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Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s

January 01, 1970

Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s is a music reference book by American music journalist and essayist Robert Christgau. A follow-up to Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), it was published in October 1990 by Pantheon Books.

Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s
AuthorRobert Christgau
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subject
Published1990 by Pantheon Books
Media typePrint
Pages514
ISBN0-679-73015-X
Preceded byChristgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies 
Followed byChristgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s 

The guide compiles approximately 3,000 capsule album reviews, most of which were originally written by Christgau for his monthly "Consumer Guide" column in The Village Voice through the 1980s. It covers a variety of genres and musical developments from the decade, which are given an overview in his introductory essays. Further insight is also given into his grading criteria.

The book was received positively by critics. Christgau's sensibility and the qualities of his judgements were deemed entertaining and insightful, although some regarded the writing as too challenging for most readers. Another guide was published in 2000, called Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s, forming a three-volume series of "Consumer Guide" collections.

Background edit

See also: 1980s in music
 
Cooper Square office building where The Village Voice was headquartered at the end of the 1980s

Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s is the second in a series of books—beginning in 1981 with Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies—to compile, revise, and expand on Christgau's capsule album reviews, which were originally written for his monthly "Consumer Guide" column in The Village Voice throughout the decade specific to each volume.[1] In the process of reviewing 20 records per month for the column, Christgau told the Chicago Tribune in 1990 that he had developed into a "processor" of music, with 12 to 14 hours of his day usually spent listening to albums:

There's something very mechanical about what I do. I'm a sophisticated and very well-oiled machine, but I am a machine. I put the music through my head even when I'm not listening because I know something rubs off. It's not the only way to be a critic. Some listen to the good stuff and listen to it hard and write about that. But in order to provide an overview of good and bad, it's the only way to do it. I don't do enough to suit myself, but I know I do more than anybody else. So that's satisfying.[2]

Christgau later said he spent "a year or two" transforming the original reviews into this book, re-listening to albums twice.[3]

Content and scope edit

The book collects approximately 3,000 "Consumer Guide" reviews which range individually from 50 to 150 words—accompanied by a letter grade—and are arranged as entries, ordered alphabetically by the name of the album's recording artist, and annotated with year of release and record label.[4] The styles of music covered throughout the collection include rock, pop, country, blues, jazz, hip hop, metal, punk rock, post-punk, and a variety of world musics, such as reggae and African genres.[5] Among the first widely published reviewers of worldbeat music, Christgau included his critiques of music from countries such as Senegal, Nigeria, and South Africa.[2]

 
Platinum records by Prince, Bruce Springsteen, and Madonna, among the most popular musicians from the 1980s that are covered in the book[6]

In the book's introductory essay, Christgau identifies a two-pronged criteria ("importance" and "quality") for the music reviewed in the guide: "Importance divided into cultural impact (commercial or occasionally just sociopolitical reach, with added panache preferred), subcultural acclaim (especially from rock criticism's producers and consumers, but also from alternative radio and dance DJs), and past performance (increasingly problematic as more and more artists truck on into middle age). Quality boiled down to my grading system." Like the previous volume, the guide follows a grading schema on a scale of A-plus to E-minus, although there are far less records graded C-minus or lower in this volume. B-plus records are the most commonly reviewed in the book, and are defined by Christgau as those offering satisfactory listen through at least half their songs and encourage revisiting: "In school, B+ is a good grade—almost any student will settle for the near-excellence it implies. It's a compliment in the Consumer Guide too."[7]

There are also introductory essays about musical developments and trends during the 1980s. In one essay, Christgau identifies the fusion of post-punk and post-disco sounds as one of the decade's major developments while coining the term "dance-oriented rock" to describe their synthesis.[8] An appendix lists artists overlooked in the reviews and a "core collection" of albums before 1980, including out of print records categorized as "Gone But Not Forgotten".[9] The book was also printed with a dedication to his daughter Nina, whom Christgau and his wife Carola Dibbell had adopted from Honduras in 1985.[10]

