A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
527 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett is an audiobook by Rob Chapman: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released October 26, 2010, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- October 26, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781483059150
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett as an audiobook?
A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett?
A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.