The Who Sell Out (studio album) by The Who
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The Who Sell Out is ranked 4th best out of 46 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 26,231.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 3 days ago | considerthejosh | | 82/100 |
60/100 | 05/08/2023 19:44 |  teague | | 78/100 |
70/100 | 04/15/2023 00:35 | TastyandTemptin | | 70/100 |
75/100 | 04/10/2023 17:41 | Robmc70 | | 78/100 |
70/100 | 04/10/2023 05:41 | Sumbody | | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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The music is good but the fake adverts have never worked for me
Not a fan of this album. The adverts are insufferable. And some of the tracks have some great music in them but as a track don't work for me.
AAL2014 06/12/2022 15:07
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.
Good fun album by The Who but better work by them will come after this one.
sszwalbenest 12/12/2021 13:12
My favorite Who record. Definitely less over the top than some of their later material. I also love the general anti-consumerist theme.
The beginning of the Who's real run of greatness.
Brad1770 08/30/2021 08:39
So, what are the best album streaks in modern music ? The question is one which has always fascinated me.
My personal list (albums and artists I know and love) of streaks goes something like this
1. The Beatles: ‘Help’ to ‘The White Album’ (peerless / untouchable)
2. R.E.M: ‘Murmur’ to ‘Up’
3. The Kinks: ‘Face to Face’ to ‘Muswell Hillbillies’
4. Pixies: ‘Come On Pilgrim’ to ‘Trompe Le Monde’
And here we have The Who beginning their own landmark streak with
‘The Who Sell Out’ (1967)
Followed by
‘Tommy’ (1969)
Followed by
‘Live At Leeds’ (1970)
Followed by
‘Who’s Next’ (1971)
Followed by
‘Quadrophenia’ (1973)
A simply sublime run of excellence
Hardly seems fair
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").
"Our Love Was" is absolutely sublime
wow. quite a decent offering.
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