All Music Guide to Rock 2nd Edition (Amg All Music Guide Series)
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ISBN: 0879304944 / Publisher: Backbeat Books, September 1997
Lists, rates, and reviews over 11,000 recordings and profiles over 1,800 musicians
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Covers all the subgenres of mainstream and alternative rock, pop, and soul from British Invasion to Motown, folk rock to heavy metal, rockabilly to psychedelia, punk to funk. Alphabetical entries provide a brief biography of each artist including lesser-known cult artists followed by a chronological listing of selected best albums. Reviews of key recordings help define each performer's evolution and significance, and concise essays and music maps describe various sub-genres and their development. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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