I wasn’t really intending to re-read this. That is why after reading this a second time I now have placed the massive total of 101 albums into my Spotify playlists to see if I agree with the author’s judgements. Nowadays, it’s risk-free with streaming services. Back when this was written it meant downloading tracks onto I-Pods or splashing out on CDs which would have turned out to be prohibitively expensive. An alphabetical listing of key figures in Soul and R&B over a span of approximately 50 years with recommended albums and playlists of their best work. I’ve read this before back in 2008 when I thought it was okay but this is a book which cranks up to another level in this music streaming era.