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THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE

Every fall I prepare myself for the single greatest privilege and pleasure of criticism - year's-end best lists. My work with the Consumer Guide makes this task easier - all I have to do is sort through old CGs and separate out all the A and A minus titles.

March 1, 1975
Robert Christgau

THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE

Robert Christgau

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Every fall I prepare myself for the single greatest privilege and pleasure of criticism - year's-end best lists. My work with the Consumer Guide makes this task easier - all I have to do is sort through old CGs and separate out all the A and A minus titles. Ordinarily, this is a gratifying process. I find each year that despite the usual rock-is-dead gossip I have 30 or so titles on my list, usually a few more, and happily compile a Top 30 without shame. Imagine my shock and surprise, then, when in midNovember I found myself with only 23 titles, including at least one misjudgment.

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