Mojo (magazine)

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Mojo
Image:Mojo cover.JPG
Editor
Categories	Monthly music magazine
Frequency
Publisher	EMAP
First issue	1993
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	http://www.mojo4music.com/

Mojo is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers EMAP were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music. Mojo was first published on 15 October 1993 and in keeping with its aesthetic had Bob Dylan and John Lennon as its first cover stars. Noted for its in-depth coverage of both popular and cult acts it acted as the inspiration for Blender and Uncut. Many noted music critics have written for it including Charles Shaar Murray, Greil Marcus, Nick Kent and Jon Savage. The launch editor of Mojo was Paul Du Noyer and his successors have included Mat Snow, Paul Trynka and Pat Gilbert.

Often criticised for its frequent coverage of classic rock acts such as The Beatles and Bob Dylan, it has nevertheless featured many newer and "left-field" acts. It was the first mainstream magazine in the UK to focus on The White Stripes, whom it has covered as zealously as many older acts.

Mojo regularly includes a covermount CD which ties in with a current magazine article or theme. In 2004 it introduced the Mojo Honours list, an awards ceremony which is a mixture of readers' and critics' awards.

More recently, the magazine has taken to publishing many "Top 100" lists, including the subjects of drug songs (Mojo #109), rock epics (Mojo #125), protest songs (Mojo #126) and even the most miserable songs of all time (Mojo #127). To celebrate 150 issues, the magazine published a "Top 100 Albums of Mojo's Lifetime" list (essentially 1993 onwards). The top five for this list were:

Grace - Jeff Buckley (1994)
American Recordings - Johnny Cash (1994)
OK Computer - Radiohead (1997)
Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan (1997)
Definitely Maybe - Oasis (1994)

In 2007, the magazine set out to determine "The Top 100 Records That Changed the World." The list was compiled and voted on by an eclectic panel of superstars, including Bjork, Tori Amos, Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, Pete Wentz, and Steve Earl. Little Richard's original 1955 hit "Tutti Frutti" took the number one spot. The record, dubbed "a torent of fifth wailed by a bisexual alien," beat the Beatles "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" (2nd) and Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" (3rd). The magazine's editors claimed "that the 100 albums, singles and 78s that made up the list make up the most influential and inspirational recordings ever made." Hailing "Tutti Frutti" as the sound of the birth of Rock n Roll, the magazine's editors went on to state "one can only imagine how it must have sounded when the song exploded across the airwaves!"

The top 10 on Mojo's 100 Records That Changed The World list are:

"Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
"Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
Autobahn by Kraftwerk
"King of the Delta Blues Singers" by Robert Johnson
The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground + Nico
Anthology of American Folk Music (various artists)
What'd I Say by Ray Charles
"God Save the Queen" by Sex Pistols

[edit] Special editions

Many self-standing themed special editions of Mojo have been produced, devoting an entire magazine to one artist or genre. Three of the most successful were the series of magazines produced by editor Chris Hunt, telling the story of The Beatles - one thousand days at a time. Featuring contributions from many of the world's leading rock critics and Beatles experts, they were published between 2002 and 2003, before being collected together by Editor-in-Chief Paul Trynka and published as the book The Beatles: Ten Years That Shook The World (Dorling Kindersley, 2004).

[edit] Other media

The company behind the magazine, Emap, also produces a digital "radio station" called Mojo Radio, which is transmitted on the digital television networks in the UK and online.

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