1975

Whether he’s unpicking the importance of ‘Born to Run’ to Bruce Springsteen’s career, explaining how Donna Summer invented the 12″ single, or describing the impact of Bob Marley’s appearance at the Lyceum in July 1975, Jones’ writing is witty, precise, and engaging … Readers will want to revisit many of the records that Jones uses to build his convincing case for 1975 being the apotheosis of adult pop. The book successfully challenges the accepted history of what came before punk’s ‘day zero’ and shines a light on some lost gems * Louder Than War *
[Jones’s] makes deliciously bold statements and the breadth and scope of his coverage is impressive, as is his eye for detail. Makes one crave a follow-up undertaking for 1976! * Record Collector *
Enormously entertaining … Jones pulls all these cultural fragments into one gloriously exciting picture in a way only he can. Never has pop history been so elegantly told * London Standard *
Indefatigable polemicist rescues classic rock from year zero barbarians * MOJO *
Across 21 albums, Jones smartly covers the songs and music as well as the geo-cultural milieu that nurtured and enveloped them. An excellent book * Irish Times *
Marvellous * Neil McCormick, The Telegraph *
Illustrious * John Meagher, Irish Independent *
Tremendous * Mark Ellen, Word In Your Ear *
Fascinating * Gary Kemp, Rockonteurs *
Drugs, lavishness, excess … an interesting chain of consequences, and developments in news and culture * Tom Sutcliffe, BBC Front Row *

New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Dylan Jones has written or edited over thirty books.

In the eighties, he was one of the first editors of i-D, before becoming a contributing editor of The Face and editor of Arena. He spent the next decade working in newspapers – principally the Observer and the Sunday Times – before embarking on a multi-award-winning tenure at GQ. During his editorship, Condé Nast’s flagship magazine won more awards than any other title.

A former columnist for the Guardian, Independent, and Mail on Sunday, he is a Hay Festival Advisor and an independent BBC television producer. In 2012, he was awarded an OBE for services to publishing. He was the editor-in-chief of the Evening Standard from 2023 to 2025.

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