Sweet Dreams - The Story of the New Romantics

Author(s): Dylan Jones

Music

Sweet Dreams charts the rise of the New Romantics, a scene that grew out of the remnants of post-punk and developed quickly alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth. One of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era had a huge influence on the growth of print and broadcast media, and was arguably one of the most bohemian environments of the late twentieth century. Not only did it visually define the decade, it was the catalyst for the Second British Invasion, when the US charts would be colonised by British pop music - Depeche Mode, Culture Club, Wham!, Soft Cell, Ultravox, Duran Duran, Sade, Spandau Ballet, the Eurythmics and many more - making it one of the most powerful cultural exports since the Beatles. For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this. 'Jones has finally produced the tribute that one of Britain's most culturally rich periods truly deserves.' - Classic Pop ***** 


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780571353439
  • : Faber & Faber
  • : Faber & Faber
  • : 0.01
  • : May 2020
  • : {"length"=>["9.213"], "width"=>["6.024"], "units"=>["Inches"]}
  • : October 2020
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Dylan Jones
  • : Hardback with dustjacket
  • : 2011
  • : English
  • : 782.421640922
  • : 688
  • : AVC