The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews : Every Essential Album, Every Essential ArtistAnthony DeCurtis, James Henke, Holly George-Warren The Rolling Stone Album Guide is the bible of popular music criticism. Now, for this new edition, Rolling Stone's critics and editors have gone back, listened to everything with a fresh ear and produced a book of completely new reviews. The result is an encyclopedia guide to the best compact discs, cassettes and records, with complete coverage of music by today's most popular stars--Madonna, R.E.M, Bonnie Raitt, U2, Public Enemy, Guns n' Roses, and many others--as well as authoritative critical reevaluations of older albums and newly reissued classics available on CD. Rock, pop, soul, rap, country, jazz, blues, folk, gospel--for every taste in popular music, The Rolling Stone Album Guide steers listeners to the best with concise, informed evaluations and one-to five-star ratings. The result is the ultimate consumer music guide: witty, forceful, knowledgeable and true to the spirit of Rolling Stone, the world's leading rock magazine. For music listeners, The Rolling Stone Album Guide is an available and indispensable resource.--Cover. |
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