33⅓

Cover of the Live at the Apollo book.

33⅓ (Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books with each volume written about a single album.[1] The series title refers to the speed of a vinyl LP.[2]

History

Originally published by Continuum,[3] the series was founded by editor David Barker in 2003.[1] At the time, Continuum published books on philosophers; series editor Ally-Jane Grossan mentioned that Barker was "an obsessive music fan who thought, 'This is a really cool idea, why don't we apply this to albums'."[3] PopMatters wrote that the range consists of "obscure classics to more usual suspects by the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones".[1]

In 2010, Continuum was bought out by Bloomsbury Publishing, which continues to publish the series.[3] Following a leave, Barker was replaced by Grossan in January 2013.[2] In 2016, Daphne Brooks, Kevin Dettmarr, Amanda Petrusich, and Gayle Wald assumed co-editorial duties.

Two independent books have been spun off of the series. The first, Carl Wilson's 2007 entry on Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, was expanded for a 2014 Bloomsbury reissue with material not specifically pertaining to the Dion album and retitled Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste. A rejected proposal from writer Brett Milano for an entry on Game Theory's 1987 album Lolita Nation was instead expanded by Milano into a biography on the band's leader Scott Miller; that project, titled Don't All Thank Me at Once: The Lost Genius of Scott Miller was released by 125 Books in 2015.[4]

In August 2017, Bloomsbury announced the launch of 33⅓ Global,[5] an extension of the 33⅓ series to popular music from around the world. The first two sub-series launched were 33⅓ Brazil, edited by Jason Stanyek, and 33⅓ Japan, edited by Noriko Manabe.[6] The first book for 33⅓ Brazil was Caetano Veloso's A Foreign Sound by Barbara Browning.[7] The first books for 33⅓ Japan were Supercell ft. Hatsune Miku by Keisuke Yamada and Yoko Kanno's Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack by Rose Bridges.[8]

Published titles

As of May 2018, 131 books have been published in the main series.

