tubegeek's review
4.0
The format is the critic's albatross: a list. Here, a list of 1,001 great singles. What makes this book stand out is the passion Dave Marsh exhibits for his pets.
Marsh is a good enough writer that I was even able to identify from one of his descriptions a weird doo-wop tune I had only ever heard once ("The Wind" by Nolan Strong and The Diablos.) So that paragraph scratched an itch of long standing!
Of course, a thousand short reviews may not be everyone's cup of tea - I realize I am more susceptible than most to reading something like this. But I enjoyed it quite a lot.
Marsh is a good enough writer that I was even able to identify from one of his descriptions a weird doo-wop tune I had only ever heard once ("The Wind" by Nolan Strong and The Diablos.) So that paragraph scratched an itch of long standing!
Of course, a thousand short reviews may not be everyone's cup of tea - I realize I am more susceptible than most to reading something like this. But I enjoyed it quite a lot.
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