Subjects for Further Research

A common feature of the decade-long Consumer Guide books is a section called "Subjects for Further Research," which discusses artists (or in a few cases genres) without reviewing specific records.

The book sections are:

• Christgau's Consumer Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies.
• Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s.
• Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s.

• Accept
• AC/DC
• Hasil Adkins
• The Adolescents
• Air Supply
• Alabama
• All
• GG Allin
• Alphaville
• Altered Images
• Ambrosia
• America
• American Music Club
• Eric Andersen
• Angel
• Antietam
• Arrow
• Asia
• Asleep at the Wheel
• Average White Band
• Kevin Ayers
• The Babys
• Bad Checks
• Bad Company
• Joan Baez
• The Balancing Act
• Band of Susans
• Barclay James Harvest
• Barenaked Ladies
• Basia
• Bauhaus
• The Beach Boys
• The Beat
• Adrian Belew
• Regina Bella
• Pat Benatar
• Tony Bennett
• Adele Bertei
• Big Country
• Big Dipper
• Big Pig
• Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
• Frank Black
• Blackmore's Rainbow
• Black Sabbath
• Bobby Bland
• Bloodrock
• The Blow Monkeys
• Blue Magic
• The Blue Nile
• Blue Orchids
• Blue Oyster Cult
• Blurt
• The Bobs
• Angela Bofill
• Bongo Bass and Bob
• Bongwater
• Book of Love
• Boredoms
• Boston
• Laura Branigan
• Brave Combo
• David Bromberg
• Lonnie Brooks
• Arthur Brown
• Clarence Gatemouth Brown
• Dennis Brown
• Ruth Brown
• Brownsville Station
• Peabo Bryson
• The Buck Pets
• Jimmy Buffett
• The Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir
• Bullet LaVolta
• Solomon Burke
• Cabaret Voltaire
• Cactus
• John Cale
• Terry Callier
• Camel
• Can
• Canned Heat
• Carmel
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
• A Certain Ratio
• Chain Gang
• The Chameleons
• Ray Charles
• Cheap Trick
• Cherelle
• Chicago
• China Crisis
• The Christians
• Cristina
• Christmas
• Chrome
• Stanley Clarke
• Climax Blues Band
• Bruce Cockburn
• David Allen Coe
• Cold Blood
• Steve Coleman
• Judy Collins
• Phil Collins
• Comateens
• Alice Cooper
• James Cotton Blues Band
• Kevin Coyne
• The Cramps
• The Crass
• Hank Crawford
• Crime and the City Solution
• David Crosby
• Christopher Cross
• Rodney Crowell
• The Cruzados
• Tim Curry
• The Damned
• The Dance
• Das Damen
• Miles Davis
• Dead or Alive
• Death of Samantha
• Deep Purple
• Deja Voodoo
• The Delfonics
• Delta 5
• Rick Derringer
• Died Pretty
• Die Kreuzen
• Al DiMeola
• Dire Straits
• Dissidenten
• Dr. Feelgood
• Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde
• Dokken
• Donovan
• The Doobie Brothers
• Michel Doucet
• Nick Drake
• The Drifters
• Drivin' n' Cryin'
• The Drongos
• Duran Duran
• Durutti Column
• Earth Quake
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• Sheena Easton
• Eat
• Echo and the Bunnymen
• Einstürzende Neubauten
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• England Dan and John Ford Coley
• ESG
• Everything but the Girl
• The Exploited
• Face to Face
• John Fahey
• Fairport Convention
• Falco
• Tav Falco's Panther Burns
• The Fartz
• Fashion
• Fatback Band
• Fearless Iranians From Hell
• Felt
• Fetchin Bones
• The Fibonaccis
• The Fire Engines
• Fish and Roses
• The Flaming Lips
• Flamin Groovies
• Flamin' Oh's
• The Flies
• A Flock of Seagulls
• The Flying Burrito Brothers
• Focus
• Foetus
• Foghat
• The Fools
• Foreigner
• Four Tops
• Peter Frampton
• Franco
• Frightwig
• Frijid Pink
• Fugazi
• Lewis Furey
• The Fuzztones
• Kenny G
• Rory Gallagher
• Game Theory
• Gaye Bikers on Acid
• Bob Geldof
• Gene Loves Jezebel
• Genesis
• Gentle Giant
• The Germs
• Giant Sand
• Gibson Bros.
