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Robert Thomas Christgau (/ˈkrɪstɡaʊ/ KRIST-gow; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most influential music critics...

Robert Christgau (born 1942) is an American essayist and music critic. Christgau may also refer to: John Christgau (1934–2018), American author and basketball...

Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s is a music reference book by American music journalist and essayist Robert Christgau. It was published...

John Frederick Christgau (February 11, 1934 – August 21, 2018) was an American author of fiction and non-fiction. Christgau was born in Crookston, Minnesota...

Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies is a music reference book by American music journalist and essayist Robert Christgau. It was first...

Christgau's Record Guide may refer to: Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies, a music reference book by Robert Christgau Christgau's...

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...

created by music critic Robert Christgau. It published lists of the year's top releases for 1971 and, after Christgau's two-year absence from the Voice...

Laurence August Christgau (September 20, 1894 – October 10, 1991) was a politician and government official from Minnesota. Christgau was born in Dexter...

their best stuff on the first platter." Christgau warmed to the album later, reappraising it in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Night Special," which peaked at #27 on the U.S. Billboard chart. Robert Christgau gave the album a positive review, stating: "On the one hand, two or three...

reminiscent of Bad Company and rocks with a stormy aggression." Robert Christgau, who gave the album a positive review, stated: "Ronnie Van Zant may intend...

Voice in the mid-1970s under the mentorship of its music editor Robert Christgau, but left the field to pursue a career in software design and engineering...

Fast 2001, p. 87. Fast 2001, p. 45. Christgau 1972a. Fast 2001, p. 13. Christgau 1980. Garofalo 2008, p. 233. Christgau 1972b. Rachel, Daniel (2014). The...

Dave Van Ronk. In describing how Isaac was cast, music critic Robert Christgau writes that "The Coens... emphasize that Van Ronk's story was only the...

It was also included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings—published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

was named among the best albums of the 1990s by Pitchfork and Robert Christgau. In the summer of 1991, Phair wrote and recorded songs on audio cassette...

received positive reviews from Fusion, Rolling Stone, and Robert Christgau. Christgau felt the album was "superb", the same wording as used by Greil Marcus...

2013. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Bob Dylan". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80409-3. Christgau, Robert...

critically and commercially. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "This boy is going to be a big...

"Robert Christgau's Top Ten". Critic's Choice: Top 200 Albums. Omnibus. pp. 83–84. Retrieved 20 March 2020 – via robertchristgau.com. Christgau, Robert...

Hilburn 1987. Christgau 1981, p. 279. Antonia 2006, pp. 81–2. Christgau 1998, p. 194; Glover 1973 Kogan 2006, p. 114. Wicks 1996. Christgau 1998, pp. 197–8...

fewer favorable reviews.[citation needed] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau panned David Clayton-Thomas's singing as "belching", while calling "Symphony...

diversity, but the album was only awarded three stars. Music critic Robert Christgau regarded the album as "transient punk-style agitprop with announcements...

best albums of 1992; Vox ranked it 18th, NME ranked it 44th and Robert Christgau placed it 53rd. The album was certified "Gold" by the British Phonographic...

"Twenty-Five Miles"/"Up On The Housetop". Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990), Robert Christgau wrote, "Once you get past the slipshod cynicism...

2016. Yanow, Scott. Spectrum at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

The album is included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

including Arista and Fantasy. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said, "This attempted masterpiece doesn't...

back into old-time ballads, honky-tonk slide and folk pluck." Robert Christgau remarked that Modest Mouse are "so insularly indie they're incomprehensible...

Freeman Books. pp. 492–493. ISBN 0-87930-376-X. Christgau, Robert. "The Lyres: On Fyre". Robert Christgau. Mansfield, Brian (1999). "The Lyres". In Graff...

Marks 1995, p. 269; Christgau 1998, p. 191. Christgau 1998, p. 198. Savage 2002, p. 86. Strong 2004. Antonia 2006, p. 130; Christgau 1998, p. 194; Talevski...

States) Singles – Billboard (United States) Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

has since garnered retrospective acclaim from critics such as Robert Christgau and Rolling Stone, both of whom cite it as one of the best albums of all...

of the weak songs being replaced by some of the band's singles. Robert Christgau has suggested that the single "Do Ya", included on this album, was rated...

from crowding his vocal style". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave Make It Last Forever a "B". Christgau commented that "the beats prove Teddy...

Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 15, 2017. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

America's widening racial divide". Writing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Christgau jokingly referred to Clinton as "someone...

album's twelve songs. Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1970, Robert Christgau said Signed, Sealed & Delivered has flawed moments, but Motown albums...

American music critic Robert Christgau. According to NPR, the memoir "takes the reader through the music that inspired [Christgau's] career, the women who sharpened...

incarnations." Robert Christgau, on the other hand, criticized the album, comparing it negatively to slasher films. Christgau ended the review, writing...

Reviewing the album in June 1971 for The Village Voice, rock critic Robert Christgau gave Jack Johnson an A-plus and said it is his favorite recording from...

"Situation X". The album continues with "Mad," hailed by critic Robert Christgau as "the most original song on the record" and in a review for Rolling...

ten on the pop chart. Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1975, Robert Christgau found the album "functional" and satisfactory for a commercially successful...

essential 1950s and 1960s recordings for Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). In 2020, Christgau voted for the album in his ballot...

Latin-flavored rhythms, all-out rockers, ballads, and bluesy workouts ..." Robert Christgau described "Do It Again" as a toned-down mambo song with "tragic" lyrics...

1985. Robert Christgau placed it at number 6 on his "Dean's list" of the best albums of that year. Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau wrote, "It's...

1999. The Source gave the track its "Best Song" award in 1991. Robert Christgau gave the album a choice cut rating, only liking "Mind Playing Tricks on...

than normal. In a review published in his Consumer Guide column, Robert Christgau wrote, "Where Self Portrait was at least weird, splitting the difference...

two contemporary reviews for Village Voice and Playboy, critic Robert Christgau wrote, "For a while I thought the only thing Capitol had done right was...

Rooms". Paste. Retrieved August 3, 2021. Christgau, Robert. "Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics. Retrieved...

the album cover's photo collage. In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau found Miles Davis at Fillmore to be...

John Langmead. Robert Christgau gave the Paranoid Style's 2013 EP The Power of Our Proven System an A− grade. In his review, Christgau wrote that "this band...

Here" was named the best song of the 2000s decade by music critic Robert Christgau. "See the Elephant" (McMurtry) – 4:27 "Childish Things" (McMurtry)– 4...

Eagles: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 at AllMusic Christgau, Robert. "The Eagles: Greatest Hits Volume 2". Robert Christgau. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David...

label, Shoot Out the Lights had a significant critical impact. Robert Christgau designated it as the "pick hit" of the month in his "Consumer Guide" column...

include Tippa Irie, KIOKO, House of Shem and Inner Circle. Allmusic Robert Christgau Rolling Stone "REVIEW: UB40 mines roots, partnerships on 'Bigga Baggariddim'"...

wholly without pretension". Less favorably, The Village Voice's Robert Christgau quipped: "Peter Buck describes these B sides and outtakes as 'a junkshop...

