyone’s trying to sell you something.
Trash.
Hated Tommy and I expect to hate this too. (Listened to the album) I was right.
Interesting concept but not my cup of tea. Not a fan of Daltrey's voice in the higher ranges where it sounds strained. Some stand out tracks and funny in parts.
Nobody nails a concept album quite like The Who. Favorite track: I Can See For Miles
the concept was cute so i hope someone who makes better music plagiarizes that
what the FUCK IS THIS LMFAO. that what's for tea beans sing just pissed me the fuck off
They might've sold out, but this is still some damn good 60's pop. 4.5 bumped up to 5.
I’m at a 5. I mean, it’s not the best album we’ve gotten by The Who, but it’s still pretty damn good in its own right. Conceptually, this is much easier to digest than Tommy (though obviously not as strong); it’s just a silly radio station, with the band choosing to pastiche some of their contemporaries & slightly poppier soundscapes of the era (obviously, the Beatles & the Beach Boys are the clear inspirations here), supplementing it with some ridiculous ads along the way. Yes, their poppier approach can feel a bit grating & a bit less compelling than their more seriously-driven rock work, but… just listen to a track like “I Can See For Miles”. That track alone proves they gave a damn about this album, and were invested in it to the same degree as their other work. It’s not as polished, but part of that is just the technology of the era – the mixing on this album is a little harsh at times in the mono mix, but if this were even just a few years later, they’d have enough room in each channel to make these tracks sound as full as possible. Even for 1967 though, this sounds pretty good in its own right. Since the music speaks for itself (great harmonies / instrumentals / fun lyrics), I think it’s best to just leave it there, without going too deep into each track. I do understand why this has a flat 3 on the site; if you wanted an album by The Who, but wanted a more serious effort, then this isn’t quite the album to look for. However, I think the pastiche-heavy (yet respectfully done) musicianship at play here & their earnest attempt to play it straight works really well. I don’t think there’s a bad track here for the 40 minutes (though some of the “commercials” are just there), and while mileage may vary, I think they sold me on their ability to sell out effectively. I really liked it, and I think it’s just worth giving a 5 to.
I have not listened to much of The Who’s music so I am excited to get into this. Track 1 is a little boring. I like track 3 a lot. Track 4 too. This seems to be very conceptual but i think i like it. i think i have made up my mind about this being four stars.
Who invented the concept album?! Who? loving the savage satire on commercialism. for its time, it’s certainly bold. felt like art rock album.
Album 26 Top 3 favorites off the album: Silas Stingy, Tattoo, Heinz Baked Beans For a good minute and a half, I seriously considered consuming the super deluxe edition of this for shits and giggles. 5 hours and 41 minutes of The Who? All in one sitting? I chickened out, and just tackled the expanded edition instead. This was interesting to listen to. I grew up listening to more of their later stuff (late 70s into the 80s), so the difference in sound felt pretty big. I like the radio broadcast and ad style of some tracks. I also appreciate bangers of track titles like Heinz Baked Beans. I like that some of these songs tell a story! I don't often get to listen to albums with many tracks that do. Thinking musically, most of what's on here is pretty light. Not a lot of distortion on most tracks, drums stay on the quieter side, tempos are middle-of-the-road, lighter on the vocal side of things, etc. For maybe the second time in my career with this project, I find myself wishing for something with a little more weight and forward motion. Nothing so heavy that it gets bogged down, just something to generate a little more momentum here and there. Whenever I ask my dad, "who is this?" to a song on the radio, he responds, "this is NOT The Who!" Whenever he is browsing the radio and asks me, "who's this!?" to a band I don't know, the answer he is looking for is most often The Who. It is simultaneously one of my favorite and least favorite routines. It is funny most of the time. It is less funny when I actually want to know who an artist is before the song ends. Long may the game continue. This has absolutely nothing to do with the review. Maybe you find it entertaining, maybe not. Doesn't matter. It's MY public diary and I'll write what I want to.
Just why
There are good tracks on this album but sometimes it feels that there is too heavy trying to build a theme album. At best The Who is brilliant, but there are too much moments when the songs feel like fill in tracks to keep the narration going.
Big expectations but no delivery. I have to admit that I wasn't on most concentrated listening mood but this just went past without any permanent memory creation.
