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Book SynopsisSearching for the disappearing subject in Kid A and Amnesiac
Trade ReviewThe 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.
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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
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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
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Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgments
Note on Musical Examples
1. Introduction
2. Back to Save the Universe: The Reception of OK Computer and Kid A
3. Everything in Its Right Place: Musical Elements in Kid A
4. Cut the Kids in Half: The Second Death of Kid A
5. After Years of Waiting, Nothing Came: Amnesiac as Antidote
6. I Might Be Wrong: Amnesiac and Beyond
7. We Are the Dollars and Cents: Radiohead as Commodity
Notes
Bibliography
Select Discography
Index
