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100 Albums That Changed Music and 500 Songs You Need to Hear

sean egan

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Which hundred albums have had the biggest impact on music in their time? Which of them have really changed things? And what, if you haven't heard them already are the 500 songs that you simply have to hear? Immediately, a hundred lists will form in a hundred minds, but here you'll find incisive, expert commentary from an array of expert music writers on the stand-out albums by the bands and performers who really turned things on their head: from Bob Dylan to the Sex Pistols, and from Marvin Gaye to Dr Dre. What exactly was the alchemy that the Beatles produced which so profoundly altered popular music in the 60s? How should we understand the impact and lasting significance of albums like Grievous Angel, Never Mind the Bollocks, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars?

319 pages, Paperback

First published December 15,2006

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319 pages, Paperback
Published
January 1, 2006 by Booksales
ISBN
9780785821342
ASIN
0785821341
Language
English

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SenorUndead
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March 26,2025
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"Great book that due to the subject matter reads somewhere cross between a collection of reviews and essays. Sticks to the subject very purposefully - it is not 100 great albums (and 500 songs...), or 100 albums you need to listen to. It is 100 albums 'that changed music'. And as such, the selection is quite good. Enjoyable writing as well."
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WineZ
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March 26,2025
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2.5 stars, to be specific. I learned some things about music I didn't know before, and this book is packed with information. But DAMN, the misspellings, the unnecessary punctuation, the way several words ran together without spacing...that all made it difficult to enjoy this book. Ex. Sex Pistols spelled Sex Pistol's. Ugh, it pained me to type that!
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sawaume
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March 26,2025
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While I have a lot of the albums in this book, there's a lot more I don't have. So it's time to spend some money beefing up my already too large library.
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___angel
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March 26,2025
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There is some great writing in here, a lot of very rock by numbers uninspired writing and some down right embarrassing writing. Exactly what you’d expect from this sort of publication.
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givaryd
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March 26,2025
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i have read a lot of books and lists on 'the 100 best...' albums/songs/artists, etc etc etc. this one differs tho because it isn't necessarily the 100 BEST albums, but the 100 MOST IMPORTANT albums, in that they changed trends and influenced others. so in that respect it was interesting to read the stories behind both many revered classic albums, and many that were overlooked at the time but in retrospect were very imortant in the shaping of music genres and trends.
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Revvo
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March 26,2025
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I LOVE these list books, but this one wasn't great, for a couple of reasons. First, it was WAY too UK focused for my tastes. There were several bands included that I had never heard of, much less their albums. Second, the book might as well have been called 100 Albums that Joe Strummer of The Clash liked a lot, because he's quoted in about every third review. Third, the typos - sheesh! Fourth, number 100 is "Spice" by the Spice Girls. Ugh.
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