• Girls at Our Best
• Gary Glitter
• Vic Godard & the Subway Sect
• The Godfathers
• God's Little Monkeys
• Golden Earring
• Gong
• Graham Central Station
• Amy Grant
• The Grass Roots
• Dave Grusin
• Guadalcanal Diary
• The Guess Who
• Sammy Hagar
• Nina Hagen
• Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
• Jan Hammer
• Peter Hammill/Van Der Graaf Generator
• John Hammond
• The Hard-Ons
• Emmylou Harris
• Donny Hathaway
• Hawkwind
• Hayzi Fantayzee
• The Headhunters
• Heart
• Hedningarna
• Michael Henderson
• Jimi Hendrix
• Howard Hewett
• Hex
• Steve Hillage
• Peter Himmelman
• Hiroshima
• Robyn Hitchcock
• Holly and the Italians
• Hollywood Beyond
• John Lee Hooker
• Hot Tuna
• House of Freaks
• Human League
• The Humans
• The Human Sexual Response
• Hunters and Collectors
• Huun-Huur-Tu
• Icehouse
• Julio Iglesias
• The Incredible Casuals
• Intensive Care
• Iron Maiden
• The Isley Brothers
• Peter Ivers
• Joe Jackson
• LaToya Jackson
• Millie Jackson
• Japan
• Al Jarreau
• Keith Jarrett
• Jefferson Airplane
• Jefferson Starship
• Waylon Jennings
• Jethro Tull
• The Jets
• JoBoxers
• Daniel Johnston
• Josie Cotton
• Journey
• Judas Priest
• Tonio K.
• A.R. Kane
• Kansas
• Kayak
• Eric Justin Kaz
• K.C. & the Sunshine Band
• Paul Kelly
• Greg Kihn
• Albert King
• B.B. King
• King Crimson
• The Kinks
• Kiss
• Kitaro
• Klaatu
• K-Martians
• The Knack
• Konk
• Kool and the Gang
• Leo Kottke
• Krokus
• Ed Kuepper
• Laibach
• K.D. Lang
• The Last Poets
• Tim Lee
• Julian Lennon
• LESR
• Lifeboat
• Lighthouse
• The Lilac Time
• The Lime Spiders
• Lindisfarne
• Liquid Liquid
• Little Feat
• Little River Band
• Live Skull
• LMNOP
• Lobo
• Jackie Lomax
• Los Illegals
• Los Microwaves
• Love and Rockets
• Love Tractor
• Jon Lucien
• Lucifer's Friend
• Lulu
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Magma
• The Magnolias
• Malaria!
• Harvey Mandel
• Chuck Mangione
• Manhattans
• The Manhattan Transfer
• Manfred Mann
• Phil Manzanera
• Marillion
• The Marshall Tucker Band
• John Martyn
• Richard Marx
• Mary's Danish
• Masters of Reality
• Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
• Van McCoy
• Country Joe McDonald
• Freddie McGregor
• Malcolm McLaren
• MDC
• MDK
• The Meatmen
• Men and Volts
• The Men They Couldn't Hang
• Menudo
• Method Actors
• The Milkshakes
• Ronnie Milsap
• Kylie Minogue
• Minor Threat
• Mi-Sex
• The Misfits
• Missing Foundation
• Mr. Mister
• Modern English
• Modern Romance
• Eddie Money
• The Monkees
• Montrose
• The Moody Blues
• Giorgio Moroder
• Pamelo Mounk'a
• Mountain
• Mudhoney
• Michael Murphey
• The Nails
• Milton Nascimento
• Graham Nash
• Nazareth
• The Neats
• The Necessaries
• The Neighborhoods
• Nektar
• Bill Nelson
• Nena
• New Christs
• Stevie Nicks
• Night Ranger
• The Nils
• Nip Drivers
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Nitzer Ebb
• The Nobodys
• November Group
• Ted Nugent
• Gary Numan
• The Oak Ridge Boys
• Oil Tasters
• Yoko Ono
• Opal
• The Ophelias
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
• The Ordinaires
• Oregon
• Ozzy Osbourne
• The Outfield
• The Outnumbered
• Augustus Pablo
• Robert Palmer
• The Pandoras
• Graham Parker
• The Alan Parsons Project
• The Partridge Family
• Tom Paxton
• The Payola$
• Pearls Before Swine
• The Pentangle
• Carl Perkins
• Personal Effects
• Peter, Paul & Mary
• Phantom Limbs
• Shawn Phillips
• Astor Piazzolla