Wild Side" and a rant against rock music critics, particularly Robert Christgau. Live: Take No Prisoners was recorded during the series of albums where...

Retrieved April 16, 2022. Allmusic review Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

"Panorama isn't merely a joyless joyride, it's an out-and-out drag." Robert Christgau claimed that the album's problem is "boredom with formula" and said that...

Barabajagal at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2005. Christgau, Robert. "Donovan Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 10 February 2006. Larkin, Colin...

"still stands as one of their most appealing" works. Music critic Robert Christgau has also singled it out for praise. The first part of the song, "Your...

Robert Christgau rated the album as a C. He criticized the album as being a "medium sized rip-off of a movie score". Similar to Elias, Christgau believed...

1994. This release finished tied for 3rd for the EP category in Robert Christgau's Pazz and Jop poll of 1994 [1]. All songs written by Robert Pollard unless...

tour dates allowing him time to recuperate. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau likened the album's songs to Bruce Springsteen cast-offs, finding Lynott's...

(Capricorn)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 17, 2017. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Cake". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved December 20, 2014...

Official Site's Discography AllMusic Review Christgau, Robert. "CG: John Cougar Mellencamp". Robert Christgau. Kessler, Ken (August 1989). "Review: John...

2003. p. 65. Christgau, Robert (July 10, 1969). "Consumer Guide (1)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved June 26, 2013. Christgau, Robert (June 22...

passions in a song." Robert Christgau said, "If this is MOR, it's MOR like good Steely Dan—MOR with a difference." Christgau added, "Marley has sung with...

Top Black Albums chart. In his review of the album, music critic Robert Christgau praised husband Cecil Womack and wife Linda Womack as "[a]ce singers and...

(9th ed.). Penguin. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0. Christgau, Robert (September 5, 1977). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Archived from...

Robert Christgau, felt there was a concept behind Self Portrait that had some merit. "Conceptually, this is a brilliant album," wrote Christgau, "which...

retrospective review for Rolling Stone magazine, music critic Robert Christgau felt that the album suffered from "Pepper-itis" because of how worthy...

"Earschplittenloudenboomer" is spoken by Kay partially in German. Robert Christgau stated: "Laying back hasn't been good for them, and neither has getting...

they're clearly still capable of adapting to changing styles". Robert Christgau, writing in The Village Voice, gave the album an "A−". He said that Rakim's...

retrograde-evolution philosophy and all the promotional merchandise." Robert Christgau of The Village Voice concluded that the band "never sounded wimpier, but...

work and one of the greatest albums of all time. Music critic Robert Christgau called it "the all-time rock-era torch record" and included it in his...

Allmusic. Retrieved December 4, 2017. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Kool Moe Dee". Robert Christgau. Retrieved December 4, 2017. "Kool Moe...

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau said the under-rehearsed, highly eccentric music on Woodstock makes for...

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "C+" and found Lisa Lisa's singing amateurish and comparable...

Kim (2015). Girl in a Band: A Memoir. Dey Street Books. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Sonic Youth". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved September...

October 25, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2017. Christgau, Robert (February 1998). "Robert Christgau: CG: Jay-Z". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved June 20, 2011...

The album has been retrospectively praised by such critics as Robert Christgau, Greg Prato of AllMusic, and Jason Thompson of PopMatters, but The Rolling...

Short and Happy History of Rock", published by Stereo Review, Robert Christgau selected Live in Europe as a representative Redding LP in his basic rock...

reception was generally positive, with Entertainment Weekly and Robert Christgau both giving the album a positive rating. The album reached number 55 in...

rock. It was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

RapReviews. Retrieved June 11, 2026. Christgau, Robert (October 28, 2017). "Robert Christgau: CG: Kid Rock". Robert Christgau. "Kid Rock: Album Guide". Rolling...

2003. Retrieved October 8, 2024. "Robert Christgau: CG: R. Kelly and Public Announcement". Robert Christgau. "R. Kelly: Album Guide - Rolling Stone Music"...

band's signature songs. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said, "Addicts of updated nostalgia...

"Stranded – Roxy Music". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2010. Christgau, Robert (1981). "R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and...

notes. The EP received a fairly positive reaction from critics. Robert Christgau gave the album a three-star honorable mention, and Entertainment Weekly...

AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2018. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

2014. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Key to Icons". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2013. Christgau, Robert...

"American Fool". Allmusic. Retrieved January 14, 2012. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Artist 688". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 5, 2012. Emerson, Ken (September...

February 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2009. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

statements within the three-minute pop-song format. Music critic Robert Christgau wrote that the album's solos are "functional rather than personal or expressive...

Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2021. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: Album: Less Than Zero". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved...

AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 21, 2023. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

" In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Christgau said that, thanks to Fagen's replacement of Palmer, who Christgau felt did...

Entrance". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2015. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

engineer Eder, Bruce. Future Blues at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

1966, p. 1. Anon. (e) 1966, p. 66. Anon. (d) 1966, p. 192. Christgau 1967, p. 283. Christgau 1969. Anon. 2018. Snow 2015, p. 67. Simonelli 2013, p. 96...

the same psychedelic affectations" of Around the World in a Day. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice viewed it as a modern "fusion of Fresh's foundation...

opera" by the creators. Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1970, Robert Christgau panned the album as "the aptest instance of overpretension in the history...

"Black Friday" from the television series Lie to Me. Music critic Robert Christgau named it the tenth best single of the year. UK iTunes single "VCR" – 2:59...

contemporary R&B and hip-hop music. Writing in 2003, music critic Robert Christgau describes modern R&B as being "about texture, mood, feel—vocal and instrumental...

moving along nicely." In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic and graded the album as a "dud", indicating "a bad...

and gave the album a B+ rating, while Robert Christgau from The Village Voice gave it an A−. Christgau found that at 16, Michael's voice combines autonomy...

"Amen", and "Hard to Handle". Writing for Creem magazine in 1977, Robert Christgau called The Immortal Otis Redding his favorite album by Redding and "probably...

less white noise than it has offered in the past." Music critic Robert Christgau credited Chuck D for realizing "the soundtrack concept" and viewed that...

Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies critic Robert Christgau downgraded Kristofferson from his original review to a C−. Christgau said;...

Goth Tracks". NME. Retrieved 10 June 2016. Substance at AllMusic "Robert Christgau: CG: joy division". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016. McKay...

Industry. Retrieved 28 June 2022. "Film At Eleven". Christgau, Robert (1990). "Robert Plant". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X...

century. As examples of this "continuous canonization", Regev cites Robert Christgau's decade-end "Consumer Guide" collections (for the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s)...

hit. In his dean's list for the annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll, Robert Christgau of The Village Voice named "Re-Rewind" the fifth-best single of the year...

descended and the vino is close at hand". Fellow Village Voice critic Robert Christgau was also critical of Waits' compositions, writing that "there might be...