Publication history edit

Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s was first published in October 1990 by Pantheon Books and was reprinted in 1994 by Da Capo Press.[11] A follow-up to The '80s—Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s—was published in 2000, forming a three-volume series of "Consumer Guide" collections.[12] The contents of all three books were made available on Christgau's website after it went online in 2001 with the help of fellow critic and web designer Tom Hull, who also served as a resource for this book.[13]

Critical reception edit

Reviewing the book in 1991, John Lawson of the School Library Journal said it "works well not only by itself, but also as an update" of The New Rolling Stone Record Guide (1983) and The New Trouser Press Record Guide (1989), even if it covers only one decade of music.[14] Australian Academic and Research Libraries, the journal publication of the Australian Library and Information Association, said Christgau "gives full rein to his pithiness and proves just how readable reference books can be".[15] Fellow rock critic Greil Marcus remarked on the guide in 1990: "The entries covering a decade's work by a performer sometimes read like tiny novels, full of suspense, dramatic turnarounds, tragedy or farce. But what makes the book work is Christgau's endless capacity for surprise."[16]

 
Robert Hilburn (pictured in 2009), among the guide's original supporters

In the Los Angeles Times, Robert Hilburn believed the collection of capsule reviews reinforced a number of qualities about Christgau: how his interest extends beyond individual recording artists and into "the state of rock and in the richness of its culture"; how he "constantly challenges artists, fans and other critics to demand more of themselves and their favorites"; and "why he nurtures new and significant developments, however uncommercial or controversial." Hilburn regarded him as the premier reference for popular music, and the journalistic equivalent of Bob Dylan or Neil Young: "Quite simply, Christgau writes with the same reckless independence and ferocious eccentricity that fuels our most valuable pop artists."[17] The book's "charged eloquence" embodied rock music in the mind of Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot, who could not recommend it "highly enough", finding the entries on pop singer Debbie Gibson and hip hop group Public Enemy especially fun to read.[2]

The book was not without criticism. Hilburn questioned Christgau's "grouchy dismissal" of U2's 1980 debut Boy while noting a partiality for third-world music records and an impenetrability as a writer, citing the review of the 1987 X album See How We Are as an example of the latter.[17] Kot believed Christgau was less understanding of metal and also called some of the writing inaccessible: "Sometimes he assumes an intimate understanding of not only the record he's discussing but also a host of peripheral concerns that most of his readers could not possibly possess."[2] Library Journal's Barry Miller praised the broad-based musical coverage but deemed the writing glib and unctuous: "Christgau's catholic tastes provide a wonderful cornucopia, but the cumulative effect of his terminally hip prose and gymnastic verbal constructions ('boho Americanism,' 'antipunk discowave,' 'postprog art-rock,' 'mucho pusho,' etc.) is vacuous." Miller recommended The New Trouser Press Record Guide as an alternative of superior "depth and information".[4]

Legacy and reappraisal edit

See also: Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies § Legacy and influence

Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s was used by the Music Library Association as a reference to prepare select rock recordings for A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings (1997), published by the American Library Association as a guide for librarians and other collectors.[18] According to M. Thomas Inge's The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (2002), Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s was a precursor to more popular music guide series—such as All Music Guide, MusicHound, and Rough Guides—and has since "maintained a resourceful timelessness ... Christgau's judgments are incisive, knowledgeable, and amusing."[19]

