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- Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s is a music reference book by American music journalist and essayist Robert Christgau. It was published in October 1990 by Pantheon Books as a follow-up to Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). 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 throughout the 1980s. It covers a variety of genres and musical developments from the decade, which are given an overview in his introductory essays. More insight into his grading criteria is also given in the introduction. The book was received positively by most 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. It was succeeded in 2000 by Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s, forming a three-volume series of "Consumer Guide" collections. (en)
- Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s es un libro de referencia musical escrito por el crítico y ensayista estadounidense Robert Christgau. Publicado en 1990 por la editorial Pantheon Books, recopila aproximadamente 3000 revisiones de álbumes, la mayoría de ellas escritas originalmente por Christgau durante los años 1980 para su columna mensual «Consumer Guide» del periódico The Village Voice. Abarca una gran variedad de géneros y desarrollos musicales de la década, a los que se les da una visión general en sus ensayos introductorios, como también información sobre sus criterios de calificación. El libro recibió reseñas favorables por parte de los críticos. Tanto la sensibilidad de Christgau como las cualidades entretenidas y perspicaces de sus juicios fueron elogiadas, aunque algunos consideraron que la escritura era demasiado desafiante para la mayoría de los lectores. La guía forma parte de la trilogía Consumer Guide integrada por la precuela Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies de 1981 y la secuela Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albumes of the '90s de 2000. (es)
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