Awards". AllMusic. Christgau, Robert (August 1972). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved 19 January 2018. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer...

record "Folk Album of the Year" for 1969. The American critic Robert Christgau called it "a landmark: the first rock record to use the word 'fuck' ('fucking...

 629–630. ISBN 978-1-57859-061-2 – via the Internet Archive. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Killing Joke". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 18 August...

Surprise” for the Horse Whisperer soundtrack CD. Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a three-star honorable mention, commenting: "blues his...

generation much the way 'Won't Get Fooled Again' did a decade ago." Robert Christgau, on the other hand, icily disparaged the "prolix" nature and "operatic...

tape.[citation needed] Reviewing in April 2010 for MSN Music, Robert Christgau hailed No Ceilings as Lil Wayne's best release since Tha Carter III and...

November 20, 2003. Retrieved May 24, 2012. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: The Flaming Lips". Robert Christgau. Retrieved February 10, 2013. Hoard...

hit song "Free Your Mind" (1992). In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said the album had contradictory messages...

to Stone" and "Help Me Through the Night". Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote: "'Twixt James Gang and Eagles Walsh justified his existence by...

compilation's 29 tracks span the length of two discs. Music critic Robert Christgau has said that, "for those with the heart for it, this is their most listenable...

with other videos from the band's albums Eliminator and Recycler. Robert Christgau called the song a "highlight" on Afterburner. Cash Box called it a "seductive...

applaud Prine proclaiming his love for these kinds of songs." Robert Christgau gave the album an A rating, and had particular praise for Iris DeMent...

ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. Christgau, Robert (1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved February 24, 2016. Christgau, Robert (1981a). "Doug...

songwriting skills over their debut is substantial..." Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album an A− rating, noting "Gram Parsons comparisons get you...

AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 19, 2011. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

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on May 23, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2012. Christgau, Robert. "CG: John Mellencamp". Robert Christgau. DeRiso, Nick (October 8, 2016). "Why John Mellencamp...

his own combo, The Tony Williams Lifetime. In 1970, music critic Robert Christgau described him as "probably the best drummer in the world". Williams was...

the direction of his band, a "who's who of Seventies jazz-rock". Robert Christgau gave the album muted praise in The Village Voice, calling it "over two...

Stone. "Raitt is a folkie by history but not by aesthetic", wrote Robert Christgau in his Consumer Guide column. "She includes songs from Steve Stills, the...

Web. Retrieved July 13, 2020. Christgau, Robert (March 18, 2016). "West Coast Warriors: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved March...

AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2013. Christgau, Robert (25 March 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 30 July...

Engineered by Andy Johns Eddie Money at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

to the World - Ten Years After". AllMusic. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

1985). "Good Laud!". Sounds. p. 31. Christgau, Robert. Consumer Guide: Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-01-06. "dutchcharts...

Singles". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 21, 2019. Christgau, Robert. "Christgau's Consumer Guide". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 29, 2018. Khan, Samir...

Research. p. 24. Retrieved July 10, 2025. "Robert Christgau: Any Old Way: Consumer Guide (31)". Robert Christgau. Retrieved May 21, 2021. The Rolling Stone Record...

transmitted via the appropriate musical spectrum". Similarly, Robert Christgau highlighted Tucker's noisy guitar playing as well as Sawyer's controlled...

(February 9, 1980). "Raw recruit". Record Mirror. p. 14. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Iggy Pop". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved December 20...

1957. It was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

"Don't Stop". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 January 2012. "CG: billy idol". Robert Christgau. 10 August 1993. Retrieved 5 January 2012. Idol, Billy (2014). Dancing...

' for example), but only in search of something simply adult." Robert Christgau considered the album to be a "dud". Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia...

later re-packaged and re-released by Warner Bros. Music in 1995. Robert Christgau rated this album "neither", meaning "may impress once or twice with consistent...

which she felt distinguishes the band from other indie acts. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice found Dawson's songwriting more endearing and vulnerable...

Recordings". Allmusic. Retrieved June 30, 2009. Robert Christgau. "Oh-OK by Robert Christgau". Robert Christgau. Retrieved June 30, 2009. Liner notes...

Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Christgau, Robert. "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011. Schaffner, Nicholas...

Retrieved August 1, 2007. Christgau, Robert. "CG 90s: Key to Icons". Robert Christgau. Retrieved August 6, 2012. Christgau, Robert (October 2007). "Consumer...

Fucking – Big Black". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010. Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X...

two, behind Sandinista! by the Clash. In Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990), critic Robert Christgau lauded Wild Gift, writing: Hippies couldn't...

J Geils Band: Love Stinks". Record Mirror. p. 23. Christgau, Robert. "Love Stinks". Robert Christgau. Ed Levine (April 3, 1980). "J. Geils Band: Love Stinks"...

AllMusic. Retrieved August 25, 2018. Christgau, Robert. "The Doobie Brothers: One Step Closer". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved September 10, 2012. Larkin...

Erlewine. Retrieved February 3, 2012. Christgau, Robert. "Buddy Guy > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved February 3, 2012. Kot, Greg...

https://www.allmusic.com/album/r10811/review Christgau, Robert. "Chaka Khan review". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved June 28, 2024. "Chaka Khan: Discography"...

in-and-out in typical dub fashion. According to music journalist Robert Christgau, No Protection was the most ballyhooed album during dub music's revival...

from his name. Reviewing for The Village Voice in January 1998, Robert Christgau wrote of the album: With no notable penchant for ear candy or mass ass...

"effortlessly soulful R&B" and awarded it five out of five stars. Robert Christgau, writing in The Village Voice, identified "Just Like Me" and "You Make...

). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734. Christgau, Robert (December 3, 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved April...

"bright blues rock" to sentimental ballads like "Let It Grow", and Robert Christgau said it features "sleepy postjunk funk" with intimations of sex. In his...

first examples of psychedelic folk and freak folk. Music critic Robert Christgau declared that "next to Bob Dylan, Stampfel is the closest thing to a genius"...

reaction to the album was mixed. Robert Christgau awarded the album a "C+", which is described by Christgau as "most likely a failed experiment or a...

Retrieved July 11, 2011. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved May 1, 2014. Christgau, Robert. "CG 90s: Key...

rock", by Billboard magazine. According to American music critic Robert Christgau, Ben and his contemporary Gilberto Gil were "always ready to go further...

original cover photo. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Admitting it won't gain me...

Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 27, 2013. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Y". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2011. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide Reviews: Three of a Perfect Pair". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 25 July 2011. Puterbaugh...

are consequently reinforced to the collective and public memory. Robert Christgau says the classic-rock concept transmogrified rock music into a "myth of...

the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014. Christgau, Robert (1981). Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields...

America. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Christgau, Robert (February 1994). "Consumer Guide Album". Robert Christgau. Retrieved January 25, 2012. Larkin,...

Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2017. Christgau, Robert (December 19, 2014). "Old 97's / Amy LaVere / Bob Dylan in the...