In 2006, the "Consumer Guide" series was ranked fifth on The A.V. Club's list of the 17 most essential popular music books, with The '80s singled out as the best of the three; an accompanying blurb said it covered a decade "when Top 40 and college radio were equally compelling, and Christgau could apply his naturally skeptical eye to artists who either bore the scrutiny, or shrunk away to nothing."[20] The website's Michaelangelo Matos, who had been greatly influenced by Christgau, said the first two volumes were books he had read most frequently as an adult. Along with Christgau's ability to "distill a record's essence into a handful of words", Murray highlighted his humor, quoting "what remains the single best sentence ever written on Prince" from the review of Dirty Mind (1980): "Mick Jagger should fold up his penis and go home".[21] Both the 1970s and 1980s guides were cited by Nashville Scene journalist Noel Murray as "seminal works for budding rock critics, who can learn from them the art of concision and the virtue of wielding strong opinions backed by a general spirit of enthusiasm."[22] Veteran Washington, D.C.-based critic Mark Jenkins said he would "refer to them often, both for basic facts and pithy insights".[23]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Wolk 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Kot 1990.
  3. ^ Christgau 2000, p. vii.
  4. ^ a b Miller 1990, p. 78.
  5. ^ Christgau 1990, back cover; Lawson 1991, p. 136; Kot 1990.
  6. ^ Christgau 1990, "Decade".
  7. ^ Shuker 1994, pp. 70–71.
  8. ^ Miller 1990, p. 78; Campbell 2012, pp. 335, 394.
  9. ^ Miller 1990, p. 78; Lawson 1991, p. 136.
  10. ^ Gross 2015.
  11. ^ Miller 1990, p. 78; Davis et al. 1997, p. 576.
  12. ^ Robins 2016, p. 277; Wolk 2010.
  13. ^ Matos 2011; Anon. 2002, p. 1; Christgau 1990, "Acknowledgements".
  14. ^ Lawson 1991, p. 136.
  15. ^ Anon. 1994, p. 129.
  16. ^ Christgau 1990, back cover.
  17. ^ a b Hilburn 1990.
  18. ^ Davis et al. 1997, pp. xi, 576.
  19. ^ Inge & Hall 2002, p. 1125.
  20. ^ Murray et al. 2006.
  21. ^ Matos 2011.
  22. ^ Murray 2001.
  23. ^ Jenkins 2001.

Bibliography edit

  • Anon. (June 1994). "Book Reviews". Australian Academic and Research Libraries. 25.
  • Anon. (2002). . RockCritics.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  • Campbell, Michael (2012). Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On (4th ed.). Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1133712602.
  • Christgau, Robert (1990). Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X.
  • Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312245602.
  • Davis, Elizabeth A.; Bristah, Pamela; Gottlieb, Jane; Underwood, Kent David; Anderson, William E., eds. (1997). A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings. American Library Association. ISBN 0838934617.
  • Gross, Jason (June 2015). "The Dean of Rock Critics Schools Us On Himself: Robert Christgau's Going Into the City (Dey St.)". Rock's Backpages. Retrieved January 1, 2019.(subscription required)
  • Hilburn, Robert (October 28, 1990). "A Guide, Gossip, a Glimpse of Glory". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  • Inge, M. Thomas; Hall, Dennis, eds. (2002). The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture. Vol. 3. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313308780.
  • Jenkins, Mark (April 27, 2001). "Add N to (X)". Washington City Paper. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  • Kot, Greg (November 15, 1990). "Elder Statesman". Chicago Tribune. from the original on July 10, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  • Lawson, John (June 1991). "Christgau's Record Guide". School Library Journal. 37.
  • Matos, Michaelangelo; et al. (A.V. Club Staff) (June 10, 2011). "Most Re-Read Books". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  • Miller, Barry (October 15, 1990). "Christgau's Record Guide". Library Journal. 115.
  • Murray, Noel (January 4, 2001). "A Critical Matter". Nashville Scene. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  • Murray, Noel; Phipps, Keith; Ryan, Kyle; Modell, Josh (October 6, 2006). "Inventory: 17 Essential Books About Popular Music". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  • Robins, Wayne (2016). A Brief History of Rock, Off the Record. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135923464.
  • Shuker, Roy (1994). Understanding Popular Music. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0415107228.
  • Wolk, Douglas (July 9, 2010). "Music's Time Capsules: 41 Years of Christgau's 'Consumer Guide'". Vulture. Retrieved April 15, 2017.

Further reading edit

  • Weisbard, Eric (March–June 2018). "Old Books for New Ceremonies". Journal of Popular Music Studies. 30 (1–2): 27–44. doi:10.1525/jpms.2018.000018.

