The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition

Various Mojo Magazine

Canongate Books, Nov 1, 2007 - Music - 1200 pages

The greatest albums of all time . . . and how they happened. Organised chronologically and spanning seven decades, The MOJO Collection presents an authoritative and engaging guide to the history of the pop album via hundreds of long-playing masterpieces, from the much-loved to the little known. From The Beatles to The Verve, from Duke Ellington to King Tubby and from Peggy Lee to Sly Stone, hundreds of albums are covered in detail with chart histories, full track and personnel listings and further listening suggestions. There's also exhaustive coverage of the soundtrack and hit collections that every home should have. Like all collections, there are records you listen to constantly, albums you've forgotten, albums you hardly play, albums you love guiltily and albums you thought you were alone in treasuring, proving The MOJO Collection to be an essential purchase for those who love and live music.

About the author

Jim Irvin is a songwriter, broadcaster and music journalist.He was one of the founding editors of MOJO Magazine and remains a regular contributor. He also writes for The Word and has written for Rolling Stone, The Sunday Times, The Times, The Guardian, Time Out and others.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition
• Author: Various Mojo Magazine
• Publisher: Canongate Books, 2007
• ISBN: 184767643X, 9781847676436
• Length: 1200 pages
• Subjects: Music / General