February 27, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2015. "CG: Scarface". Robert Christgau. Retrieved August 15, 2015. Scarface (December 29, 1994). "Scarface: The...

was younger. The folk songs have love between women as a theme. Robert Christgau wrote that "Ferron's natural musicianship is something special: the light...

named the best song of the 1980s by music critic Robert Christgau. In his initial review Christgau gave it 'A' rating and wrote: "The instrumental track...

Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: soundtrack". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved June...

& Square > Review". Retrieved July 9, 2011. Christgau, Robert. "Fair & Square > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 9, 2011. Frater, Bill. "Fair...

Brother at Allmusic. Retrieved August 12, 2013. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

which was inspired by gospel music. "Stonehead" is about regicide. Robert Christgau wrote that "their best album in a decade doesn't exactly come up and give...

original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021. Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Criteria". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor...

All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-04-09. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Billy Idol", Robert Christgau, 10 August 1993. Retrieved 2014-04-09....

AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2011. Christgau, Robert. "Simple Minds: Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2 February 2013. Simple Minds...

Pieces > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 26, 2019. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Poco". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved December 21, 2013...

Bleed." Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1984, music critic Robert Christgau said that the band has matured by incorporating melody in their music...

presidential campaign. Reviewing Zombie in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said Kuti's English lyrics are "very...

where he interned for the Village Voice and met Robert Christgau, who became his mentor. Christgau also later convinced his colleagues at Rolling Stone...

especially for fans of the genre. In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said that, although he has "doubts"...

review was re-printed in the book Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies Zappa made his disdain for Christgau clear when discussing this review...

May 11, 2016. Christgau, Robert (August 2008). "The Guide: Back Catalogue: Funkadelic". Blender. New York. Retrieved May 18, 2013. Christgau 1981, p. 145...

Label.[citation needed] Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "This is as perplexing as it...

produced by Steve Lillywhite and engineered by Mark Richardson. Robert Christgau thought that "despite its dull initial impact every track will give up...

album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

2009-10-28. Christgau, Robert. "Nas: God's Son". Robert Christgau. Retrieved August 26, 2012. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Key to Icons". Robert Christgau. Retrieved...

Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 16, 2017. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Primus: Frizzle Fry". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's...

Railroad". AllMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2019. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Retrieved 14 February 2022. Christgau, Robert. "Franco & Rochereau". Robert Christgau. Christgau, Robert. Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Acknowledgments;...

contains original songs inspired by music of that time period. Critic Robert Christgau called the second side Rundgren's "clearest and most interesting set of...

Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 17 August 2015. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau said that the album's vinyl edition showcases New Order's discipline and...

December 9, 2009. Christgau, Robert (January 13, 2004). "Consumer Guide: MLK Fever". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 15, 2016. Christgau, Robert. "Key...

Voice's Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of prominent music critics. Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, ranked it 6th on his own year-end list, later writing...

Affairs – Tom Waits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2020. Christgau, Robert (1981). "W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and...

May 18, 2013. [dead link] (subscription required) Christgau, Robert (December 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved November 30, 2012...

August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Pulp comic books". www.mycomicshop.com. Retrieved April 14, 2026. Robert Christgau review Yahoo! Music review "Powerman 5000 - Tonight The Stars Revolt!...

August 18, 2011. Christgau, Robert (June 15, 2022). "Xgau Sez: June, 2022". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved June 25, 2022. Christgau, Robert (May 2007)...

November 18, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

released on November 17, 1998, by Mercury Records. Rolling Stone's Robert Christgau complimented "James on the Loose", "Kare", and the three mixes of "Funk...

original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009. Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X...

Retrieved February 10, 2017. Christgau, Robert (October 2000). "Sonic Youth: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of...

contemporary classical music, jazz, and rock & roll, respectively. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice also commented on Piazzolla's fusion of classical...

December 2009. Christgau, Robert (March 1995). "Tricky, John Prine, Dance Hits U.K." Playboy. Chicago. Retrieved 21 September 2015. Christgau, Robert (6 June...

Best Editing. In a contemporary review for Playboy, music critic Robert Christgau wrote that, apart from the humorous opening track and the clichéd track...

Nature". AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2009. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Naughty by Nature". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved June 13, 2013. Bernard, James...

ProQuest 260082537. Retrieved 5 August 2022. Christgau, Robert (15 October 2000). "CG 90s: Key to Icons". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on 28 January...

2016. Retrieved January 31, 2015. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Creedence Clearwater Revival: Mardi Gras". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s...

that many of the songs "feel like cheap shots at easy targets." Robert Christgau dismissed the album as "not funny". Side I "Normal" "Wood Shop" "Dialing...

Ruhlman, William. "Yer' Album > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011. Christgau, Robert (January 29, 1970). "Consumer Guide (7)". The Village Voice. New...

January 24, 2025. Retrieved September 13, 2013. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Beanie Sigel". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013. Reid, Shaheem...

album, which featured the No. 4 hit single, "Ride Captain Ride". Robert Christgau, writing in The Village Voice, wrote in a contemporary review: "Great...

on its accompanying soundtrack. In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said the album "meanders more than...

Barlow, as lyricist. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Weir can be preachy and screechy...

Austin Chronicle. Retrieved September 26, 2015. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

was included on the 1975 compilation album Metamorphosis. Critic Robert Christgau said that "Jagger's version of Jagger–Richard's scabrous, persona-twisted...

number-one R&B albums of 1975 AllMusic review Christgau, Robert (1981). "Al Green: Al Green Is Love". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

mostly ignored upon release but later received positive reviews. Robert Christgau stated, "Larry Coryell is the greatest thing to happen to the guitar since...

Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2017. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

interesting album, not a full success but by no means a washout." Critic Robert Christgau wrote of the album, "Maybe the smoke in Bryan's eyes has finally reached...

Bekkala, Steve. "The Modern Age". AllMusic. Retrieved June 22, 2025. Robert Christgau review Cross, Charles R. (2004). "The Strokes". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard...

some dates by Chuck Berry) as the supporting acts, rock critic Robert Christgau called it "history's first mythic rock and roll tour", while rock critic...

MIKE / Wiki / The Alchemist". Pitchfork. Christgau, Robert (2023). "Consumer Guide Album". Robert Christgau. "Exclaim!'s 25 Best Songs of 2023". Exclaim...

on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2011. Christgau, Robert (15 October 2000). "OMC: How Bizarre". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan...

This Real? – Wipers". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2005. Christgau, Robert (1981). "W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor &...

(4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 169". robertchristgau.com. Archived from the...

death.)[citation needed] Writing in 1993 for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau called Vaughan "unfledged" and the performance "blues as a barely controllable...

December 11, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2012. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Todd at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 April 2005. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Marcy. [1]. AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2014. Christgau, Robert (March 12, 2025). "Robert Christgau's Consumer Guide: March, 2025". And It Don't Stop...

second solo album by American musician Arto Lindsay. Rock critic Robert Christgau lauded Mundo Civilizado as "a fragile, lyrical, sly, beatwise, embarrassingly...

de (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2024. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Chumbawamba". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 1 December 2024. "Chumbawamba:...

