The Who - Tommy

When I first started listening to The Who, circa 1974, Tommy and Quadrophenia were their most revered albums. When I finally got to hear Quadrophenia, about 15 years ago, I thought it was rubbish, and, having got round to listening to the original Tommy for the first time, this was pretty disappointing as well. A lot of the time this is all the things The Who at their best weren't - pretentious, flabby and rambling. I've seen the Ken Russell film several times, and the versions of some of the songs on the soundtrack are better than the original - notably Tina Turner's demented "Acid Queen".