Bob Mould's Workbook (Paperback)

Walter Biggins

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Language: English

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, New York, 2017

1501321358 / 9781501321351

Series: Book 123 of 192 - 33 1/3

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Paperback. In 1989, Bob Mould took a left turn. Already legendary before his 30th birthday for his noise-and-nuance work in Huesker Due, Mould had recently walked away from his old band. He re-emerged with his debut solo album: Workbook. Filled with chiming acoustic guitars, multitracked vocals, pristine production, and even a cello, Workbook was both admired and questioned for Moulds perceived departure from his post-punk roots. Three decades later, the album has emerged as a key for understanding the nascent alternative rock genre and the concerns Mould would explore for the duration of his career. Fusing post-punk sound and confessional lyrics with a richer emotional and musical range, Moulds Workbook merged worlds that seemed unbridgeable at the time. Alternative rock emerged from the wreckage of the 1980s, and Workbook was a model for the genres maturation. Workbook serves its title in two waysas a map for musicians to follow into a new mode, and as a journal of Moulds struggle toward adulthood. It opens conversations about rock, identity, spirituality, authenticity, and the perils and promises of mainstream culture. Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch, two critics who grew up with Workbook, extend these conversationsthrough letters and emails to each other, and through correspondence with Mould and Workbooks musicians and producers. That crosstalk leads to, through this seminal album, a deeper understanding of alternative rock at the moment of its inception, just before it took over the radio. Workbook offers a close look at the music, production, and contexts of the album, and, by doing so, places the record in the center of the various discourses that would evolve into alternative and, later, indie rock Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
Bob Mould's Workbook (Paperback)
Author
Walter Biggins
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, New York
Publication year
2017
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1501321358
ISBN 13
9781501321351
Series
Book 123 of 192: 33 1/3

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