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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. <h3>Table of Contents</h3> <table width=100% bgcolor=white border=0 cellpadding=5> <tr><td> Introduction <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/guide.php">The Guide</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/decade.php">The Decade</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/criteria.php">The Criteria</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/grades.php">The Grades</a> Consumer Guide: Albums of the Seventies:    <a href="/get_chap.php?k=A&bk=70">A</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=70">B</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70">C</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=D&bk=70">D</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=E&bk=70">E</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70">F</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=G&bk=70">G</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=H&bk=70">H</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=I&bk=70">I</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=J&bk=70">J</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=K&bk=70">K</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=L&bk=70">L</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70">M</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=N&bk=70">N</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=O&bk=70">O</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=P&bk=70">P</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=Q&bk=70">Q</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70">R</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70">S</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70">T</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=U&bk=70">U</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=V&bk=70">V</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=W&bk=70">W</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=X&bk=70">X</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=Y&bk=70">Y</a> <a href="/get_chap.php?k=Z&bk=70">Z</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/further.php">Subjects for Further Research</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/dnce.php">Distinctions Not Cost-Effective</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/meltdown.php">Meltdown</a> Rock and Roll: A Basic Record Library <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/basics.php">The Fifties and Sixties</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/lists.php">The Seventies and 1980</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/ack.php">Acknowledgments</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/credits.php">Credits</a> </td></tr></table> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/notebr.php">A Note for British Readers</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/corrigenda.php">Corrigenda</a> <a href="/xg/bk-cg70/missing.php">The Parts They Left Out</a> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li>Amazon: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0306804093/qid=1002775957/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_2_4/102-7850796-7384105"> Product Info</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0306804093/customer-reviews/ref=ce_dpr_r_4/102-7850796-7384105#tab-link"> Reviews</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christgau%27s_Record_Guide:_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies"> Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/images/cg70s-b.jpg">Larger Front Cover</a></li> </ul>  </td> </table> </body> </html>