Prince - Softcover

Thorne, Matt

3.54

522 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571273491 ISBN 13: 9780571273492

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2012

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Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as 'Purple Rain', 'Sign o' the Times' and 'Parade' regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is still, as he ever was, an enigma. His live performances are legendary (21 Nights at the O2 in 2007) and while recent releases have been modestly successful at best, his influence on urban music, and R'n'B in particular, has never been more evident. The Minneapolis Sound can now be heard everywhere.

Matt Thorne's Prince, through years of research and interviews with ex-Revolution members such as Wendy and Lisa, is an account of a pop maverick whose experiments with rock, funk, techno and jazz revolutionised pop. With reference to every song, released and unreleased, over 35 years of recording, Prince will stand for years to come as the go-to book on the Great Man.

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'This is a worthy endeavour, and Thorne brings an exhaustive knowledge and attention to detail to the task ... If you're as much a fan as Thorne, you'll be in heaven.' --Mick Brown, Daily Telegraph

'(Thorne) brings an enthusiasm, intelligence and maverick spirit to the 562 pages covering the 35-year career of Prince Rogers Nelson ... It's to Thorne's credit that through painstaking research and interviews he manages to paint a picture of what the man, rather than the myth, is actually like. A must for the legions of Prince fans out there.' --Doug Johnstone, Big Issue

'Thorne is a good stylist and a deep thinker but primarily he's a fan. This ought to be a disaster but, when tackling Prince, that added layer of obsession carries a rare significance, because more than any other megastar of the 1980s, Prince's relationship with fans went beyond the call of duty ... Thorne is a compelling, emotional narrator.' --Kate Mossman, New Statesman

Book Description:

Prince, by Matt Throne, is an epic book that unravels the mysteries behind the life of a true musical genius.

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