Jacob Hoye

had a wonderful time with this book, although it took me a long time to get through, as I first listened to an album and then read the short essay in this book. Many of the album reviews were personal notes, and their own experiences with the album were fun to read.

There were several of my favorites in this selection, and also several that were new pleasant discoveries that are now added to my favorites. Aretha Franklin's "Lady Soul" to mention one. Then there were a few I couldn't finish show more listening to - rap and heavy rock are not my styles, like Led Zeppelin or NWA's "Straight Outta Compton."

None of their top ten would make my own top 10 - they have four Beatles albums on their top 10, and I'm not a great Beatles fan. Also on their list are Nirvana's Nevermind, Beach Boy's Pet Sounds, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced?, Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life, and Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. (I would include Bob Dylan in a top 10, but in stead Blood on the Tracks. show less

This is a collection of excerpts from other books, written in the first person. The author list includes Marilyn Manson, Johnny Cash, Slash, Gregg Allman, Dee Dee Ramone, Lemmy, and many more. It’s tales of their drinking to excess, taking too many drugs, getting obnoxious (to roadies, managers, other band members, fans and others), puking on everything, having sex with everyone, getting clean and then going back and doing it all over again.

Some of the writers have an interesting style. show more Some don’t. Some have humor. Most don’t. Some learned from what they did. Some didn’t. I found the first part of the book fairly interesting, but as I went on, it was just more of the same things. How many times can the story of looking frantically for drugs before withdrawal sets in be interesting? Sadly, not this many times. Frankly, I got bored with it somewhere around the middle. Three stars out of five. show less

Although this was published years ago, and any 'best of' list is bound to be subjective, this is an interesting read into a collection of 100 albums. Some I was familiar with, others not at all. This is a great resource for someone wanting to expand their musical knowledge.
I am disappointed Soundgarden doesn't appear in this book, though, especially when Nirvana and Pearl Jam are both represented.

i love this book and i have a book report can anyone help me on the book.