Written and selected by a superb selection of international music critics. In-depth reviews of key albums, singles and songs. Biography and impact of the major artists and musicians. Fantastic images from the greatest performances.

Sean Egan has written for, amongst other outlets, Billboard, Classic Rock, Goldmine, Record Collector, RollingStone.com, Sky Sports, Uncut and Vox. He also writes CD liner notes and he is the author of books on The Verve, The Animals, Jimi Hendrix, and has recently completed his second book on The Rolling Stones The Rough Guide To The Rolling Stones (Penguin). He also edited the forthcoming 100 Albums That Changed Music (Constable & Robinson). One of his books - The Making Of 'Are You Experienced' was nominated for an Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.

A decade-by-decade review of a century of the major artists, albums, songs, performances and events in music, including: Billy Murray, the first "album"- The Nutcracker Suite, the beginning of the idea of charts, George Gerschwin, Broadway Melody, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Vera Lynn, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, The Chipmunks, The Rolling stones, James Brown, Shirley Bassey, First edition of Top of the Pops, A Hard Day's Night movie, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Bob Dylan, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Ravi Shankar, The Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Queen, Electric Light Orchestra, John Williams, Michael Jackson, THe Jam, Dire Straits, Bob Geldof, Madonna, U2. Oasis, Whitney Houston, Randy Newman, Blur, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue, Robson & Jerome, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Cranberries and many more.