Pitchfork's "Words and Music: Our 60 Favorite Music Books"

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1. 1. ? The Disco Files 1973-78: New York's Underground Week by Week by Vince Aletti Drag me to re-order

2. 2. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad Drag me to re-order

3. 3. Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll by Lester Bangs Drag me to re-order

4. 4. Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader by Lester Bangs Drag me to re-order

5. 5. White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s by Joe Boyd Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King. by Lloyd Bradley Drag me to re-order

7. 7. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster Drag me to re-order

8. 8. Silence: Lectures and Writings by John Cage Drag me to re-order

9. 9. ? Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang Drag me to re-order

10. 10. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Ninth Edition by Richard Cook Drag me to re-order

11. 11. KrautRockSampler. by Julian Cope Drag me to re-order

12. 12. Black Sabbath's Master of Reality (33 1/3) by John Darnielle Drag me to re-order

13. 13. ? Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe Drag me to re-order

14. 14. Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Drag me to re-order

15. 15. The Recording Angel: Music, Records and Culture from Aristotle to Zappa, Second Edition by Evan Eisenberg Drag me to re-order

16. 16. A Year With Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno's Diary by Brian Eno Drag me to re-order

17. 17. Fuck You Heroes : Glen E. Friedman Photographs, 1976-1991 by Glen E. Friedman Drag me to re-order

18. 18. Music Downtown: Writings from the Village Voice by Kyle Gann Drag me to re-order

19. 19. ? The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life by Simon Goddard Drag me to re-order

20. 20. Love In Vain: A Vision Of Robert Johnson by Alan Greenberg Drag me to re-order

21. 21. Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom by Peter Guralnick Drag me to re-order

22. 22. Decoded by Jay-Z Drag me to re-order

23. 23. Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists by Sacha Jenkins Drag me to re-order

24. 24. ? The Voice of New Music: New York City 1972-1982 by Tom Johnson Drag me to re-order

25. 25. ? The Manual: How to Have a Number One the Easy Way by Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond Drag me to re-order

26. 26. Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota by Chuck Klosterman Drag me to re-order

27. 27. Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age by Steve Knopper Drag me to re-order

28. 28. Hip: The History (P.S.) by John Leland Drag me to re-order

29. 29. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin Drag me to re-order

30. 30. The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958 (Da Capo Paperback) by John Litweiler Drag me to re-order

31. 31. Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music: Fifth Edition by Greil Marcus Drag me to re-order

32. 32. The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus Drag me to re-order

33. 33. Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties by Ian MacDonald Drag me to re-order

34. 34. Rock She Wrote: Women Write about Rock, Pop, and Rap by Evelyn McDonnell Drag me to re-order

35. 35. Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough Drag me to re-order

36. 36. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil Drag me to re-order

37. 37. A Whore Just Like The Rest: The Music Writings Of Richard Meltzer by Richard Meltzer Drag me to re-order

38. 38. Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music by Greg Milner Drag me to re-order

39. 39. ? Ask: The Chatter of Pop by Paul Morley Drag me to re-order

40. 40. Great Pop Things: The Real History of Rock and Roll from Elvis to Oasis by Colin B Morton Drag me to re-order

41. 41. Motley Crue: The Dirt - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee Drag me to re-order

42. 42. Energy Flash: A Journey through Rave Music and Dance Culture by Simon Reynolds Drag me to re-order

43. 43. Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds Drag me to re-order

44. 44. Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz Drag me to re-order

45. 45. Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album by Matthew Robertson Drag me to re-order

46. 46. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross Drag me to re-order

47. 47. The Wu-Tang Manual by The RZA Drag me to re-order

48. 48. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition by Oliver Sacks Drag me to re-order

49. 49. England's Dreaming, Revised Edition: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond by Jon Savage Drag me to re-order

50. 50. Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield Drag me to re-order

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