The whole ads and jingles makes this a horrific album to listen to, sort of reminds me of the rappers early 90's obsession with jokes and skits in between the album. Feels like Who really got into drugs and hippie culture at this point. The first song that kind of grabbed my interest was half way through and I found more interesting tracks to listen to in the extended part of the album, with bonus songs. Horrible concept album.
Oh wow. Wasn’t expecting this album on the list. I’ll keep this short and sweet. I love Keith Moon. I like The Who. I don’t like this album. I trust several other albums of theirs will make this list, and they’ll fare better.
I did not know how satirical The Who can be in it's lyrics until I listened through this album. There's a typ of Monthy Python-like wine in this, blended with some interesting song compositions.
7/10 Favourite: I Can See for Miles Least Favourite: Relax
Like the Beatles and the beach boys with teeth. More rock n rolling, more silly and fun, but not every track grabbed me. I can see for miles is amazing for 1967.
The Who
Great Who album
I totally get why this is dividing reviewers. You really need to buy in to both the concept and the context (both the psychedelic moment, and the role of pirate radio stations in the UK). Without that context it sounds lame, with it you can see how it works - satire, but with some great tunes.
This was way better than the other album so far I heard off this list by the who. Some good melodies.
Omg wtf am I being forced to listen to? This is awful! I’m only 6 songs in! When will it end??? Oh! Hey, I know this song! This is great! Oh no! More weird nonsensical crap!
A lot of fun, very whacky and weird. I like it a lot
I Can See For Miles is too much of a banger to be on this otherwise not that impressive album. Cool album with pretty inventive sound. Not everything lands, but there are a couple of great song. I Can See For Miles is just such a banger. I’ll probably keep relistening it for a while. The rest of the songs are not as memorable, but this album is still decent overall. I liked the skits, though, which is rare for me. 7/10
There's something about The Who that I don't get. It's not that I don't like them, but every time I've gotten an album in this project it annoys me that I have to listen to it (I know I don't really *have* to listen to it). I always push through, and they're not bad, but I still can't shake that annoying feeling.
It’s a fun concept. Not many crazy good tracks but it’s fun
I can see how this would have been interesting when released. I Can See For Miles is a great song. Mid 2s.
What the hell did I just endure? It was a journey of both ends of the Good vs Bad spectrum.
wyld, immer diese einspieler von fernsehclips oder so, zwischendurch auch gute vollständige songs, sonst choppy, aber interessant
Kind of crap.
Way more chaff than wheat on this album but it is The Who so 3 stars or C.
Like the who . Not this though
I'm not the biggest Who fan, but this is a 4.5 for me just due to the substantial nature of it for the time it was released. There are some great songs, but the whole production is just varied and creative, and I think it is a pivotal point in early rock and roll.
Well I tried, but that really was heavy going and I gave up! It sounded so dated and trapped in its moment. Beating in mind I absolutely love Who’s Next, this was a massive disappointment. 2 and that’s being generous.
- Early Who-isms showing up .... a concept record, very English .... a 5 just for "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Reach You" - 2 great songs, the first being just a beast .... -
definitely more my style but not as pin point, if that makes sense
I understand that this is supposed to be an album making fun of big radio but oh myyyy god a full album of this is so boring. We would have gotten the joke if this was 10 minutes long.
01) Armenia City in the Sky - 7,5 02) Heinz Baked Beans - 1,0 03) Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand - 8,0 04) Odorono - 7,0 05) Tattoo - 7,5 06) Our Love Was - 7,0 07) I Can See for Miles - 8,5 08) I Can't Reach You - 7,0 09) Medac - 3,0 10) Relax - 7,0 11) Silas Stingy - 7,0 12) Sunrise - 7,0 13) Rael (1 and 2) - 7,5 TOTAL: 6,54 (65/100) Current ranking: 542/787
Unusual, confident, and awesome!!
Not a lot stands out
Framing the album around a pirate radio broadcast is a really creative and interesting idea, but so many of the songs don't really stand on their own. Many are very gimmicky and don't show off the Who's talent as performers. Standout Tracks: I Can See For Miles, I Can't Reach You.
The most entertaining Who album.
I love some Who, but not this Who apparently.
3/10 - honestly overrated, could be another generic 70s album
Tykkään paljon The Whosta, mutta olen kuunnellut heiltä vain lähinnä Quadropheniaa ja Who's Nextiä. Tämä albumi on esitetty ikään kuin radiolähetys mainoksien kanssa. Kaupallisuus on läsnä myös mainoksille irvailevassa kansikuvassa.
