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Fifty Years of the Concept Album in Popular Music from The Beatles to Beyonce 1st Edition by Eric Wolfson ISBN 1501391801 9781501391804

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Author(s): Eric Wolfson
ISBN(s): 9781501391828, 1501391828
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 4.07 MB
Year: 2024
Language: english
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ISBN 10:    1501391801
ISBN 13: 978-1501391804
Author:        Eric Wolfson

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.

Fifty Years of the Concept Album in Popular Music from The Beatles to Beyonce 1st Table of contents:

Part 1    The Founding Era (1967–9)

1      We Hope You Will Enjoy the Show: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

2      This Day Will Last a Thousand Years: Days of Future Passed

3      We Are the Other People: We’re Only in It for the Money

4      The One That Rambles on for a Million Miles: Electric Ladyland

5      Amazing Journey: Tommy

Part 2    The Golden Era (1970–4)

6      God Knows Where We’re Heading: What’s Going On

7      I Am On a Lonely Road and I Am Traveling: Blue

8      We’ll Have Superman for President: Thick as a Brick

9      Like a Regular Superstar: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

10    And If the Band You’re in Starts Playing Different Tunes: The Dark Side of the Moon

Part 3    The Modern Era (1975–89)

11    Tear the Roof off the Sucker: Mothership Connection

12    Fairy Tale High: Once Upon a Time…

13    There’s No Returning on This Chartered Trip Away: Zen Arcade

14    As Soon as You’re Born You’re Dying: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

15    This Is a Recording: 3 Feet High and Rising

Part 4    The Postmodern Era (1990–9)

16    I Wanna Be Mesmerizing Too: Exile in Guyville

17    I Am the Silencing Machine: The Downward Spiral

18    I Feel Like Death Is Fuckin’ Callin’ Me: Ready to Die

19    A Handshake of Carbon Monoxide: OK Computer

20    I Chose to Use My Heart: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Part 5    The New Millennium (2000–16)

21    I’ve Been Taken for Lost and Gone and Unknown for a Long, Long Time: SMiLE

22    All Across the Alien Nation: American Idiot

23    If You Want to Be Free: The ArchAndroid

24    The One in Front of the Gun Lives Forever: good kid, m.A.A.d city

25    Won’t Let My Freedom Rot in Hell: Lemonade

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