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| | riverfronttimes.com | News | The Pleasure Principle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Christgau cannot be predicted (unless you give him a Sonic Youth album, which he will apparently always like), but he tends to enjoy music that weds rhythmic vitality with catchy presentation while saying something original and worthwhile. |
 | | Christgau does not often follow the received critical opinion and, in fact, seems to delight in arguing with it from time to time. |
 | | At the same time, you'll notice rave reviews for works by Collective Soul, Kris Kross, PM Dawn, Garth Brooks, the Bottle Rockets, the Prodigy, Chuck D, Shania Twain, the Backstreet Boys and a host of African artists, all of which were either ignored or roundly dismissed by other critics. |
| www.riverfronttimes.com /issues/2000-12-13/music2.html (630 words) |
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