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Tell Me Why : The Beatles: Album by Album, Song by Song, The Sixties and After
Tell Me Why The Beatles Album by Album Song by Song The Sixties and After Author:Tim Riley 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 b... more »y 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.« less
Tim Riley took on the ambitious task of critiquing the Beatles' entire catalog, album by album and song by song. I read this book multiple times in the Eighties when I was a Beatles-mad teen. It helped me appreciate the music even more.