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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2019
Print publication year:
2019
Online ISBN:
9781139343336
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139343336
Subjects:
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Music, Music, Music: General Interest, Music Performance
Collection:
The Cambridge Companions to Music
Series:
Cambridge Companions to Music
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Book description

The Rolling Stones are one of the most influential, prolific, and enduring Rock and Roll bands in the history of music. This groundbreaking, specifically commissioned collection of essays provides the first dedicated academic overview of the music, career, influences, history, and cultural impact of the Rolling Stones. Shining a light on the many communities and sources of knowledge about the group, this Companion brings together essays by musicologists, ethnomusicologists, players, film scholars, and filmmakers into a single volume intended to stimulate fresh thinking about the group as they vault well over the mid-century of their career. Threaded throughout these essays are album- and song-oriented discussions of the landmark recordings of the group and their influence. Exploring new issues about sound, culture, media representation, the influence of world music, fan communities, group personnel, and the importance of their revival post-1989, this collection greatly expands our understanding of their music.

Reviews

'An intriguing prospect for serious Stones fans.'

Ian Fortnam Source: Classic Rock

'A bold attempt to up the intellectual ante around Stones criticism.'

Jim Wirth Source: Uncut

'There's an entertaining look at a clutch of Stones country songs … a decent reassessment of their psychedelic period … and a welcome upgrade for Brian Jones as founder, world music maverick and the group's true dandy.'

Neil Spencer Source: The Observer

'… there are some interesting theories as the profs examine how psychedelia’s aftershock resonated after Their Satanic Majesties and county music infiltrated, giving songs hatched from Keith’s gut-level urges and relentless margination a depth even he might not have imagined …'

Kris Needs Source: Record Collector

‘… The Cambridge Companion to the Rolling Stones constitutes a balanced work, which should be welcomed in that it inaugurates a vast field of study and research, that of Rolling Stones studies, which is set to develop.’

Philippe Gonin Source: Revue de musicologie

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