{"product_id":"off-the-ground","title":"Off the Ground","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781789149425\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul McCartney\u0026amp;#x27;s 1990s was an era like no other, perhaps even the most significant decade of his entire career after the 1960s. Following a shakier 1980s, the decade would see McCartney re-emerge with greater energy, momentum and self-belief. J. R. Moores\u0026amp;#x27; sympathetic but not uncritical new book explores McCartney\u0026amp;#x27;s 90s, with its impressive studio and live albums, colossal tours, unexpected side-projects and imaginative collaborations, forays into classical composition, some new Beatles numbers and a whole lot more besides. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoores reveals how McCartney\u0026amp;#x27;s reputation began to be perceived more generously by the public, and argues that Macca\u0026amp;#x27;s output and activities in the 90s were to uncover more about the person behind them than any other decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Moores has the keys to understanding McCartney-he conveys with ease his music\u0026amp;#x27;s joy, spontaneity, willingness to mess about and that special melodic knack that no one else in the world has access to. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOff the Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a wonderful, engrossing book, full of entertaining digressions, that carefully puts McCartney\u0026amp;#x27;s '90s work in context with Britpop (and the Dadrock that followed) as well as his own legacy. The best, and most enjoyable, book on McCartney I\u0026amp;#x27;ve ever read.\u0026amp;#x27; - Bob Stanley, musician, journalist and author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet\u0026amp;#x27;s Do It: The Birth of Pop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBee Gees: Children of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Moores contaminates you with obsession. He is a quite brilliant fascinator, and whatever he has been obsessed with will soo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41506850865285,"sku":"PR383609","price":66.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TIW00WQC5K6G.jpg?v=1769642279","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/off-the-ground","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}