Why You Love Music
From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds

This is the 55'th book I have read about music. It is, without a doubt, the most engaging and most enjoyable book about music that I have read. It is not about music per se, rather it is about the psychology of listening to music. I love it. The book opens with an interesting statistical correlation......more

I received this in exchange for an honest review via Goodreads Giveaways. Thank you the author, John Powell, and the publisher, John Murray, for this opportunity. This non-fiction is an absolute delight to behold! The focus is, as the title so aptly describes, on analyzing the impact music has on our......more

Imagine this as a 3 1/2 star rating - I saw this book on the "New Books" page of my local library site and as a music lover I instantly put it on hold. The concept - exploring the psychology, sociology and science of why it is certain music appealed to us, sounds intriguing enough, and the first hal......more

Very disappointing book that, for my money, doesn't come close to fulfilling its subtitle. The first half is moderately interesting as he discusses, in layman's terms, the various ways music moves us and the kind of music theory aspects involved (repetition, surprise, etc.). Then the book slips into......more

Pretty neat book covering music as a topic. One problem I have with psych stuff is that sometimes stuff I learn feels so intuitive that I'm not sure if I'm really picking up on anything novel. I did skip the fiddly more technical bits toward the end.......more