MUSICQUAKE (PB)

Discover music that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy; music which sparked fascination in some and scorn from others. Tracing enigmatic composers, risqué performers and radical songwriters from George Gershwin and John Cage to Os Mutantes and Fela Kuti; from Patti Smith and The Slits to Public Enemy and Missy Elliott, here are 50 pivotal albums and performances that shook the world of modern music. This is what happens when people take tradition and rip it up.