Customer Reviews

The iPod Playlist Book

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Being an MP3 and playlist-obsessive person, I gave this book a perusal at the bookstore. There wasn't a whole lot of thought put into many of these lists. Just because a batch of songs has the word "martini" in the title, for example, doesn't make them hold together as a playlist. When you're thinking about making a playlist for the open road, the songs you pick don't need to necessarily describe the road, but should make you feel alive and free. One of the downsides to itunes is that anyone can drag and drop songs and think they've made a worthy playlist. Real playlist making takes eons of internal debate (like John Cusack's character in "High Fidelity"). There is an art to making mixes that this book generally misses out on.

If you want to find diverse music for a situation, you'd be better advised to use the iTunes Music Store's iMix feature to find what other people reccomend. This book mostly groups songs by title, and not as much by style. Besides, its easier (and cheaper) to use the imixes on the books site www.peachpit.com/playlistbook. Don't buy this, and spend the money on music from the iTMS.

by Clif Colby

This review is short, because this book is short. The one redeeming quality of this book is there is no doubts what it is about: a book of playlists. No iPod tips or tricks, no troubleshooting guides, not even history about the songs. The playlists aren't from famous people. This is simply a cute book of sample playlists for different events such as "Songs for Crying in your Beer" or "Martini Time."

This is one of those fun little gifts you see at a checkout...like the mini book that has 6 pages and is 2 inches tall that has different ways to say I love you. This is a good stocking stuffer to elicit a smile or great book for a waiting room at a doctor's office.

The book is cute, and that's about it. Sometimes the world needs a few more smiles

Pros: Makes you smile and chuckle
Cons: Serves no useful purpose besides making you smile. Nothing particularly iPod related

This book would have been better if it focused on creating smart playlist rather than just playlists, which is impossible ipod users are so diverse in the kind of music they listen to. Why purchase a book of suggested playlists when you can find on the internet so many focused on the kind of music you like to listen to.

It also could have been a better book if it focused on tips for deciding how to put together a good playlist.