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"The first non-fiction book about Riperton and Stepney that uses rare archival ephemera, the multiple re-issues of the album, interviews, cultural history, and personal narrative to tell the story of one of the most monumental musical works of the 20th century"--

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Explores a key hip hop album marking the cross over point where the streets and the charts collided.

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Neil Young's "Harvest" is one of those strange albums that has achieved lasting success without ever winning the full approval of rock critics or hardcore fans. Inglis here explores the creation of the album and its lasting appeal.

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A surrealist text loosely based on the life, suffering and reincarnation of Anne Frank, with guest appearances from a pair of Siamese twins menaced by the cold and carnivores, a two-headed boy bobbing in a jar, anthropomorphic vegetables and a variety of immature erotic horrors.

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New Kids on the Block will be judged on something that's never been explored in depth before--their music.

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"An investigation of the stories behind the songs of one of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' most acclaimed studio albums, and the numerous ways these ballads have been interpreted through the years"--

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This book explores how a tiny acoustic record (Pink Moon) has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Amanda Petrusich interviews producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW commercial.

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Combining solid research into NIN's roots with compelling, emotional oral histories from fans,a fascinating account of a huge subculture.

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Though "Nevermind" was Nirvana's most commercially successful album, and the record that broke them - and the grunge phenomenon - internationally, "In Utero" has increasingly become regarded as the band's best album, both by the critics and the band members themselves. This work tells the story behind the creation of "In Utero".

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Described, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll, Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. This book demonstrates how Horses transformed the possibilities of both poetry and rock music.

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A compelling examination of the classic Pavement album, including interviews with all band members and record label staff.

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"A discussion of how Pearl Jam's 1993 follow-up to its debut smash Ten-and the band's concurrent retreat from the spotlight-laid the groundwork for what the band became: a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-honored partnership that remains true to its deliberate, socially responsible roots"--

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Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days, John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut album was created. He brings to life the stories behind each track, as well as Pink Floyd's live performances.

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This book takes Polly Jean at her word. Kate Schatz puts together a collection of stories that is weird, dark, and seductive in its portrayals of women, kidnapping, love, sex, isolation and power.

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An album which distilled a genre from the musical, cultural, and social ether, Portishead's "Dummy" was such a complete artistic achievement that its ubiquitous successes threatened to exhaust its own potential. The author offers an impressionistic investigation of "Dummy" that imitates the cumulative structure of the album itself.

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33 1/3 is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books cut to the heart of the music. Part '80s musical retrospective, part angry social document, Prince's 1987 classic stands as pop's last great double album.

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Offers an account of how the Bomb Squad produced a singular-sounding record - the engineering, sampling, scratching, constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing. This title delves into the original songs that were sampled and recontextualized. It shows which of the four Bomb Squad members had the most personal relationship with each sample.

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