External links edit

  • Official website

January 01, 1970
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Christgau s Record Guide The 80s is a music reference book by American music journalist and essayist Robert Christgau A follow up to Christgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies 1981 it was published in October 1990 by Pantheon Books Christgau s Record Guide The 80sAuthorRobert ChristgauCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishSubjectAlbumscapsule reviewdiscographymusic journalismpopular musicrock musicPublished1990 by Pantheon BooksMedia typePrintPages514ISBN0 679 73015 XPreceded byChristgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies Followed byChristgau s Consumer Guide Albums of the 90s The guide compiles approximately 3 000 capsule album reviews most of which were originally written by Christgau for his monthly Consumer Guide column in The Village Voice through the 1980s It covers a variety of genres and musical developments from the decade which are given an overview in his introductory essays Further insight is also given into his grading criteria The book was received positively by critics Christgau s sensibility and the qualities of his judgements were deemed entertaining and insightful although some regarded the writing as too challenging for most readers Another guide was published in 2000 called Christgau s Consumer Guide Albums of the 90s forming a three volume series of Consumer Guide collections Contents 1 Background 2 Content and scope 3 Publication history 4 Critical reception 5 Legacy and reappraisal 6 See also 7 References 8 Bibliography 9 Further reading 10 External linksBackground editSee also 1980s in music nbsp Cooper Square office building where The Village Voice was headquartered at the end of the 1980s Christgau s Record Guide The 80s is the second in a series of books beginning in 1981 with Christgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies to compile revise and expand on Christgau s capsule album reviews which were originally written for his monthly Consumer Guide column in The Village Voice throughout the decade specific to each volume 1 In the process of reviewing 20 records per month for the column Christgau told the Chicago Tribune in 1990 that he had developed into a processor of music with 12 to 14 hours of his day usually spent listening to albums There s something very mechanical about what I do I m a sophisticated and very well oiled machine but I am a machine I put the music through my head even when I m not listening because I know something rubs off It s not the only way to be a critic Some listen to the good stuff and listen to it hard and write about that But in order to provide an overview of good and bad it s the only way to do it I don t do enough to suit myself but I know I do more than anybody else So that s satisfying 2 Christgau later said he spent a year or two transforming the original reviews into this book re listening to albums twice 3 Content and scope editThe book collects approximately 3 000 Consumer Guide reviews which range individually from 50 to 150 words accompanied by a letter grade and are arranged as entries ordered alphabetically by the name of the album s recording artist and annotated with year of release and record label 4 The styles of music covered throughout the collection include rock pop country blues jazz hip hop metal punk rock post punk and a variety of world musics such as reggae and African genres 5 Among the first widely published reviewers of worldbeat music Christgau included his critiques of music from countries such as Senegal Nigeria and South Africa 2 nbsp Platinum records by Prince Bruce Springsteen and Madonna among the most popular musicians from the 1980s that are covered in the book 6 In the book s introductory essay Christgau identifies a two pronged criteria importance and quality for the music reviewed in the guide Importance divided into cultural impact commercial or occasionally just sociopolitical reach with added panache preferred subcultural acclaim especially from rock criticism s producers and consumers but also from alternative radio and dance DJs and past performance increasingly problematic as more and more artists truck on into middle age Quality boiled down to my grading system Like the previous volume the guide follows a grading schema on a scale of A plus to E minus although there are far less records graded C minus or lower in this volume B plus records are the most commonly reviewed in the book and are defined by Christgau as those offering satisfactory listen through at least half their songs and encourage revisiting