Library Journal (starred): “This is quite simply a perfect book for any music lover… Sanneh has crafted a uniquely open-minded appreciation of a swath of popular music. The operative word is keen: zealous in spirit, exact in execution, ferociously acute from the first sentence to the last.” Sanneh not only delivers a coolly dazzling overview of the battlefields of genre but also revels open-heartedly in the music itself, his taste unbound by dogma or prejudice. That may sound like faint praise to those who want their pop criticism to channel raw passion, yet passion comes in many forms. he subtly makes you question your beliefs.”Īlex Ross, music critic of The New Yorker and author of The Rest Is Noise and Wagnerism: “MAJOR LABELS is the most elegant history of popular music ever written. has a subtle and flexible style, and great powers of distillation. The New York Times: “MAJOR LABELS ecumenical and all-embracing. Stereogum: “A beautifully observed history of the last 50 years of music. It’s funny, it’s personal and as a piece of writing, the book borders on poetry.”
MAJOR LABELS somehow manages to unspool everything you need to know about 50 years of music, but more impressively, he makes you care about all of it. An intriguing argument in favor of opposing viewpoints.”ĭavid Letterman: “Kelefa Sanneh has achieved the impossible. The San Francisco Chronicle (15 Best Books of the Year): “An examination of the ways we create a personal identity through our musical choices…. This remarkable achievement will be a joy to music lovers, no matter what they prefer to listen to.” Sanneh surveys the past 50 years of popular music through the dominant genres that shaped it: rock, R&B, country, punk, hip-hop, dance music, and pop. Publishers Weekly (starred): “ thrilling debut. New York magazine: “An essential document from an inimitable critic.” The Wall Street Journal: “One of the best books of its kind in decades.”
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