The TROUSER PRESS GUIDE TO 90S ROCK (Trouser Press Record Guide)

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Summary: An Excellent Book
Review: The Trouser Press record guide is the best rock music guide available in terms of its writing and the thoroughness of its reviews. Of course, it only reviews so-called "alternative" rock (whatever that means these days), but it is very comprehensive in covering non-mainstream artists. The only drawback to this edition is that it only covers the 1990s, and hence drops many great reviews of 80s artists and albums found in previous editions.

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Summary: Good addition to music reference collections everywhere
Review: While TP90s is an excellent record guide, it is deeply opinionated in its style, which leads to some bands being shunned or stiffed in the reviews. Many fast rising bands (like Cake or 311) were missed entirely, and Robbins' dislike of others, such as Offspring, leads to some very biased reviews. I still prefer the "Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock n Roll", but for a true 90s Music enthusiast this is considerably more complete than RSEoRnR.