1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die

This is a fun, enjoyable book to dive into. It is very comprehensive and well-organized. You should be warned that it might lead to a desire to purchase a large number of albums that you might not already own! The indexes and playlists are a particularly nice feature. The one area where I think the book could be improved might be around the physical elements - it would be nice to have color and a larger page size. Other than... Read Full Review

I have to disagree with the Gentlemen who thinks this book should have been broken up by Genre. As a reference book it is easy to find who you're looking for when it is in alphabetical order. If you look in the back of the book you will see the different Genres with the page numbers of each song from each genre, so if you are in the mood for "Blues" just look in the back of the book. This would be a great book for a classroom,... Read Full Review

Are you tired of being assaulted by prefabricated, disposable music? Are you irritated by incessant media coverage of the lip-syncing teen flavor-of-the-month? Are you sick of music guides based on online popularity contests? If so, you need to own this book! This is the rare book that completely lives up to its product description. It's interesting and well written. It will cause you to revisit stuff that has been submerged... Read Full Review

Something in me WANTED to give this book a mediocre rating--its part of a "franchise" of sorts (see 1000 Places to See Before You Die G), and generally I abhor glib and messy little collections of "the best" of whatever. This book is different. Trust me, if you are a connoisseur of any musical genre, you will not be able to put this book down. It is, above all, the little meaty and nourishing and satisfying turns of speech... Read Full Review