Every Song Ever

'A remarkable newbook ... goes leaping from Beethoven to Big Black, from Morton Feldmanto Curtis Mayfield, identifying continuities while delighting incontrasts' Alex Ross, New Yorker

For the first time ever, we have all the music in the world to choosefrom. 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 andlittle-known delights, this book will change the way you appreciatemusic forever.

'Masterly ... An instructive guide to openingone's mind and compiling a new kind of playlist ... succeedsbrilliantly' 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

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Incisive . . . Thanks to Ratliff's vast knowledge, what could have been a dry academic exercise is more like a trip into the world's coolest record store