Stir It Up: Reggae Album Cover Art

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Summary: Pseudo Books Discover Reggae Market
Review: Purveyors of slapped-together pseudobooks have discovered the reggae market. So now we're getting products like this one, which feature a minor amount of disposable text and reproductions of assorted reggae records. Some are worth a short glance, most are not. Just as happened with heavy metal and teen pop, there are those who think reggae fans will buy anything with the word 'reggae' stuck on it. But this thing signals a new low has been found. Bah, Babylon!

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Summary: Great new book
Review: Recently got this newly published book as a gift and I was wowed! It's full of wonderful album covers - a delight to the eye and a visual means of tracing the roots of reggae. Add to this a thoughtful and well-written commentary and you have a book that should be in the possession of both those who love reggae music, and those who would like to know a bit more about this musical genre. Try it, you'll like it.

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Summary: Great new book
Review: Recently got this newly published book as a gift and I was wowed! It's full of wonderful album covers - a delight to the eye and a visual means of tracing the roots of reggae. Add to this a thoughtful and well-written commentary and you have a book that should be in the possession of both those who love reggae music, and those who would like to know a bit more about this musical genre. Try it, you'll like it.

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Summary: A fine book
Review: So people are complaing that there should be a better or more comprehensive book on this subject....??
I am sure there will be, but in the meantime I think that Chris Morrow has given true reggae freaks a nice insight.
Many fantastic album covers...so unique to the mighty sounds of reggae music.
If you think there should be something better out there then get writing.
This is a rare book.

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Summary: Great book - superb choice of sleeves & good background
Review: This is a superb book with some great images of some of the best sleeves ever produced. It has a lot of background on the artwork and history behind the sleeves. Ignore the critics who seem to be expecting some kinda thesis on the subject or think this book is exploitation or sexist (!?), its a great book and you won't regret buying it (or even cutting out some of the pages and framing them!). Enjoy. Peace.

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Summary: Reggae Marketing Ting
Review: This slim package tries to makes reggae biz'ness seem more important than the deep spirit behind the music. Empty reasonings, dumb view.

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Summary: Stir It Up: Reggae Album Cover Art
Review: What a brilliant idea! Doing for Reggae album covers what Blue Note did for Jazz album covers years ago. I received this book as a birthday gift and have already purchased several to give to friends this Christmas. Any fan of reggae would be hard pressed to find a book on reggae that is more visually stimulating and fun to read. Different from the generic styles of pop music CDs these days, Reggae albums really were an art form. "Stir It Up" is an excellent representation of the social and political influence of Reggae music and the vibrant artwork that encased it. A beautiful book! I highly recommend it.

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Summary: reccomended rastaman reading
Review: Without a doubt, the most fascinating and entertaining of the "album cover" books out there. It even manages to surpass the genre's benchmark (The Blue Note book) in some areas: Marrow's text expertly highlights and complements the hundreds of fantastic album covers throughout the book: adding insight, history and context to the sleeves. The book is nicely divided into sections and contains a bountiful appendix illuminating many paths the reggae novice can explore or perhaps just holes in the collection for the reggae connoesseur, whether it be books, magazines or music. Some of the book's design choices seem capricious and erratic at times but so is the artwork it chronicles. All in all this book can stand tall with any of the benchmarks of reggae's rich culture (many of which are detailed in the book).