|
9.5
|
Detroit 67: The Year That Changed SoulDetroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul |
Stuart CosgroveCosgrove |
Non-Fiction |
History, Music |
Scotland |
|
|
9.5
|
Philosophy of Modern SongThe Philosophy of Modern Song |
Bob DylanDylan |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
9.5
|
Chronicles, Volume 1Chronicles, Volume 1 |
Bob DylanDylan |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
9.5
|
Eminent HipstersEminent Hipsters |
Donald FagenFagen |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown SoundWhere Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound |
Nelson GeorgeGeorge |
Non-Fiction |
Music, History |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
How Music WorksHow Music Works |
David ByrneByrne |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York that Changed Music ForeverLove Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever |
Will HermesHermes |
Non-Fiction |
Music, History |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984 |
Simon ReynoldsReynolds |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United Kingdom |
|
|
9.0
|
Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The StudioA Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The Studio |
Paul MyersMyers |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
Canada |
|
|
9.0
|
Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll RomanceBlack Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance |
Dean WarehamWareham |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American MusiciansLost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians |
Peter GuralnickGuralnick |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered AmericaThe Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America |
Michaelangelo MatosMatos |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Four Lives in the Bebop BusinessFour Lives in the Bebop Business |
A.B. SpellmanSpellman |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular MusicHow the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music |
Elijah WaldWald |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth CenturyThe Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century |
Alex RossRoss |
Non-Fiction |
Music, History |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of PunkPlease Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk |
Legs McNeilMcNeil |
Non-Fiction |
Music, History |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Listen to ThisListen to This |
Alex RossRoss |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Essays |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor DungPsychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung |
Lester BangsBangs |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Essays |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical PlentyEvery Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty |
Ben RatliffRatliff |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music |
Greil MarcusMarcus |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, The Turn of the Century and the Patient Zero of PiracyHow Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, The Turn of the Century and the Patient Zero of Piracy |
Stephen WittWitt |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Let’s Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Bad TasteLet’s Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Bad Taste |
Carl WilsonWilson |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Philosophy |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The FallExcavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall |
Tessa NortonNorton |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. SmithRenegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith |
Mark E. SmithSmith |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human ObsessionThis Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession |
Daniel LevitinLevitin |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Psychology |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Just KidsJust Kids |
Patti SmithSmithd |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Music |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's Kid A and the Beginning of the 21st CenturyThis Isn't Happening: Radiohead's Kid A and the Beginning of the 21st Century |
Steven HydenHyden |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
LifeLife |
Keith RichardsRichards |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
All You Need to Know About the Music BusinessAll You Need to Know About the Music Business |
Donald PassmanPassman |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Business/Management |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Music Downtown: Writings from the Village VoiceMusic Downtown: Writings from the Village Voice |
Kyle GannGann |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Essays |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
No Sleep Till Canvey Island: The Great Pub Rock RevolutionNo Sleep Till Canvey Island: The Great Pub Rock Revolution |
Will BirchBirch |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Big Midweek: Life Inside The FallThe Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall |
Steve HanleyHanley |
Fiction |
Music, Biography |
|
|
|
8.5
|
Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music BusinessHit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business |
Fredric DannenDannen |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its DownfallBad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall |
Luke HainesHaines |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock |
John HarrisHarrisb |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4ADFacing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD |
Martin AstonAston |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Energy Flash: A Journey through Rave Music and Dance CultureEnergy Flash: A Journey through Rave Music and Dance Culture |
Simon ReynoldsReynolds |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Year with Swollen AppendicesA Year with Swollen Appendices |
Brian EnoEno |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Music |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Conversations With Tom PettyConversations With Tom Petty |
Paul ZolloZollo |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 |
Michael AzerradAzerrad |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American CultureOne Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture |
Gerald EarlyEarly |
Non-Fiction |
Music, History |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992 |
Tim LawrenceLawrence |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and FoundNina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found |
Warren EllisEllisb |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
Australia |
|
|
8.0
|
AutobiographyAutobiography |
MorrisseyMorrissey |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Music |
|
|
|
8.0
|
Black Music of Two WorldsBlack Music of Two Worlds |
John Storm RobertsRobertsb |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Love for Sale: Pop Music in AmericaLove for Sale: Pop Music in America |
David HajduHajdu |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean TrampI Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp |
Richard HellHell |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Blues People: Negro Music in White AmericaBlues People: Negro Music in White America |
LeRoi JonesJonesb |
Non-Fiction |
Music, History |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul MusicNowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music |
Gerri HirsheyHirshey |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City, 2001-2011Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City, 2001-2011 |
Lizzy GoodmanGoodman |
Non-Fiction |
Music, History |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk RockOne Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock |
Dave LaingLaing |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Sociology |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Beatles: The BiographyThe Beatles: The Biography |
