Uncommon People
Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs
$25.79
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2025
Summary
When Miranda Sawyer interviewed Noel Gallagher in 1995, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news. This fascinating pop history, exploring the mid-90s moment when British music suddenly meant everything, explains why. Picking out twenty key songs, delving into the surprising stories behind them and their unlikely creators, Uncommon People takes us back to when Jarvis Cocker became a national hero, Trainspotting was a global hit, fire-starting seem…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399816915 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399816918 |
| Author: | Miranda Sawyer |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 132mm x 200mm |
Critics Review
Miranda Sawyer was at the heart of the golden era … and bears thrilling yet thoughtful witness to the oddity and
ambition of the awkward outsiders who briefly got the nation humming their tunes, equally enthralled by the usual headliners and unclubbable mavericks like Keith Flint, Tricky and P.J. Harvey
This is the story of, arguably, our last great pop movement in 20 songs. The usual suspects - Blur, Oasis, Pulp - are present and correct but it’s lesser names who stories are most affecting … This is an informative and witty book that’s nostalgic but never sentimental * Sun *
Miranda Sawyer
Miranda Sawyer has written about pop music since 1988, beginning on Smash Hits before moving to Select, The Face and the Observer. She’s interviewed everyone from Liam Gallagher to Tricky, PJ Harvey to Pulp, Stormzy to Billie Eilish (some of these people do not feature in a book about Britpop). Her first book Park and Ride explored the British suburbs, her second Out of Time exploded the midlife crisis, Uncommon People, her third proves that going back in time can bring you right up to date. She lives in London.
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