The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations
- ISBN-10
- 0313379068
- ISBN-13
- 9780313379062
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 1256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- James E. Perone
Description
This four-volume work provides provocative critical analyses of 160 of the best popular music albums of the past 50 years, from the well-known and mainstream to the quirky and offbeat.
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