Sonic Rites: 100 Albums That Shaped Life’s Soundtrack
I've always wanted to write a book about the rock and roll albums I have loved, but I kept waiting and hoping that some new album would prove me wrong about my belief that the album as an art form has died. I'm now convinced I was right. In today's streaming era, where music production has been democratized, the album as a cohesive artistic statement has essentially disappeared. Let me be clear: this collection of album reviews isn't a list of the most important or influential albums in history. It's simply a personal catalog of albums that have mattered to me throughout my life. I was born at a pivotal moment in music history. I was four years old when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and changed popular music forever. My musical education began in the late 1960s, and I've followed music closely through the '70s, '80s, '90s, and into the new millennium. I'm convinced that rock music as I knew it is now part of twentieth-century h...
