33 Revolutions Per Minute

Dorian Lynskey

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Faber & Faber
01 January 2013

Music; Music: styles & genres

Why 33? Partly because that's the number of rotations performed by a vinyl album in one minute, and partly because it takes a lot of songs to tell a story which spans seven decades and five continents - to capture the colour and variety of this shape-shifting genre. This is not a list book, rather each of the 33 songs offers a way into a subject, an artist, an era or an idea.

The book feels vital, in both senses of the word: necessary and alive. It captures some of the energy that is generated when musicians take risks, and even when they fail, those endeavours leave the popular culture a little richer and more challenging.

Contrary to the frequently voiced idea that pop and politics are awkward bedfellows, it argues that protest music is pop, in all its blazing, cussed glory.

By: Dorian Lynskey
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 50mm
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9780571241354
ISBN 10: 0571241352
Pages: 864
Publication Date: 01 January 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://33revolutionsperminute.wordpress.com/

Dorian Lynskey is a music writer for the Guardian. He was the Big Issue's music critic for three years and has freelanced for a host of titles, including Q, Word, Spin, Empire, Blender and the Observer. He is the author of The Guardian Book of Playlists, a collection of his popular Readers Recommend columns for the Guardian.