All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music - Couverture souple

 
9780879306274: All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music
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ISBN 10 : 0879306270 ISBN 13 : 9780879306274
Editeur : Backbeat Books, 2001

Synopsis

From folk to avant-garde to world music, this fun-to-browse book easily guides readers to more than 20,000 great recordings by over 4,000 artists through thorough reviews and ratings. Arranged by genre (the book covers 16 stylesin all), each section provides informed essays on how the music evolved and its various styles, intriguing artist biographies, and insightful reviews and ratings of the top recordings. The lives and work of major artists aredescribed in depth. Easy-to-read “music maps” chart the development of each genre, its key players, and their influences. Now in its fourth edition, this authoritative reference highlights “essentialcollection” albums as well as “first purchase” recordings to help listeners buy CDs.

Nearly 1,500 info-packed pages!

“Makes you delirious with knowledge.”

– EntertainmentWeekly

“The most useful single volume your money can buy.”

– Mojo

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Éditeur
Backbeat Books
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0879306270
ISBN 13 
9780879306274
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
1491
Éditeur
Bogdanov Vladimir, Woodstra Chris, Erlewine Stephen Thomas
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible