1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Hardcover)

from quaintlittlehead

I started this book with higher hopes for it than for its "1001 Books" cousin, because it started with a nice explanation of exactly what kinds of albums were included and why. I hate rock and roll criticism, because so much of it seems to be a showcase for the writer's use of fancy words that do...

from Calico

Mostly useful and interesting for the list itself - the accompanying description of each of the albums is sometimes the worst type of rock-crit.

from rampaginglibrarian

This is a great browsing book and unlike "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" i have heard of many of these. Subjective, as any book of this type must be, it is still a very worthwhile book to own--and definitely a conversation starter.

from Symbiosis

This is a nice little encyclopedia to have. I've been getting into a lot of older music recently, and it's awesome to go to back to this book to read about Sly & The Family Stone or Leonard Cohen or whoever else in this book (of course there's new music all the way up till 2005 here as well). Obv...

from Symbiosis

This is a nice little encyclopedia to have. I've been getting into a lot of older music recently, and it's awesome to go to back to this book to read about Sly & The Family Stone or Leonard Cohen or whoever else in this book (of course there's new music all the way up till 2005 here as well). Obv...