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Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music Paperback – Illustrated, 25 May 2010

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  1. Print length
    416 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Faber & Faber
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    25 May 2010
  5. Dimensions
    13.72 x 3.12 x 21.08 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    9780865479388
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    978-0865479388
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0865479380
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Faber & Faber; Illustrated edition (25 May 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780865479388
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0865479388
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.72 x 3.12 x 21.08 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 64 ratings

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"Perfecting Sound Forever is an exhaustively researched, extraordinarily inquisitive book that dissects the central question within all music criticism: When we say that something sounds good, what are we really saying? And perhaps more importantly, what are we really hearing?" --CHUCK KLOSTERMAN

"A compelling look at the birth and evolution of recording, and how it changed the way the world hears itself." --MARC WEINGARTEN, Los Angeles Times

"Greg Milner tells the story of recorded music with novelistic verve, ferocious attention to detail, and a soulful ambivalence about our quest for sonic perfection. He shows how great recordings come about not through advances in technology but through a love of the art, and that same love is the motor of his prose." --Alex Ross, author of The Rest Is Noise

"You may never listen to Lady Gaga the same way again . . . [Milner is] a gifted storyteller with an ear for absurdity . . . You might not think a book about reverb could thrill. Milner's does." --MIKAEL WOOD, Time Out New York

"Very, very, very few books will change the way you listen to music. This is one such book. Read it." --JARVIS COCKER

About the Author

Greg Milner is a senior contributing writer and columnist for Spin magazine. His work also appears in Slate, Salon, the Village Voice, Wired, and other publications. He is the author of Perfecting Sound Forever.

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