The Mojo Collection: The Greatest Albums of All Time... and How They Happened - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841954381 ISBN 13: 9781841954387

Publisher: Canongate U.S., 2003

Synopsis

When Columbia released The Voice of Frank Sinatra in 1949, the album format was born. Using this as a starting point, The MOJO Collection charts the evolution of the L.P. over seven decades, through reviews of much-loved classics and little-known masterpieces, right up to Coldplay's acclaimed A Rush of Blood to the Head, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, and Norah Jones's Come Away With Me. Revised, redesigned, and expanded for the first time, this collection now contains over seven hundred specially commissioned reviews by forty of the world's top music journalists. These reviews offer fascinating, surprising, and authoritative new perspectives into the genesis and importance of each album. Every entry comes with recording and production details and much more. The page layout and indexing systems have been thoroughly redesigned for user-friendliness, so readers can follow clear signposts to similar albums, contemporary works, and artists' influences. As a new feature, Top Five albums from various artists, along with billboard statistics from down the years are interspersed throughout. Articles on areas of music that didn't revolve around the L.P. format, plus a listing of essential sound tracks and the hundred greatest compilation albums of all time, add even more.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Irvin learnt to read by scrutinising record labels. He left school at the height of disco and punk and DJed in a biscuit factory, spent the 80s singing and touring the world with a band called Furniture and the 90s writing for Melody Maker, the Guardian and Time Out. He joined MOJO in its first months, becoming the magazine's Senior Editor. Jim Irvin lives in London, where he continues to write regularly for MOJO, Word and The Times and works as a lyricist and composer.

Review

excellent for stashing away beside bed or toilet and dipping into in an idle moment. * * The Scotsman * * A gloriously celebratory guide to the history of pop. If your favourite album isn't listed, it probably means you've got no taste. * * Independent * * a very pleasant surprise ... where it scores is in its lengthy well-written essays on each selection and avoidance of too many of the dreary old Usual Suspects * * Venue * *

Edition details

• Publisher: Canongate U.S.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841954381
• ISBN 13: 9781841954387
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1040
• Editor: Irvin Jim, McLear Colin