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Summary: Poorly Executed Book
Review: A Zagat survery of the 1000 Top Albums of all time sounds like a good idea but this book falls short in a number of ways. First off, there are a lot of *glaring* errors in this book (no, the Temptations did not sing "Baby I Need Your Loving"). Also, there are many omissions of things which should be automatically in the Top 1000 such as the Louis Armstrong Hot Fives/Sevens recordings, James Brown's Star Time, Hendrix's Axis, most of the Beach Boys' catalog, etc. The reviews consist of quotes put together to form sentences, most of which are difficult to read. Also, this book tends to ignore funk and the blues and focuses primarily on rock and roll. This book could have used a lot more quality control in terms of editing out errors or allowing some really obscure albums to even get in in the first place. Save your money.
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Summary: What a joke!Two stars for a creative way to squeeze out cash
Review: In an poor attempt to make some money (like putting out guides to every other city is not enough) Zagat goes and creates a list of 1000 CDs that they consider to be the best of all time. Sounds great... if you don't know anything about music. The whole list reads like a great companion to the NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC series for the people who only listen to the Top 40.
If you are serious in your music tastes, stay away and stick with Pengiun guides. P.S.: Zagat, please stop the "quotations", it's a pain to read and besides we get it already... you're quoting reviewers
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