<B>Take a deep dive into one of the best-selling albums ever on the 50th anniversary of its release with this beautifully produced and authoritatively written slipcased edition.</B><BR/><BR/> Veteran rock critic <B>Martin Popoff</B> leaves no stone unturned in taking apart <B>The Who’s generation-spanning masterpiece, <I>Quadrophenia</I></B>, while exploring each of the album’s 17 tracks and their themes of identity, anxiety, and mental health. Chapters cover:<BR/>  <ul><li> The state of The Who as of 1973, including their role in Mod culture </li><li> The recording sessions at famed Olympic Studios and the band’s own Battersea location, including techniques used </li><li> Song-by-song studies of each album side, including analyses of lyrics and the guitars, drums, keyboards, and synthesizers employed by members Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon </li><li> The 1979 motion picture based on the album’s song cycle </li><li> T