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ethan_js's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent and engaging exploration of popular music (used advisedly as opposed to Pop Music) in the modern era through the lens of genre as concept. In an era where every other piece of music copy says something like “post-genre” I enjoyed thinking about what the Point of genre is, good and bad. And it passed the key music writing test, which is that I looked up an obscure sub genre on YouTube to have some context!
pugneezy's review
funny
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informative
lighthearted
reflective
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4.0
If you're not a big music fan you'll probably hate this book but if you are, you'll freaking love it!
roastedsalted's review against another edition
5.0
An incredible series of paths following artists, trends and genres told by a music critic who at times inserts himself into the book to make himself available an relatable personable guide. This book is not about the business of music, but labels in the sense of classification. It was a page turner unrivalled by any fiction I’ve read in the last year.
zone5's review against another edition
3.0
I liked it enough to finish it, but I can't help but wonder why this book was written and who for.
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.