Description: "501 Essential Albums of '80s is the ultimate curated list detailing dozens of the decade's most influential releases across all genres, featuring descriptions of the releases, album art, and artist imagery"--
Review Quotes:
"Naturally, with any sort of book like this, everyone will point to albums that should be in there but aren't. That said, this is damned extensive. All the appropriate new wave, new romantic, pop, and hair metal albums from that decade are present and correct. But Graff makes sure that gospel, country, jazz, punk, hip-hop, soul, and just about everything else gets a fair shake too. Essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in that decade."
--Brett Callwood, Music Connection