{"product_id":"9781474624572-faster-than-a-cannonball","title":"Faster Than A Cannonball","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1995 and All That. \u003cp\u003ePart oral history, part narrative pop culture, part celebration of the music of 1995\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003eDecades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was \u003ci\u003ethe year\u003c\/i\u003e of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e, when James Brown's \u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday). It was the year of \u003ci\u003eThe Bends\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Danny Boyle started filming \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Richey Edwards went missing, the year Alex Garland wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Blair changed Clause IV after a controversial vote at the Labour Conference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not only was the mid-Nineties perhaps the last time that rock stars, music journalists and pop consumers held onto a belief in rock's mystical power, it was a period of huge cultural upheaval - in art, literature, publishing and drugs. And it was a period of almost unparalleled hedonism, a time when many people thought they deserved to live the rock and roll lifestyle, when a generation of narcotic omnivores thought they could all be rock stars just by buying a magazine and a copy of \u003ci\u003e(What's the Story) Morning Glory?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFaster Than a Cannonball\u003c\/i\u003e is a cultural swipe of the decade from loungecore to the rise of New Labour, teasing all the relevant artistic strands through interviews with all the major protagonists and exhaustive re-evaluations of the important records of the year - \u003ci\u003eThe Bends\u003c\/i\u003e by Radiohead, \u003ci\u003eGrand Prix\u003c\/i\u003e by Teenage Fanclub, \u003ci\u003eMaxinquaye \u003c\/i\u003eby Tricky, \u003ci\u003eDifferent Class\u003c\/i\u003e by Pulp, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Escape\u003c\/i\u003e by Blur, \u003ci\u003eIt's Great When You're Straight. Yeah!\u003c\/i\u003e by Black Grape, \u003ci\u003eExit Planet Dust\u003c\/i\u003e by the Chemical Brothers, \u003ci\u003eI Should Coco\u003c\/i\u003e by Supergrass, \u003ci\u003eElastica \u003c\/i\u003eby Elastica, \u003ci\u003ePure Phase\u003c\/i\u003e by Spiritualized, .\u003ci\u003eI Care Because You\u003c\/i\u003e Do by Aphex Twin and of course \u003ci\u003e(What's the Story) Morning Glory\u003c\/i\u003e by Oasis, the most iconic album of the decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40955328659553,"sku":"9781474624572","price":25.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29002214.jpg?v=1723120991","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781474624572-faster-than-a-cannonball","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}