Not a bad Who album.
Día 9: mmm no :/ En general lo que había escuchado de The Who me gustaba, pero acá, si bien entiendo la idea y banco cuando las bandas hacen música más "satírica", no es un disco que me sentaría a escuchar en día cualquiera.
You would think a song titled “Heinz Baked Beans” would be the best track on any given album, but alas it isn’t. In fact it might just be the worst one
I get why people like this one. The pirate radio concept is cool and it definitely feels creative for its time. You can tell they were trying something different, and I respect that. That said, I have just never been able to fully get into The Who. Even with a cool idea like this, the music itself doesn’t really grab me the way it seems to for everyone else.
One of the earliest examples of a concept album. The concept is fun in itself, but not really necessary to the overall enjoyment of the record. The faux-advert songs are nice little curiosities, while the rest of the songs see the band evolving their sound from their Mod/garage roots into something grander and more sophisticated. Key tracks: Armenia City in the Sky I Can See for Miles Melancholia [bonus track on the CD re-issue only]
28/12/2025 Average at best. Spotify listeners: 7 million
What the hell, I knew the hit track but did not expect the rest of the album to be just as insanely fun for different reasons, feels like a fantastic record and a history lesson too because of the pirate radio concept.
I suppose much of the music on here is three star worthy. But the ad concept annoys me and because it’s the Who and I know they can do so much better I’m only giving them two. (Would do 2.5 if I could)
This is a great album, but unfortunately I find it a bit dated. As far as the musicianship and songwriting goes, The Who are on top of their game, but sonically it just sounds "old" and it goes down to 4/5 for me.
2.8 The Who continue to elude me. After the first couple of songs I thought it was ok, interesting concept, but surely there's some bangers coming. It regressed from there. Have to give praise to the concept though, maybe not a direct link but one of my favourite albums of all time is interspersed with faux radio jingles (Songs for the Deaf) so bonus points to this album if it had any part to play in that.
Bueno
quirky, fun, enjoyable, unserious and creative. i can now officially say I listened to an album by The Who and the image of a man sitting in a tub of beans is scorched into my mind.
Favs: Armenia City In The Sky Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand I Can See For Miles Least Fav: Silas Stingy
great concept but i just dislike this kind of music i fear. fine background music
I’ve seen so much about this album. I mainly knew it from the album cover which immediately caught my eye, it’s so unique to me. I get that the whole point of it was to make fun of commercials and advertising. This is one of The Who’s most playful and creative albums. This album has always had a cult following. It’s a spoof of pirate radio stations, which were quite popular in London during the 60s and 70s. At the time, the BBC had a monopoly on broadcasting, so these stations popped up to provide more diverse music and alternative points of view. That loose concept is probably what helped the album gain such strong support and appreciation over time. It is framed as a mock pirate radio broadcast, it’s packed with fake commercials, jingles, and radio parts that give the whole record a fun satirical flow. It feels like a product of 1967, when pop music, advertising, and counterculture were all colliding. The production is colorful and experimental for its time, full of sound effects, vocal layering, and playful edits that make it feel like a continuous experience rather than just a collection of songs. While the jingles can feel a bit gimmicky at first, they ultimately reinforce the album’s themes of selling out, consumerism, and pop culture absurdity. Overall, this album is a smart and important step in The Who’s evolution. It’s not their heaviest, their most musically proficient or most iconic album at all, but it’s one of their most inventive. Favourite tracks are Odorono, Tattoo, I Can See for Miles, I Can't Reach You, Someone's Calling, Our Love Was,
Incredible album. So many good songs in the first half, then The Who hit us with a 1-2 punch of "Our Love Was" and "I Can See For Miles". Damn. Then the rest of the album ends about as strong as it started. The mixing is a little odd but what else can you expect from something from the 60's
It was very much The Beatles... but with more tongue and cheek. Some styles of the songs differed greatly, but overall an enjoyable trek.
An often overlooked album by The Who, with a bunch of fantastic tracks. The concept is great, and the songwriting is so fun. You can hear so many of the elements that comprise the band's future catalogue.
Not a lot of musically redeeming qualities on this album outside of one or two songs. It's another weird album and I don't appreciate the attempts at humor.
It was good, clearly had all the trappings of The Who that make them great, but admittedly this was not my favorite album of theirs. Some good songs, but nothing that really captured my attention.
to be honest I hated it
Meh I understand it was groundbreaking for the time but other than I Can See For Miles there's just nothing good here.
