A review by missnicelady
Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop by S.W. Lauden, Paul Myers

2.0

A mixed bag. About half of the essays wrestle with defining power pop (Is this it? How about this?) and cite the same handful of bands (we see you, Big Star, Cheap Trick, the Knack, Badfinger....). The other half involve writers paying tribute -- sometimes in overwrought music-critic prose -- to specific bands (XTC, Jellyfish, Todd Rundgren). And then there's an essay about how ELO is emphatically NOT power pop and how very dare you?

I think five women are mentioned in total, even from the women who contributed essays. I mean, if "Vacation" had been written by Alex Chilton, rock fanboys would never shut up about it being a perfect power pop anthem.