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Prince's Sign O' the Times (Thirty Three and a Third series)
Michaelangelo Matos
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Description for Prince's Sign O' the Times (Thirty Three and a Third series)
Paperback. 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. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
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 dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already, and cut to the heart of the music on each album. The authors provide fresh, original perspectives - often through their access to and relationships with the key figures involved in the recording of these albums. By turns obsessive, passionate, creative, and informed, the books in this series demonstrate many different ways of writing about music. (A task ... Read more
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 dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already, and cut to the heart of the music on each album. The authors provide fresh, original perspectives - often through their access to and relationships with the key figures involved in the recording of these albums. By turns obsessive, passionate, creative, and informed, the books in this series demonstrate many different ways of writing about music. (A task ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum New York
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
33 1/3
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826415479
SKU
V9780826415479
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About Michaelangelo Matos
Michaelangelo Matos takes a personal look at Prince's magnum opus of 1987, the greatest and most idiosyncratic double album of its era.
Reviews for Prince's Sign O' the Times (Thirty Three and a Third series)
Extracts from the book featured in One Week To Live, 2007 I consider it among the three of four best records I ve every heard, which is why my favorite bit of new Prince product isn t the fine musicology but Michaelangelo Matos 121-page treatment of Sign as part of Continuum s new 33 1/3 series, in which various writers ... Read more