''McVicar'' is the soundtrack to the film '' McVicar'' and the fourth solo studio album by

Roger Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the Rock music, rock band The Who. Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't Ge ...

, the lead vocalist for The Who. The film, a

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of the English bank robber

John McVicar John McVicar (21 March 1940 – 6 September 2022) was a British journalist and convicted one-time armed robber who escaped from prison. Career As a criminal McVicar's criminal career began in his teens with shop break-ins and car thefts. In 1 ...

, was produced by Daltrey and also featured him in the starring role as John McVicar himself. Because all of the then-members of

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played on the album, it is often considered to be an unrecognized Who album although there was no participation by the band in the songwriting. The album was released in June 1980, on Polydor PD-1-6284 in the US. It was produced by

Jeff Wayne Jeffry Wayne (born 1 July 1943) is an American-British composer, musician and lyricist. In 1978, he released ''Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds'', his musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' science-fiction novel ''The War of ...

and recorded at Advision Studios, London. Daltrey's vocals were recorded at

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, Montserrat, West Indies. The album reached number 22 in the US and produced Daltrey's highest charting solo single to date, " Without Your Love". In 2001 Swedish HipHop group

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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

Singles chart positions

* " Free Me", #53 * "Waiting for a Friend", #104 * " Without Your Love", #20

Personnel

- vocals *

Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Townsh ...

- guitar * Ricky Hitchcock - guitar * Billy Nicholls - guitar * Jo Partridge - slide, electric & acoustic guitars *

John Entwistle John Alec Entwistle (9 October 194427 June 2002) was an English musician who was the bassist for the rock band The Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member ...

- bass *

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- bass * Dave Markee - bass *

John "Rabbit" Bundrick John Douglas "Rabbit" Bundrick (born November 21, 1948 in Houston, Texas) is an American–English rock keyboardist. He is best known for his work with The Who and associations with others including Eric Burdon, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Rog ...

- keyboards * Ken Freeman - synthesizers, keyboards * Ron Aspery - flute *

, Steve Bray - brass arrangements *

Kenney Jones Kenneth Thomas "Kenney" Jones (born 16 September 1948) is an English drummer best known for his work in the groups Small Faces, Faces, and the Who. Jones was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Small Faces/Faces ...

- drums *

Dave Mattacks David James Mattacks (born 13 March 1948) is an English rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician and as a performing artist. Apart from playing the drums, he i ...

- drums * Stuart Elliott - drums *

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- 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

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1980 albums Roger Daltrey albums Polydor Records soundtracks Albums recorded at AIR Studios

Track listing

Singles chart positions

Personnel

See also

References

External links