Publisher's Synopsis
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 on the stand-out albums from the bands and performers that 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 performed
which so profoundly altered popular music in the 60s and 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.
If you have only one book on the shelf by your album collection, make it this one.
