About This Book
One of Oprah Daily's 20 Favorite Books of 2021 • Selected as one of Pitchfork's Best Music Books of the Year “One of the best books of its kind in decades.” —The Wall Street Journal An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted throug...
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Reading Time Estimates
12h 39m
slow reader
180 WPM
9h 7m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 31m
fast reader
350 WPM
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9 h 7 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
10 h 7 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
15 h 11 min
Audio 2x
7 h 36 min
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