by Various (Author)
The follow-up to the hugely successful Essential Acoustic Playlist , this companion volume features another 70 classic tunes for the acoustic guitar. This book focuses on classic indie hits from the 80s, 90s and beyond. With names like Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, Radiohead, Blur and The Verve all represented, acoustic indie fans need look no further. The book also features a couple of tracks rarely seen in print, such as the classic Shine On from The House Of Love and Jeff Buckley's beautiful version of Lilac Wine . Each song is presented very simply, with lyrics and chord symbols, so there's no need to be able to read music. As with all products on this site, the arrangements are guaranteed accurate and have been checked by an experienced editor. The chord shapes given are authentic and sound great on an acoustic guitar.The book features simple 'lyrics and chords' format; authentic and easy chord shapes given for every song; includes capo and tuning information where appropriate. The songlist includes: (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind (Primal Scream); A Design For Life (Manic Street Preachers); A Little Like You (Grand Drive); A Man Needs To Be Told (The Charlatans); A Minha Meninha (The Bees); Ain't That Enough (Teenage Fanclub); All Together Now (The Farm); Alright (Supergrass); Am I Wrong (Mull Historical Society); American English (Idlewild); Average Man (Turin Brakes); Beetlebum (Blur); Buy It In Bottles (Richard Ashcroft); Can You Dig It? (The Mock Turtles); Caught By The River (Doves); Coffee And TV (Blur); Come Away With Me (Norah Jones); Come Back To What You Know (Embrace); Common People (Pulp); Crazy Beat (Blur); and Creep (Radiohead).The songlist also includes: Distant Sun (Crowded House); Don't Let Me Down Gently (The Wonder Stuff); Don't Think You're The First (The Coral); Everlong (Foo Fighters); Fallen Angel (Elbow); Fastboy (The Bluetones); Forget About Tomorrow (Feeder); Getting Away With It (Electronic); Go To Sleep (Radiohead); Grace (Supergrass); Here's Where The Story Ends (The Sundays); High And Dry (Radiohead); History (The Verve); Hooligan (Embrace); I Need Direction (Teenage Fanclub); I Will (Radiohead); In A Room (Dodgy); It's True That We Love One Another (The White Stripes); Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over (The Charlatans); La Breeze (Simian); Lilac Wine (Jeff Buckley); Live In A Hiding Place (Idlewild); Long Distance (Turin Brakes); Lucky (Radiohead); No Surprises (Radiohead); Only Happy When It Rains (Garbage); Out Of Time (Blur); Painkiller (Turin Brakes); Pass It On (The Coral); and Personal Jesus (Johnny Cash). The songlist also includes: Pineapple Head (Crowded House); Poor Misguided Fool (Starsailor); Road Rage (Catatonia); Seen The Light (Supergrass); Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes); Shine On (The House Of Love); Silence Is Easy (Starsailor); Sk8er Boi (Avril Lavigne); Stay Away From Me (The Star Spangles); The Final Arrears (Mull Historical Society); There There (Radiohead); Thinking About Tomorrow (Beth Orton); This Is How It Feels (Inspiral Carpets); Wake Up Boo! (The Boo Radleys); Words (Doves); Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (The Flaming Lips); You're So Pretty, We're So Pretty (The Charlatans); and You've Got Her In Your Pocket (The White Stripes).
Format: Paperback
Pages: 235
Publisher: International Music Publications
Published: 27 May 2005
ISBN 10: 1843284111
ISBN 13: 9781843284116