Engrossing…Hot Stuff is not just about disco; it reexamines the ’70s as a decade of revolution. —James Gavin, New York Times

Hot Stuff is a thoroughly researched, scholarly credible and fiercely entertaining dissection of disco’s origins and influence…An endearing platform—with matching shoes—to the music we can’t and shouldn’t forget. —Warren Pederson, San Francisco Chronicle

An alternate account of those hazy-crazy yesteryears that’s ultimately indispensable.—Smith Galtney, Time Out

A quietly dazzling history…Hot Stuff is the result of a lifetime of thinking deeply about the music and its influence. —Peter Terzian, Los Angeles Times

Exhilarating, perceptive…an important work of cultural and musical resuscitation, written with a scholar’s acumen but a fan’s ardor.—Melissa Anderson, Newsday

Remarkable…Carried along by prose that is as sleek and slinky as its subject.—Christine Stansell, author of The Feminist Promise

Echols aims for—and thoroughly achieves—a range of higher cultural insights…Revelatory.—Publishers Weekly

A well-researched, culturally sensitive time capsule.—Kirkus Reviews

[An] entertaining and convincing reclamation of what was once Western culture’s most reviled music…It’s a scholarly read powered by the thump-thump of Giorgio Moroder’s synths; you’ll find yourself humming Ring My Bell and searching YouTube for evidence of Sylvester’s fabulosity. —Evelyn McDonnell, Miami Herald