Music writer Womack delivers a fascinating, in-depth look at the creation of Abbey Road , the Beatles' penultimate album released 50 years ago. Womack displays a detailed and insightful analysis that fans will hope he applies to the band's other albums. (Publishers Weekly) In the enjoyable deep dive Solid State , Kenneth Womack tells a detailed story of how the album came to be. (FORWARD) Womack has created an account of the Abbey Road sessions that is extremely well-researched and well-written. The timing of the publication is perfect, given the recent success of the 50th Anniversary Reissue of the album. It is well worth a read for die-hard fans, and even casual fans, who are interested in how this work of art was created. (Spill Magazine) Womack humanizes and demystifies the mythic status of the album and of the four Beatles, but not by diminishing their achievements. Solid State is as fine a tribute to the Fabs as one could hope for in 2019.
(Spectrum Culture) If you are a studio nerd or a Beatles aficionado you will love this book. (Aquarian Weekly) Solidly entertaining. (On the Seawall) Kenneth Womack is an acknowledged Beatles archaeologist and archivist, and in this effort he undertakes a fine biography of this fine recording, taking it apart and reassembling it for us along the way.It is definitive indeed regarding the writing, recording, mixing and reception of Abbey Road. (Criticsatlarge.ca)lture) If you are a studio nerd or a Beatles aficionado you will love this book. (Aquarian Weekly) Solidly entertaining. (On the Seawall) Kenneth Womack is an acknowledged Beatles archaeologist and archivist, and in this effort he undertakes a fine biography of this fine recording, taking it apart and reassembling it for us along the way.
It is definitive indeed regarding the writing, recording, mixing and reception of Abbey Road. (Criticsatlarge.ca)lture) If you are a studio nerd or a Beatles aficionado you will love this book. (Aquarian Weekly) Solidly entertaining. (On the Seawall) Kenneth Womack is an acknowledged Beatles archaeologist and archivist, and in this effort he undertakes a fine biography of this fine recording, taking it apart and reassembling it for us along the way.It is definitive indeed regarding the writing, recording, mixing and reception of Abbey Road. (Criticsatlarge.ca)lture) If you are a studio nerd or a Beatles aficionado you will love this book.
(Aquarian Weekly) Solidly entertaining. (On the Seawall) Kenneth Womack is an acknowledged Beatles archaeologist and archivist, and in this effort he undertakes a fine biography of this fine recording, taking it apart and reassembling it for us along the way.It is definitive indeed regarding the writing, recording, mixing and reception of Abbey Road. (Criticsatlarge.ca).