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The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide To The Greatest Songs From Punk To The Present (2008)

by Scott Plagenhoef(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1416562028 (ISBN13: 9781416562023)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Touchstone

review 1: Awww, yeah - this was one of the best gifts under the tree for me this Christmas. The indie-rock-leaning music website Pitchfork.Com has put together their list of the best songs from 1977 to the present. Musicians on the list range from obscure (This Heat), to cult (Throbbing Gristle), to mainstream (Kelly Clarkson). Each song is given an insightful short critique, while sub-lists (such as "The Songs That Ended it All") will make music lovers smile. Pick this up and watch your iTunes budget disappear.
review 2: Nifty quasi-alternative take on the past 30 or so years of music. As can be expected from the gang at Pitchfork (Basically the online equivalent of Spin or Rolling Stone for the indie-rock set) the list includes a lot of non-mainstream gems. This prob... moreably isn't the most useful guide--there's not much here that Pitchfork fans don't already know and for more pedestrian music fans, much of the stuff is too far afield to arouse their curiosity--but the entries are lively and I found it fun to be brought back to some forgotten gems from days gone by. Far from essential, but still fun. less

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