Retrieved August 11, 2024. AllMusic review Christgau, Robert (1981). "War: The World Is a Ghetto". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Da...

Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 12 Jan 2013. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide". Retrieved 9 Jan 2014. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide". Retrieved 9 Jan...

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau found the music monotonous and lacking the "dry delicacy" Stevens exhibited...

an advance stream of the album on July 27, 2017. Music critic Robert Christgau ranked it as the sixth-best album of the 2010s. The album's fifth track...

London: Penguin. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved February 23, 2014. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Ramones". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved February 23...

ISBN 978-1474605670. Squeeze at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: U". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Retrieved July 9, 2013. Christgau, Robert. "Death Cab for Cutie: The Photo Album". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved July 9, 2013. Christgau, Robert. "Key to Icons"...

and essayist Robert Christgau wrote approvingly of Pop's Raw Power remix. Upon reviewing the 1997 edition of Raw Power, Christgau – who in the past had...

Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 May 2014. "CG: Randy Newman". Robert Christgau. 31 October 1995. Retrieved 24 May 2014. Rolling Stone Archived 14 July...

Christgau, Robert (30 July 1979). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 16 June 2017. Christgau, Robert (1981). "S". Christgau's...

"bubble-gum grunge: an idea whose time has come." In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau was even more negative, singling it out in Consumers Guide "Turkey Shoot"...

Loftus, Johnny. Morningwood at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2006. Christgau, Robert (February 14, 2006). "Consumer Guide: Forever Young: Morningwood"...

publications as one of the best albums from 2010. Music critic Robert Christgau later called How I Got Over the Roots' "most substantial" album and the...

Reviewing Anthology in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), American music journalist Robert Christgau wrote: "The only one of...

Snarski – backing vocals I Had a New York Girlfriend at AllMusic "Robert Christgau: CG: Robert Forster". www.robertchristgau.com. Thompson, Dave (5 August...

as if it were played by "'half-drunk musicians in a bordello.'" Robert Christgau noted that Piazzolla is "closer to Bartok the composer than to Ellington...

Retrieved 26 October 2024. Christgau, Robert (October 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved 25 June 2018. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Roger...

roll, and there's nothing wrong with that." Village Voice critic Robert Christgau described it as "good new-fashioned rock and roll at its wildest". All...

French, and Hebrew, in a effort to bridge Middle Eastern cultures. Robert Christgau noted that, "at worst [Blondy] puts out a finer grade of generic Wailers...

black performer." Reviewing Rockit in 1979 for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave the album a B-plus grade and was surprised by its quality: "The inventor...

www.cduniverse.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Artist 2278". Robert Christgau. Evans, Paul (February 2, 1998). "Dance Naked"....

Lil Wayne". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2018. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Lil Wayne". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved August 27, 2013. Comer, Andrea (December...

calling it "rock & roll without apologies". On the other hand, Robert Christgau called it a "murky, overblown, incoherent piece of shit" and labelled...

of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71771-8. Christgau, Robert. "If I Could Only Fly > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved February 22, 2015. Kearney, Ryan...

Christgau, Robert (December 2006). "Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Retrieved July 18, 2012. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Key to Icons". Robert Christgau....

Billboard charts in two different categories. American music critic Robert Christgau named it the best single of 1993 in his year-end list for the Pazz & Jop...

AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2011. Yanow Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide '70s: W". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023. Cook, Richard;...

Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 123, cited March 17, 2010 Christgau, Robert. "Butthole Surfers". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 17...

Daily Mirrored in the same print as the Pistols and the Damned." Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave the album a C ranking, saying " These guys combine...

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau was highly impressed by the performances compiled for the album, which...

Melody Maker. London. p. 49. Christgau, Robert (February 1997). "Techno". Playboy. Vol. 44, no. 2. Chicago. p. 16. Christgau, Robert. "DJ Shadow: Endtroducing...

Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2014. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Visage". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 20 December...

2016 at the Wayback Machine (subscription required). Christgau, Robert (1969). "Robert Christgau's 1969 Jazz & Pop Ballot". Jazz & Pop. Archived from the...

Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 5, 2025. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Spirit". Robert Christgau. Retrieved October 5, 2025. "Billboard's Top Album...

released through Mais Um Discos. The album received critical acclaim. Robert Christgau praised Soares' voice and wrote: "The collaboration makes complete sense...

Will. "Undressed Pansy Division". AllMusic. "Pansy Division". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 6, 2024. Robbins, Ira. "Pansy Division". Trouser Press...

of black life. It's a bitch." In a year-end list for Newsday, Robert Christgau ranked Fresh sixth among 1973's best albums. He later called the album...

original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2019. Christgau, Robert (2000). "CG 90s: Key to Icons". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on December 26...

AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2011. Christgau, Robert. "The Beastie Boys: Some Old Bullshit". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved October 12, 2011. Flaherty...

sampler". Robert Christgau included the album in his "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock...

album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

Record". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 3, 2013. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Luther Vandross". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved April 3, 2013. DeCurtis, Anthony;...

cover and liner photography "AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman". AllMusic. Retrieved May 4, 2021. Christgau, Robert. "Was (Not Was)". Robert Christgau....

his career – Gaye as an established sex symbol". Music critic Robert Christgau views Super Hits as the best album released by Motown and includes it...

that it was "his most innovative work" since Marcberg (2010). Robert Christgau named "Corniche" and "The Sauce" as highlights and wrote: "Complex rhymes...

ISBN 9781613737484. Christgau, Robert (3 September 1979). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 17 April 2012. Christgau, Robert (17 December...

incandescent triumph—the best solo album Lou Reed has ever done." Robert Christgau of The Village Voice, however, gave the album a lukewarm reception, observing...

AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2021. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Wayback Machine, accessed July 11, 2014 Love, B., Allmusic Review accessed July 11, 2014 Christgau, R. Christgau Consumer Guide, accessed July 11, 2014...

if he had, he would have come up with something a bit stronger. Robert Christgau wrote in his review that "Though he comes close sometimes, this Texan...

on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021. Christgau, Robert (21 July 2018). "Robert Christgau on SOPHIE's Sweet Clarity". Vice. Archived from the...

Reviewing the 1978 I Love I Bring LP in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said "a lot of these charming, moralistic...

including Greil Marcus of Rolling Stone and Village Voice critic Robert Christgau, who found the sound quality "terrible" and complained that "bands led...

2012. Christgau, Robert (December 26, 1977). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved December 28, 2013. Christgau, Robert...

Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau said, "The authority of Williams' voice and persona, plus the good sense...

considered a revivalist/traditionalist or an outsider artist. Robert Christgau deemed the album "the essence of Western swing—jazzy picking, lousy singing...

Headshots: Se7en". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved May 6, 2016. Christgau, Robert. "Atmosphere". Robert Christgau. Retrieved May 6, 2016. "Atmosphere - Headshots: SE7EN"...

The Grifter's Hymnal". American Songwriter. Retrieved December 2, 2014. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Ray Wylie Hubbard". Retrieved December 2, 2014...

on April 20, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

at AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2009. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Y". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

on Ode Records in early 1975). In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau dismissed it as "background music without...

and cries for togetherness as opposed to segregation." Christgau revisited Curtis in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981) and...

