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By: Stephen Catanzarite
ISBN: 9780826427847
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2007
UK Publication Date: 15th November 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Stephen Catanzarite takes a close look at what many consider to be U2's most fully formed album through the prisms of politics, spirituality, and culture, illuminating its previously unexplored depths.
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By: Richard Henderson
ISBN: 9780826429179
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2010
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Despite Warner Brothers Records' conviction that it had mid-wifed the American equivalent of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, "Song Cycle" wasn't rock music, and it didn't sell like rock music. This title offers an intelligent take on a classic left-field album.
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By: Ray Padgett
ISBN: 9781501355066
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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"Traces the history of the oft-maligned "tribute album" with I'm Your Fan as an illustrative example"--
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By: Professor John S. Garrison
ISBN: 9798765106631
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 19th September 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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By: Hank Shteamer
ISBN: 9780826431172
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2011
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
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A study of a pivotal moment in Ween's development, as they became one of the world's most endearing, and enduring, cult bands.
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By: Roshanak Kheshti
ISBN: 9781501320286
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 31st October 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Wilson Neate
ISBN: 9780826429148
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2009
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In contrast with many of their punk peers, Wire were enigmatic and cerebral, always keeping a distance from the crowd. Although Pink Flag appeared before the end of 1977, it was already a meta-commentary on the punk scene and was far more revolutionary musically than the rest of the competition. This book tells about a punk band.
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By: Elliott Simpson
ISBN: 9798765106679
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 6th February 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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By: Michael Blair
ISBN: 9781501321146
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
UK Publication Date: 15th May 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Colossal Youth is brilliant record, a cult favorite, and a continuing influence on musicians today. More importantly, however, it's a hinge on which punk rock as a whole turns.
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By: Carmelo Esterrich
ISBN: 9798765106556
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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By: Kameryn Alexa Carter
ISBN: 9798765106464
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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Meditates on Erykah Badus New Amerykah Part Twoengaging in deep study of its individual tracks, while also painting the albums movement as a seamless stitching of vignettes that bleed into each other.
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By: Gabriel T. Saxton-Ruiz
ISBN: 9798765132708
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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By: Derrais Carter
ISBN: 9781501379062
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Joel Mayward
ISBN: 9798765132760
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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By: Pete Crighton
ISBN: 9798765133125
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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By: Zach Schonfeld
ISBN: 9781501355509
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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"The story of the high-concept funk-rock opera that flopped and fell into obscurity only to become a remarkably popular source of rap samples and breakbeats"--
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By: Phillip Crandall
ISBN: 9781623567149
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Franklin Bruno
ISBN: 9780826416742
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2005
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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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By: Rebecca Wallwork
ISBN: 9781628929737
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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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By: Bob Gendron
ISBN: 9780826429100
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Features psychological warfare, bedroom drama, Catholic guilt, deception and the shame that coincide with relationships gone wrong. This story explores what happens when intellectual sophistication is star-crossed with outspoken braggadocio, a charismatic mixture that managed to alienate the mainstream horde and arms-folded indie scenesters.
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By: Mark Polizzotti
ISBN: 9780826417756
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2006
UK Publication Date: 1st November 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Examines just what makes the songs so affecting, how they work together as a suite, and how lyrics, melody, and arrangements combine to create an unusually potent mix. This book blends musical and literary analysis of the songs themselves, biography (where appropriate) and recording information (where helpful).
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By: Carl Wilson
ISBN: 9780826427885
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2008
UK Publication Date: 23rd January 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book is a riveting investigation of what it means to love music and what it means to hate music, both of good taste and bad taste.
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By: Martyn Deykers
ISBN: 9781501339776
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Professor Allan Moore
ISBN: 9780826416193
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen.
