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Prince: A Thief in the Temple by [Brian Morton]

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by Brian Morton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Prince Rogers Nelson released his first album in 1978. In the years that followed until his death in April 2016, he became a superstar, a recluse, an inspiration, an enigma, a slave and a symbol. He was a master of reinvention, but the one constant in his astonishing career was his genius: as a singer, a songwriter, a performer and a musician. He sold more than 100 million albums, won seven Grammys, a Golden Globe and an Oscar. His ability to fuse styles and genres made him one of the most unique, influential and beloved artists in music history. In Prince: A Thief in the Temple, acclaimed journalist and broadcaster Brian Morton reveals the highs and lows of a remarkable musical life.

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149 pages
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Canongate Books
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May 2, 2016
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Sends you back to the music with fresh ears (Guardian)

Far from a conventional biography, this book by journalist, broadcaster and jazz expert Brian Morton is a scholarly critique of Prince's music in the context of the American canon (Big Issue)

Offers up a fascinating album-by-album analysis of how Prince's revolutionary melding of white rock and black funk and soul has had a profound impact on modern music (Metro) --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Brian Morton was born in Paisley and grew up in New Orleans-on-Clyde, aka Dunoon, where he acquired a lifelong passion for jazz. He taught at university before spending ten years working on The Times and its supplements; he then became a freelance writer and broadcaster, and has had an illustrious career as an arts and music commentator on BBC Radio Scotland and on BBC Radio 3. His publications include The Penguin Guide To Jazz which he co-authors with Richard Cook. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01EYTMTDI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canongate Books; Main edition (May 2, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 2, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1090 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 149 pages
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Chambers Stevens

Psycho babble and inaccuracies.

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2019

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What a disappointment. Any book on Prince that dismisses the Purple Rain album is obviously not worth reading. Plus there are so much things that are flat out wrong. Like calling the brilliant When Doves Cry Video 'a collage of scenes from the film'. Or that BrownMark was on his way out when they were shooting Purple Rain. If you like reading crap like, 'If Ike Turner and Erich von Stroheim had had a love-child , he would have been the Prince of 1983." You can't make this up...that is how bad this book is. Pick up Duane Tudahl's book instead!

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T.C.

Overall, a good, quick read

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2016

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I bought the book to read when the power goes out (which it does periodically) and read it on Kindle before it arrived. It's a quick read with about 20% of the book dedicated to the index. Most of the info I've read online but some info, like his relationship with Mayte and how it came about, had a little more information. Overall, it's a good book to have but still not the biography of this great entertainer that many Prince fans would like to have.

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Lisa J. Jones

I suspect I love that it is about Prince more than the book ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2016

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I suspect I love that it is about Prince more than the book itself. The book offered some insight, some I frankly disagreed with but most such books spend a lot of time on the music fine and share with me their opinions on it. I am not sure I need that.

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Suzanne

PRINCE,what else needs to be said!!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2019

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A little to critical for Prince fan.

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prince

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2013

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This book is well worth reading. It will give you insight to the superior artist that he is. And remind you why he is still the icon that he is

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Ms Prince

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2018

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Love it - Glad to have it in my collection! Thanks for selling it to me!

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vashti kelly

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2016

great read

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2016

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A good read for Prince fans

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T. E. Joseph

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2017

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Awesome

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It's Okay

Reviewed in Canada on December 20, 2016

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It was written well.Nothing out of the ordinary.I was expecting an update and new publishing

MWJ

That 1* review is not fair

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2016

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That 1* review is nonsense.

It's not riddled with inaccuracies and if you've read every Prince biog going, as I have, you'll find several of his interpretations of Prince's output and character refreshingly original.

I enjoyed this biog. It's not a bad book, it's a decent one, although I would suggest to the novices that it's a book to turn to once you're familiar with the details of Prince's life.

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