A review by mikel_pfeiffer
Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s by Moby, Nick Rhodes, Jonathan Bernstein, Lori Majewski

4.0

Anyone that knows me knows the 80's defined me and will remain my go-to genre for music. This is a nice book about singles from the 80's and the stories behind the song and band, along with comments from the authors. It's a fun book that can either be read in bite-sized chunks when over you want. The co-author of the book, Jonathan Bernstein, didn't seem to like any of the bands or songs so I'm not sure why he wanted to be part of the book. I read Mad World over a week covering about 7 songs a day. I wasn't surprised by any of the bands or songs chosen. Sure, I would have chosen different songs for many of the bands but that kept things interesting. I did like they got pretty obscure in the 5 track mixtapes for each song. I'll be looking some of those tracks up. Overall, a fun read with some nice pics from the era.