This was a lot of fun, and Stanley seems to be a similar type of pop fan as I am, though not always of the same opinion. I feel he was a bit too grumpy about the ‘80s and ‘90s and the very British perspective seemed to shortchange the significance of hip hop and country. I also think he‘s wrong about the modern pop era being “over” just because of changes in technology and media (to be fair, this was published in ‘13; things look different in ‘20)