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The Rock Canon. Canonical Values in the Reception of Rock Albums. By Carys Wyn Jones. Aldershot and Burlington: Ashgate, 2008. 169 pp. ISBN 978-0-7546-6244-0
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2009
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1. The canons analysed by Wyn Jones are all produced by US and British musicians (the only exception being Nico, from Germany). This points to the ethnocentricity of rock criticism, a problem which Wyn Jones addresses in her book, but also to commercial considerations, as ‘local’ canons would be hard to reckon with, as they are sold in specific markets.