One of the Boys (Roger Daltrey album)

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One of the Boys
One of the Boys cover
Studio album by Roger Daltrey
Released May 1977
Recorded November 1976-March 1977, Ramport Studios and Pathe Marconi Studios
Genre Rock music
Label MCA
Producer Dave Courtney and Tony Meehan
Professional reviews
Roger Daltrey chronology
Ride a Rock Horse
(1975)
One of the Boys
(1977)
McVicar
(1980)

One of the Boys is the third solo album by The Who's lead singer, Roger Daltrey. It was first released in 1977. The sessions were recorded at The Who's Ramport Studios during the winter of 1976 (vocals were recorded at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, due to tax complications), and Roger allowed students from the local Battersea technical school to film them as an educational project. This also marked the first time that Roger had written or co-written a song since "Here For More" (released as the B-side of The Who's "The Seeker") in 1970. Roger's original choice for producers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, was denied.

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[edit] Track listing

  1. "Parade" (Goodhand-Tait) - 3:41
  2. "Single Man's Dilemma" (Blunstone) - 3:03
  3. "Avenging Annie" (Pratt) - 4:32
  4. "The Prisoner" (Courtney/Todd/Daltrey) - 3:32
  5. "Leon" (Goodhand-Tait) - 4:47
  6. "One of the Boys" (Gibbons) - 2:45
  7. "Giddy" (McCartney) - 4:47
  8. "Written on the Wind" (Korda) - 3:22
  9. "Satin And Lace" (Courtney/Todd/Daltrey) - 4:06
  10. "Doing It All Again" (Courtney/Todd/Daltrey) - 2:27

[edit] Non-album material

  1. "Martyrs and Madmen" (Swindells) - 4:16 (recorded during these sessions but remained unreleased until 1982 compilation Best Bits)
  2. "Treachery" (Swindells) - 4:56
  3. "Say It Ain't So Joe" (Head) - 4:16 (released in place of "Written On The Wind" on original US LP)

[edit] Singles

  • "Written On The Wind" / "Dear John" (released April 1977; #46 in the UK singles chart, and not released in the US)
  • "One Of The Boys" / "You Put Something Better Inside Me" (released June 1977; did not chart in the UK, and not released in the US)
  • "Say It Ain't So Joe" / "Satin and Lace" (released July 1977; did not chart in the US, and not released in the UK)
  • "Avenging Annie" / "The Prisoner" (released October 1977; #88 in the US, and not released in the UK)
  • "Say It Ain't So Joe" / "The Prisoner" (released February 1978; did not chart in the UK, and not released in the US)
  • "Leon" / "The Prisoner" (released April 1978; did not chart in the US, and not released in the UK.

[edit] Musicians