ABOUT THE EVENT
Join David Menconi (contributor to 
501 Essential Albums of the '80s
) for a "guide to record guides"! Tickets include a copy of
 
the book
,
 guaranteed entry to the event, and a seat in the reserved section. David will sign books after the program.
All live author events are subject to change. More information about our events can be found at quailridgebooks.com/eventsfaq.
ABOUT THE BOOK
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.
Break out the parachute pants, jelly shoes, and Aqua Net and indulge in this nostalgic illustrated trip through the 1980s’ most influential albums across all genres.
In 
501 Essential Albums of the ’80s
, Gary Graff leads a cast of fellow music journalists in presenting the music of one of the most pivotal decades in the history of recorded music…the decade that gave us some of the most monstrous-selling albums ever and introduced more and more listeners to emergent genres like indie rock and hip-hop.
With lively descriptions of the releases and nearly 600 images, this hefty volume curates 501 albums spanning genres and subgenres—pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, metal, country, college and indie rock, and more—and features:
Year-by-year organization
Knowledgeable rundowns of every album featured
Album art for each selection
Artist imagery
Record label, release date, and producer(s) for each
Soundtracks and compilation releases
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR/SPEAKER
Music critic and journalist 
DAVID MENCONI
 spent twenty-eight years as staff writer at the Raleigh 
News and Observer
. His books include 
Step It Up and Go : The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk
 
and
 Oh, Didn't They Ramble : Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music.
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