Every song ever - Ben Ratliff

'A remarkable new
book ... goes leaping from Beethoven to Big Black, from Morton Feldman
to Curtis Mayfield, identifying continuities while delighting in
contrasts' Alex Ross, New Yorker

For the first time ever, we have all the music in the world to choose
from. As Ben Ratliff, one of America's celebrated music critics, shows us, it's time to listen in a new way too.
Opening our ears to unexpected connections, new experiences and
little-known delights, this book will change the way you appreciate
music forever.


'Masterly ... An instructive guide to opening
one's mind and compiling a new kind of playlist ... succeeds
brilliantly' John Clarke, Independent

'Smart, provocative ... in every case informative' August Kleinzahler, The New York Times Book Review

'Like a trip into the world's coolest record store' David Browne, Rolling Stone