Radiohead: From a Great Height [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Jonathan Hale (Author)

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Product Description
From a Great Height is the first comprehensive book on this critically acclaimed band. It's loaded with photos, trivia, history, and never-before-published information. Included are explanations of Radiohead's frequently misunderstood songs, as well as a complete discography of the band. At once an informed commentary on the contemporary rock scene and a guide to an incredibly popular rock group, From a Great Height offers Radiohead fans a picture-packed, story-filled, music-loving feast.

From the Author
Jonathan Hale has written several articles about Radiohead and the alternative-music scene for magazines and newspapers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: ECW Press; illustrated edition edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550223739
• ISBN-13: 978-1550223736
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,120,674 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A great collectors piece, but nothing really new., May 12, 1999

By A Customer

Devoted Radiohead fans may have trouble finding new information in this book. It is more or less a summary of Radiohead realted interviews and magazine articles from the duration of their career. I do, however, find this book extremely useful as a nice reference piece because it contains a very interesting summary for each of Radiohead's songs. This helps even the biggest fans get a better grasp on what is being said in the songs and even get a bit of history from where the songs come from. As for the new Radiohead fans who may not have been reading articles on the band for the past 10+ years, this book is perfect. The book looks at each band members early music careers and shows where they gained inspiration. It also looks deeply into the recording process of all three albums and many EP's. And the book shows how hard touring can be on the individual members of the band and on the band as a whole. My only real complaint with the book is that it really doesn't offer any relevant new information. And it seems that the only way that we will achieve this information is by waiting for the band to start the interview process again when they get out of the studio.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, December 13, 1999

By A Customer

This is the "Radiohead Bible" as I've dubbed it. It gives you an in-depth story about the band, how they started out, how they met, and just about everything else. It has an EXCELLENT discography as well. There aren't many pictures, but the ones in there aren't found anywhere else [like pictures of the boys from college]. It's a great book, I loved reading it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Radiohead Music Gospel!, April 7, 2000

By	"radioheadrogue" (Camden, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This book is the best one I've ever read on Radiohead concerning all its albums, singles, demos, eps, etc... I loved the fact the author was such a big fan, but unfourtuately the song reviews were too opinionated If you are a Radiohead fan but don't know much about them then read this book and be thrown into Radiohead's world of music with all its awesome force!