Consumer Guide

Comments (0) By Robert Christgau Tuesday, Sep 29 1998

CHOICE CUTS:

Backstreet Boys, "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)," "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)" (Backstreet Boys, Jive); Snoop Dogg, "Snoop World" (Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told, No Limit); Spice Girls, "Stop" (Spiceworld, Virgin); Blink 182, "Dammit"; Smash Mouth, "Can't Get Enough of You Baby" (Can't Hardly Wait, Elektra); Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men, "Interstate City" (Interstate City, HighTone); Chocolate Genius, "My Mom" (Black Music, V2).

Pick Hit: Beastie Boys Hello Nasty

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DUDS:

Natacha Atlas, Halim (Beggars Banquet); Barry Black, Tragic Animal Stories (Alias); Don Byron, Nu Blaxploitation (Blue Note); David and Jad Fair, Monster Songs for Children (Kill Rock Stars); Boney James, Sweet Thing (Warner Bros.); Rickie Lee Jones, Ghostyhead (Warner Bros.); Money Mark, Push the Button (Mo Wax/London).

ADDRESSES:

Alias, 2815 West Olive Avenue, Burbank CA 91505; Epitaph, 6201 Sunset Boulevard Suite 111, Hollywood CA 90028; Hannibal, c/o Rykodisc, 530 North 3rd Street, Minneapolis MN 55401; HighTone, 220 4th Street, #101, Oakland CA 94607; Intuition Music, PO Box 270126, D-50508, Cologne, Germany; Kill Rock Stars, 120 State Avenue NE #418, Olympia WA 98501; Koch, 2 Tri-Harbor Court, Port Washington NY 11050; MTV/Astralwerks, c/o Caroline, 114 West 26th Street, NYC 10001; Music Club, c/o Koch, 2 Tri-Harbor Court, Port Washington NY 11050; RealWorld, c/o Caroline, 114 West 26th Street, NYC 10001; Rykodisc, 530 North 3rd Street, Minneapolis MN 55401; Shanachie, 37 East Clinton Street, Newton NJ 07860; Tinder, 619 Martin Avenue, Unit 1, Rohnert Park CA 94928.