PRINCE: CHAOS, DISORDER, AND REVOLUTION

By Jason Draper

[Backbeat Books]

Mercurial rock icon Prince is a difficult subject for biographers—privacy-obsessed and reluctant to be interviewed, when he does open his mouth he’s likely to throw you off the trail with a cryptic pronouncement. So author Jason Draper wisely sticks with a very nuts-and-bolts approach in Chaos, Disorder, and Revolution, an exhaustively researched volume that lays out Prince’s career, as well as what little can be gleaned about his private life, in a breezily readable way. This is no hagiography—Draper in particular focuses on the many times over the years that Prince has alienated his fans in an apparently deliberate manner. As even-keeled as its subject is unpredictable, Chaos, Disorder, and Revolution honors Prince best by telling his story straight. –Chris Neal

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