Life House was intended to be Pete Townshend’s life’s work, so to speak, following the somewhat unexpected runaway success of The Who’s May 1969 groundbreaking 2LP rock opera, Tommy. But for various reasons, portions of Life House were instead transmogrified into the nine songs that comprise one of the truly seminal albums of the rock era, August 1971’s Who’s Next.
Although has been feted with various enhanced anniversary editions over the years, the definitive 11-disc box set has finally arrived to mark the LP’s golden jubilee (plus two, that is)—. Ten graphic novel.