RSSChristgau's Record Guide:
Rock Albums of the Seventies
Paperback, 1981, Ticknor & Fields, ISBN 0-88919-026-X, 472 pages
Paperback, 1982, Vermilion and Company [UK], ISBN 0 09 147891 X
Reissued as Rock Albums of the '70s: A Critical Guide, paperback, 1990, Da Capo Press, 480 pages, ISBN-10 0306804093, ISBN-13 978-0306804090.
From back cover (original edition):
Robert Christgau has adapted his notorious Village Voice column
to produce the essential guide to recent rock and roll. It is the first
book devoted to the years that brought us disco, punk, and new wave;
that established Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Bob
Marley, and Deborah Harry as superstars; and that confirmed the
brilliance of Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, and the Rolling
Stones.
The man who has listened to more rock and roll than anyone else in the country offers a unique reference book, as energetic and rebellious as the music he has the nerve to grade--funny and personal, but always searching for musical, literary, and political standards in an amorphous and hype-ridden business.
Table of Contents
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Introduction Consumer Guide: Rock and Roll: A Basic Record Library |
A Note for British Readers
Corrigenda
The Parts They Left Out
