Many authors and critics tie the history of concept albums in popular music to the mid-sixties, and even books have been ... concept album that followed it (Quadrophenia), it ranked among the ...

This is where the ideas for rock operas like Tommy and Quadrophenia come from ... The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and the album it inspired, The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. In Townshend ...

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Despite The Who's Quadrophenia being set over 60 years ago, Pete Townshend's themes of identity, mental health, and modern masculinity are just as relevant today. The album is having a renaissance ...

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