CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Country music is still a singles medium, disseminated in 150-second swatches on AM radio. Although country artists record as many as three or four albums a year, it’s rare indeedy for one to "make much show of working on them'. The standard formula is a single or two for bait, producer and/or artist connected compositions for royalties, and cover versions for filler.
October 1, 1980