The Rock Yearbook, 1981 [Paperback]

Michael Gross (Author), Maxim Jakubowski (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. (December 1981)
• ISBN-10: 0394177940
• ISBN-13: 978-0394177946
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,928,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Michael Gross is one of America's most provocative non-fiction writers. A contributing editor of Travel + Leisure and columnist for Crain's New York Business, he's written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Town & Country,the New York Times and New York, and authored ten books, novels, biographies and social histories, among them, his latest, Rogues' Gallery, a history and expose of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the critically-acclaimed best-sellers Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women and 740 Park. His next book, Unreal Estate, a social history of the estate district of Los Angeles, will be published in November 2011.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, January 2, 2008

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This review is from: The Rock Yearbook, 1981 (Paperback)

They just don't make 'em like this anymore. This is an exhaustive collection of articles and reviews dealing with music released during the 1979-1980 financial year. There's a wrap-up of the Year in Rock, Jazz, Blues and more-- with a focus on genres that wouldn't get page space today. There are features on the 'Acts of the Year', including The Pretenders, Tom Petty and The Specials. There's the US and UK charts for the entire period-- chuckle as you remember what singles dominated the summer of your youth, and puzzle over other titles that made it to the top (but are never remembered). A great read, with the kind of quality critical analysis that's hard to find anywhere these days.