McVicar (album)

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.

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".

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

Singles chart positions

"Free Me", #53

"Waiting for a Friend", #104

"Without Your Love", #20

Personnel

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

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

See also

Roger Daltrey discography

References

External links

1980 albums

Roger Daltrey albums

Polydor Records soundtracks

Albums recorded at AIR Studios