Main series

#Album (date of book publication)ArtistYear (album)Author of bookISBN #
1Dusty in Memphis (2003)Dusty Springfield1969Warren Zanes ISBN 0-8264-1492-3
2Forever Changes (2003)Love1967Andrew Hultkrans ISBN 0-8264-1493-1
3Harvest (2003)Neil Young1972Sam Inglis ISBN 0-8264-1495-8
4The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (2003)The Kinks1968Andy Miller ISBN 0-8264-1498-2
5Meat Is Murder (2003)The Smiths1985Joe Pernice ISBN 0-8264-1494-X
6The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (2003)Pink Floyd1967John Cavanagh ISBN 0-8264-1497-4
7ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (2004)ABBA1992Elisabeth Vincentelli ISBN 0-8264-1546-6
8Electric Ladyland (2004)The Jimi Hendrix Experience1968John Perry ISBN 0-8264-1571-7
9Unknown Pleasures (2004)Joy Division1979Chris Ott ISBN 0-8264-1549-0
10Sign o' the Times (2004)Prince1987Michaelangelo Matos ISBN 0-8264-1547-4
11The Velvet Underground & Nico (2004)The Velvet Underground1967Joe Harvard ISBN 0-8264-1550-4
12Let It Be (2004)The Beatles1970Steve Matteo ISBN 0-8264-1634-9
13Live at the Apollo (2004)James Brown1963Douglas Wolk ISBN 0-8264-1572-5
14Aqualung (2004)Jethro Tull1971Allan Moore ISBN 0-8264-1619-5
15OK Computer (2004)Radiohead1997Dai Griffiths ISBN 0-8264-1663-2
16Let It Be (2004)The Replacements1984Colin Meloy ISBN 0-8264-1633-0
17Led Zeppelin IV (2005)Led Zeppelin1971Erik Davis ISBN 0-8264-1658-6
18Exile on Main St. (2005)The Rolling Stones1972Bill Janovitz ISBN 0-8264-1673-X
19Pet Sounds (2005)The Beach Boys1966Jim Fusilli ISBN 0-8264-1670-5
20Ramones (2005)Ramones1976Nicholas Rombes ISBN 0-8264-1671-3
21Armed Forces (2005)Elvis Costello1979Franklin Bruno ISBN 0-8264-1674-8
22Murmur (2005)R.E.M.1983J. Niimi ISBN 0-8264-1672-1
23Grace (2005)Jeff Buckley1994Daphne Brooks ISBN 0-8264-1635-7
24Endtroducing..... (2005)DJ Shadow1996Eliot Wilder ISBN 0-8264-1682-9
25Kick Out the Jams (2005)MC51969Don McLeese ISBN 0-8264-1660-8
26Low (2005)David Bowie1977Hugo Wilcken ISBN 0-8264-1684-5
27Born in the U.S.A. (2005)Bruce Springsteen1984Geoffrey Himes ISBN 0-8264-1661-6
28Music from Big Pink (2005)The Band1968John Niven ISBN 0-8264-1771-X
29In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (2005)Neutral Milk Hotel1998Kim Cooper ISBN 0-8264-1690-X
30Paul's Boutique (2006)Beastie Boys1989Dan Le Roy ISBN 0-8264-1741-8
31Doolittle (2006)Pixies1989Ben Sisario ISBN 0-8264-1774-4
32There's a Riot Goin' On (2006)Sly and the Family Stone1971Miles Marshall Lewis ISBN 0-8264-1744-2
33The Stone Roses (2006)The Stone Roses1989Alex Green ISBN 0-8264-1742-6
34In Utero (2006)Nirvana1993Gillian G. Gaar ISBN 0-8264-1776-0
35Highway 61 Revisited (2006)Bob Dylan1965Mark Polizzotti ISBN 0-8264-1775-2
36Loveless (2006)My Bloody Valentine1991Mike McGonigal ISBN 0-8264-1548-2
37The Who Sell Out (2006)The Who1967John Dougan ISBN 0-8264-1743-4
38Bee Thousand (2006)Guided by Voices1994Marc Woodworth ISBN 0-8264-1748-5
39Daydream Nation (2006)Sonic Youth1988Matthew Stearns ISBN 0-8264-1740-X
40Court and Spark (2006)Joni Mitchell1974Sean Nelson ISBN 0-8264-1773-6
41Use Your Illusion I and II (2006)Guns N' Roses1991Eric Weisbard ISBN 0-8264-1924-0
69[lower-roman 1]69 Love Songs (2006)The Magnetic Fields1999LD Beghtol ISBN 0-8264-1925-9
42Songs in the Key of Life (2007)Stevie Wonder1976Zeth Lundy ISBN 0-8264-1926-7
43The Notorious Byrd Brothers (2007)The Byrds1968Ric Menck ISBN 0-8264-1717-5
44Trout Mask Replica (2007)Captain Beefheart1969Kevin Courrier ISBN 0-8264-2781-2
45Double Nickels on the Dime (2007)Minutemen1984Michael T. Fournier ISBN 0-8264-2787-1
46Aja (2007)Steely Dan1977Don Breithaupt ISBN 0-8264-2783-9
47People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (2007)A Tribe Called Quest1990Shawn Taylor ISBN 0-8264-1923-2
48Rid of Me (2007)PJ Harvey1993Kate Schatz ISBN 0-8264-2778-2
49Achtung Baby (2007)U21991Stephen Catanzarite ISBN 0-8264-2784-7
50If You're Feeling Sinister (2007)Belle & Sebastian1996Scott Plagenhoef ISBN 0-8264-2818-5
51Pink Moon (2007)Nick Drake1972Amanda Petrusich ISBN 0-8264-2790-1
52Let's Talk About Love (2007)Celine Dion1997Carl Wilson ISBN 0-8264-2788-X
53Swordfishtrombones (2007)Tom Waits1983David Smay ISBN 0-8264-2782-0
5420 Jazz Funk Greats (2008)Throbbing Gristle1979Drew Daniel ISBN 0-8264-2793-6
55Horses (2008)Patti Smith1975Philip Shaw ISBN 0-8264-2792-8
56Master of Reality (2008)Black Sabbath1971John Darnielle ISBN 0-8264-2899-1
57Reign in Blood (2008)Slayer1986D.X. Ferris ISBN 0-8264-2909-2
58Shoot Out the Lights (2008)Richard and Linda Thompson1982Hayden Childs ISBN 0-8264-2791-X
59Gentlemen (2008)The Afghan Whigs1993Bob Gendron ISBN 0-8264-2910-6
60Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (2008)The Pogues1985Jeffrey T. Roesgen ISBN 0-8264-2916-5
61The Gilded Palace of Sin (2008)The Flying Burrito Brothers1969Bob Proehl ISBN 0-8264-2903-3
62Pink Flag (2009)Wire1977Wilson Neate ISBN 0-8264-2914-9
63XO (2009)Elliott Smith1998Mathew Lemay ISBN 0-8264-2900-9
64Illmatic (2009)Nas1994Matthew Gasteier ISBN 0-8264-2907-6
65Radio City (2009)Big Star1974Bruce Eaton ISBN 0-8264-2898-3
66One Step Beyond... (2009)Madness1979Terry Edwards ISBN 0-8264-2906-8
67Another Green World (2009)Brian Eno1975Geeta Dayal ISBN 0-8264-2786-3
