The Billboard Book of Number One Albums: The Inside Story Behind Pop Music's Blockbuster Records (Paperback)

by Craig Rosen (Author)

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Product Description
This up-close view of the creative process behind some of the most influential rock-and-roll albums is packed with even more excitement than the bestselling Number One Hits. Music fans, trivia buffs and music industry employees will all find what they're looking for in this compendium, written by the man who has interviewed literally thousands of stars and industry gurus. 425 photos.

Product Details

• Paperback: 434 pages
• Publisher: Billboard Books (May 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823075869
• ISBN-13: 978-0823075867
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #548,821 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure trove of music information, April 17, 1999

By	[e-mail] (USA) - See all my reviews

This book is full of what you would expect from Billboard. This book will last you forever and you can pass it down from generation to generation as an example of music in the last 50 years. Please give us another edition!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great History Of Albums, December 4, 2000

By	Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Billboard provides the definitive charts for music and Craig Rosen has written the definitive book on the albums that reached number one on those charts. As the title suggests, Mr. Rosen tells the story of behind the making of every number one album. This book is kind of like a mini Behind The Music. You may or may not know the stories behind albums by major artists like The Beatles, The Stones, Springsteen and so on, but it's stories of the more obscure artists like Gerry Rafferty, Janis Ian, Pantera & Vangelis that are the most interesting. Not only do you get the album's story, you get a track listing, the date it reached number and weeks at number one. A great book and hopefully it will be updated with the most recent number one albums.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Essential Book, June 3, 2000

By	[e-mail] "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Not Now but back When Albums Were Special&they ROse Too The Top it was always Interesting Hearing The Stories&Creative Process that went into Making them Become the Hits they would Become.and this Book Does a Great Job Of That.hearing how your favorite Album got made or the changes going on with it.Very Essential.