Prince's Sign 'O' the Times

Description

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 which can be, as Elvis Costello famously observed, as tricky as dancing about architecture.) What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen. Review: Viele Worte ohne genaue Informationen - Prince gab und gibt sehr selten Interviews, so ist es auch nicht verwunderlich, dass es keine persönlichen Äusserungen zur Entstehung der Platte gibt, da auch die gesamte Produktion inklusive Studio in Prince' Händen liegt, bleibt dem Autor nur, andere öffentliche Informationen zur Musik von Prince zusammen zu tragen. Dies macht sprunghaft und ausschweifend, und damit dies Buch ziemlich entbehrlich Review: Excellent book on a classic album - This is the third and best of the series I've read so far. Use your illusion and Kid A were a shambles and pretentious guff,respectively. The author has a humble charm and I found the understated details of his childhood and adolescence oddly poignant. What you get is an informative,enthusiastic and varied analysis of Prince's seminal album.It's not an irritatingly portentous dissertation that will have you stroking your chin;just the words of an ordinary guy describing an album that means a lot to him...and probably you if you're reading this.