Don't Call Me Mama Anymore [RCA Victor, 1973]
How about Fatso? D

>>128850652
It's crazy how hard this dude gets filtered by competent vocals

I had a hell of a time understanding where Christgau was coming from with his reviews until I realized that he's not a musician. I've played string instruments for 80% of my life so Robert and I have very different ears. He's great at knowing what he likes and doesn't like, and articulating what emotional response an album evokes for him. Where his reviews go sideways for me is that he looks at things from a perspective of lyricism and the finished product and doesn't seem to be tuned in to what is going on instrumentally. Not to turn this into a dumb debate about objectivism vs. subjectivism, but I realized this about his perspective when I read his glowing reviews of some rap albums that are just bankrupt for anything instrumentally interesting while also panning some albums with spectacular instrumentation.

>>128852781
it kinda always seemed apparent that he valued a beat/groove over proper singing

>>128852781
I'm not a musician either but I don't go off on tangents about metal just because the lyrics aren't direct and literal.