{"product_id":"radiohead-and-the-resistant-concept-album-how-to-disappear-completely-paperback-softback-9780253222725","title":"Radiohead and the Resistant Concept Album; How to Disappear Completely (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253222725","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRadiohead and the Resistant Concept Album\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow to Disappear Completely\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarianne Tatom Letts (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253222725\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 24 music exx.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book is well written and researched. Further, it builds on existing rock scholarship, especially that of James Doheny, Tim Footman, Martin Clarke, Allan Moore and Anwar Ibrahim. . . . It adds to the growing field of rock scholarship and should make a fine addition to any library that boasts such a focus.\"—\u003ci\u003eMusic Reference Services Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Marianne Tatom Letts's excellent new book returns to the origins of the band's subversive marketing strategies . . . Letts's smart, in-depth account reveals as much about Radiohead's ambivalent and conflicted relationship with popular culture and contemporary capitalism as it does about their musical appeal. 8\/3\/2011\"—\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is the kind of text that could likely transform a college-level music theory course for the better, prompting discussions about everything from the structure of modern rock music to the sometimes conflicted triangular relationship between performers, media and the masses. And, needless to say, it's required reading for Radiohead cultists. 2\/8\/2011\"—\u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An objective yet provocative look at a challenging period in the work of one of rock's most adventurous bands.\"—Kevin Holm-Hudson, author of Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the British rock band Radiohead subverts the idea of the concept album in order to articulate themes of alienation and anti-capitalism is the focus of Marianne Tatom Letts's analysis of \u003ci\u003eKid A\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmnesiac.\u003c\/i\u003e These experimental albums marked a departure from the band's standard guitar-driven base layered with complex production effects. Considering the albums in the context of the band's earlier releases, Letts explores the motivations behind this change. She places the two albums within the concept-album\/progressive-rock tradition and shows how both resist that tradition. Unlike most critics of Radiohead, who focus on the band's lyrics, videos, sociological importance, or audience reception, Letts focuses on the music itself. She investigates Radiohead's ambivalence toward its own success, as manifested in the vanishing subject of \u003ci\u003eKid A\u003c\/i\u003e on these two albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Musical Examples\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Back to Save the Universe: The Reception of OK Computer and Kid A\u003cbr\u003e 3. Everything in Its Right Place: Musical Elements in Kid A\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cut the Kids in Half: The Second Death of Kid A\u003cbr\u003e 5. After Years of Waiting, Nothing Came: Amnesiac as Antidote\u003cbr\u003e 6. I Might Be Wrong: Amnesiac and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e 7. We Are the Dollars and Cents: Radiohead as Commodity\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Select Discography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685486588184,"sku":"9780253222725","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/radiohead-and-the-resistant-concept-album-how-to-disappear-completely-paperback-softback-9780253222725","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}