A follow-up to the bestselling listening party guide, Booze & Vinyl, this is an all-new collection of groundbreaking music paired with mood-setting cocktails.

Get set to party with 70 great records—organized by theme, from Rockin’ to Beats, Mellow to Jazzy & Bluesy—spanning the 1950s to today. Each entry features liner notes on the album and two accompanying boozy beverage recipes that complement the music.

Among the featured albums are: Are You Experienced? (The Jimi Hendrix Experience), Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith), Synchronicity (The Police), Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morisette), The B52s (The B52s ), Gipsy Kings (The Gipsy Kings), Violator (Depeche Mode), Ready to Die (The Notorious B.I.G.), Play (Moby), Lemonade (Beyoncé), Coat of Many Colors (Dolly Parton), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John), So (Peter Gabriel), Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston), Oops!…I Did it Again (Britney Spears), Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and João Gilberto), A Love Supreme (John Coltrane).

Brother-and-sister writing team André and Tenaya Darlington grew up flipping their parents’ records on a Thorens turntable.

André Darlington is a drinks, food, travel, and lifestyle writer based on the East Coast. He is a former restaurant critic and award-winning wine and spirits columnist who can’t resist stepping behind a well-stocked bar. In a past life, André was a bass player and DJ. He loves whiskey.
Tenaya Darlington is a food writer and educator based in Philadelphia. By day, she teaches food writing at Saint Joseph’s University; by night she pens the award-winning blog Madame Fromage and writes for outlets, such as Edible Philly, Global Traveler, & The Philadelphia Inquirer. In a past life, she played the triangle in a pop band. Gin makes her sin.