McVicar is the soundtrack to the film McVicar and the fourth solo studio album by the English rock singer Roger Daltrey, the lead vocalist for the Who. The film, a biopic of the English convicted one-time armed robber John McVicar, was produced by Daltrey and also featured him in the starring role as John McVicar. 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, the Swedish hip-hop group Infinite Mass used Daltrey's song "My Time Is Gonna Come" (as well as the bassline in the song) for their International hit "Bullet". The music video for "Bullet" composites clips from the film McVicar with new footage.
Contents
Track listing
Singles chart positions
"Free Me", #53
"Waiting for a Friend", #104
"Without Your Love", #20
Personnel
Musicians
Roger Daltrey – vocals
Pete Townshend – guitar
Ricky Hitchcock – guitar
Billy Nicholls – guitar
Jo Partridge – slide, electric & acoustic guitar
John Entwistle – bass guitar
Herbie Flowers – bass guitar
Dave Markee – bass guitar
John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards
Ken Freeman – synthesizer, 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