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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (1,000 Before You Die) |
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Amazon Sales Rank: 1173
Publication Date: 2008-08-04
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 076113963X
Type: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 992
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The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz—author of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—does for travel, Tom Moon recommends 1,000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners the joy, the mystery, the revelation, the sheer fun of great music.
This is a book both broad and deep, drawing from the diverse worlds of classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, world, opera, soundtracks, and more. It's arranged alphabetically by artist to create the kind of unexpected juxtapositions that break down genre bias and broaden listeners’ horizons— it makes every listener a seeker, actively pursuing new artists and new sounds, and reconfirming the greatness of the classics. Flanking J. S. Bach and his six entries, for example, are the little-known R&B singer Baby Huey and the '80s Rastafarian hard-core punk band Bad Brains. Farther down the list: The Band, Samuel Barber, Cecelia Bartoli, Count Basie, and Afropop star Waldemer Bastos.
Each entry is passionately written, with expert listening notes, fascinating anecdotes, and the occasional perfect quote—"Your collection could be filled with nothing but music from Ray Charles," said Tom Waits, "and you'd have a completely balanced diet." Every entry identifies key tracks, additional works by the artist, and where to go next. And in the back, indexes and playlists for different moods and occasions.
Average Rating: 
Review: 2009-01-06
1,000 Tunes
Extensive research done into all these tune and composers and musicians, something for everyone in here.
Review: 2008-12-23
The book every audiophile should own
The massive scope and breadth of this book would make it a useful resource. However, Moon goes well beyond scope and provides a means of discovering great music crossing all genres that most of us would be unlikely to discover on our own. So to evaluate this book it is better not to ask 'does it include what I like', but rather 'does it help me find great music to listen to'.
To give you an idea of the usefulness of this book, here are the basic facts:
* 1007 pages
* general index: 65 pages
* classical and opera performers index : 13 pages
* classical and opera composers index : 5 pages
* 'occasions' index, comprising 'cocktail hour', 'get the party started', 'music to inspire reflection', 'romance enhancers', 'cardio workout', 'play this for the kids', 'roadtrip soundtrack AM', 'roadtrip soundtrack PM', 'lazy sunday morning', 'headphone journey', 'superman's earbuds'.
* genres index : 15 pages
Moon also includes a page listing sources of hard-to-find music. In addition you can visit 1000recordings.com, and the Amazon 1000 recordings site.
The 1000 recordings are albums, not individual tracks. Each entry includes a brief review, usually including the historical and musical context and history. The entry also includes the release year, publisher, key tracks, other titles from the same performer, and 'links' to related music.
Big warning here: this book can grab your time. I've found myself opening the book just to find something to buy at the Amazon MP3 store, and two hours later I'm still browsing.
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