1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
by Tom Moon | 
The Great Rock Discography
by Martin C. Strong | 
The Joy of Music
by Leonard Bernstein |
This is Uncool
by Garry Mulholland |
Where Did Our Love Go?
by Nelson George | 
The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music
by Ted Libbey |
All Music Guide to Rock
by Michael Erlewine | 
Schubert's Winter Journey
by Ian Bostridge | 
Music Quickens Time
by Daniel Barenboim |
The Heart of Rock & Soul
by Dave Marsh | 
What to Listen For in Music
by Aaron Copland |
The Rough Guide to Rock
by Peter Buckley | 
Black Metal
by Dayal Patterson |
Lost Highway
by Peter Guralnick | 
How Music Works
by David Byrne | 
Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page
by Jimmy Page | 
Punk Avenue
by Phil Marcade |
The Jazz Theory Book
by Mark Levine | 
Writing Better Lyrics
by Pat Pattison | 
Tunesmith
by Jimmy Webb |
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a highly readable list of the best, the most important, and the most influential pop albums from 1955 through 2003. Carefully selected by a team of international critics, each album is a groundbreaking work seminal to the understanding and appreciation of music from the 1950s to the present. Included with each entry are production details and credits as well as reproductions of original album cover art. Perhaps most important of all, each album featured comes with an authoritative description of its importance and influence. Among the critics involved in selecting the list are some of the best known music reviewers and commentators, including Theunis Bates (music writer for Time and urban editor at worldpop.com), Jon Harrington (staff writer at MTV), Seth Jacobson (writer for Dazed & Confused), as well as many others.