Kinda weird
This isn't good. Fair play for committing to a concept and trying something a bit unusual, but it doesn't work for me, at all. There's not many songs on here I actually get on with, and those that I do I simply find 'ok'.
Trying to be funny/clever but it’s just annoying. No decent tunes on this one either to make up for it
Decently wacky album 4/5
I like the Who but I don't like concept albums and don't like novelty skits between the songs. Stand out track is clearly I Can See for Miles - but Tattoo / Mary Anne are classic slices of the Who. Enough good songs to be a 4 - but loses a point due to aforementioned concept silliness. I do like the album cover tho.
The Who Sell Out I really like the Art-School conceit of this and I’ve always read it as very 60s and very Pete Townshend in its interesting if slightly simplistic comment on pop music and commercialisation. And it does actually work as a concept, and notably the jingles and ads feel very much like a free version of a streaming account, or listening to an album on Youtube. However, those ads and jingles simultaneously disrupt the flow of things but also hide the slightly ragtag and inconsistent collection of actual songs, with I Can See for Miles and Tattoo probably being the only truly great Who songs on here. I do like Armenia City in the Sky, Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand, Our Love Was and I Can’t Reach You, but they aren’t at the same level and it feels like a lot of it sits a bit uneasily between their r’n’b/mod pop period and their more cohesive period from Tommy onwards, with an added dash of slightly ill fitting psychedelia. And as with all their stuff pre Tommy it’s not helped by the tinny and unsatisfying production, lacking punch and weight, with only I Can See for Miles actually sounding good, and it very noticeable stands out among the rest of it. It’s a bit unrepresentative of my feelings about them as a band in general but this is a 3 for me - it’s fine enough as a mid 60s album, and the concept is good, as is the cover, but there isn’t quite enough to it to come back to regularly 🫘🫘🫘 Playlist submission: I Can See for Miles
This has been called The Who's best album. After having reviewed 'My Generation' (solid), 'Live at Leeds' (powerful) and 'Who's Next' (epic), this is incontrovertibly wrong. And so, on first listen, it is somewhat hoisted by the petard of high expectation. It has also been named the best concept album ever (Rolling Stones 1999) but that is poppycock. Whilst well-observed, chucking in a few radio jingle and advert parodies amongst a bunch of unconnected songs is hardly sophisticated. I do like the Small Faces-pop of 'Odorono', one song which does actually work well with the concept, being an extended advert for deodorant, with some marvelous storytelling lyrics. Perhaps 'Medac' can be said to fit in with the commercialisation theme too, but it's completely throwaway. Other tracks of note are the 'Mary Anne with the Shaky Hands', a CSN-type piece of folk lamenting a girl with Parkinson's. 'I Can See for Miles' and 'Tattoo' feel like some of the Who's classic acoustic 'set-ups' before some blazing guitar should kick in (alas, it never does, but Moon does his best on 'I Can See for Miles' where he provides a powerhouse drumbeat on the chorus). 'Our Love Was' builds to a really superb earworm with fantastic lead solo. I'd like to hear a rockier version of this album, and much better produced. I still enjoyed about half the songs.
I've always thought this album was overrated. That is still my opinion. I would take just about any album from a great 60s rock band over this, Beatles, stones, kinks, doors, birds, I'll take it. This is trash.
This was a very fun listen. Definitely them at their most psychedelic and most whimsical. The first half is definitely slightly stronger than the second but it’s all so enjoyable that I don’t really mind.
Ground breaking!
Like The Who but did not know this album. The concept based around pop art and fake commercials was probably very good when it came out but nowadays I think it lost its appeal.
Weird concept, not really that well executed. Most of the album is pretty ok, I Can See For Miles is great, but that’s about it
horrible, boring
For me, this one's easily the best Who album. I love every goofy moment, from Heinz Baked Beans to the lines about regretting tattoos to the fake radio jingles. It helps that they're totally credible at every style they try here; they can pull off the folkiness of "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hands" just as well as the hard rock of "I Can See for Miles" just as well as the psych of "Armenia City in the Sky" just as well as... well, you get the point. Not a perfect album, but certainly one of the most fun albums of the 60s, which is already filled with a bunch of fun little goofy psych albums.
I normally enjoy The Who but this one was... different? It sounded quite immature and experimental. I recognised an early version of a track that ended up on Tommy. Their later stuff was definitely better.