Bob SpitzSpitz |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986–2014Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986–2014 |
Greil MarcusMarcus |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy DivisionThis Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division |
Jon SavageSavage |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961-1972The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961-1972 |
Ned RoremRorem |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Music |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band |
Neil StraussStrauss |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock's Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear)Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock's Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear) |
Jon FineFine |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Light that Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the SmithsA Light that Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths |
Tony FletcherFletcher |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
|
|
|
7.5
|
Outlaw Blues: A Book of Rock MusicOutlaw Blues: A Book of Rock Music |
Paul WilliamsWilliamsd |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Downtown Pop UndergroundThe Downtown Pop Underground |
Kembrew McLeodMcLeod |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the SixtiesRevolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties |
Ian MacDonaldMacDonald |
Non-Fiction |
Music, History |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the SinaiWho By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai |
Matti FriedmanFriedman |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
Canada |
|
|
7.5
|
Going Into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young ManGoing Into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young Man |
Robert ChristgauChristgau |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Hacienda: How Not to Run a ClubHacienda: How Not to Run a Club |
Peter HookHook |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
Sly and the Family Stone: An Oral HistorySly and the Family Stone: An Oral History |
Joel SelvinSelvin |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Lou Reed: A LifeLou Reed: A Life |
Anthony DeCurtisDeCurtis |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
Paul Simon: The LifePaul Simon: The Life |
Robert HilburnHilburn |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Born to RunBorn to Run |
Bruce SpringsteenSpringsteen |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital AgeAppetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age |
Steve KnopperKnopper |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by MingusBeneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus |
Charles MingusMingus |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
PossibilitiesPossibilities |
Herbie HancockHancock |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
XTC: Chalkhills and Children: The Definitive BiographyXTC: Chalkhills and Children: The Definitive Biography |
Chris TwomeyTwomey |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi ExplodedStrange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded |
Jason HellerHeller |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys Into Fame and MadnessEveryone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys Into Fame and Madness |
Neil StraussStrauss |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Platinum Producer’s Life in MusicA Platinum Producer’s Life in Music |
Ted TemplemanTempleman |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black & White, Body and Soul in American MusicGood Booty: Love and Sex, Black & White, Body and Soul in American Music |
Ann PowersPowers |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North DakotaFargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota |
Chuck KlostermanKlosterman |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America’s Greatest Rock CriticLet It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America’s Greatest Rock Critic |
Jim DeRogatisDeRogatis |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Best of Q: Who the Hell?The Best of Q: Who the Hell? |
Tom HibbertHibbert |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Essays |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black CultureBuppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture |
Nelson GeorgeGeorge |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Standing In Two Circles: The Collected Works of Boyd RiceStanding In Two Circles: The Collected Works of Boyd Rice |
Boyd RiceRice |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Essays |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Neon Screams: How Drill, Trap and Bashment Made Music New AgainNeon Screams: How Drill, Trap and Bashment Made Music New Again |
Kit MackintoshMackintosh |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No DogsRotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs |
John LydonLydon |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin GayeDivided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye |
David RitzRitz |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
M TrainM Train |
Patti SmithSmithd |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk WorldFrom the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World |
Clinton HeylinHeylin |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American MusicThe Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music |
Robert PricePriceb |
Non-Fiction |
Music, History |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of DreamsDino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams |
Nick ToschesTosches |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Girl in a Band: A MemoirGirl in a Band: A Memoir |
Kim GordonGordon |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) |
Dan OzziOzzi |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock MusicOut of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music |
Ellen WillisWillis |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Essays |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a TimeLove is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time |
Rob SheffieldSheffield |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Bad Seed: The Biography of Nick CaveBad Seed: The Biography of Nick Cave |
Ian JohnstonJohnston |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Any Old Way You Choose It: Rock and Other Pop Music, 1967-1973Any Old Way You Choose It: Rock and Other Pop Music, 1967-1973 |
Robert ChristgauChristgau |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Essays |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock MusicThe Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music |
Nick KentKent |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Set the Boy FreeSet the Boy Free |
Johnny MarrMarr |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural ObsessionDead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession |
Greil MarcusMarcus |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Biography |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Williamsburg Avant-Garde: Experimental Music and Sound on the Brooklyn WaterfrontThe Williamsburg Avant-Garde: Experimental Music and Sound on the Brooklyn Waterfront |
Cisco BradleyBradley |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Rise, The Fall, and the RiseThe Rise, The Fall, and the Rise |
Brix Smith StartStart |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Time Has Come Today: Rock and Roll Diaries 1967-2007Time Has Come Today: Rock and Roll Diaries 1967-2007 |
Harold BronsonBronson |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert IslandStranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island |
Greil MarcusMarcus |
Non-Fiction |
Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Get in the Van: On the Road With Black FlagGet in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag |
Henry RollinsRollins |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