In school B is a good grade almost any student will settle for the near excellence it implies It s a compliment in the Consumer Guide too 7 There are also introductory essays about musical developments and trends during the 1980s In one essay Christgau identifies the fusion of post punk and post disco sounds as one of the decade s major developments while coining the term dance oriented rock to describe their synthesis 8 An appendix lists artists overlooked in the reviews and a core collection of albums before 1980 including out of print records categorized as Gone But Not Forgotten 9 The book was also printed with a dedication to his daughter Nina whom Christgau and his wife Carola Dibbell had adopted from Honduras in 1985 10 Publication history editChristgau s Record Guide The 80s was first published in October 1990 by Pantheon Books and was reprinted in 1994 by Da Capo Press 11 A follow up to The 80s Christgau s Consumer Guide Albums of the 90s was published in 2000 forming a three volume series of Consumer Guide collections 12 The contents of all three books were made available on Christgau s website after it went online in 2001 with the help of fellow critic and web designer Tom Hull who also served as a resource for this book 13 Critical reception editReviewing the book in 1991 John Lawson of the School Library Journal said it works well not only by itself but also as an update of The New Rolling Stone Record Guide 1983 and The New Trouser Press Record Guide 1989 even if it covers only one decade of music 14 Australian Academic and Research Libraries the journal publication of the Australian Library and Information Association said Christgau gives full rein to his pithiness and proves just how readable reference books can be 15 Fellow rock critic Greil Marcus remarked on the guide in 1990 The entries covering a decade s work by a performer sometimes read like tiny novels full of suspense dramatic turnarounds tragedy or farce But what makes the book work is Christgau s endless capacity for surprise 16 nbsp Robert Hilburn pictured in 2009 among the guide s original supporters In the Los Angeles Times Robert Hilburn believed the collection of capsule reviews reinforced a number of qualities about Christgau how his interest extends beyond individual recording artists and into the state of rock and in the richness of its culture how he constantly challenges artists fans and other critics to demand more of themselves and their favorites and why he nurtures new and significant developments however uncommercial or controversial Hilburn regarded him as the premier reference for popular music and the journalistic equivalent of Bob Dylan or Neil Young Quite simply Christgau writes with the same reckless independence and ferocious eccentricity that fuels our most valuable pop artists 17 The book s charged eloquence embodied rock music in the mind of Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot who could not recommend it highly enough finding the entries on pop singer Debbie Gibson and hip hop group Public Enemy especially fun to read 2 The book was not without criticism Hilburn questioned Christgau s grouchy dismissal of U2 s 1980 debut Boy while noting a partiality for third world music records and an impenetrability as a writer citing the review of the 1987 X album See How We Are as an example of the latter 17 Kot believed Christgau was less understanding of metal and also called some of the writing inaccessible Sometimes he assumes an intimate understanding of not only the record he s discussing but also a host of peripheral concerns that most of his readers could not possibly possess 2 Library Journal s Barry Miller praised the broad based musical coverage but deemed the writing glib and unctuous Christgau s catholic tastes provide a wonderful cornucopia but the cumulative effect of his terminally hip prose and gymnastic verbal constructions boho Americanism antipunk discowave postprog art rock mucho pusho etc is vacuous Miller recommended The New Trouser Press Record Guide as an alternative of superior depth and information 4 Legacy and reappraisal editSee also Christgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies Legacy and influence Christgau s Record Guide The 80s was used by the Music Library Association as a reference to prepare select rock recordings for A Basic Music Library Essential Scores and Sound Recordings 1997 published by the American Library Association as a guide for librarians and other collectors 18 According to M Thomas Inge s The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture 2002 Christgau s Record Guide The 80s was a precursor to more