2 years ago
When the editors of Continuum's 33 1/3 book series rejected Toronto music critic Carl Wilson's initial pitch to write a book on Pere Ubu's Dub Housing, they asked him to come up with a “less obscure” album. Wilson upped the ante considerably and chose one of the top selling albums of all time – Céline Dion's Let's Talk About Love. For Wilson, it was a chance to boldly examine his own taste and the socio-economic divisions that music fandom is built on. We cultural studies fiends may be drooling… + read more