Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New RomanticsSweet Dreams charts the rise of the New Romantics, a scene that grew out of the remnants of the post punk period and developed alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth. 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. Sweet Dreams were made of this. In Sweet Dreams,

with cutting by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering under the guidance of original co-producer John Parish

Kurtis Blow

the historical accounts by Herodotus and Thucydides on the Greek wars with Persia and Sparta and by Xenophon on civilised living

The album's first single 'Golden Years' was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic and one of five singles released from the six-song album

and of Luis Montês

ideological battles

A lonely woman in Rio de Janeiro makes a connection that will change her life

balancing the genre’s tradition with its future and reflecting the melting pot of talent and diversity within the current scene

there is something within its covers for every novice drink-maker and expert bartender alike

civilian bravery and the nature of war itself

It was a career breakthrough for The Black Keys

A bio of each musician is provided