One Model Nation
{{short description|Book by Jim Rugg}}
{{Infobox book
| name = One Model Nation
| image = One Model Nation front cover.jpg
| author = Jim Rugg, Courtney Taylor-Taylor
| illustrator = Jim Rugg
| cover_artist = Jim Rugg
| country = United States
| language = English
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| publisher = Image Comics
| pub_date = 11 November 2009
| media_type = Print
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| isbn = 1-60706-157-0
}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Totalwerks, Vol. 1 (1969–1977)
| type = studio
| artist = One Model Nation
| cover = Totalwerks, Vol. 1 (1969-1977) front cover.jpeg
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| released = {{Start date|2012|1|31|df=yes}}
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| genre = Krautrock
| length =
| label = The End
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One Model Nation is a graphic novel by Jim Rugg and Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor about a fictional 1970s German krautrock band. It was released on 11 November 2009. An accompanying studio album titled Totalwerks, Vol. 1 (1969–1977), a greatest hits album by the fictional band, was released on 31 January 2012.
Critical reception
Wired called it "intriguing and humorous".{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/02/one-model-nation/|title=One Model Nation Eyes '70s-Era Terror Through Krautrock Lens |author=Scott Thill |date=3 February 2012}} Film director Gus Van Sant called it an "Awesomely executed story by Courtney Taylor-Taylor. Great art – you must read it."{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/1607061570 |title=One Model Nation
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Transmission
| length1 = 3:07
| title2 = East Berlin
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = Mission to Mars (There's No Need to Mess Up the Trip)
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = Russian Standard Time
| length4 = 1:34
| title5 = The Dominator
| length5 = 4:02
| title6 = Bicycles
| length6 = 4:26
| title7 = What Is the Plan?
| length7 = 3:11
| title8 = Throaty Neumann
| length8 = 3:26
| title9 = Midnight Now You're Walking
| length9 = 5:14
| title10 = Universal Time
| length10 = 3:18
| title11 = Gypsum Noggur
| length11 = 7:57
}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{ASIN|1607061570|title=One Model Nation}}
- [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/courtney-taylortaylor/one-model-nation-the-book_b_1231040.html Courtney Taylor-Taylor on the inspiration behind the project]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120124162426/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/exclusive-preview-courtney-taylor-taylors-one-model-nation-20120123 Exclusive preview of the book at rollingstone.com]