McVicar is the soundtrack to the film McVicar and the fourth solo studio album by Roger Daltrey, the lead vocalist for the Who. The film, a biopic of the English bank robber John McVicar, was produced by Daltrey and also featured him in the starring role as John McVicar himself. All of the then-members of the Who played on the album.
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| Released | June 1980 | |||
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| Length | 36:36 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Jeff Wayne | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Smash Hits | 5/10[2] |
The album was released in June 1980, on Polydor PD-1-6284 in the US. It was produced by Jeff Wayne and recorded at Advision Studios, London. Daltrey's vocals were recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies. The album reached number 22 in the US and produced Daltrey's highest charting solo single to date, "Without Your Love".[3]
In 2001 Swedish HipHop group Infinite Mass used Daltrey's 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" composites clips from the film McVicar with new footage.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bitter and Twisted" | Steve Swindells | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Just a Dream Away" | Russ Ballard | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Escape, Part One" | Jeff Wayne | 4:00 |
| 4. | "White City Lights" | Billy Nicholls, Jon Lind | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Free Me" | Ballard | 3:59 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "My Time Is Gonna Come" | Ballard | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Waiting for a Friend" | Nicholls | 3:24 |
| 8. | "Escape, Part Two" | Wayne | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Without Your Love" | Nicholls | 3:18 |
| 10. | "McVicar" | Nicholls | 2:50 |
| Total length: | 36:36 | ||
Singles chart positions
edit- "Free Me", #53
- "Waiting for a Friend", #104
- "Without Your Love", #20[4]
Personnel
edit- Roger Daltrey – vocals
- Pete Townshend – guitar
- Ricky Hitchcock – guitar
- Billy Nicholls – guitar
- Jo Partridge – slide, electric & acoustic guitars
- John Entwistle – bass
- Herbie Flowers – bass
- Dave Markee – bass
- John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards
- Ken Freeman – synthesizers, keyboards
- Ron Aspery – flute[3]
- Jeff Wayne, Steve Bray – brass arrangements
- Kenney Jones – drums
- Dave Mattacks – drums
- Stuart Elliott – drums
- Frank Ricotti – percussion
- Tony Carr – percussion
Technical
- Jon Walls – engineer, AIR Studios, Montserrat
- Cy Langston, Geoff Young, Laurence Diana – engineer
- Richard Evans – sleeve design
- David James – photography
Charts
edit| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] | 41 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] | 44 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[7] | 39 |
| US Billboard 200[8] | 22 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (21 August – 3 September 1980): 30.
- ^ a b "Roger Daltrey Discography". Archived from the original on 19 June 2010.
- ^ "Roger Daltrey Discography". Archived from the original on 12 June 2010.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Roger Daltrey – McVicar" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Roger Daltrey – McVicar". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- ^ "Roger Daltrey | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- ^ "Roger Daltrey Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2023.