Track Listing 1. Overture 2. It's a Boy 3. 1921 4. Amazing Journey 5. Sparks 6. Eyesight to the Blind 7. Christmas 8. Cousin Kevin 9. Acid Queen, The 10. Underture 11. Do You Think It's Alright? 12. Fiddle About 13. Pinball Wizard 14. There's a Doctor 15. Go to the Mirror! 16. Tomoy Can You Hear Me? 17. Smash the Mirror 18. Sensation 19. Miracle Cure 20. Sally Simpson 21. I'm Free 22. Welcome 23. Tommy's Holiday Camp 24. We're Not Gonna Take It
| Details | | Distributor: | Phantom Import Distributi | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Digitally remastered Japanese reissue packaged in a miniaturized double gatefold LP sleeve. The definitive rock opera, TOMMY liberated the Who from a "singles band" stigma, marking them as a substantial artistic force. Composer Pete Townshend had flirted with the conceptual format on two previous releases, but here his vision is spread over two ambitious records that play to the Who's main strengths. Anthems such as the raucous "Pinball Wizard" and the surprisingly serene "I'm Free" emphasize the kinetic power of the band, while Townshend's cast of characters (the perverted Uncle Ernie, the inscrutable Tommy) reveals a wild and unconventional imagination. Townshend even incorporates blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson's "Eyesight to the Blind" as part of his fable about the "deaf, dumb, and blind kid," making a successful reference to the past in what is an undeniably groundbreaking and forward-looking achievement.
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