THE ROMANTICS MAKE IT TO THE MAJORS
GRAHAM PARKER: Discovering Élan
THE BEAT GOES ON
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
What's most heartening about our annual readers' poll is that our readers are revealed—we don't get the trendies or the saving-up-for-the-Toyota college grads or the soft-core teeny-bops or the serious record collectors with armpit stains and the entire Stiff singles catalog in the original box.