Tommy (1969)

The Who's 1969 double album tells of a boy left deaf, dumb and blind by trauma, and what the world makes of him. Overture states the main themes, and they return across all four sides until the "see me, feel me" refrain of We're Not Gonna Take It. Pinball Wizard is the famous single, but in sequence it is one turn in a much stranger story. The lean band sound lets the songs carry the drama.