Quadrophenia - The Who

Produced in 1976 by The Who, a prominent Mod band of the times. On its release the album was a worldwide international hit; the fifth consecutive album for the band featuring 10 tracks such as,

Quadrophenia (carrying the same name as the album)
The Real Me (my personal favourite)
I’m one
I’ve had enough.
I am the Sea
The Dirty Job
The Punk and the Godfather
Cut my Hair
Is it in my head
Helpless Dancer

The album had almost an operatic theatric feel, with a great deal of synthesizer use.
Which lead into story telling.
The Album set out to describe the “coming of age and struggle of a young Mod in the 1960’s”. This album was the story about a troubled young boy called Jimmy and the examination of his four way spilt personality. This theme also formed the basis of both the Song and the Album named Quadraphonic (quad meaning 4).

This theme might have been developed as a symbol of their own feelings at the time; the Mod scene was starting to decline and cracks were appearing in the band.

Highly stylised and idealised, after reading a number of reviews it seems that Quadrophenia became the ultimate Mod experience.

Pete Townshend made his name as the guitarist and principal songwriter for rock band