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罗伯特·詹姆斯·薛菲德（英语：Robert James Sheffield，1966年2月2日—）是名美国音乐记者和作者。薛菲德拥有耶鲁大学的学士学位和弗吉尼亚大学的硕士学位，他的早期作品散见于《旋转》、《搅拌机》、《细节》等杂志，并长期担任《滚石》特约编辑，撰写各类有关音乐、电视和流行文化的文章。

作品

2007 – 《爱情是一卷自制混音带》ISBN 9781400083039

2009 – 《Bande Originale (French Edition)》 ISBN 2355840202

2010 – 《Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut》 ISBN 0452297230

2013 – 《Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke》 ISBN 0062207628

2016 – 《On Bowie》 ISBN 0062562703

2017 – 《Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World》 ISBN 0062207652

2019 – 《The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks (Audible book)》 ISIN B07PRK66HL

Robert James Sheffield (born February 2, 1966) is an American music journalist and author.

Sheffield is a long-time contributing editor at Rolling Stone, writing about music, TV, and pop culture. Previously, he was a contributing editor at Blender, Spin and Details magazines.

Early life

A native of Milton, Massachusetts, Sheffield has a bachelor's degree from Yale University and master's degree (1991) from the University of Virginia.

Published works

Sheffield has written eight books. His first, a memoir published by Random House in January 2007, is titled Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time. An excerpt of the book was featured in the January 2007 issue of GQ. A national bestseller, the book was met with much acclaim.

Sheffield's sixth book, released in April 2017, is called Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World. An excerpt was published online by Rolling Stone. USA Today gave Dreaming the Beatles three and one-half (out of four) stars and called it a "charming new collection of essays." Spin added that "Dreaming the Beatles is equal parts history and cultural criticism, as Sheffield draws from dozens of sources to lay down the story of how the Beatles came to be, before writing about why any of it matters." MTV opined that "Dreaming the Beatles is one of the best books about the band ever written." Sheffield won the ASCAP Foundation's Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism for Dreaming the Beatles in 2017.

Sheffield's latest book, published in November 2024, about singer Taylor Swift, is entitled Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music. Writing in The New York Times, Amanda Hess praises his encyclopedic knowledge of Swift's music, fans, and business acumen, but especially her talent as a songwriter, saying "everything always leads back to her virtuosic writing". Publishers Weekly says "the unrestrained delight with which Sheffield captures his subject, [mixes] a fan’s exuberance with a music critic’s nuanced analysis." Kirkus Reviews similarly calls it "an affectionate homage from an ardent fan".

Personal life

Sheffield lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife.