ANNIE LENNOX.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,white background dw/dj with subject's colour portrait photographic illustrated upper panel with black lettering,same subject's portrait photograph but in b/w and reduced in size,to rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Rear panel of dw/dj has light,superficial scoring and indentations - bds beneath unaffected though.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges have slight,light dust-soiling with some minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner with no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-213pp [paginated] includes author's intro,10 chapters including a discography,16pp subject's biographical contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp56/7 and pp152/3 respectively,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,
acknowledgements,and 2pp blanks at rear.
Annie Lennox is an icon for pop music in the 80's and 90's.Her appeal is broad-ranging,her voice and image immediately distinctive. Consistently voted Best Female Artist,since 1983 she's achieved international success in partnership with Dave Stewart as Eurythmics. Behind her bright yet enigmatic image is a woman struggling to come to terms with her place in pop.
In this,the first full-scale biography of Annie Lennox,Lucy O'Brien charts her career from the early troubled days of The Tourists to the monumental decision to take a pop sabbatical at the height of her
career to work on behalf of the homeless.
The book also traces her life story,starting in 1954 on an Aberdeen housing scheme,moving through an ill-fated period as a student at the Royal Academy of Music.There's her meeting with Dave Stewart, marriage to Krishna devotee Radha Raman,and later happier union with film-maker Uri Fruchtman.
Not just a straightforward biography,'Annie Lennox' analyses through her own words and the views of others,her loves,beliefs and her music within the context of 1980's pop.It looks at the lure of the 'gender bending' female cross-dresser,the rise of New Age religion,the controversy of global charity aid and challenges of pop coupledom. Including interviews with friends,associates and Annie herself,it registers her worldwide impact.Lennox's pop personality has conveyed her as housewife,sister,superstar and political angel,manipulating pop image with a unique vision.This book gets to the heart of the woman.
Lucy O'Brien's first book was a biography of Dusty Springfield entitled 'Dusty' (see rja34589),and was widely acclaimed.A freelance journalist and writer,she was a former music editor of 'City Limits',and has also spent periods working for The Guardian,Elle,the New Statesman,The Face and New Musical Express.She has presented items on Channel Four's 'The Tube',RTE,Radio 4,Radio London and LBC on subjects ranging from Madonna and karaoke singing to Bob Dylan and women in pop.
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