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The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion | 
 enlarge | Creator: Jim Irvin
Publisher: Canongate U.S.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 43121
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 896
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6 x 1.8
ISBN: 1847670202
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9781847670205
ASIN: 1847670202
Publication Date: February 18, 2008
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Product Description
“This is essential reading for anyone with a record collection.” —Buzz
“Virtually indispensable.” —MOJO
Quite simply, the greatest albums of all time—and how they happened. The smartest, most keyed-in music critics from London’s best rock magazine provide opinionated, funny, insightful portraits of the best pop music records ever made. Redesigned and updated to include the most recent releases, and with a new section of artists contributing their top-five albums of all time. Informative, gossipy, and wide ranging, The MOJO Collection is an essential purchase for those who love and live music.
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 Entertaining to read, lacking in too many areas September 3, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
One of the best albums of 1970 (and arguably a top 100 record from 65-75) was the Grateful Dead's "Workingman's Dead". Instead of that album/cd - we get 1970 choices of Vashti Bunyan, Honeybus, Rodriguez, Family, The Carpenters, Soft Machine and Emmit Rhodes.
Really, that's all you need to know. There are huge holes in every year and I know I could make a better list (and probably you as well if you are reading this review).
Now this book is a fun read (particularly if you dig Planxty and Can - cmon you know those great bands and records - right???). This book is far from definitive and there are quite a few REACHES here. Being a Mojo creation, it's weighted very heavily with UK bands.
 very well done, February 1, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
there is a newer book out titled "1001 albums you must hear before you die." you do not need that book. believe me. this is the one you want if you are looking to carefully build a collection of recordings that range wide across a broad spectrum of genres. the music represented here is mostly pop, rock, folk, r&b, with a little of this & that thrown in; so this book will not suffice to lead you through the world of jazz or classical (you will have to look elsewhere to dig through those worlds of sound), but what it does include covers a wide variety of popular sounds. Mojo magazine is the best music magazine i have ever seen (i buy every issue), so I remember being delighted when i first saw this book for sale. all in all, an extremely well done, mammoth-size tome of essays on the making of some of the best recordings ever made. thanks mojo.
 MOJO Risin! September 14, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Basic, but insightful set of reviews. Provides a few titles I haven't explored yet!
Excellent Place to Explore Rock n Roll August 24, 2004
This is an amazing guide to some of the best albums ever made. Sure, it's easy to criticize, a lot of amazing albums are left out, some are included that will make you cringe, but on the whole, this book is probably the best of the "best of" books out there. Page long reviews are wonderful to have, rather than short one-paragraph reviews, and my favorite feature is how they point you to new music. For example, let's say you like "Sea Change" by Beck. Well, the book then suggests you try "Cold Fact" by Rodriguez, an album released in 1970. If you try that and like it, well, then the book says to go next to "It's a Shame About Ray" by the Lemonheads, and so on and so forth. This is a great feature. Go get this book and spend hours reading and exploring.
THEY FORGOT ABOUT COUNTRY!! March 24, 2004
3 out of 33 found this review helpful
i haven't even read the book but i looked at the index and felt the need to write this review. they have missed a whole genre of music. they should call this book the greatest rock/pop albums of all time. i'm sure its a great book but the title is not specific enough.
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