Retrieved February 10, 2009. Christgau, Robert (November 27, 2017). "Robert Christgau: CG: Dr. Dooom". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on...

Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 5, 2017. Christgau, Robert (2000). "L7: Bricks Are Heavy". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's...

EP". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved May 16, 2013. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Yeah Yeah Yeahs". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved July 2, 2011. "Yeah Yeah Yeahs:...

Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 April 2011. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Together at AllMusic "Robert Christgau: Al Green: Back Catalogue". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved October 14, 2018. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide...

covered by The Carpenters in their 1976 album A Kind of Hush. Robert Christgau wrote about New Arrangement: "As an American songwriter who has escaped...

month's top 10: Brakes – OMM – The Observer". The Guardian. "Brakes: Give Blood". Pitchfork. "Robert Christgau: CG: Brakes". robertchristgau.com. v t e...

ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Christgau, Robert (January 15, 2002). "Consumer Guide: Popstakes". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 13, 2016. "Robert Christgau: Pazz & Jop...

lead vocals Jim Bonfanti – drums, backing vocals Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Raspberries". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Da Capo...

Records in 1970, but sold poorly. Reviewing it in Christgau's Record Guide (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: Doug Sahm produced these four young Chicanos...

this confident, focused and inspired." The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau noted the track "You Can't Bring Me Down" as a choice cut from the album...

Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011. Christgau, Robert. "Storm Windows > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 9, 2011. The Rolling Stone Album...

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972 Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2011. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

truly enjoyable album, chock-full of great tunes played well." Robert Christgau wrote, "Winter will never be an especially personable singer, but I like...

nice LP of light, enjoyable, pop songs." Renowned music critic Robert Christgau said "If you're really committed to the 'fun' only unpretentious pop can...

Polyrock makes an original sound, a provocative and impressive one." Robert Christgau noted the "crescendo techniques developed by, that's right, the Feelies—who...

Corsaro Sunrise on the Sufferbus at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Masters of Reality". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan...

Ringo and Imagine. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau, Dean of Americans Rock Critics". Robert Christgau's Website. The Christgau Consumer Guide. Blaney...

was well received by critics. In 1988, for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote in his "Consumer Guide" column: Though one's moralistic quibbles...

| Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com. "Robert Christgau: CG: Tom Ze". www.robertchristgau.com. "Tom Zé Biography, Songs, & Albums"...

taken by Norbert Jobst. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: With faultless production from...

Pavement". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2017. Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Pavement". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan...

Dorsey's backup musicians. Irma Thomas provided backing vocals. Robert Christgau deemed the album "astonishingly listenable," writing that "Dorsey's subtle...

rise yet again". Sounds. 2 March 1991. p. 2. Choke at AllMusic "Robert Christgau: CG: The Beautiful South". www.robertchristgau.com. MusicHound Rock: The...

Pitchfork. Retrieved November 14, 2022. Christgau, Robert. "CG: John Cougar Mellencamp". Robert Christgau. Retrieved August 27, 2011. Guterman, Jimmy...

Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2018. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

sometimes inferior." In his review of the album for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote that "Michael isn't the black Donny Osmond" since he has "a sense...

producer Going Through the Motions at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

> Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011. Christgau, Robert. "Live on Tour > Review". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011....

moment a player could find himself left to fly off on his own. — Robert Christgau Dark Magus features four two-part compositions with an average length...

"Approach", a work created by David Em. Giving the album a B+ rating, Robert Christgau commented that "As a guy who likes his funk obvious, I think those who...

February 2, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2013. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

invite the listener in, even at its most intensely personal level." Robert Christgau of The Village Voice initially gave The Blue Mask an A+ rating: "Never...

- 1983 LP Mango Records- 1990 LP Allmusic review Christgau, Robert (January 24, 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Archived...

Reality/Important Non-Rock Radio News/Splitsville". Chicago Reader. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Big Star". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved November 20...

direction Al Green's Greatest Hits at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

part of the early 1980s Hoboken music scene. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau called them "easily the best of En Why's Pop Three on stage [the other...

Lull at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2011. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Smashing Pumpkins". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Lull - Smashing...

total of 22 tracks). Reviewing Live! in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies, Robert Christgau wrote, "The rushed tempos take their toll...

the Booty Up Right > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 31, 2010. Christgau, Robert. "Fishbone". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 31, 2010...

organization. It was later certified 6× Platinum. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote that the riffs on Night Moves were classic rock and roll riffs,...

"Days Like This". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2012. Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. New York City: Macmillan...

saxophone breaks" and "echoes of Morricone". Music journalist Robert Christgau stated that "damn near every song [on the album] is affecting". He described...

1971 by A&M Records as Tobacco Road. Robert Christgau reviewed the album's 1971 American reissue in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Simon & Schuster. pp. 205–06. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. Christgau, Robert (28 April 1980). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 25 October...

with the Law". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2017. Christgau, Robert. "Chris Whitley". Robert Christgau. DiMartino, Dave (September 2, 1991). "Living with...

chosen as the 14th greatest album of the decade by prominent critic Robert Christgau. "Trail of Sadness" (Cleaver, Wussy) – 2:42 "Rigor Mortis" (Walker, Wussy)...

annual Pazz & Jop poll. In an accompanying essay, poll supervisor Robert Christgau wrote, "As somebody who considers Moondance an apotheosis and has never...

and "Pinball Wizard". Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "The two previously-unavailable-on-LP...

Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 November 2023. Christgau, Robert. "The Sign". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved...

York: Vintage Books. pp. 192–194. ISBN 0-679-75574-8. Christgau, Robert (1 April 1986). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 10 July...

Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-27. Christgau, Robert (1987). "Neil Young 'Old Ways' review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-08-27. "Neil Young Old...

"exceptionally good players". Both Fricke and Robert Christgau compared Eddie's guitar work to Jimi Hendrix. Christgau gave the album a B rating, stating, "[Eddie]...

production and side two downright "irritating". Village Voice critic Robert Christgau described the songs on the album as "third-hand heavy metal fantasies...

magazine called it a "confident, well-written, high-voltage work". Robert Christgau, however, gave it a C, unfavorably comparing the album to the work of...

Tap: This Is Spinal Tap > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 August 2011. Christgau, Robert. "Spinal Tap". Retrieved August 25, 2011. Twomey, Chris (June...

photographer Neil Zlozower.[citation needed] The Village Voice's Robert Christgau rated Fair Warning a B−, signifying "a competent or mildly interesting...

hailing it as "one of the truly great art rock albums of all time". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice felt that Jonathan Richman was deserving of his "critics'...

York. Retrieved September 14, 2014. Christgau, Robert (February 14, 2007). "2006: Dean's List". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on July 16...

to their most essential musical level." In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau deemed Into the Music his best record since 1970's Moondance while writing...

> review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-15. Christgau, Robert. "Gap Band IV > review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved April 15, 2013. "The Gap Band US albums...

