Smile If You Dare
Politics and Pointy Hats With The Pet Shop Boys
$27.36
- Paperback
300 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2018
Summary
The much-admired 90s power pop duo, The Pet Shop Boys, finally receives the attention of a serious rock critic.A creative analysis of the The Pet Shop Boys’ fifth album “Very,” Smile If You Dare examines topics as diverse as technological paradise, sexual paranoia and representations of class in British pop music. As well as a keen critical edge, itis equipped with an undisguised mad love for the source material, a sense of passionate abandon induced by the tragic/ecstatic synth-pop that pour…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910924228 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910924229 |
| Author: | Ramzy Alwakeel |
| Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Imprint: | Repeater Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 124mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Ramzy Alwakeel
Ramzy Alwakeel is a British newspaper journalist. Hewas born in 1988 and encountered the Pet Shop Boys somewhat prematurely on Top of the Pops as a small child. His work has appeared in the Evening Standard and the electronic music journal Dancecult. He lives in London with his boyfriend and a large collection of twelve-inch records from the 1990s.
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