I love reading Robert Christgau - what critic has a better ear?

Fav music books:
"Blues & Chaos" - Robert Palmer
"Sweet Soul Music" & "Feel Like Going Home" - Peter Guralnick
"The One" - RJ Smith
"Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound" & "The Death of Rhythm & Blues" - Nelson George
"Out of the Vinyl Deeps" - Ellen Willis
"Hellfire" Nick Tosches