68Zaireeka (2009)The Flaming Lips1997Mark Richardson ISBN 978-0-8264-2901-8
70Facing Future (2009)Israel Kamakawiwoʻole1993Dan Kois ISBN 0-8264-2905-X
71It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (2010)Public Enemy1988Christopher R. Weingarten ISBN 0-8264-2913-0
72Wowee Zowee (2010)Pavement1995Bryan Charles ISBN 0-8264-2957-2
73Highway to Hell (2010)AC/DC1979Joe Bonomo ISBN 1-4411-9028-7
74Song Cycle (2010)Van Dyke Parks1968Richard Henderson ISBN 0-8264-2917-3
75Spiderland (2010)Slint1991Scott Tennent ISBN 1-4411-7026-X
76Kid A (2010)Radiohead2000Marvin Lin ISBN 0-8264-2343-4
77Tusk (2011)Fleetwood Mac1979Rob Trucks ISBN 0-8264-2902-5
78Pretty Hate Machine (2011)Nine Inch Nails1989Daphne Carr ISBN 978-0-8264-2789-2
79Chocolate and Cheese (2011)Ween1994Hank Shteamer ISBN 0-8264-3117-8
80American Recordings (2011)Johnny Cash1994Tony Tost ISBN 1-4411-7461-3
81Some Girls (2011)The Rolling Stones1978Cyrus Patell ISBN 1-4411-9280-8
82You're Living All Over Me (2011)Dinosaur Jr.1987Nick Attfield ISBN 1-4411-8778-2
83Marquee Moon (2011)Television1977Bryan Waterman ISBN 1-4411-8605-0
84Amazing Grace (2011)Aretha Franklin1972Aaron Cohen ISBN 1-4411-4888-4
85Dummy (2011)Portishead1994RJ Wheaton ISBN 1-4411-9449-5
86Fear of Music (2012)Talking Heads1979Jonathan Lethem ISBN 1-4411-2100-5
87Histoire de Melody Nelson (2013)Serge Gainsbourg1971Darran Anderson ISBN 1-6235-6287-2
88Flood (2013)They Might Be Giants1990S. Alexander Reed and Philip Sandifer ISBN 1-6235-6915-X
89I Get Wet (2014)Andrew W.K.2001Phillip Crandall ISBN 1-6235-6714-9
90Selected Ambient Works Volume II (2014)Aphex Twin1994Marc Weidenbaum ISBN 1-6235-6890-0
91Entertainment! (2014)Gang of Four1979Kevin Dettmar ISBN 1-6235-6065-9
92Blank Generation (2014)Richard Hell and the Voidoids1977Pete Astor ISBN 1-6235-6122-1
93Donuts (2014)J Dilla2006Jordan Ferguson ISBN 1-6235-6183-3
94Smile (2014)The Beach Boys1967Luis Sanchez ISBN 1-6235-6258-9
95Definitely Maybe (2014)Oasis1994Alex Niven ISBN 1-6235-6423-9
96Exile in Guyville (2014)Liz Phair1993Gina Arnold ISBN 1-4411-6257-7
97My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2014)Kanye West2010Kirk Walker Graves ISBN 1-6235-6542-1
98The Grey Album (2014)Danger Mouse2004Charles Fairchild ISBN 978-1-62356-660-9
99( ) (2014)Sigur Rós2002Ethan Hayden ISBN 1-6235-6892-7
100Dangerous (2014)Michael Jackson1991Susan Fast ISBN 1-6235-6631-2
101Tago Mago (2014)Can1971Alan Warner ISBN 1-6289-2108-0
102Ode to Billie Joe (2014)Bobbie Gentry1967Tara Murtha ISBN 1-6235-6964-8
103Live Through This (2014)Hole1994Anwen Crawford ISBN 978-1-6235-6762-0
104Freedom of Choice (2015)Devo1980Evie Nagy ISBN 978-1-6235-6344-8
105Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (2015)Dead Kennedys1980Michael Stewart ISBN 978-1-6235-6730-9
106Super Mario Bros. (2015)Koji Kondo1985Andrew Schartmann ISBN 978-1-6289-2853-2
107Beat Happening (2015)Beat Happening1985Bryan C. Parker ISBN 978-1628929270
108Metallica (2015)Metallica1991David Masciotra ISBN 978-1628929300
109A Live One (2015)Phish1995Walter Holland ISBN 978-1628929386
110Bitches Brew (2015)Miles Davis1970George Grella ISBN 978-1628929430
111Parallel Lines (2016)Blondie1978Kembrew McLeod ISBN 978-1501302374
112Workingman's Dead (2016)Grateful Dead1970Buzz Poole ISBN 978-1628929249
113Hangin' Tough (2016)New Kids on the Block1988Rebecca Wallwork ISBN 978-1628929737
114The Geto Boys (2016)The Geto Boys1990Rolf Potts ISBN 978-1628929461
115Dig Me Out (2016)Sleater-Kinney1997Jovana Babovic ISBN 978-1628929768
116Sound of Silver (2016)LCD Soundsystem2007Ryan Leas ISBN 978-1501325595
117Live (2016)Donny Hathaway1972Emily Lordi ISBN 978-1628929805
118Psychocandy (2016)The Jesus and Mary Chain1985Paula Mejia ISBN 978-1628929508
119The Modern Lovers (2017)The Modern Lovers1976Sean Maloney ISBN 978-1501322181
120Soundtrack from Twin Peaks (2017)Angelo Badalamenti1990Clare Nina Norelli ISBN 978-1501323010
121Colossal Youth (2017)Young Marble Giants1980Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero ISBN 978-1501321146
122Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (2017)The Pharcyde1992Andrew Barker ISBN 978-1501321276
123The Suburbs (2017)Arcade Fire2010Eric Eidelstein ISBN 978-1501336461
124Workbook (2017)Bob Mould1989Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch ISBN 978-1501321351
125Uptown Saturday Night (2017)Camp Lo1997Patrick Rivers and Will Fulton ISBN 978-1501322723
126The Raincoats (2017)The Raincoats1979Jenn Pelly ISBN 978-1501302404
127Homogenic (2017)Björk1997Emily Mackay ISBN 978-1501322747
128Okie from Muskogee (2018)Merle Haggard1969Rachel Rubin ISBN 978-1501321436
129In on the Kill Taker (2018)Fugazi1993Joe Gross ISBN 978-1501321399
13024 Hour Revenge Therapy (2018)Jawbreaker1994Ronen Givony ISBN 978-1501323096
131Transformer (2018)Lou Reed1972Ezra Furman ISBN 978-1501323058
132Peepshow (2018)Siouxsie and the Banshees1988Samantha Bennett ISBN 978-1501321856
133 Southern Rock Opera (2018)Drive-By Truckers2001Rien Fertel ISBN 978-1501331787
134 Jesus Freak (2018)DC Talk1995Will Stockton and D. Gilson ISBN 978-1501331664
135Boys for Pele (2018)Tori Amos1996Amy Gentry ISBN 978-1501321313
  1. ↑ Intentionally mis-numbered

