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[[Image:Tommyalbumcover.jpg|right|thumb|The Who's Tommy, the first album explicitly billed as a rock opera]]
'''''Tommy''''' is the first of [[The Who]]'s two full-scale [[rock opera]]s (the second being ''[[Quadrophenia]]''), and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. In some older publications it is called ''Tommy (1914–1984)''. Released in [[1969 in music|1969]], the opera was composed by Who guitarist [[Pete Townshend]], with two tracks contributed by Who bassist [[John Entwistle]] and one fictitiously attributed to Who drummer [[Keith Moon]], though actually written by Townshend.[http://www.thewho.net/discography/songs/TommysHolidayCamp.html] www.thewho.net - Discography - Songs: Tommy's Holiday Camp] An earlier song by [[blues]] artist [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]] was also incorporated into the opera.
'''''Tommy''''' is the first of [[The Who]]'s two full-scale [[rock opera]]s (the second being ''[[Quadrophenia]]''), and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. In some older publications it is called ''Tommy (1914–1984)''. Released in [[1969 in music|1969]], the opera was composed by Who guitarist [[Pete Townshend]], with two tracks contributed by Who bassist [[John Entwistle]] and one fictitiously attributed to Who drummer [[Keith Moon]], though actually written by Townshend.[http://www.thewho.net/discography/songs/TommysHolidayCamp.html] www.thewho.net - Discography - Songs: Tommy's Holiday Camp] An earlier song by [[blues]] artist [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]] was also incorporated into the opera.
==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The opera was written to express how Townshend felt after being taught by [[Meher Baba]] and other writings and expressing the enlightenment he believes he received -- "a metaphorical story of different states of consciousness."<ref>Richard Barnes, liner notes from 1996 CD release</ref>
The opera was written to express how Townshend felt after being taught by [[Meher Baba]] and other writings and expressing the enlightenment he believes he received -- "a metaphorical story of different states of consciousness." (Richard Barnes, liner notes from 1996 CD release)
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