Daltrey (album)
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| Studio album by Roger Daltrey | ||||
| Released | 20 April 1973 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 1973 | |||
| Studio | Barn Studios, Apple Studios, and Nova Studios | |||
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| Label | MCA (US), Track (UK) | |||
| Producer | David Courtney, Adam Faith | |||
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| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
Daltrey is the debut solo album by The Who's lead singer, Roger Daltrey, who is the third member to make a solo album. It was first released in 1973. The album took six weeks to record during January and February 1973. Sessions took place at Daltrey's Barn Studio, Burwash, East Sussex, where the backing tracks were laid down; vocals, overdubs, and mixing were completed at The Beatles' Apple Studios at 3 Savile Row (the vocals for "One Man Band (reprise)" were recorded on the Apple rooftop, where The Beatles had performed their famous final concert in January 1969), and at Nova Sound Studios.
The album was recorded during a hiatus time in The Who's touring schedule. The top single off the album, "Giving it All Away", reached number five in the UK and the album made the Top 50 in the United States. He also released a single in 1973, "Thinking" with B-side "There is Love" which features Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin on guitar. Bizarrely, the British release, with considerable airplay of "Giving it All Away" (first lines "I paid all my dues so I picked up my shoes, I got up and walked away") coincided with news reports of The Who being sued for unpaid damage to their hotel on a recent tour, including a TV set being thrown out of the window.
Former British pop teen idol Adam Faith and Dave Courtney co-produced the album.
The album was packaged in a gatefold sleeve, photographed and designed by Daltrey's cousin Graham Hughes featuring a Victorian locket-style soft focus image portraying Daltrey's Pre-Raphaelite looks. The inner sleeve photography shows a trompe-l'œil in reference to the Narcissus myth, as Daltrey's reflection in the water differs from his real appearance. The cover itself features an image of Daltrey also shown in the film ""Tommy""
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