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- Book Title
- Fifty Years of the Concept Album in Popular Music : From the Beat
- ISBN
- 9781501391811
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Fifty Years of the Concept Album in Popular Music : from the Beatles to Beyonce
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 18.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 264 Pages
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The concept album is one of popular music's most celebrated-and misunderstood-achievements. This book examines the untold history of the rock concept album, from The Beatles to Beyoncé. The roots of the concept album are nearly as old as the long-playing record itself, as recording artists began using the format to transcend a mere collection of songs into a listening experience that takes the listener on a journey through its unifying mood, theme, narrative, or underlying idea. Along the way, artists as varied as the Moody Blues, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Parliament, Donna Summer, Iron Maiden, Radiohead, The Notorious B.I.G., Green Day, Janelle Monáe, and Kendrick Lamar created albums that form an extended conversation of art and music. Limits were pushed as the format grew over the subsequent eras. Seminal albums like the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , the Who's Tommy , Marvin Gaye's What's Going On , stand alongside modern classics like Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville , Kendrick Lamar's good kid , "m.A.A.d city," and Beyoncé's Lemonade . Mixing iconic albums with some newer and lesser-known works makes for a book that ventures into the many sides of a history that has yet to be told-until now.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
150139181x
ISBN-13
9781501391811
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19060629273
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Fifty Years of the Concept Album in Popular Music : from the Beatles to Beyonce
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ml3470.W75 2024
Reviews
"Fifty Years of the Concept Album in Popular Music is a rich, valuable piece of modern music education, a deep dive into the might and worth of the album versus the single, and a chance for music fans unfamiliar with certain genres to gain a new level of open-mindedness, as this work provides an opportunity to explore what may be outside one's comfort zones. Wolfson levels the playing field - it's all music." -- PopMatters "Eric Wolfson is a musician's musician, a writer's writer, and a historian's historian. The first two qualities are more common than the third among music writers, but the triple threat is what sets Wolfson apart. His ear for sound, way with words, and talent as a storyteller make this book not only an insightful meditation on the concept album but also a gripping history of the times. From the Sixties to the Millennium, Fifty Years of the Concept Album will change how you hear and understand the long and winding road from that America to this one." -- Scott A. Sandage, cultural historian "The concept album has long been a neglected part of popular music history. Eric Wolfson has corrected that oversight in this authoritative study. Foregrounding diversity, he interrogates the concept album as being unbound by genre and era. You might be familiar with these records and artists, but Wolfson's sharp, illuminative prose will have you revisiting and reconsidering them with a more nuanced understanding of intent and narrative. Fifty Years of the Concept Album is an important and necessary contribution to popular music studies." -- John Dougan, Professor Emeritus of Popular Music Studies, Dept. of Recording Industry, Middle Tennessee State University, USA "[ Fifty Years of the Concept Album in Popular Music ] will get readers excited to hunt down copies of the albums ... that they don't already own. ... [B]e sure to gift a copy of these to your teenaged nephews or nieces during their birthdays, as they need to know about this book and what it represents." -- Zachary Houle, "Eric Wolfson is a musician's musician, a writer's writer, and a historian's historian. The first two qualities are more common than the third among music writers, but the triple threat is what sets Wolfson apart. His ear for sound, way with words, and talent as a storyteller make this book not only an insightful meditation on the concept album but also a gripping history of the times. From the Sixties to the Millennium, Fifty Years of the Concept Album will change how you hear and understand the long and winding road from that America to this one." -- Scott A. Sandage, cultural historian "The concept album has long been a neglected part of popular music history. Eric Wolfson has corrected that oversight in this authoritative study. Foregrounding diversity, he interrogates the concept album as being unbound by genre and era. You might be familiar with these records and artists, but Wolfson's sharp, illuminative prose will have you revisiting and reconsidering them with a more nuanced understanding of intent and narrative. Fifty Years of the Concept Album is an important and necessary contribution to popular music studies." -- John Dougan, Professor Emeritus of Popular Music Studies, Dept. of Recording Industry, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, Eric Wolfson is a musician's musician, a writer's writer, and a historian's historian. The first two qualities are more common than the third among music writers, but the triple threat is what sets Wolfson apart. His ear for sound, way with words, and talent as a storyteller make this book not only an insightful meditation on the concept album but also a gripping history of the times. From the Sixties to the Millennium, Fifty Years of the Concept Album will change how you hear and understand the long and winding road from that America to this one.
Table of Content
Introduction: Ramblin' on my Mind Part 1: The Psychedelic Era (1967-1969) 1. We Hope You Will Enjoy the Show: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles (1967) 2. This Day Will Last a Thousand Years: Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues (1967) 3. We Are the Other People: We're Only in it for the Money by The Mothers of Invention (1968) 4. The One That Rambles on for a Million Miles: Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix (1968) 5. Amazing Journey: Tommy by the Who (1969) Part 2: The Progressive Era (1970-1974) 6. God Know Where We're Heading: What's Going On by Marvin Gaye (1971) 7. I Am on a Lonely Road and I Am Traveling: Blue by Joni Mitchell (1971) 8. We'll Have Superman for President: Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull (1972) 9. Like a Regular Superstar: The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie (1972) 10. And if the Band You're in Starts Playing Different Tunes: The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd (1973) Part 3: The Modern Era (1975-1989) 11. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker: Mothership Connection by Parliament (1975) 12. Fairy Tale High: Once Upon a Time by Simple Minds (1985) 13. There's No Returning on this Chartered Trip Away: Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü (1984) 14. As Soon as You're Born You're Dying: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden (1988) 15. This Is a Recording: 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul (1989) Part 4: The Postmodern Era (1990-1999) 16. I Wanna Be Mesmerizing Too: Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair (1993) 17. I Am the Silencing Machine: The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails (1994) 18. I Feel LIke Death is Fuckin' Callin' Me: Ready to Die by The Notorious B.I.G. (1994) 19. A Handshake of Carbon Monoxide: OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 20. I Chose to Use My Heart: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) Part 5: The New Millennium (2000-2016) 21. Been Taken for Lost and Gone and Unknown for a Long, Long Time: Smile by Brian Wilson (2004) 22. All Across the Alien Nation: American Idiot by Green Day (2004) 23. If You Want to Be Free: The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe (2010) 24. The One in Front of the Gun Lives Forever: Good Kid, m.A.A.d City by Kendrick Lamar (2012) 25. Won't Let My Freedom Rot in Hell: Lemonade by Beyoncé (2016) Conclusion: When Everybody Who Is Lonely Will Be Free Works Cited Index
Topic
History & Criticism, Recording & Reproduction, Popular Culture, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
Lccn
2023-029764
Dewey Decimal
781.64
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Music, Social Science
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