ISBN 9781451620757. Shania Twain at AllMusic Christgau, Robert. "CG: Shania Twain". robertchristgau.com. Robert Christgau. Nicolson, Ian (May 21, 1994). "Market...

AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2026. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

In total, the song is featured on over 15 albums. Music critic Robert Christgau argues that the songs "Bottle of Red Wine" and "Blues Power" do not deserve...

form for Dement, it is truly good to have her back." Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "Her heart cherishes Jesus' memory, but her mind, voice, and soul...

House Built". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014. Christgau, Robert. "Little Axe". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved September 30, 2014. columnist (January...

was later included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

Alpha Media Group. Retrieved August 7, 2012. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

found R&B perfection... Christgau, Robert (May 2007). "Al Green: Back Catalogue". Blender. Retrieved January 17, 2014. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer...

"AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2015. "The Yayhoos". Robert Christgau. "Yayhoos – Fear Not the Obvious". No Depression. Retrieved 26 February...

different sizes of ensembles." In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said, "While compilation albums by...

reviewer cited it as being full of "fire and imagination". However, Robert Christgau faulted it as technically proficient but soulless, calling it "mindless...

second side, panning it as "dead-end stuff". Village Voice critic Robert Christgau offered qualified praise, calling the title-track "druggy, time-warped...

music as Marley dictated the lyrics. Writing in Newsday in 1973, Robert Christgau found Soul Rebels superior to Marley and the Wailer's only American release...

with backing by The Strangers, released in 1986. Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "Just when I decide he's gonna lay back forever he ambles into this...

Beck's Career 1965–1980. pp. 115 and 120. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Reviewing the band's debut LP in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "This Wisconsin band is nowhere...

album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

Kuti Expensive Shit/He Miss Road". Pitchfork. Expensive Shit at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (n.d.). "CG: Fela Anikulapo Kuti". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved...

consistently tuneful as anything he has done in recent years". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice cited "Fun Day" and the title track as highlights...

AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2021. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

been positive. Reviewing years later in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Christgau expressed more enthusiasm about Still Bill...

| AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 9, 2011. Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: CG: Jefferson Airplane". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved...

Billboard 200. The album was not well received by reviewers, with Robert Christgau writing, "These fellows certainly have lost their hip aura..." AllMusic's...

https://www.allmusic.com/album/r42218/review Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 15 September 2016. Christgau, Robert. "Review: Rare Essence". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 15, 2016. Work the Walls...

album for Stiff Records, which gained the attention of rock critic Robert Christgau and brought national attention to the scene. Following this, he worked...

p. 6. Retrieved September 5, 2011. Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "CG 90s: Key to Icons". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 5, 2011. Chang...

February 20, 2013. Theakston, Rob. "A Time to Love Review". AllMusic. Christgau, Robert (2005). "Stevie Wonder - A Time to Love". Blender. Archived from...

to Kurt Cobain and Tony Randall. The Go-Go's as riot grrrls." Robert Christgau praised Kathleen Hanna's vocals and Billy Karren's guitar playing, stating...

ISBN 9780879309725. "Happy Birthday to Me The Muffs". AllMusic. "The Muffs". Robert Christgau. "Happy Birthday to Me". Entertainment Weekly. MusicHound Rock: The Essential...

Perry and Tyler seem unsure how much talent remains in the well". Robert Christgau was more positive in a contemporary review for Playboy, saying that while...

Enuff". AllMusic. Retrieved September 15, 2016. Christgau, Robert. "Review: DJ Kool". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 15, 2016. "DJ Kool at pool...

Mary-Lynn (April 16, 1995). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C2. "Robert Christgau: CG: Timbuk 3". robertchristgau.com. "A HUNDRED LOVERS: Timbuk 3". News...

Day saw some positive reception from critics, particularly from Robert Christgau, who awarded it an A+ rating. However, many writers were critical of the...

& Schuster. pp. 536–537. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. AllMusic review "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 2278". Robertchristgau.com. "Uh-Huh". Rolling Stone. December...

AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011. Christgau, Robert. "A Night at the Village Vanguard > Review". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on June...

Voices". AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2012. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

rhythm pattern characteristic of his style. Warrior at AllMusic Robert Christgau review "Rock Candy Records New Releases – KROKUS & SCANDAL". MelodicRock...

these characters helped found it as much as anyone!" Rock critic Robert Christgau, however, merely gave the album a "neither" rating, indicating it as neither...

and praised the album's range of emotions and instrumentation. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice awarded the album an A−, writing that Young had produced...

Retrieved September 30, 2018. Christgau, Robert (February 10, 2017). "Danny Brown Times Three: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Vice. Archived from the...

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau found Tench's singing pretentious and the songs tedious: "Despite some...

January 9, 2013. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Scissor Sisters". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved January 9, 2013. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG 90s: Key...

York. p. 17. Christgau, Robert (1968). "Columns". Esquire (November). Retrieved April 11, 2015. Christgau, Robert (1968). "Robert Christgau's 1968 Jazz &...

 146. Christgau, Robert (25 December 1978). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 10 September 2015. Christgau, Robert...

Television has been generally well received by critics. Rock critic Robert Christgau wrote, "I prefer the more rocking, songful old Television, but it's a...

Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2021. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Sophie B. Hawkins". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved February 26, 2013. Larkin, Colin...

Shovel > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Christgau, Robert. "feedtime". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved 20 July 2015. "Feedtime". Trouserpress...

Century at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 December 2009. Christgau, Robert. "Gang of Four". Robert Christgau. "TrouserPress.com :: Gang of Four". www.trouserpress...

Starks Enterprises". RapReviews. Retrieved January 15, 2025. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 6819". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved January...

album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

months spent on overdubs. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Combined with Stomu Yamashta's...

Retrieved December 9, 2009. "AllMusic review". Christgau, Robert. "The Glow of Love review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved November 16, 2016. ""The Glow of...

May 6, 2012. Haney, Shawn M.. Blue at AllMusic Christgau, Robert. "CG: LeAnn Rimes". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved October 17, 2012. Nash, Alanna (August...

Christgau, Robert (17 March 1975). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 28 April 2013. "Alvin Lee". Robert Christgau....

CD by Columbia/Legacy. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Hearing Withers urge the audience...

Thinking (Could Do Us In) - Chevelle". AllMusic. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Chevelle". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved April 23, 2012. Anon. "Music - Chevelle...

Four Music Co., 1971 Emitt Rhodes at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

2-CD set outside the US. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "The live double their more...

AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 8, 2011. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: U". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 June 2025. Works cited Christgau, Robert (1981). "Fripp & Eno: Evening Star". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Jamaican reggae singer and musician Burning Spear, released in 1982. Robert Christgau noted that "ever more delicate backup horns subsume ever more docile backup...

Gleason - design Jim Britt - photography AllMusic review Christgau, Robert (July 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved February 10, 2017...

four and a half out of five stars. In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: We all know they're the original...

gutbucket thrash for the most jaded of teenaged parking lot dwellers." Robert Christgau claimed it was "Horrorshow abuse in living stereo--they mean it, man."...

