Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem – review

Jonathan Lethem's exploration of Talking Heads' extraordinary third album is stylish and illuminating"At the peak, in 1980 or 1981, my identification was so complete that I might have wished to wear the album Fear of Music in place of my head so as to be more clearly seen by those around me." Thus Jonathan Lethem lays his cards on the table early but, unlike some volumes in Continuum's versatile 33⅓ series about classic albums, his book is no memoir. Nor does it concern itself with external da...

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