popular music guide series such as All Music Guide MusicHound and Rough Guides and has since maintained a resourceful timelessness Christgau s judgments are incisive knowledgeable and amusing 19 In 2006 the Consumer Guide series was ranked fifth on The A V Club s list of the 17 most essential popular music books with The 80s singled out as the best of the three an accompanying blurb said it covered a decade when Top 40 and college radio were equally compelling and Christgau could apply his naturally skeptical eye to artists who either bore the scrutiny or shrunk away to nothing 20 The website s Michaelangelo Matos who had been greatly influenced by Christgau said the first two volumes were books he had read most frequently as an adult Along with Christgau s ability to distill a record s essence into a handful of words Murray highlighted his humor quoting what remains the single best sentence ever written on Prince from the review of Dirty Mind 1980 Mick Jagger should fold up his penis and go home 21 Both the 1970s and 1980s guides were cited by Nashville Scene journalist Noel Murray as seminal works for budding rock critics who can learn from them the art of concision and the virtue of wielding strong opinions backed by a general spirit of enthusiasm 22 Veteran Washington D C based critic Mark Jenkins said he would refer to them often both for basic facts and pithy insights 23 See also edit nbsp 1980s portal nbsp Journalism portal nbsp Music portal nbsp Rock music portal Album era 1980s in music Rockism and poptimism Spin Alternative Record GuideReferences edit Wolk 2010 a b c d Kot 1990 Christgau 2000 p vii a b Miller 1990 p 78 Christgau 1990 back cover Lawson 1991 p 136 Kot 1990 Christgau 1990 Decade Shuker 1994 pp 70 71 Miller 1990 p 78 Campbell 2012 pp 335 394 Miller 1990 p 78 Lawson 1991 p 136 Gross 2015 Miller 1990 p 78 Davis et al 1997 p 576 Robins 2016 p 277 Wolk 2010 Matos 2011 Anon 2002 p 1 Christgau 1990 Acknowledgements Lawson 1991 p 136 Anon 1994 p 129 Christgau 1990 back cover a b Hilburn 1990 Davis et al 1997 pp xi 576 Inge amp Hall 2002 p 1125 Murray et al 2006 Matos 2011 Murray 2001 Jenkins 2001 Bibliography editAnon June 1994 Book Reviews Australian Academic and Research Libraries 25 Anon 2002 Answers From the Dean Online Exchange with Robert Christgau RockCritics com Archived from the original on December 30 2018 Retrieved August 21 2018 Campbell Michael 2012 Popular Music in America The Beat Goes On 4th ed Cengage Learning ISBN 978 1133712602 Christgau Robert 1990 Christgau s Record Guide The 80s Pantheon Books ISBN 0 679 73015 X Christgau Robert 2000 Christgau s Consumer Guide Albums of the 90s St Martin s Press ISBN 0312245602 Davis Elizabeth A Bristah Pamela Gottlieb Jane Underwood Kent David Anderson William E eds 1997 A Basic Music Library Essential Scores and Sound Recordings American Library Association ISBN 0838934617 Gross Jason June 2015 The Dean of Rock Critics Schools Us On Himself Robert Christgau s Going Into the City Dey St Rock s Backpages Retrieved January 1 2019 subscription required Hilburn Robert October 28 1990 A Guide Gossip a Glimpse of Glory Los Angeles Times Retrieved August 27 2018 Inge M Thomas Hall Dennis eds 2002 The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture Vol 3 Greenwood Press ISBN 0313308780 Jenkins Mark April 27 2001 Add N to X Washington City Paper Retrieved March 4 2020 Kot Greg November 15 1990 Elder Statesman Chicago Tribune Archived from the original on July 10 2019 Retrieved October 13 2018 Lawson John June 1991 Christgau s Record Guide School Library Journal 37 Matos Michaelangelo et al A V Club Staff June 10 2011 Most Re Read Books The A V Club Retrieved October 13 2018 Miller Barry October 15 1990 Christgau s Record Guide Library Journal 115 Murray Noel January 4 2001 A Critical Matter Nashville Scene Retrieved October 20 2018 Murray Noel Phipps Keith Ryan Kyle Modell Josh October 6 2006 Inventory 17 Essential Books About Popular Music The A V Club Retrieved August 20 2018 Robins Wayne 2016 A Brief History of Rock Off the Record Routledge ISBN 978 1135923464 Shuker Roy 1994 Understanding Popular Music Psychology Press ISBN 978 0415107228 Wolk Douglas July 9 2010 Music s Time Capsules 41 Years of Christgau s Consumer Guide Vulture Retrieved April 15 2017 Further reading editWeisbard Eric March June 2018 Old Books for New Ceremonies Journal of Popular Music Studies 30 1 2 27 44 doi 10 1525 jpms 2018 000018 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christgau 27s Record Guide The 2780s amp oldid 1172552725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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