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"An analysis of EWF's world musical artistry and their embodiment of innovative fusion of musical genres and homage to African and American traditions"--

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Focuses on the genius of Elliott Smith's 1998 debut that remains his defining album, "XO". This book provides a take on this widely beloved album, steering clear of the sensationalist suicide angles that have dogged most analysis of Smith's extraordinary work.

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"Argues that Blue Moves is Elton John's most interesting and illustrative album, the one that opens up and helps to explain his explosive career before the album's release in 1976 and his bumpy yet ultimately stratospheric career after it"--

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A caustic wit and the knack for great pop, this is Costello's classic mixture of soul and new wave. Features Accidents Will Happen, Oliver's Army and What's So Funny 'bout Peace Love and Understanding.

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"A discussion of one of the most influential 20th century performer's most underrated album and the narrative it tells about Elvis and his relationship to home"--

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"Repositions ESG in their rightful place as punk pioneers and explains how they have paved the way for modern dance music today"--

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There was a time when people sat together to listen to records. This album with four separate CDs celebrates this disappearing moment.

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A prismaticlook at one of the most unusual albums ever released by a major rock band, with freshinput from Lindsey Buckingham.

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Uses the Seven Deadly Sins as a structuring device to look at the album, "The Gilded Palace of Sin", that plays as fast and loose with its religious images as it does with its genre-borrowing.

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In on the Kill Taker examines how the album became an alt-rock classic, and the difficulties leading up to the band's breakthrough success.

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"Charts the rise of the Geto Boys from the earliest days of Houston's rap scene and documents a moment in music history when hip-hop began to replace rock as the transgressive sound of American youth"--

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An intimate portrait of the 1970 Grateful Dead album, Workingman's Dead, charting its influences and historical importance.

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In this book, Eric Weisbard shows how the album has matured into a work whose baroque excesses now have something to teach us about pop and the platforms it raises and lowers, about a man who suddenly found himself praised to the firmament for every character trait that had hitherto marked him as an irredeemable loser.

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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole was without a doubt the most popular and beloved singer in Hawai'i. His popularity stemmed not only from his music but from his outspokenness on issues of native Hawaiian sovereignty. This book presents an account of the life and music of this most legendary figures in contemporary Hawaiian culture.

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"A compelling, multidisciplinary analysis of hip-hop producer J Dilla's deathbed record Donuts as both a cultural artifact and an example of historical 'late style'"--]cProvided by publisher.

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Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already, and cut to the heart of the music on each album.

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"Discusses a pivitol album in Janet Jackson's career through the lense of black feminist poetics"--

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The son of '60s star Tim Buckley blew the rock world away when he released this instant classic of astonishing range and depth. Its status has become all the more legendary as it was to be his last record - Buckley died tragically young.