The Who Sell Out

album by the Who

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  • the Who
    In the Who

    Until the 1967 release of The Who Sell Out, a sardonic concept album presented as a pirate radio broadcast, the Who were primarily a singles group. They were, however, more successful in this regard in Britain (eight top ten hits between 1965 and 1967) than in the United States (“I…

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Townshend

  • Pete Townshend
    In Pete Townshend: The Who

    …Britain with its 1967 album The Who Sell Out, a pioneering concept album devised by Townshend that criticized excessive commercialism.

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