An excellent & frequently astonishing album Quadrophenia is both more ambitious & less accessible than Tommy the first & most well known rock opera At its simplest level Quadrophenia is a coming-of-age story with an awesome soundtrack The album features some of the Who&s finest material in songs like the enraged " Real Me" the cynical " Punk Meets the Godfather" the wistful "515" & " Sea & Sand" & the powerful " Love Reign O&er Me" The songwriting (courtesy of Pete Townshend) is top-notch as is the production (the Who actually managed to use synthesizers in an original manner something few rock bands can aspire to) The mix of powerful songwriting & skilful composition makes this one of the Who&s finest moments --Genevieve Williams