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The Critics' Critic II

Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 13 January 1977

ROCK CRITICISM is now often seen in many quarters as more important than rock itself. Many critics carry this one step further by superimposing their own, frequently arbitrary, standards upon performers.

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