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sallwasser's review against another edition
4.0
Incredible depth covered within 400-odd pages, written beautifully and conversationally in a way that kept me going even through things I already knew or wasn't interested in.
steveno's review against another edition
4.0
A cool, if scattershot history of American music from the 1960s to the 20s. It's often more memoir than history, which is fine. I found myself disagreeing with a lot of the rock stuff, but captivated by the dance, which was interesting. I think the more you know about a genre, the harder it is to read about it, because you have so many opinions.
jodiwilldare's review against another edition
1.0
I cannot figure out this book's intended audience. This one bored the daylights out of me. It gives a vast, but shallow look at the history of popular music for the past fifty years. As a pop music fan this offered zero new information hence the boredom. So people like me are not the audience. Is this for new fans? Are they gonna pick up a 500-page book that only gives very brief, cursory information? Who knows. This one was a disappointment.
jjkamin's review against another edition
5.0
This is a really strong book that has let to multiple conversations between myself and other people about some of the opinions and arguments in this book, especially about r&b and country. I would recommend this to anyone who has a broad range of music interests, or if you are truly a one genre person, find your area and do a short reading of it, you will not be disappointed.
juliewallacewrites's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
tirriffany's review
Nothing wrong with the book, just wanted to read instead of listen