Customer Reviews

Musichound Country: The Essential Album Guide

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This book is a joke. I have never seen so many errors. People, do yourself a favor and DO NOT buy this book. Even if someone offers you a free copy, RUN don't walk AWAY from it.

If the material in this book can be rated by just one of the "artist bio's" then it is faulty and misleading. I looked at Tom Russel and was surprised by his birth date of 1955. This means he graduated from Loyola High School when he was 9 years old. We were classmates and 17 at the time.

With all the other country guides out there, this faces pretty stiff competition. Its advantages include a more open -- though slightly diffuse -- layout, explicit album recommendations (ranging from one to five bones, and "woof!" for complete dogs) and an excellent Resources section. Appendices include: movies with country themes (courtesy of the VideoHound guide), fan clubs and websites, recommended publications and radio stations, as well as chronological listings of industry awards, and finally, the Hound's patented cross-reference lists in the back. The companion CD, however, is rather disappointing: an eight-song sampler of contemporary artists on Mercury/Nashville.

I like the fact that this album guide to country music covers much in the way of Americana and alt.country. Honest, straightforward reviews and album recommendations. Any music fan with even a remote interest in country (new or old) should have this book in his or her library.

My wife and I wanted to start exploring country music, but didn't know where to start. Musichound Country is a great guidebook to country CDs. Especially helpful is the list of "5 bone" albums in the back of the book. A nice place to start building your country music collection. If you're interested in country music, you'll probably like this book. We sure do.

Your book states that Reba McEntire was born on March 28,1954,as a long time fan of Reba's I can say that you got the date correct but the year that she was born in was 1955.

My first time paging through it and checking listings at random I found over twenty errors. Don't they get fact checkers for these books?

This is not a review, but a request for an address, preferably an e-mail address where I can contact Mr. Bill Anderson.

I have grownup on his music and have his Greatest Hits cassette and would simply love to write to him. I would greatly appreciate any help that you can give me. My Aunt Diana who died several years ago, worshipped him and introduced me to his music. It is so precious a memory for me to hear his music and bring her back into my life, if only through her spirit. Thank you Mr. Anderson.

God Bless You for my wonderful memories. Thank you to you to for allowing me to be able to have a few moments of gratitude with Mr. Anderson.

Diana E. LeBlanc