• Charlie Pickett and the Eggs
• Pigbag
• Pink Floyd
• Player
• The Plugz
• The Pointer Sisters
• Pamela Polland
• Jean-Luc Ponty
• The Pop Group
• Pop Will Eat Itself
• The Pretty Things
• The Primitives
• The Proclaimers
• Procol Harum
• The Promise Ring
• The Psychotics
• Pure Prairie League
• The Pursuit of Happiness
• Queensryche
• Quicksilver Messenger Service
• Quiet Riot
• Kenny Rankin
• The Raunch Hands
• The Raybeats
• Chris Rea
• Helen Reddy
• Terry Reid
• Renaissance
• REO Speedwagon
• The Residents
• Cliff Richard
• Lionel Richie
• Rifle Sport
• Rip Rig and Panic
• Rockin' Shapes
• Paul Rodgers
• Kenny Rogers
• Henry Rollins
• Mick Ronson
• Linda Ronstadt
• Biff Rose
• Tim Rose
• Diana Ross
• The David Roter Method
• Todd Rundgren
• Rush
• Leon Russell
• The Rutles
• Ruts DC
• Sue Saad & the Next
• Saccharine Trust
• Sadistic Mika Band
• The Saints
• Norman Salant
• Salem 66
• David Sanborn
• Santana
• Savoy Brown
• Saxon
• Boz Scaggs
• Armand Schaubroeck
• The Scorpions
• Jimmy Scott
• Screaming Trees
• Scruffy the Cat
• The Searchers
• John Sebastian
• The Shaggs
• Shakti
• Sha Na Na
• Bobby Sherman
• Adrian Sherwood
• Shockabilly
• Shriekback
• The Side Effects
• Ben Sidran
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• The Silencers
• Carly Simon
• Frank Sinatra
• Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Skafish
• Skinny Puppy
• Slave
• Slickee Boys
• The Smithereens
• Snatch
• Social Distortion
• Sons of Champlin
• Rosalie Sorrels
• John David Souther
• Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
• Spanic Boys
• Sparks
• Spinners
• Rick Springfield
• Spyro Gyra
• The Squalls
• Squeeze
• Squirrel Bait
• Michael Stanley Band
• Ringo Starr
• Starship
• Starz
• Candi Staton
• Status Quo
• Steeleye Span
• Steel Pulse
• Steppenwolf
• Ray Stevens
• Al Stewart
• John Stewart
• Stiff Little Fingers
• Sting
• The Stranglers
• Strawbs
• Stryper
• Stuff
• Suicide
• Supertramp
• Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
• Sweet Honey in the Rock
• Swell Maps
• The Swimming Pool Q's
• Swing Out Sister
• Talk Talk
• Tall Dwarfs
• Tangerine Dream
• Tarika Sammy
• Johnnie Taylor
• The Temptations
• 10cc
• Tête Noires
• Texas Instruments
• The The
• Third World
• 38 Special
• Irma Thomas
• Leon Thomas
• The Three-D Invisibles
• Three Mustaphas Three
• Alfonia Tims and the Flying Tigers
• Tirez Tirez
• Toiling Midgets
• Toto
• Toure Kunda
• The Tragically Hip
• Pat Travers
• The Treacherous Three
• Treat Her Right
• Treva Spontaine
• Triumvirat
• Robin Trower
• The True Believers
• 24-7 Spyz
• Twisted Sister
• Conway Twitty
• UFO
• Ultravox
• Urban Verbs
• Uriah Heep
• Ut
• Uz Jsme Doma
• Vangelis
• Townes Van Zandt
• Caetano Veloso
• Velveteen
• Velvet Elvis
• The Ventures
• The Verlaines
• Voice Farm
• Andreas Vollenweider
• Volume Unit
• John Waite
• Rick Wakeman
• Joe Walsh
• War
• Michael Ward
• Dionne Warwick
• W.A.S.P.
• Waterboys
• Roger Waters
• We Are Going To Eat You
• Jim Webb
• Papa Wemba
• West, Bruce & Laing
• We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It
• Lenny White
• The Who
• Whooping Cranes
• Paul Williams
• Cris Williamson
• Danny Wilson
• George Winston
• Edgar Winter
• Johnny Winter
• Steve Winwood
• The Wipers
• Wire Train
• Wishbone Ash
• Bobby Womack
• The Wonder Stuff
• The Woolfe Gang
• Link Wray
• Charles Wright
• Yello
• Yellowman
• Yes
• Frank Zappa
• John Zorn
• Buckwheat Zydeco