TOMMY, the Who s defining, breakthrough concept album a full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy that launched the band to international superstardom, was originally released in May 1969. The Who were at a career crossroads, they were known mainly as a singles band but this project launched them as a serious albums band and has now sold over 20 million copies as well as regularly turning up in lists of the most influential albums of all time. The album has been digitally remastered for this re-release.