Revolution In The Head, Ian MacDonald
Revolution In The Head, Ian MacDonald
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Revolution In The Head
The Beatles' Records and The Sixties

Author: Ian MacDonald

Narrator: David Morrisey, Robyn Hitchcock, Danny Baker, David Hepworth, Geoff Lloyd, Matt Berry, Peter Curran

Unabridged: 11 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Talking Music

Published: 03/11/2014

Categories: Nonfiction, Music


Synopsis

Considered by many to be the greatest account of The Beatles at work, song by song. It's full of revelations about how and why some of the best known songs in the world were created.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on May 27, 2009

There's a generalised kneejerk cultural reaction against the Beatles by some members of the popular music audience and it's quite understandable. What a pain in the ass to have the giant four-headed shadow of the perfect pop monster forever looming over today's epigones, like looking up out of your......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on May 05, 2008

I'd really like to give this book 3 1/2 stars, and need to point out that this reading follows my consumption in the summer of 2007 of Lewissohn (Chronicles), Hertsgaard (A Day in the Life, Turner (A Hard Day's Write), and the incomparable Pollack (whose work on the Beatles can be found online at ht......more

Goodreads review by Sammy on August 12, 2020

Remember the scene in Dead Poets Society where Robin Williams asks his students to rip pages out of a book that explains how to measure the quality of poetry? Well, Revolution in the Head is exactly the kind of book that Robin Williams would have a ball ripping to pieces as it tries to measure the m......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on October 02, 2024

Whenever a list of best books about The Beatles appears some titles are immovable: Hunter Davies' early biography, Jann Wenner's Lennon Remembers, Michael Braun's vigorous (and sadly out of print) Love Me Do. This book seems to stand among the tallest. It seems revered as much a work of cultural his......more

Goodreads review by Roy on June 15, 2016

I first received this book as a birthday present from my Dad, three years ago. It was one of the best presents I’ve ever gotten. That summer, I devoured it. What a perfect excuse to go through The Beatles’ repertoire, song by song, listening to them with new and sharpened ears. It was a revelation. I......more