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Radiohead's Kid A (33 1/3)
Marvin Lin
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Description for Radiohead's Kid A (33 1/3)
Paperback. An exploration of Radiohead's game-changing album. Rather than simply reinforcing Kid A's canonical status, it situates the album in the temporal, examining it from various philosophical and cultural interpretations of time in order to arrive at its political and social stakes. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages, ill. An exploration of Radiohead's game-changing album. Rather than simply reinforcing Kid A's canonical status, it situates the album in the temporal, examining it from various philosophical and cultural interpretations of time in order to arrive at its political and social stakes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Dimension: 165 x 121 x 10. Weight: 154.
This is a brilliant exploration of Radiohead's game-changing album, looking at its place in the career of "The World's Best Band" with ten years of hindsight. Radiohead's Kid A never had a chance on paper. Not only did the band have the unenviable task of following up the near-universally lauded "OK Computer", but Kid A didn't even have an official single or video. Neither did it help that the band largely abandoned rock-pop conventions for a sound that traversed glitch, free-jazz, modern composition, and krautrock. Rather than simply reinforcing Kid A's canonical status, Marvin Lin situates the album in the ... Read more
This is a brilliant exploration of Radiohead's game-changing album, looking at its place in the career of "The World's Best Band" with ten years of hindsight. Radiohead's Kid A never had a chance on paper. Not only did the band have the unenviable task of following up the near-universally lauded "OK Computer", but Kid A didn't even have an official single or video. Neither did it help that the band largely abandoned rock-pop conventions for a sound that traversed glitch, free-jazz, modern composition, and krautrock. Rather than simply reinforcing Kid A's canonical status, Marvin Lin situates the album in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
33 1/3
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780826423436
SKU
V9780826423436
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About Marvin Lin
Marvin Lin started, and is editor-in-chief, of the acclaimed online music magazine Tiny Mix Tapes. He lives in Minneapolis.
Reviews for Radiohead's Kid A (33 1/3)
"A growing Alexandria of rock criticism - Los Angeles Times, 2008 Ideal for the rock geek who thinks liner notes just aren't enough - Rolling Stone One of the coolest publishing imprints on the planet - Bookslut"