Riding high on "I Can See For Miles" (which gets pretty repetitive) and not much else. The folk of "Silas Stingy" was fun, but the rest of it was poor at best.
Wow, this was a fun and surprising listen! I really don’t know enough about The Who. I know all their hits but I haven’t listened to any of their albums at all except for Who’s Next. I always forget they go all the way back to the ‘60s! This quality of the sound of this album is not great however keeping in mind the restrictions of the day they really do some creative things here with not just the recording but the mixing. What a wild idea to make all those jingles as well! Damn, I really gotta make some time to listen to their other albums. I’m guessing that they must have a few albums on this list though so I’ll be looking forward to when I get those!
Rather enjoyed this. Can see why it might grate for some but I found it enjoyable
It’s weird having just listened to piper st the gates of dawn, because even though this is similarly experimental and weird I oddly am not as annoyed by it. Plus one of my all time favorite who tracks “I can see for miles” is on this one
it was okay, pretty psychedelic, was a weird commercial sounding style
Weird
I've gotten all five Who albums on the list (not including user submissions) all within my first year of the project. That's a lot of Who in one year... This one was a fun revisit. I honestly enjoy the commercials. They're really fun and blend well with the actual songs. While I'm not super into the music itself, this album has a lot of personality that makes it worth checking out. Here's how I would rank the five albums: 1. Who's Next 2. Tommy 3. The Who Sell Out 4. My Generation 5. Live At Leeds Favorite track: Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
Типичнейший альбом 67 года. В данном случае, как вы понимаете, это высшая похвала. Лучшая песня: Tattoo
Found myself enjoying the “adverts” more than the songs!! Not a bad effort to be fair.
Exceptional album. Standout tracks include Tattoo and I can See for Miles.
Ok
Tråkigt album som helhet men ett fåtal bangers
41/1001 First listen. Had to check again to see if I was actually listening to the right album. This is The Who? I have never understood this band. Their singles are good but everything else to my ears just sounds made up on the spot. 4/10
later
2.5 stars. Far more pop than rock than I was expecting outta The Who. Outside of catchy "I Can See for Miles" which is fun, the rest just feels like a lesser Beatles re-tread.
Some great Who music interrupted by commercials. I get the point, but can we just stick to the music? 4/5
Un disco con interludios, cuñas rafiofónicas, estilos que van desde el pop de los sesenta (Medac), la psicodelia (Relax) folkie (Tattoo)... Abre Amenia City in the Sky, escrita por el chófer de Townshend, que trabajaba de conductor, y luego formó «Thunderclap Newman» junto a Pete (quién se ocultó como Bijou Drains), de allí nació la maravillosa «Something in the air». Mary Anne with the shaky hand es un tema que podría estar en cualquiera de los Byrds. I Can See For Miles es un clásico. Rael otro. Es un puente entre el jangle de A quick one y la ópera Tommy. Es un gran disco de los Who sesenteros pero no es "Who’s Next", "Live At Leeds", "Quadrophenia" o el propio "Tommy".
I really like the radio station stylization.
2. Old recording, silly album.
Meghhhhh
Actually enjoyed this side of The Who. Enjoyed the skit about baked beans. Very British, very cheeky. Favorite Song(s): Tattoo, I Can See For Miles.
I can appreciate what they're going for here as a concept. I expect it was extremely clever at the time, and even seems it now. But when it comes to the music itself, it's pretty uneven like a lot of their oeuvre. "I Can See For Miles" really rips. Some portions of "Armenia City In the Sky" and "Rael" are fantastic, and the harmonies sound great. The challenge is there's a lot of so-so stuff in there. Kinda fun, kinda boring, good not great.
Fine, I guess? The "humor" of it is lost on me, but whatever.
Favorite Track: I Can See For Miles
Same songs over and over again
Okay. Not their best work - a little too similar across the board to each other and other music at the time.
A lot of forgettable and uninspiring music on this record with "I Can See For Miles" being one great exception, so much so that it is a little jarring to hear juxtaposed against all the other tracks. The radio jingles concept of the album doesn't bother me, and I think hearing the radio voices sprinkled throughout the album gives it an enjoyable theme (even better if it were more satirical - see Songs for the Deaf), but that theme spills over into the music itself, making it bland and uninteresting.
Am I going to have to listen to every single f The Who album? Saved a song: N RYM: N
Interesting record.
There is a concept here but not a great one.
