Music Books
1. 
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
by:
Viv Albertine
4.28 avg rating — 13,075 ratings 2. 
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
by:
Michael Azerrad
4.22 avg rating — 17,535 ratings 
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Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties
by:
Ian MacDonald
4.25 avg rating — 5,722 ratings 6. 
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by:
Legs McNeil
4.19 avg rating — 35,978 ratings 
9. 
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
by:
Ashley Kahn
4.25 avg rating — 1,353 ratings 
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
by:
Alex Ross
4.10 avg rating — 15,702 ratings 
15. 
How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music
by:
Elijah Wald
3.89 avg rating — 1,096 ratings 
18. 
Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The Definitive Biography of U2
by:
Eamon Dunphy
3.67 avg rating — 724 ratings 18. 
Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz
by:
Robert Rawlins
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings 
18. 
The Story Of Rock and Soul Music: Album Reviews and Lists
by:
Scott Floman
4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings 
18. 
AI Performance: The Art of Live Automation: The ultimate 'how to' guide in creating stunning, technical and revolutionary live shows for any contemporary musical performer
by:
Chris Frost
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
18. 
The Business Of Beats: A Common Sense Guide For Selling Beats
by:
Robert Anderson
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
28. 
The Marxist Minstrels: A Handbook On Communist Subversion Of Music
by:
David A. Noebel
3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings 
30. 
A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
by:
George E. Lewis
4.51 avg rating — 218 ratings 30. 
Something Beautiful: The Stories Behind a Half-Century of the Songs of Bill and Gloria Gaither
by:
Gloria Gaither
4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings 33. 
Music As Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing, and Faith
by:
Deforia Lane
4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings 33. 
Sounds Like London: A Century of Black Music in the Capital
by:
Lloyd Bradley
3.94 avg rating — 86 ratings 35. 
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
by:
Bill Brewster
4.23 avg rating — 2,233 ratings 
37. 
Summary & Study Guide Silence; Lectures and Writings by John Cage
by:
BookRags
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 38. 
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
by:
Jeff Chang
4.14 avg rating — 5,536 ratings 38. 
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever
by:
Will Hermes
3.90 avg rating — 2,631 ratings 
40. 
A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America
by:
Craig Werner
4.14 avg rating — 371 ratings 42. 
Krautrocksampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Musik
by:
Julian Cope
4.22 avg rating — 595 ratings 
47. 
The Recording Angel: Music, Records and Culture from Aristotle to Zappa
by:
Evan Eisenberg
3.97 avg rating — 154 ratings 
49. 
The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records
by:
Ashley Kahn
4.03 avg rating — 423 ratings 51. 
Fuck You Heroes: Glen E. Friedman Photographs, 1976-1991
by:
Glen E. Friedman
4.58 avg rating — 282 ratings 51. 
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Songs That Saved Your Life: The Art of The Smiths 1982-87
by:
Simon Goddard
4.17 avg rating — 1,103 ratings 
58. 
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.24 avg rating — 2,349 ratings 
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Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
by:
Chuck Klosterman
3.82 avg rating — 13,992 ratings 
69. 
Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
by:
Steve Knopper
3.83 avg rating — 1,132 ratings 69. 
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Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues
by:
Dave Haslam
3.93 avg rating — 122 ratings 73. 
Il marziano del jazz. Vita e musica di Eric Dolphy
by:
Claudio Sessa
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
74. 
Boston Boy: Growing up with Jazz and Other Rebellious Passions
by:
Nat Hentoff
3.85 avg rating — 96 ratings 76. 
77. 
The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes
by:
Greil Marcus
3.80 avg rating — 2,130 ratings 78. 
Rock She Wrote: Women Write about Rock, Pop, and Rap
by:
Evelyn McDonnell
4.04 avg rating — 230 ratings 
80. 
A Whore Just Like The Rest: The Music Writings Of Richard Meltzer
by:
Richard Meltzer
3.86 avg rating — 228 ratings 81. 
Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music
by:
Greg Milner
4.17 avg rating — 1,379 ratings 
83. 
Great Pop Things: The Real History of Rock 'n' Roll from Elvis to Oasis
by:
Colin B. Morton
3.91 avg rating — 43 ratings 84. 
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
by:
Tommy Lee
4.14 avg rating — 48,136 ratings 85. 
Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture
by:
Simon Reynolds
4.11 avg rating — 1,562 ratings 
89. 
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
by:
Jon Savage
4.07 avg rating — 7,297 ratings 90. 
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
by:
Rob Sheffield
3.87 avg rating — 41,524 ratings 91. 
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How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks
by:
Dave Tompkins
3.85 avg rating — 337 ratings 94. 
Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds
by:
David Toop
4.11 avg rating — 1,778 ratings 
99. 
Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste
by:
Carl Wilson
3.97 avg rating — 3,617 ratings 