Nas's Illmatic 33 1/3 by Matthew Gasteier
$19.95 AUD
Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 S.
This title explores a key hip hop album marking the cross over point where the streets and the charts collided. Contradiction the simultaneous existence of two competing realities and larger than life persona are at the core of "Nas' Illmatic". Yet Nas' identity - as an inner-city youth, a child of hip ...Show more
Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love 33 1/3 by Carl Wilson
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 S.
This book is a riveting investigation of what it means to love music and what it means to hate music, both of good and bad taste.Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her manager-husband's struggle with c ...Show more
Nirvana's In Utero 33 1/3 by Gaar Gillian
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 S.
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 t ...Show more
Loving Amy: A Mother's Story by Janis Winehouse
$22.99 AUD
Category: Music
Arguably the most gifted artist of her generation, Amy Winehouse died tragically young, aged just 27. With a worldwide fanbase and millions of record sales to her name, she should have had the world at her feet. Instead, in the years prior to her passing, she battled with addictions and was often the su ...Show more
Chamber Music - About the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces) by Will Ashon
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music
A groundbreaking new book that shines a new light on race, music and politics in the USA - told through the medium of Wu Tang. "Stylistically loaded, reckless, funny, naked, thorough, thoughtful, mysterious, devastating, unrelenting, and compassionate. One of the most rewarding pieces of hip hop critici ...Show more
Debbie Harry: Face It (HB) by Debbie Harry
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Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
Debbie Harry has achieved a level of global success and iconic stature that is reserved for very few musicians, and even fewer women. Charismatic lead singer, critically acclaimed solo artist and style icon, her allure is endless and her legacy is enduring. In this, her first memoir, Debbie shares her r ...Show more
Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood he left behind by Gavin Edwards
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Category: Music
In Last Night at the Viper Room, acclaimed author and journalist Gavin Edwards vividly recounts the life and tragic death of acclaimed actor River Phoenix--a teen idol on the fast track to Hollywood royalty who died of a drug overdose in front of West Hollywood's storied club, the Viper Room, at the age ...Show more
Prince's Sign 'O' the Times 33 1/3 by Michaelangelo Matos
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 Ser.
One of the greatest double albums of the vinyl era, Sign 'O' the Times shows Prince at his peak. Here, Michaelangelo Matos tells the story of how it emerged from an extraordinary period of creativity to become one of the landmark recordings of the 1980s. He also illustrates beautifully how - if a record ...Show more
Radiohead's OK Computer 33 1/3 by Dai Griffiths
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3
Seemingly granted 'classic album' status within days of its release in 1997, OK Computer transformed Radiohead from a highly promising rock act into The Most Important Band in the World - a label the band has been burdened by (and has fooled around with) ever since. Through close analysis of each song, ...Show more
Roadie: My Life on thoad with Coldplaye R by Matt McGinn
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Category: Music
'He's been part of the Coldplay family since day one, we love him.' Coldplay Longtime Coldplay roadie Matt has taken almost every step with the band over a decade of world tours and 40 million (and counting) record sales. In this, his first book, he reveals what life is like behind the scenes at the ...Show more
Destroy All Monsters - The Last Rock Novel by Jeff Jackson
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Category: Music
An epidemic of violence is sweeping the country: musicians are being murdered onstage in the middle of their sets by members of their audience. Are these random copycat killings, or is something more sinister at work? Has music itself become corrupted in a culture where everything is available, everybod ...Show more