The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin. It is the "modern man's" equivalent of the Grove Dictionary of Music...

Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed...

a British music writer. He founded and was the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Along with the ten-volume encyclopedia, Larkin also...

platinum. The album peaked at No. 134 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 80 in the Netherlands. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music deemed Trouble at the Henhouse...

(2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 113. Mack, Bob (7 September 1989). "The The: Mind Bomb". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original...

released the album Ribbed: Live in a Dive, a recording of a 2012 concert where the band played Ribbed in its entirety. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called...

(2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus. p. 1522. OL 11913831M. Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed...

mastering "The 10 essential rap metal albums". 26 October 2016. Allmusic review Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "311". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8...

2005). "The Robert Cray Band: 'Twenty'". Blender. Retrieved October 29, 2016. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Robert Cray". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed...

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music named The Only Ones one of the 50 best punk albums of all-time. The compilers claimed that the Only Ones were "the closest...