What albums do musicians listen to when they’re not listening to the obvious classics? A new book aims to answer that question through recommendations from 80 artists, including Dolly Parton, Brian Eno, Erykah Badu, Billie Eilish, the Roots’ Black Thought, Brittany Howard, Four Tet, Jamie xx, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O, Laufey, Philip Glass, Sonny Rollins, Steve Reich and Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth.

On the Records: 80 Musicians on Beloved and Overlooked Albums, written by music industry veteran Brian Beck and writer and educator Piotr Orlov, arrives Nov. 17 via Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Rather than assembling another canon of universally acknowledged classics, On the Records focuses on albums and recordings its contributors believe deserve more attention. The selections range from self-released records and out-of-print albums to recordings that simply failed to find the audience their creators deserved.

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The contributors’ picks span genres and generations. Eilish chooses the Dø’s 2014 album Shake Shook Shaken, while Turnstile’s Brendan Yates highlights the self-released 1992 cassette EP Off the Deep End by Gut Instinct. Eno selects the Consolers’ 1982 gospel album Jesus Brought Joy, while Black Thought picks Amnesty’s Free Your Mind (The 700 West Sessions), a 1973 recording later issued by Now-Again Records.

Elsewhere, Badu makes the case for Prince’s Sign o’ the Times; Jamie xx chooses Ruby Andrews’ 1972 Black Ruby; Max Richter selects Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden; Vernon spotlights Paul Pena’s New Train; and Weymouth recommends Tinariwen’s The Radio Tisdas Sessions.

The book also includes selections from Parton, who writes about her mother’s music; Chris Stapleton, who chooses Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott’s Real Time; Laufey, who picks Chet Baker; and Sonny Rollins, who contributes two Fats Waller recordings.

Other contributors include Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker, Angélique Kidjo, Anoushka Shankar, Béla Fleck, Blood Orange, Carl Craig, Oneohtrix Point Never’s Daniel Lopatin, Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, Earl Sweatshirt, Gillian Welch, Margo Price, Meshell Ndegeocello, Moses Sumney, Nala Sinephro, Sampa the Great, Sly & Robbie’s Dunbar and Yaeji.

Beck is the former global head of music at Sonos and a veteran of the major label and artist management world, having previously worked with acts such as My Morning Jacket and the Head & the Heart. Orlov has previously written for the New York Times and Village Voice and publishes the Dada Strain newsletter. He teaches music history and writing at New York University.

The book will be accompanied by a national launch series beginning Nov. 6, featuring radio appearances, DJ sets, book events and in-store appearances. A portion of the authors’ proceeds will benefit Deaf Defy and Deaf Child Worldwide, nonprofits supporting access to hearing technology, sign language, and educational opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

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