The Who's the Who Sell Out

by John Dougan

Book Overview

Released in the U.S. in January 1968, The Who Sell Out was, according to critic Dave Marsh, a complete backfire--the album sold well, but not spectacularly and was] ultimately a nostalgic in-joke: Who but a pop intellectual could appreciate such a thing? Further rarifying its in-joke status was its unapologetic Englishness; 13 tracks stitched together in a mock pirate radio broadcast, without a DJ, with cool, anglocentric commercials to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826417434
• ISBN13: 9780826417435
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 6.5"