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Tommy is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 19 May 1969. [2] Written primarily by guitarist Pete Townshend, Tommy is a double album and an early rock opera that tells the story of the fictional Tommy Walker and his path to becoming a spiritual leader and messianic figure.
The soundtrack was used in the 1975 Tommy film that was based on the original album that was released by The Who in 1969. Pete Townshend oversaw the production of this double-LP recording that returned the music to its rock roots, and on which the unrecorded orchestral arrangements he had envisaged for the original Tommy LP were realised by the ...
Tommy: 1969 [1] "Tommy's Holiday Camp" Townshend (credited as Moon) Townshend Tommy: 1969 [1] "Too Much of Anything" Townshend Daltrey Odds & Sods: 1974 [37] "Trilby's Piano" Townshend Townshend Endless Wire: 2006 [7] "Trick of the Light" Entwistle Daltrey Who Are You: 1978 [3] "Trying to Get Through" Townshend Townshend Tommy (re-release) 2003 ...
They left Track in 1974 and returned to Polydor directly, [2] remaining with the label ever since. In North America, they were originally on Decca Records . They moved to Atco Records for one single in 1966 [ 1 ] before returning to Decca later that year.
Tommy and Quadrophenia Live is a 3-disc DVD box set that includes performances by The Who from their 1989 (the Tommy portion) and 1996-1997 tours (the Quadrophenia portion). Whilst the Tommy part of the set had been already released on VHS , material from the Quadrophenia Tour had not been commercially available previously.
The track list presents the original studio album almost exactly, with the only changes being it missing "Underture", and a slightly different order. [4] According to Daltrey "[the album is] played as a structured piece of music that is written and respected just as we respect the great composers of the past". [ 5 ]
He appeared on Primus’ single “Tommy the Cat” in 1991, and in turn, the band’s bassist Les Claypool played on Bone Machine. Another track on the album, “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up,” would ...
NME placed Tommy and My Generation at No.16 and No.22 respectively on its list of "NME Writers All Time Top 100" in 1974. Likewise, "My Generation" was also named the best debut album in 1965 and its self-titled song was placed on the list of "75 Tunes That Defined Rock 'N' Roll" by NME. [34]