The Who Sell Out
by The Who
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The Who Sell Out is ranked 4th best out of 51 albums by The Who on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Who is Who's Next which is ranked number 40 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,246.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Who Sell Out track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Who Sell Out rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 70 Music Albums of 1967 | 25/70 | 3 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 34 Music Albums of 1967 | 7/34 | 4 |
| 2026 | BurndenAce | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 63/100 | 37 |
| 2026 | BoxFL | Top 28 Music Albums of the 1960s | 17/28 | 9 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 29/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 638 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,379 | |||
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The Who Sell Out ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 28 hours ago | dsavard | 680 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2026 06:41 | mikepen | 376 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2026 09:31 | VeVt | 98 | 39/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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The Who Sell Out forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5432): By joannajewsom BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
neilgee 08/28/2026 19:37 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)The Who Sell Out comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/12/2017 00:37 | #182325 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is an interesting case. Individually, I'm not a huge fan of any of the songs, but as a whole, it's an amazing listen. (Edited)
Amazing album. I don't like very much any other album by the Who -I find them quite boring-, but this one is just pure psycodelic greatness. I would like the Who much more if they have stayed with this almost LSD sound.
If I was played this without being told the artist, never in a million years would I guess The Who. This has to be my favourite Who album, even without listeneing to the rest. I am not a Mod fan and am surprised by how psychedelic this is, which is right up my street! 'I Can See For Miles' has to be my favourite track on the album. Moments of madness aka 'Gong like', mix with classical interludes which makes the listening experience very enjoyable. Great psychedelic guitar sound and just listen to what Keith Moon is doing behind that Slingerland kit!
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/12/2022 15:07 | #286296 | TOP COMMENT
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Man, this record just gets better and better the more I return to it. A phenomenal headphones album.
The Who Sell Out is super ambitious as the band dove into a more psych sound and a heavier one in certain cases, all the while maintaining a superb mind for melody. Of course let’s not pass by the flawless execution of interstitial radio clips, influencing the structure of albums like Songs For The Deaf over 30 years later.
My love for this album is growing exponentially. (Edited)
All good songs, one great song. One of those albums where it is strongest in a full listen through to appreciate the clever concept of the album and all the fun little ditties between tracks.
A really good concept album, loads of fun, will come back to again and again even if there is only one stand out track ("i can see for miles and miles"). (Edited)
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