Bloomsbury

Meat is Murder is as droll as any of his songs, as its asthmatic narrator recounts his days in a Catholic high school outside Boston in 1985 and how his life was changed by the discovery of the... — The Stranger More…

Matteo's is the best of the lot, just as expected: after all, he' s done time with Rolling Stone and Spin, and wrote Dylan. For his study of the Beatles' Let It Be he has done his homework,... — Record Collector More…

Musician and songwriter Breithaupt's book pores over every last note of Josie, Deacon Blues, Peg and the like with the enthusiasm of a teenybopper and the insight of an academic. -- Terry Staunton — Record Collector More…

[A] wildly accessible, entertaining, and thoughtful book about the importance of an album that nobody talks about much anymore. -- Paul Constant — The Stranger More…

Barker's journalistic study offers a vivid insight into how five hip-hop everymen came to make one of the genre's defining works — Record Collector More…

Author Annie Zaleski dives deep into the album's history, creation and legacy, including interviews with the band themselves — The Telegraph More…