>Robert Christgau, self proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics"
In the Court of the Crimson King
>"Beware the forthcoming hype--this is ersatz shit." D+
OK Computer
>"Radiohead wouldn't know a tragic hero if they were cramming for their A levels [...] So instead they pickle Thom Yorke's vocals in enough electronic marginal distinction to feed a coal town for a month." B-
Selected Ambient Works Volume II
>"These experiments are considerably thinner ("purer," Owen wishes) and more static ("pulse dreamily," Considine dreams) than the overpriced juvenilia on the import-only Volume I." B-
The Low End Theory
>"Goofball rhymes from the well-meaning middle class" 7/11
The Chronic
>"He lays bassline readymades under simulations of Bernie Worrell's high keyb sustain, a basically irritating sound. Even if it's 'just pop music,' as some rationalize, it's bad pop music." C+
In the Aeroplane over the Sea
>(no comment), 4/11
Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint
> "Minaj returns to her triumphalist mode prepared to embrace the role of a 32-year-old woman ready for love" A-
Discuss.