''Song Reader'' is a book of

sheet music Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses List of musical symbols, musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chord (music), chords of a song or instrumental Musical composition, musical piece. Like ...

by the American

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artist

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became ...

released on December 11, 2012. The book includes 20 songs worth of sheet music and more than 100 pages of art. The book's publisher, McSweeney's, also announced that versions of the songs performed by other musicians would be featured on its website. Links to YouTube and SoundCloud performances of the songs can be contributed to the official web site for the project. Beck began working on the project in 2004. In 2013 Beck played three concerts with a variety of guests featuring the ''Song Reader'' material. He released a record of ''Song Reader'' with other musicians in 2014, and plans to release a compilation of fan versions. '' Rolling Stone'' named it 50th on their list of 50 best albums of 2013. The official CD featuring various artists was released on July 29, 2014.

Song list

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* Beck Song books 2012 non-fiction books American non-fiction books English-language books McSweeney's books Faber and Faber books {{music-publication-stub