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Eloquently giving voice to their time, The Beatles quite simply changed the world.

Fully updated to include material from The Beatles Live at the BBC and the Anthology series, this acclaimed book goes back to the heart of The Beatles - their records.

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His essays are a brilliant summation of the cultural sea change that the Beatles benefitted from and helped to create, and it also contains a clear-headed and unsentimental review of every song they recorded. -- Paul Hanley * The Big Issue *
The finest piece of fabs scholarship ever published * Mojo *
The masterpiece The Beatles deserved -- Max Bell * Vox *
The most sustained brilliant piece of pop criticism and scholarship for years. An astonishing achievement -- Stuart Maconie * Q *
No book has ever taken us closer to the actual music of The Beatles...A brilliant piece of work -- Tony Parsons * Daily Telegraph *

Revolution in the Head

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    A Paperback by Ian MacDonald

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 4 December 2008
      ISBN-13 9780099526797
      978-0099526797
      ISBN-10 0099526794
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      Music reviews and criticism Popular music

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Eloquently giving voice to their time, The Beatles quite simply changed the world.

      Fully updated to include material from The Beatles Live at the BBC and the Anthology series, this acclaimed book goes back to the heart of The Beatles - their records.

      Trade Review

      His essays are a brilliant summation of the cultural sea change that the Beatles benefitted from and helped to create, and it also contains a clear-headed and unsentimental review of every song they recorded. -- Paul Hanley * The Big Issue *
      The finest piece of fabs scholarship ever published * Mojo *
      The masterpiece The Beatles deserved -- Max Bell * Vox *
      The most sustained brilliant piece of pop criticism and scholarship for years. An astonishing achievement -- Stuart Maconie * Q *
      No book has ever taken us closer to the actual music of The Beatles...A brilliant piece of work -- Tony Parsons * Daily Telegraph *

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