2024 the best inventions of all time review

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At a time when listeners increasingly download or upload songs, creating personal playlists on MP3 players and I-Pods, the art of packaging music seems to be fading away. But, for more than 50 years, musicians have released their work inside brilliantly-designed packages that made an important statement about their music and style. Look at the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Band, for example—just one of the 500 memorable images in this amazing collection, all chosen by a panel of 50 experts and each accompanied by enlightening commentary. Among the choices: the brilliantly psychedelic and way-out art from the Rolling Stones’ Their Satanic Majesties Request; Peter Tosh’s fiery cover for Bush Doctor; and the somewhat demented-looking prom queen on Hole’s Live Through This album. From rock to pop, jazz to blues, these are all artistically, stylistically, and culturally significant in their own way, and will undoubtedly spark a debate with fans around the world.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Collins & Brown; Re-issue edition (October 7, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1843404818
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1843404811
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.45 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 1 x 9 inches
Reviewer: SIERRA
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: GREAT CONTENT AND PHOTOS!
Review: SMALLER FORMAT BOOK BUT FULL OF CONTENT ABOUT ALL THE COVERS, BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED! I BOUGHT 9 DIFFERENT RECORD ALBUM BOOKS AND FOUND EACH ONE SEEMS TO COVER DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE RECORD ALBUM. I HAVE A LARGE COLLECTION SO I AM ENJOYING ALL OF THEM. I AM SURE YOU WILL LIKE THIS ONE FOR ALL THE DESCRIPTIONS AND REPRODUCTIONS OF THE COVERS.

Reviewer: Constant Reader
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Judge an Album By Its Cover
Review: A fun book for fans of album cover art, especially those of us who remember vinyl. Great pictures, and well-written, interesting stories on the whos, whys, and hows of some of the classic album covers of the past half century.

Reviewer: Thupps
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I ordered it for my friend's birthday and she loved it! Good size and quality
Review: I ordered it for my friend's birthday and she loved it! Good size and quality. I flipped through it before giving it to her and it looked very interesting. Though it may not be the greatest album covers of all time, they are all very good albums I'm sure! You won't regret getting it.

Reviewer: Dianah
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Greatest Album Cover book
Review: This was a Christmas gift for my manager who is really into music. He really loved the book and said it was a great coffee table book. Compared to others available, this one was a hard cover and a really good price. I wanted so badly to look at it but didn't want to crack the spine before giving it to him. It arrived in a timely manner and as promised. I would definitely purchase from this vendor again.

Reviewer: K. R.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Interesting Read
Review: Finding a lot of albums that I had forgotten about and many more that I never knew about. Already marked a couple pages with albums I want to hunt for. One thing though - the book I got has a different dust cover than the one pictured. The design is the same but many of the album covers depicted are different. No big deal, but it makes me wonder if the book I got is an older or newer version.

Reviewer: Brittnay E
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: ... than I expected but was a gift and they loved it
Review: smaller than I expected but was a gift and they loved it

Reviewer: C. Terry
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Four Stars
Review: the information on the topic is so interesting..to find out things you never knew behind certain record albums.

Reviewer: Teresa E. Weatherford
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Well received
Review: This was a gift for my music loving son. He probably has 2-3 thousand albums in his iTunes and is adding more all the time. He was impressed with the book, tho he does feel there are some missing. Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase and his reaction to it.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The book is great and arrived on time. I only gave 4 stars because it came damaged. This is a gift and it looks like it was bought second hand.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I was disappointed when this book arrived and was water damaged. However, World of Books dealt with this problem quickly and efficiently and I now have a perfect copy. I wouldnt hesitate to orderfrom them again.

Reviewer: cosmicgirl1962
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Looks an interesting book. The cover is a feature but it was scuffed. Shame as it is a gift. No time to replace before Christmas. A few omissions that I can think of but you can't fit them all in the book. Not as big as I thought it would be.

Reviewer: James Armstrong
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I was hoping for full page images of the cover art, but no luck here. If I had known how small the photos were, I would have past on this book.

Reviewer: Nikolaus Herrmann
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Bücher über Albumcover sind natürlich immer subjektiv zu beurteilen. Was der eine als schön empfindet, ist für den anderen vielleicht eine Ausgeburt an Hässlichkeit. Was aber fast alle Coverbücher gemeinsam haben, ist der Fokus auf bekannte Bands. Würde sich hier mal jemand (wie es Michael Ochs teilweise getan hat) wirklich "durchwühlen" könnten in solchen Büchern wahre Meisterwerke auftauchen. So bleibt ein leidlich interessantes Nachschlagewerk übrig, das man nicht unbedingt braucht.