Christgau's Guide: Rock Albums of the 70s - Robert Christgau

AMAZON USER REVIEW:

The author is quite literate and was well-known for his slightly acidic, yet interesting reviews "back in the day" (1970's "Rolling Stone" magazine record reviews. I just never had gotten around to purchasing this book for my library. I finally did, and it was a veritable trip down memory lane reading many of the reviews. He's surprisingly mainstream-conventional (at least in hindsight) in nearly-completely praising ANY output from the Beatles, Stones, and Dylan. Beyond that, his tastes seem to extend heavily into obscure blues artists, maybe from boredom with a lot of R&R output? My record library and Mr. C's would be COMPLETELY different, with only a small common ground. But that's OK. I give him a TON of credit for his perseverance in listening to SO many albums and then attempting to describe them in illuminating terms. It's a landmark work

ISBN: 009147891x

Pages: 472

Trade paperback

Vermilion, 1982

Good condition; cover  has some small creases/tears in places

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