The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations [4 volumes]: A Guide to Pop Music's...

The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations [4 volumes]: A Guide to Pop Music's...
ISBN-10
0313379076
ISBN-13
9780313379079
Category
Music
Pages
1256
Language
English
Published
2012-10-17
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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