Off the Ground: Paul McCartney in the 1990s
Autor JR Mooresen Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 ian 2025
Paul McCartney’s 1990s was an era like no other, perhaps even the most significant decade of his entire career after the 1960s. Following a shakier 1980s, the decade would see McCartney reemerge with greater energy, momentum, and self-belief. JR Moores’s sympathetic but not uncritical new book explores McCartney’s ’90s, with its impressive studio and live albums, colossal tours, unexpected side-projects and imaginative collaborations, forays into classical composition, some new Beatles numbers, and a whole lot more besides. Moores reveals how McCartney’s reputation began to be perceived more generously by the public, and he argues that Macca’s output and activities in the ’90s would uncover more about the person behind them than in any other decade.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781789149425
ISBN-10: 1789149428
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 23 halftones
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: REAKTION BOOKS
Colecția Reaktion Books
ISBN-10: 1789149428
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 23 halftones
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: REAKTION BOOKS
Colecția Reaktion Books
Notă biografică
JR Moores is resident psych-rock columnist for both the Quietus and Record Collector, and his work has also appeared in the Wire, the Guardian, Bandcamp Daily, and Vice. He is the author of Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present, also published by Reaktion Books.
Cuprins
Introduction: Looking For Changes
1. The Backstory: McCartney Before The 1990s
2. Off The Ground And Back On The Road
3. Britpop And Beyond
4. The Beatles Anthology
5. Flaming Pie
6. Behind Every Great Man
7. The Experimental Ones
8. Run, McCartney, Run!
References
Index
1. The Backstory: McCartney Before The 1990s
2. Off The Ground And Back On The Road
3. Britpop And Beyond
4. The Beatles Anthology
5. Flaming Pie
6. Behind Every Great Man
7. The Experimental Ones
8. Run, McCartney, Run!
References
Index
Recenzii
"Massive world tours, unusual collaborations, experiments with classical music, and even a few 'new' Beatles songs make a strong case for the 1990s as Sir Paul’s best decade since the 1960s."
“Sharing a title with McCartney’s 1993 studio album, this is a sharp-edged and expansive account of a decade’s worth of Macca’s music and other creative output. . . . [Moores's] crackling narrative highlights the decade’s music scene, its players, and, more importantly, Sir Paul’s role in it. . . . A must-read for fans of ’90s music and Beatlemaniacs.”
“[Off the Ground] assesses a decade when McCartney toured extensively, becoming ‘cool again’ as the Britpop movement took hold.”
“Moores argues with wit and passion that the sheer breadth of [McCartney’s] work suggests an artist re-energised and reframing the narrative around his career. . . . As The McCartney Legacy has raised the bar for solo years–specific reference books, Off the Ground sets a new standard in criticism of the great man’s post-Beatles career, a must read for serious Beatles fans.”
"I can go on to praise the brilliant Off the Ground: Paul McCartney in the 1990s by Moores, a new treatise from Reaktion that looks at Paul McCartney’s work and output in the 1990s specifically. . . . While Moores’s book is an in-depth and meticulously researched look at McCartney’s life and work, he is excellent in placing all this into context too. . . . Any McCartney fan worth their salt should pick up a copy of this book: in the seemingly neverending list of publications about the Beatles that somehow still keep coming today, this is one that is genuinely worth reading. It’s appreciative, critical and contextual, somehow making for an unputdownable read for this Beatles fan."
"Moores has the keys to understanding McCartney—he conveys with ease his music's joy, spontaneity, willingness to mess about and that special melodic knack that no one else in the world has access to. Off the Ground is a wonderful, engrossing book, full of entertaining digressions, that carefully puts McCartney's ’90s work in context with Britpop (and the Dadrock that followed) as well as his own legacy. The best, and most enjoyable, book on McCartney I've ever read."
"Moores contaminates you with obsession. He is a quite brilliant fascinator, and whatever he has been obsessed with will soon obsess you too. I had barely listened to McCartney's work of the ‘90s until I picked this book up—now I can't leave it alone."
"Moores is one of my very favourite writers plying this tawdry trade today. Every time he publishes something—a review, a column, a four-word tweet—I race to read it. This whole book on Paul McCartney's 1990s (though, of course, it is about so much more) is a treat beyond treats. Very funny, clever, intrepid, audacious and many more adjectives besides. A joy to read, as his work always is."