Listen to This: Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Artists and Recordings

by Alan Reder, John Baxter

Ever wonder what albums your favourite recording artist listens to and loves Now in this one-of-a-kind reference book more than 100 artists from the worlds of pop, rock, folk, jazz, country, and blues offer their opinions on what moves them to tears of joy or just spends a lot of time on their turntables.

Genres: Music, Collections

480 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 1999

Reviews

[Spencer Rich · Rating 3 out of 5]

Despite some weird inaccuracies (Marvin's final album was famously a break from Motown, f aor example), and a tremendous amount of redundancy (who doesn't like the Beatles and Muddy Waters?), this is a diverse group of musicians discussing favorites and influences. A great way to discover some music.

[David Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's an idea new to me, musicians recommend music they enjoy and were influenced by. Mr. Reder and Baxter contact, by my quick count, 101 artists that responded with songs, albums and groups they feel are important. The musician comments are generally brief but I found so many artists that I admire that I was compelled to continue. I admit I am not familiar with some of the included artists as the spectrum of responders is so broad, and these often received less attention however the responses in general include interesting surprises along with broad agreement on some influential trend setting groups.

[Stevefk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book. I first read it 20 years ago and made a lot of cd purchases because of that reading. In 2021 I still found loads of albums that I need to check out. Highly recommended for discriminating music lovers.