Home / Music / The Who Sell Out was a pirate radio broadcast disguised as an albumMusic linernotes album music the-whoThe Who Sell Out was a pirate radio broadcast disguised as an albumThe album was structured as a pirate radio broadcast, with fake jingles and satirical advertisements linking the songs. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesQuadrophenia's fractured structure mirrors its protagonist's mindTommy was one of the longest rock albums of the 1960sQuadrophenia was adapted into a 1979 film directed by Franc RoddamTommy was the first rock opera — and it's still the benchmarkQuadrophenia is a play on schizophrenia for The Who's four-sided protagonistExploreMozart finished his Piano Concerto No. 23 just two months before The Marriage of FigaroMozart finished his Piano Concerto No. 21 one day after his 20thPablo Casals made the first complete recording of the Bach Cello Suites in the late 1930sPatty Griffin rose to prominence with Living with Ghosts in 1996The Polish rock band Perfect disbanded in 2025Previous The Who Sell Out's cover sold deodorant and baked beansNext The Who recorded Sell Out at two London studios in 1967