One of the Boys (Roger Daltrey album)

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^[1] (vocals were recorded at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, due to tax complications), and Daltrey allowed students from the local Battersea technical school to film them as an educational project. This also marked the first time that Daltrey had written or co-written a song since "Here For More" (released as the B-side of The Who's "The Seeker") in 1970, and Lisztomania in 1975. Daltrey's original choice for producers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, was denied.

The cover is after Magritte's famous painting Reproduction Interdite.^[2] Photography and design were by Graham Hughes.

Track listing

1. "Parade" (Phillip Goodhand-Tait) - 3:41
2. "Single Man's Dilemma" (Colin Blunstone) - 3:03
3. "Avenging Annie" (Andy Pratt) - 4:32
4. "The Prisoner" (David Courtney, Todd, Daltrey) - 3:32
5. "Leon" (Phillip Goodhand-Tait) - 4:47
6. "One of the Boys" (Steve Gibbons) - 2:45
7. "Giddy" (Paul McCartney) - 4:47
8. "Written on the Wind" (Paul Korda) - 3:23
9. "Satin And Lace" (David Courtney, Tony Meehan, Daltrey) - 4:06
10. "Doing It All Again" (David Courtney, Tony Meehan, Daltrey) - 2:27
11. "Say It Ain't So Joe" (Murray Head) - 4:16^[3]

Non-album material

1. "Martyrs and Madmen" (Steve Swindells) - 4:16 (recorded during these sessions but remained unreleased until 1982 compilation Best Bits)
2. "Treachery" (Swindells) - 4:56
3. "Written on the Wind" (Paul Korda) - 3:22 (released in place of "Say It Ain't So Joe" on original UK LP)

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.^[1]

Personnel

• Rod Argent - keyboards
• Brian Odgers - bass guitar
• John Entwistle - bass guitar, "Boris" vocals on "One of the Boys" and "Avenging Annie"
• Phil Kenzie - saxophone
• Jimmy Jewell - saxophone
• Andy Fairweather-Low - backing vocals
• Stuart Tosh - drums
• Alvin Lee - guitars
• Jimmy McCulloch - guitars
• Paul Keogh - guitars
• Hank B. Marvin - guitars
• Mick Ronson - guitars
• Keith Moon - drums on "Say It Ain't So, Joe"
• Paul Korda - piano on "Written on the Wind"^[1]

See also

• Roger Daltrey discography

References