Some albums I have to rate by taking the time of creation into consideration, Tommy is one of those. Does it stack up to some other,later concept albums? Possibly not, but it's still a rock and roll landmark, but then again so Is Elvis and i could give a sh*t about his music.
It's all subjective to taste!
For the record, I've found various live versions of the Tommy songs to be far superior to the original studio album..... In particular the "listening to you" refrain, there exists power in that piece of music rivaled by few others.