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Fifty years of the concept album : from the Beatles to Beyoncé / Eric Wolfson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolfson, Eric, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Concept albums (Sound recordings)--History.
- Concept albums (Sound recordings).
- Popular music--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 254 pages)
- Other Title:
- 50 years of the concept album
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2024.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Ramblin' on My Mind
- Part 1. The Founding Era (1967-1969). We Hope You Will Enjoy the Show : Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ; This Day Will Last a Thousand Years : Days of Future Passed ; We Are the Other People : We're Only in It for the Money ; The One That Rambles on for a Million Miles : Electric Ladyland ; Amazing Journey: Tommy
- Part 2. The Golden Era (1970-1974). God Knows Where We're Heading : What's Going On ; I Am On a Lonely Road and I Am Traveling : Blue ; We'll Have Superman for President : Thick As a Brick ; Like a Regular Superstar : The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ; And If the Band You're in Starts Playing Different Tunes : The Dark Side of the Moon
- Part 3. The Modern Era (1975-1989). Tear the Roof off the Sucker : Mothership Connection ; Fairy Tale High : Once Upon a Time... ; There's No Returning on This Chartered Trip Away : Zen Arcade ; As Soon as You're Born You're Dying : Seventh Son of a Seventh Son ; This Is a Recording : 3 Feet High and Rising
- Part 4. The Postmodern Era (1990-1999). I Wanna Be Mesmerizing Too : Exile in Guyville ; I Am the Silencing Machine : The Downward Spiral ; I Feel Like Death Is Fuckin' Callin' Me : Ready to Die ; A Handshake of Carbon Monoxide : OK Computer ; I Chose to Use My Heart : The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
- Part 5. The New Millennium (2000-2016). I Been Taken for Lost and Gone and Unknown for a Long, Long Time : SMiLE ; All Across the Alien Nation : American Idiot / If You Want to Be Free : The ArchAndroid ; The One in Front of the Gun Lives Forever : good kid, m.A.A.d city ; Won't Let My Freedom Rot in Hell : Lemonade
- Conclusion. When Everybody Who Is Lonely Will Be Free.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 24, 2024).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wolfson, Eric. Fifty years of the concept album in popular music
- ISBN:
- 9781501391835
- 1501391836
- 9781501391842
- 1501391844
- 9781501391828
- 1501391828
- Publisher Number:
- 99996346149
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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