The joyous and electric memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
A GUARDIAN MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024
A BBC CULTURE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024
‘Intoxicating . . . Seductive’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Fabulous’ VOGUE
Top of the Pops, December 1988. The world sat up as a young woman made her debut: gold bra, gold bomber jacket, and proudly, gloriously, seven months pregnant. This was no ordinary artist. This was Neneh Cherry.
But navigating fame and family wasn't always simple. In this beautiful and deeply personal memoir, Cherry remembers the collaborations, the highs and lows, the friendships and loves, and the addictions and traumas that have shaped her as a woman and an artist. At the heart of it, always, is family: the extraordinary three generations of artists and musicians that are her inheritance and her legacy.
Musician. Songwriter. Collaborator. Activist. Mother. Daughter. Lover. Friend. Icon. This is her story. The perfect Christmas gift for all music and art lovers.
'I loved it' ZADIE SMITH
'Enthralling' BERNARDINE EVARISTO
'Thrums with life' GUARDIAN
'A living testament to artistic invention' OBSERVER
- Authors:
- Neneh Cherry
- Format:
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Hardback
- ISBN:
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9781911717003
- Publication Date:
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03/10/2024
- Publisher:
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Vintage Publishing
- Year Published:
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2024
- Country of Publication:
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United Kingdom
- Number of Pages:
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336
- Language:
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English
- SKU:
- 9781911717003
Neneh Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper and producer who first achieved global success, in 1988, with 'Buffalo Stance', her sound a groundbreaking mix of music genres. She has released six critically acclaimed studio albums and won two Brit Awards, a MTV Europe Music Award and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. She has collaborated with artists including The Gorillaz, Gang Starr, Michael Stipe, Cher and Four Tet. The Versions, an album consisting of reworked songs from her back catalogue by artist such as SIA, Robyn and others, was released in 2022.
Thrums with life . . . A Thousand Threads searches for feelings transient and timeless, keeps keeping on, never says maybe * GUARDIAN, *Book of the Day* * Rich in atmosphere and detail . . . A vivid tale of love, family, chaos and a creative spirit passed through the generations’ * GUARDIAN, *Audiobook of the Week* * Seductive . . . Intoxicating . . . Bears witness to life’s messy complexities, going beyond platitudes to ask questions about the choices and mistakes a person makes across the years, as well as the endless search for joy and beauty * SUNDAY TIMES * A living testament to artistic invention . . . A vibrant read, peppered with both delight and moments of darkness * OBSERVER * Enthralling . . . An extraordinary mix of abundant creativity and never-ending travel, always with the changing seasons of her music-making, soulful friendships and devotion to family at the heart of it -- BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Neneh is cool, Neneh is wise, Neneh is a legend. Her memoir is a treasure. I loved it' -- ZADIE SMITH A lyrical journey through pain and joy. The answer is always music. And love -- ROSE BOYT
