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    Posted: April 08 2020 at 15:05
What if we actively tried to make it worse by turning it into a quadruple album? I thought it would be funny, so I did just that! Here's the tracklist:
  1. Overture From Tommy
  2. Prologue 1945
  3. It's A Boy/We've Won
  4. 1921
  5. Amazing Journey
  6. Courtroom Scene
  7. Sparks
  8. Amazing Journey (Reprise)
  9. Christmas/See Me, Feel Me
  10. Do You Think It's Alright Pt. 1
  11. Cousin Kevin
  12. Do You Think It's Alright Pt. 2
  13. Fiddle About
  14. See Me, Feel Me (Reprise)
  15. Do You Think It's Alright Pt. 3
  16. Sparks (Reprise)/Sensation tease
  17. Extra Extra Extra
  18. Pinball Wizard
  19. Champagne
  20. There's A Doctor
  21. Go To The Mirror
  22. I Believe My Own Eyes
  23. Tommy Can You Hear Me
  24. Smash The Mirror
  25. I'm Free
  26. Mother And Son
  27. Streets Of London 1961-63/Miracle Cure
  28. Sensation
  29. I'm Free (Reprise)/Pinball Wizard (Reprise)
  30. Sally Simpson
  31. Welcome
  32. TV Studio
  33. Tommy's Holiday Camp
  34. Sally Simpson's Question
  35. We're Not Gonna Take It
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Seems like Quadrophenia would be a more likely candidate for a quadruple LP.
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Originally posted by Sacro_Porgo Sacro_Porgo wrote:

Seems like Quadrophenia would be a more likely candidate for a quadruple LP.

That one's perfect as is
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Originally posted by GoliathTMV GoliathTMV wrote:

Originally posted by Sacro_Porgo Sacro_Porgo wrote:

Seems like Quadrophenia would be a more likely candidate for a quadruple LP.

That one's perfect as is

Can't argue with that.
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A quadruple album sounds like too much to me. There are a few triple albums out there (the ones I recall are George Harrison's All Things Must Pass where the third LP consists of extended jams, and in all honesty I skip it; and then The Clash' Sandinista! which is sort of their "white album"), but a quadruple album is too big a mouthful. Of course there are box sets and compilations with more than three discs.

The template used here appears to be the soundtrack of the 1975 film version of Tommy. I very much prefer the original album from 1969. The film was horrible while the soundtrack had some good elements for sure (Tina Turner's version of "The Acid Queen" is probably my favourite). Still I think it lacks the heartfelt emotional sincerity of the original album which may actually be my favourite Who album - not necessarily their best, objectively speaking, but the one that means the most to me.


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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

A quadruple album sounds like too much to me. There are a few triple albums out there (the ones I recall are George Harrison's All Things Must Pass where the third LP consists of extended jams, and in all honesty I skip it; and then The Clash' Sandinista! which is sort of their "white album"), but a quadruple album is too big a mouthful. Of course there are box sets and compilations with more than three discs.

The template used here appears to be the soundtrack of the 1975 film version of Tommy. I very much prefer the original album from 1969. The film was horrible while the soundtrack had some good elements for sure (Tina Turner's version of "The Acid Queen" is probably my favourite). Still I think it lacks the heartfelt emotional sincerity of the original album which may actually be my favourite Who album - not necessarily their best, objectively speaking, but the one that means the most to me.

The point isn't that this is a good idea. I made this because I thought it would be really funny. It follows the movie template because some of those versions of the songs are longer, there was no favoritism there. I do, however, prefer I'm Free swapped with Sensation like in the film
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