McVicar (Roger Daltrey album)

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McVicar
McVicar cover
Studio album by Roger Daltrey
Released June 1980
Recorded Advison Studios, London and Air Studios, Montserrat, W. Indies
Genre Rock
Label Polydor
Producer Jeff Wayne
Professional reviews
Roger Daltrey chronology
One of the Boys
(1977)
McVicar
(1980)
Best Bits
(1982)

'McVicar' is Roger Daltrey's fourth solo album, and also the soundtrack album of McVicar, the film of the same name. The film was a biography of English bank robber John McVicar, was produced by Daltrey and also featured him in the starring role. Because all members of The Who played on the album, it is often considered to be an unrecognized Who album.

The album was released in June, 1980, on Polydor PD-1-6284 in the USA. It was produced by Jeff Wayne and recorded at Advison Studios, London. Daltrey's vocals were recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat, W. Indies. The album reached #22 in the U.S. charts and produced Daltrey's highest charting single, "Without Your Love."

In 2001 Swedish HipHop group Infinite Mass used Daltreys song "My time is gonna come" (as well as the bass line in the song) for their International hit "Bullet", the music video for "Bullet" is a composite of clips from the film McVicar and new footage.

[edit] Track listing

  • "Bitter and Twisted" (Steve Swindells)
  • "Just a Dream Away" (Russ Ballard)
  • "White City Lights" (Billy Nicholls & Jon Lind)
  • "Free Me" (Russ Ballard)
  • "My Time Is Gonna Come" (Russ Ballard)
  • "Waiting for a Friend" (Billy Nicholls)
  • "Without Your Love" (Billy Nicholls)
  • "McVicar" (Billy Nicholls)

[edit] Singles chart position

  • "Free Me," #53
  • "Waiting For A Friend," #104
  • "Without Your Love," #20

[edit] Musicians

  • Roger Daltrey (vocals)
  • Pete Townshend (guitar)
  • John Entwistle (bass)
  • Kenny Jones (drums)
  • John "Rabbit" Bundrick (keyboard)
  • Stuart Elliot
  • Dave Mattacks
  • Herbie Flowers
  • Dave Markee
  • Ricky Hithcock
  • Billy Nicholls
  • Jo Partridge
  • Ken Freeman
  • Frank Ricottland
  • Tony Carr
  • Ron Aspery