Soundtrack at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2020. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2020. "Robert Christgau - The Muffs". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022. Flaherty...

Isley and Ronald Isley, except where noted. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: I". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Man". AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2012. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

The song was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings—published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

Willie Weeks. In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote that, although Walsh has "a gift for tuneful guitar schlock", most...

greatest soundtrack of all time. In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said the soundtrack "collected the...

Michael Walden, Roy Ayers, and Grace Slick appear on the album. Robert Christgau wrote: "Stealing his licks from G. Clinton & Co. (or maybe himself, who...

and immediate at these." Reviewing Pork Soda in Christgau's Consumer Guide (2000), Robert Christgau highlighted "Bob" and "DMV" and called Primus "quite...

ISBN 0-8256-7284-8 Melting Pot at AllMusic Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

"Black Bastards". AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2021. Christgau, Robert. "KMD". Robert Christgau. Retrieved April 9, 2021. Juon, Steve (August 1, 2000)...

at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2016. Christgau, Robert. "Review: Experience Unlimited". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 30, 2016. The Rolling...

a negative review, finding it redundant, cliched, and boring. Robert Christgau commented that, while it "tops the UTFO albums" musically, he was "grieved...

1, 2013. Christgau, Robert (July 28, 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Christgau, Robert (October...

R&B albums of 1971 (U.S.) AllMusic review Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Tribune. Retrieved November 11, 2020. Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Velvet Underground: Loaded". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

Psunspot". Q. Retrieved 18 June 2011. Christgau, Robert. "Review: The Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 18 June 2011. Larkin...

 30. Christgau, Robert. "A Togetherness Kind of Thing: 2 Black 2 Strong". Robert Christgau. Christgau, Robert. "2 Black 2 Strong". Robert Christgau. Dubin...

Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

rock and dance dynamics, and a powerfully snarky sense of humor." Robert Christgau, writing for MSN Music, remarked that the album featured "one song so...

listener, as well as Reed's "spoken and shouted" performance. Robert Christgau in a February 1974 review for Creem felt that the story about "two drug...

Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2013. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Big Star". Retrieved July 1, 2013. Weisbard, Eric (1995)...

a favourite dub LP for music critic Robert Christgau in the 1970s, although he omitted it from Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

24, 1976. Reviewing the 1978 LP in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote of Music for 18 Musicians: "In...

revised ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Eric Clapton". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor...

Depeche Mode". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2017. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Depeche Mode". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 14 June 2011. Larkin, Colin (2011)...

AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2011. Christgau, Robert (1990). "The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books...

harmonica Producers: Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich Christgau, Robert. "Warren Zevon". Robert Christgau. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music...

| Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com. "Robert Christgau: CG: Terry Allen". www.robertchristgau.com. Smith, RJ (May 1999). "Reviews"...

ISBN 978-1-899882-95-3 Christgau, Robert (11 March 1971), Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide (16), Robert Christgau, retrieved 30 March 2009 Christgau, Robert (1981)...

"Home Entertainment: Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 7. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Divinyls". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 6 January...

Jah Wobble – bass Martin Atkins – drums Allmusic review Robert Christgau. "Robert Christgau: CG: Image Publique S.A." Retrieved 9 September 2013. Goldman...

September 2015. Christgau, Robert (August 28, 2015). "Yo La Tengo Made Their Loveliest Album Ever: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Retrieved...

"A Taste of DNA". Allmusic. Retrieved July 30, 2012. Christgau, Robert. "DNA". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 30, 2012. Swenson, J., ed. (1985)...

AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2012. Christgau, Robert. "The Golden Palominos: Blast of Silence". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012. "The...

Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic in Creem, saying Allman "proves that drawling slowly isn't the same as singing soulfully." In Christgau's Record...

album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

June 18, 2013. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock...

band on the rock-and-roll map. Upon its release, rock journalist Robert Christgau acknowledged the quality of the songs and gave the album an "A" rating...

here's an opportunity to discover their dazzling brilliance." Robert Christgau said, "Half best-of, half collectorama, this gets you coming and going:...

Allmusic. Retrieved December 24, 2011. Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Rascals: Peaceful World". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Ticknor...

'The Snuff Queen.' — Review of You're Not the Woman You Used to Be in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981) Stewart was dropped...

Uncut. August 1, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2023. Christgau, Robert (July 30, 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved February...

Preservation Act 2). Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau regarded the album as "yet another...

under-appreciated work of the band, with music critics Bill Janovitz and Robert Christgau praising the track's composition. "Moonlight Mile" was the last song recorded...

November 19, 2023. Buckley, p. 66–67 Black, p. 65 "Cg: R.E.M". Robert Christgau. Retrieved February 9, 2012. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of...

title track, and "Dancing Girl", as the best cuts on the album. Robert Christgau was more critical, giving the album a C− and calling it "outtakes from...

June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021 – via www.allmusic.com. "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 1285". www.robertchristgau.com. Archived from the original...

Jensen – mastering engineer Eagles Live at AllMusic Christgau, Robert. "Eagles Live". Robert Christgau. Hilburn, Robert. "The Eagles - A Long Run is Over"...

El Rayo-X at AllMusic. Retrieved June 24, 2021. Christgau, Robert. "David Lindley". Robert Christgau. Retrieved June 11, 2021. "50 Albums" (PDF). RPM...

whose light but likeable tunes are wrapped in shimmering sounds". Robert Christgau wrote that Be Bop 'n' Holla is "a tuneful, sexy album, and oh so frivolous—'Lighten...

original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016. Christgau, Robert (1990). "Robert Christgau: CG: Ryuichi Sakamoto". Consumer Guide. Archived from...

Royal Flush. Writing of the former in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said: Most will find this producer's...

released on CD by Alligator. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Considering its size, Taylor's...

Music critic Robert Christgau has named it among his 10 best albums from the 1990s. Christgau, Robert. "Tom Zé". Robert Christgau. Retrieved June 24,...

an album by Ornette Coleman and Prime Time, released in 1978. Robert Christgau wrote: "Hidden in Coleman's dense electric music are angles deep enough...

Media. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 16 October 2019. Cinquemani, Sal (13...

Diego Reader. Retrieved April 22, 2012. Robert Christgau (March 15, 2009). "March 2009". Robert Christgau Consumer Guide. Retrieved April 22, 2012. Official...

bizarre piece of orchestrated country-tinged art rock from 1969." Robert Christgau wrote, "Hartford is an engaging singer and an excellent songwriter, but...

AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2011. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Z". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...

like his audience, he was just discovering them." Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a B grade, writing "Even as he lists toward the pretentious...

earnest attempt that nevertheless fell short." Similarly, critic Robert Christgau wrote: "Never hep to his jive, I'm less than shocked by the generalized...

record, and is included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the...

roles of poet and popular musician, contrasting high and low art. Robert Christgau, in Rolling Stone, opined that "L.K.J. may well be the subtlest political...

Company". OfficialCharts.com. AllMusic Review Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies...