Zack's votes on the list Best Popular Music Books on Goodreads

Listopia > Zack's votes on the list Best Popular Music Books on Goodreads (58 Books)

1	Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore by Albert Mudrian 3.96 avg rating — 2,103 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday by Angela Y. Davis 4.28 avg rating — 1,738 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Bob Dylan in America by Sean Wilentz 3.84 avg rating — 1,892 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Of Mozart, Parrots, Cherry Blossoms in the Wind: A Composer Explores Mysteries of the Musical Mind by Bruce Adolphe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven by Charles Rosen 4.24 avg rating — 1,506 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart by Madeline Bruser 4.10 avg rating — 2,055 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970 by David Browne 3.85 avg rating — 2,553 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America by Jonathan Gould (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 2,030 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music by Tricia Tunstall 4.08 avg rating — 165 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa by Haruki Murakami 3.90 avg rating — 7,103 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World by Clinton Heylin 3.91 avg rating — 1,728 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Beethoven by Maynard Solomon 4.19 avg rating — 1,769 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown 4.18 avg rating — 1,547 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Faithfull by Marianne Faithfull 4.01 avg rating — 3,389 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends by Barney Hoskyns 3.84 avg rating — 2,174 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Words Without Music: A Memoir by Philip Glass 4.13 avg rating — 2,075 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music by David Remnick 4.14 avg rating — 473 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Master of Reality by John Darnielle (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 2,286 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Hushabye: The Mystics, the Music, and the Mob by Al Contrera 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah" by Alan Light 3.66 avg rating — 2,024 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The History of Hip Hop by Eric Reese (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 31 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson 4.35 avg rating — 6,490 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo 4.03 avg rating — 2,591 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Vinyl Princess by Yvonne Prinz (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 1,563 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed by Shea Serrano 4.38 avg rating — 4,722 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph by Jan Swafford 4.26 avg rating — 1,905 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Kim Cooper (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,478 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Haters by Jesse Andrews (Goodreads Author) 3.41 avg rating — 6,344 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn 4.27 avg rating — 1,373 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup – The Untold Story of the Fab Four by Peter Doggett (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,777 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning 3.63 avg rating — 3,663 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age by Steve Knopper 3.83 avg rating — 1,142 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love & Karaoke by Rob Sheffield 3.64 avg rating — 3,384 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth 4.08 avg rating — 2,458 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Mozart by Maynard Solomon 4.11 avg rating — 1,241 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Never a Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded by David Hepworth (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 3,026 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Blues People: Negro Music in White America by Amiri Baraka 4.15 avg rating — 2,426 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead by Dennis McNally 4.25 avg rating — 2,998 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra by John F. Szwed 4.20 avg rating — 1,330 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination by author Robert Jourdain by Robert Jourdain really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,111 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D.G. Kelley 4.31 avg rating — 2,564 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan by Robert Shelton 4.11 avg rating — 2,277 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Igor Stravinsky 4.10 avg rating — 1,280 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardiner 4.08 avg rating — 1,751 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,962 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture by Simon Reynolds 4.11 avg rating — 1,613 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die by Robert Dimery (Editor) 3.98 avg rating — 2,213 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta by Robert Palmer 4.22 avg rating — 2,033 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews 4.29 avg rating — 4,982 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within by Kenny Werner 4.22 avg rating — 2,730 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now by Barry Miles 4.17 avg rating — 4,083 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,357 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Low by Hugo Wilcken 3.90 avg rating — 1,536 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band by Levon Helm 4.28 avg rating — 4,529 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 2,301 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues by Elijah Wald 4.02 avg rating — 1,497 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed by Paul Trynka 3.88 avg rating — 1,976 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	We Owe You Nothing, Punk Planet : The Collected Interviews by Daniel Sinker 3.97 avg rating — 1,298 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars