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Outside his native France, the view of Serge Gainsbourg was once of a one-hit wonder lothario. This has been slowly replaced by an awareness of how talented and innovative a …
It was the season of the blockbuster. Between August 12 and November 26 1991, a whole slew of acts released albums that were supposed to sell millions of copies in the run-up to …
När Neil Young släppte låten Heart of Gold kom genombrottet. Tidskriften Rolling Stone skrev att den var skräp , men singeln sålde i miljoner exemplar. Heart of Gold var en försmak …
In the spring of 1969, the inauspicious release of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's "Trout Mask Replica", a double-album featuring 28 stream-of-consciousness songs filled …
"Aja" was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, …
Following hard on the explosion of British punk, in 1979 Gang of Four produced post-punk’s smartest record, Entertainment! For the first time, a band wedded punk’s angry energy to …
Patti Smith debutalbum Horses inleder musikserien 33 1/3 , där varje bok handlar om en klassisk skiva. Olika författare väljer ut sitt bästa album av en artist. Just Horses kanske …
The reverse of Nick Drake's headstone, wedged deep into the earth of an English parish church graveyard, reads: "Now we rise and we are everywhere." The words were penned by Drake …
This book is a riveting investigation of what it means to love music and what it means to hate music, both of good and bad taste.Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz and plastic, …
Bob Dylan blandar folkmusik med en rejäl dos blues och rock´n´roll. Lägg därtill hans texter, poesin, som nu belönas med Svenska Akademins Nobelpris i litteratur 2016. Mark …