Home / Music / Who's Next rose from the ashes of Townshend's Lifehouse projectMusic linernotes album music the-whoWho's Next rose from the ashes of Townshend's Lifehouse projectThe album was salvaged from Pete Townshend’s abandoned Lifehouse project, a multimedia rock opera he’d conceived as a follow-up to Tommy. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesQuadrophenia's fractured structure mirrors its protagonist's mindTommy was one of the longest rock albums of the 1960sQuadrophenia was adapted into a 1979 film directed by Franc RoddamTommy was the first rock opera — and it's still the benchmarkQuadrophenia is a play on schizophrenia for The Who's four-sided protagonistExploreJoni Mitchell brought Moog and ARP to The Hissing of Summer LawnsEno's tape loops on Musik für Flughäfen never exactly repeatAn Electric Storm fused Musique concrète with popThe Roland MC-8 Microcomposer made Yellow Magic Orchestra innovativeGabriel's brief departure strained the Lamb Lies Down sessionsPrevious 'Blue Monday' was cut during the Power, Corruption & Lies sessions — and changed everythingNext Who's Next came out on August 2, 1971