Experiencing David Bowie a listener's companion / Ian Chapman.
| Author/creator | Chapman, Ian, 1960- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015] |
| Description | xxxii, 221 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Listener's companion Listener's companion. ^A1295188 |
| Contents | Rock and role : the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars, 1972 -- The actor emerges : Hunky dory, 1971 -- Musical beginnings : David Bowie, 1967 -- Messages from ground control : David Bowie (aka Space oddity) and The man who sold the world, 1969-1971 -- Irresistible decadence : Aladdin sane, Pin ups, and Diamond dogs, 1973-1974 -- Plastic soul and the birth of the European canon : Young Americans, and Station to station, 1975-1976 -- The sounds of Europe : Low, Heroes, and Lodger, 1977-1979 -- The rise and fall of David Bowie : Scary monsters (and super creeps), Let's dance, Tonight, Never let me down, Tin machine, and Tin machine II, 1980-1991 -- Rediscovering the alien : Black tie white noise, the Buddha of suburbia, Outside, Earthling, and Hours, 1993-1999 -- Twenty-first century man : Heathen, Reality, and The next day, 2003-2013. |
| Abstract | In Experiencing David Bowie: A Listener's Companion, musicologist, writer, and musician Ian Chapman unravels the extraordinary marriage of sound and visual effect that lies at the heart of the work of one of the most complex and enduring performers in popular music--Publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015010350 |
| ISBN | 9781442237513 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9781442237520 electronic book |