33⅓ Japan

#Work (date of book publication)ArtistYear (album)Author of bookISBN #
1Supercell (album) (2017)Supercell (band) ft. Hatsune Miku2009Keisuke Yamada ISBN 9781501325977
2Yoko Kanno's Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack (2017)Yoko Kanno1998Rose Bridges ISBN 9781501325854
3Game (Perfume album) (2018)Perfume2008Patrick St. Michel ISBN 9781501325908

Forthcoming titles

2018

2019

2020

References

  1. 1 2 3 Yoder, Anne K. (April 2, 2006). "Introduction and Interview with Series Editor David Barker". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22.
  2. 1 2 Benfer, Amy (August 28, 2014). "33⅓ book series celebrates records – and its 10th anniversary". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Brown, Harley (February 25, 2015). "How the 33 1/3 Series, In Spite of Two Shrinking Industries, Continues to Thrive". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 26, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ Zaleski, Annie (January 1, 2016). "The lost pop genius of Scott Miller". Salon. Archived from the original on 2016-01-06.
  5. ↑ "New series announcement: 33 1/3 Global". 333Sound. August 9, 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22.
  6. ↑ "33 1/3 Global editor highlight: Noriko Manabe". 333Sound. August 31, 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22.
  7. ↑ "33 1/3 Brazil". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22.
  8. ↑ "33 1/3 Japan". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22.
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