The album cover for 'Tommy' by The Who is both cryptic and enigmatic. Tommy was originally released as a two-LP set with a booklet including lyrics and images to illustrate parts of the story. The cover doesnt feature any images of the artist, as many of the punk-rock albums of the era did. It uses simple colours, black and blue, as well as small white text do not distract the audience from the cover's concept. The cover is presented as part of a triptych-style fold-out cover. All three of the outer panels of the triptych are spanned by a single pop art painting by Mike McInnerney. The cover is very ambiguous; as we are unaware of what the images are actually there, and why the band decided to feature them. The white doves flying into the image could represent Tommy, who the album is based on. the white clouds are also signs of his innocence and vulnerabilty through his life.
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