{"product_id":"9780826417435","title":"The Who's The Who Sell Out","description":"Author: Dougan, John\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780826417435\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Nov 2006\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReleased in the U.S. in January 1968, \u003ci\u003eThe Who Sell Out\u003c\/i\u003e was, according to critic Dave Marsh, \u003ci\u003e'a complete backfire. . .the album sold well, but not spectacularly  and was  ultimately a nostalgic in-joke'.\u003c\/i\u003e Who but a pop intellectual could appreciate such a thing? Further ratifying its in-joke status was its unapologetic Englishness; 13 tracks stitched together in a mock pirate radiobroadcast, without a DJ, with cool, Anglo centric commercials to boot. In the 36 years since its release, \u003ci\u003eSell Out\u003c\/i\u003e, though still not the best selling release in The Who's catalogue, has been embraced by a growing number of fans who regard it as the band's best work; one of the few recordings of the late 1960s that best represents the ambitious aesthetic possibilities of the concept album; without becoming mired in a bog of smug, self-aggrandizing, high art aspirations. \u003ci\u003eSell Out\u003c\/i\u003e, powerfully and ecstatically, articulates the nexus of pop music and pop culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs much as it is an expression of the band's expanding sonic palette, \u003ci\u003eSell Out\u003c\/i\u003e also functions as a critique of the rock and roll lifestyle. Not the cliched mantra of sex, drugs, and rock and roll but in the ways that commercial advertising fabricates a youth-oriented cultural reality by hawking pimple cream, deodorant, food, musical equipment, etc., and linking it with rock and roll. In this sense \u003ci\u003eSell Out\u003c\/i\u003e is a reflective work, one that struggles with rock and roll as a cultural expression that aspires to aesthetic permanence while marketed as ephemera. From this conflict emerges a pop art masterpiece.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46616115970206,"sku":"UBD-9780826417435","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780826417435.jpg?v=1773809437","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780826417435","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}