Pete's tribute to Meher Baba was remarkable when it was first released and remains so.  Townshend was the consummate musician, songwriter, dreamer and a close second to Bob Dylan as the poet laureate of My Generation.  I picked up the vinyl version expecting a Who-like album, and, instead, got lots of acoutic guitar and some rather obtuse but beautiful lyrics.  No rumbling Keith Moon drums, just Pete keeping the beat, no sizzling bass from John Entwhistle, not many bass lines at all, and no opera-quality vocals from Roger Daltrey, just Pete's semi-falsetto, except for the fantastic duet by Pete and Ronnie Lane.  Evolution is my favorate cut, with Time Is Passing a close second.  The two numbers recorded by The Who are a lot less polished on this effort and, in my opinion, much better.  I loved it then and I still do.