Sweet Dreams

The Story of the New Romantics

Dylan Jones

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Faber & Faber
05 January 2022

Music; Music reviews & criticism; Music: styles & genres; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

An NME and BBC Culture Book of the Year 2020.

David Bowie. Culture Club. Wham!. Soft Cell. Duran Duran. Sade. Adam Ant. Spandau Ballet. The Eurythmics.

‘Excellent’ Guardian ‘Hugely enjoyable’ Irish Times ‘Dazzling’ LRB 'Fascinating' New Statesman 'An absolute must-read' GQ

One of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era of the New Romantics grew out of the remnants of post-punk and developed quickly alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth. The scene had a huge influence on the growth of print and broadcast media, and was arguably one of the most bohemian environments of the late twentieth century. Not only did it visually define the decade, it was the catalyst for the Second British Invasion, when the US charts would be colonised by British pop music – making it one of the most powerful cultural exports since the Beatles.

In Sweet Dreams, Dylan Jones charts the rise of the New Romantics through testimony from the people who lived it.

For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this.

By: Dylan Jones
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 601g
ISBN: 9780571353446
ISBN 10: 0571353444
Pages: 688
Publication Date: 05 January 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dylan Jones studied at Chelsea School of Art and St. Martin's School of Art. A former editor at i-D, The Face, Arena, the Observer and the Sunday Times, he is currently the Editor-In-Chief of GQ. He has won the British Society of Magazine Editors Editor of the Year award a record eleven times, and in 2013 was the recipient of the Mark Boxer Award. Under his editorship the magazine has won over 50 awards. He is the author of the Sunday Times best-seller David Bowie: A Life, and the New York Times best seller Jim Morrison: Dark Star. A trustee of the Hay Festival, in 2013 he was awarded an OBE for services to publishing.