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Perhaps the first serious analysis of the Beatles' work and its impact on popular music, Tell Me Why is meticulous in its purpose and long overdue....Of the hundreds of books written about [the Beatles] none bring the musical knowledge and the familiarity with the period that Riley offers here."
-- Cleveland Plain Dealer
Album by album, song by song, Tim Riley gives us a new, deeper understanding of the Beatles. Outdistancing the countless tell-all biographies that have been written, Riley's study of the Beatles' music is as rigorous as it is soulful. He explores the entire Beatles catalogue, making clear that the legendary four were not simply teen idols -- that they were, in fact, brilliant musical innovators who created timeless songs and virtually invented the album-as-art
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Beatles, Discography, History and criticism, Rock music, New York Times reviewed, Beatles, discographyPlaces
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Tell me why: a Beatles commentary
2002, Da Capo Press, Eurospan
in English
- Rev. and updated, 1st Da Capo Press ed
0306811200 9780306811203
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Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (Vintage Books)
1989, Vintage Books
in English
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
0679721983 9780679721987
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Tell me why: a Beatles commentary
1988, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English
- 1st ed.
0394550617 9780394550619
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"THE RECORDING WORLD is full of sharks, crooks, and people on the run (like Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker), but Brian Epstein was a genuine shopkeeper."
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