The Song Machine

Revelatory, funny, and full of almost unbelievable details – Eric Schlosser, author of ‘Fast Food Nation’As addictive as its subject * Sunday Times *A gripping investigation of modern hitmaking… Seabrook’s writing is as sleek and swift as a dolphin * New Statesman *This is a fascinating tale about an amazing phenomenon – Walter Isaacson, author of ‘Steve Jobs’Seabrook subtly explores not only the insides of a song, but how a song gets inside us * Observer *Revealing, frightening, funny and unsettling – Roddy DoyleSeabrook’s book takes the reader into a hidden world behind some of the most high-profile cultural products of the era * Guardian *A highly engaging narrative * Economist *Weaving its way through two-and-a-half decades, one of The Song Machine’s greatest achievements is to situate the pop song within a shifting matrix of technological evolution, diminishing revenue streams, and warring egos * Independent *Seabrook takes us on a lucid and well-researched tour of the places where modern hits are created – Peter Clark * Literary Review *

John Seabrook has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1993. The author of several books including Nobrow, he has taught narrative non-fiction writing at Princeton University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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