The fact that it’s a concept album doesn’t automatically make it good. 2/5
How can an album that features I Can See For Miles be this bad?
They were cooking with this one. Fun, Alt-y Rock and/or Roll.
Uhm, weird. I pay for Spotify so I don't have to listen to ads.
What a weird little album.
Darling! I SAID whats for tea??????? A nursey rhyme commentary on the state of the world in 1967. Comsumerism, while and product placement has tainted media since the dawn of captialism and the WHO are more than willing to dunk on jaunty commercials and Do I know much about that... no. Are the songs still relevant? Yes.
Not their best.
I;m thinking about thos beans — The ad reads actually really do it for me. It’s like OG meme music. I will say, I hate that Spotify doesn’t offer the original albums a lot of the time and is like, “Here’s the super deluxe ultra extended never released b side c side tracks version!" This album would be losing points and novelty if it was actually 1-2 hours long.
Way better than I would have guessed 4.75 stars
I like the who. But this is shit
Awful save for one song.
2.5
maybe a 1.5
Nuevamente aparece The Who en este reto, ahora con su tercer disco. Más allá si a uno le gustan poco o mucho, no tiene sentido pararse en la vereda de que no fueron una banda importante. Disco conceptual, sutilmente psicodélico, ideal para amenizar una mañana. Muchas gracias y hasta mañana
No. 13 This is the second album that I listen to from The Who, and it is very different if I were to compare them both. I did like the instrumental in all the songs, but not all of them are bangers
One of the ugliest album covers I’ve ever seen. It was fine music but yeah
This might have been innovative and perhaps even a bit edgy in 1967, but it hasn’t aged well. 2/5
While the quirky use of Radio London and advertisements might have seemed creatively surreal when they sat at the mixing desk, they are irritating on first listen and prohibit repeated playing. Unfortunately the rest is fairly pedestrian.
Interesting concept album
Like it’s alright but I don’t think it stands out anymore. I think I just don’t like The Who much
First listen
Classic Who, great hits on here
was laaaaauft. armenia city isch en decent song aber was isch d idee miemm sell out? ischne da vorgworfe worde? ok sie hend anschinend afoch viel echti werbige gmacht zu dere ziit. odorono isch fun als song? haha de radio london jingle isch suuuuper. hends glaub afoch klaut. our love was isch suuuuper cool. ich check das album absolut null. es isch huere goofy. sunrise isch zb komplett unstrukturiert irgendwie? aso colli chords interessanti melodie. aber hääää
HAHAHAHAHAH ich LIEWWEB s albumcover armenia city wär na cool wenn d stimme nöd so komisch wär? heinz baked beans isch au chli en fiebertraum aber scho suchli funny mary anne kenni vo iwo? ENDLICH EMAL E NORMALI STIMM find die commercials na funny tattoo het mega schöni harmonie hä jz isches soo geil, und die erste 4 lieder oder so eifach arsch also sie sind immerno weird aber so, dass ichs chan nachvollzieh? silas stingy ARSCH joo, wenns für mich funktioniert het, hanis GLIEBT, aber gfühlt 70% hani eifach nöd so schaurig gueti entscheidige gfunde.
Tää tuli mulle jo aikasemmin ja oli sillon ärsyttävä joten en jaksa kuunnella uudestaan. Pidättäydyn siinä että oli rasittava.
Not sure what this is. Not very listenable as a record but definitely creative. The radio ads and the reference to smooth sailing make me think of Songs for the Deaf by qotsa. Seems like drugs influenced this a lot which isn’t bad but it’s indulgent.
Honestly, it was all just research for a book.
Bon, de base, je trouve The Who assez ennuyeux (sauf une toune, Boris the Spider, que je trouve absolument excellente). C’est pas de la mauvaise musique, mais ça ne vient pas me chercher. Cet album est intéressant, une autre facette de la musique des années 60, moi qui ne connaît surtout que l’oeuvre des Beatles, mais qui me laisse de marbre.
4 stars just for the radio show execution.
Nah, this is far too 60s for me
my least favorite The Who album so far. the only good songs are Tattoo and I Can See For Miles
This was an interesting listen... a weird concept but executed pretty well. A mix of psychedelic pop rock with a little more of a garage rock spirit. I listened to the "mono" version but it was still pretty "full" sounding in the instrumentals and vocals. Not something I would typically listen to but it kept my interest throughout, though it falls off a bit towards the end.