best books that are music lists?

you know like stranded, music what happened, stairway to hell, heart of rock and soul...

The Book of Rock Lists

Can't speak to The New Book of Rock Lists

The 101 Best Jazz Albums: A History of Jazz on Records, by Len Lyons

I didn't like Seasons they Change by Jeanette leech because it was too listy but other people seem to have.

But if you mean itemised lists.
I'm just reading through Richard Morton Jack's psychedelia 101 Iconic Underground rock albums 1966-70 which is pretty good.
as were his previous books Endless trip and Galactic Ramble. Though maybe they weremore encyclopaedias than list books.

Patrick Lundborg's Acid Archives about Private press releases is also really great. Shame he's no longer around to come out with any other similar books really.

& I guess that neither teh Rolling Stone Record Guide or Christgau's books on 70s Record reviews or those from other decades fit the bil. Or do they? Really enjoyed those.

Also spent a lot of time poring over the 100 Essential lp article in an early Mojo. & the Unsung records in Wire. But neither of those are books

& I guess that neither teh Rolling Stone Record Guide or Christgau's books on 70s Record reviews or those from other decades fit the bil. Or do they? Really enjoyed those.

Billboard

Words and Music by Paul Morley (not just lists, but it's chockful of it)
Krautrocksampler by Julian Cope (sst)

Chuck's metal book, Marsh's singles book...Can't think of any pure-list books after that.

This is a good one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gimme-Indie-Rock-Essential-Underground/dp/0760346488/

Ego Trip's Book of Lists

The Book of Rock Lists

― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, July 7, 2017 7:31 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seconded. First read this when I was 12, really opened my eyes, learned about artists I knew little/nothing about (James Brown, Moby Grape, MC5).

The 1994 New Book Of Rock Lists isn't bad, but it weirdly seems to have dated worse in some ways than its predecessor.

Would rob sheffields love is a mix tape count? That's filled with all the tracklists for his old mixtapes

There's a minimum of actual writing in this--voters attached blurbs to their lists--but this had a big influence on me coming out when it did, the late '70s, when such a concept was still new.

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(The follow-up, appearing close a decade later, wasn't as noteworthy.)

"close to a decade later"

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic, essays by Lester Bangs ed. Greil Marcus

that book does not contain a single list iirc

seriously tho everyone should read that Ego Trip book it is full of great stuff like this

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yeah I've read that book over several times. The albums and singles lists in the back were very useful too.

[quote]that book does not contain a single list iirc[/quote]

Well, not in a linear sense

That reasonable guide to horrible noise or whatever piece is a list

Chuck Eddys the Accidental History of Rock n Roll is pretty much a list book too

Title probably not remembered right

This one is a list of artists, but nested in that is a guide to their works, so in that way is a "music" list. Certainly in that music is embedded in the word musician...Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia: [2 volumes]: Todd S. Jenkins. Available in a lot of university reference libraries. One copy left in paper on Amazon. Other than that, exorbitant pricing, because Publisher, I guarantee you Todd Jenkins does not see one whit.

i love the one-star amazon reviews of Stairway to Hell by metalhead doofuses

Ego Trip's Book of Lists

― Οὖτις, Friday, July 7, 2017 7:54 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love the one-star amazon reviews🕸 of Stairway to Hell by metalhead doofuses

Been wondering for a while if anyone would be interested in a music books poll.