The 33 1/3 B-sides: New Essays by 33 1/3 Authors on Beloved and Underrated Albums
- Editor: Gilson, D.
- Editor: Stockton, Will
There's plenty inside The 33 1/3 B-Sides to keep readers glued to the meanings behind popular music and if you enjoy the 33 1/3 series, this book is the perfect complement to read from time-to-time...
The 33 1/3 B-sides: New Essays by 33 1/3 Authors on Beloved and Underrated Albums
- Editor: Gilson, D.
- Editor: Stockton, Will
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There's plenty inside The 33 1/3 B-Sides to keep readers glued to the meanings behind popular music and if you enjoy the 33 1/3 series, this book is the perfect complement to read from time-to-time...
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If given another chance to write for the series, which albums would 33 1/3 authors focus on the second time around? This anthology features compact essays from past 33 1/3 authors on albums that consume them, but about which they did not write. It explores often overlooked and underrated albums that may not have inspired their 33 1/3 books, but have played a large part in their own musical cultivation.
Questions central to the essays include: How has this album influenced your worldview? How does this album intersect with your other creative and critical pursuits? How does this album index a particular moment in cultural history? In your own personal history? Why is the album perhaps under-the-radar, or a buried treasure? Why can’t you stop listening to it? Bringing together 33 1/3’s rich array of writers, critics, and scholars, this collection probes our taste in albums, our longing for certain tunes, and our desire to hit repeat--all while creating an expansive "must-listen" list for readers in search of unexplored musical territories.
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Superfluous, Redundant, Enduring - Prince’s Emancipation (1996)
- Will Stockton
- Reintroduction: Trivial, Derivative, Tenacious - Christina Aguilera’s Mi Reflejo (2000)
- D. Gilson
- Part One Juvenilia
- 1 Leonard Cohen’s Songs of Love and Hate (1971)
- Drew Daniel
- 2 The New York Dolls’ Too Much, Too Soon (1974)
- David Smay
- 3 The Rolling Stones' It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974)
- David Masciotra
- 4 The Durutti Column’s The Return of the Durutti Column (1980)
- Philip Shaw
- 5 R.E.M.’s Chronic Town (1982)
- Gina Arnold
- 6 Rites of Spring’s Rites of Spring (1985)
- Will Fulton
- 7 Jane’s Addiction’s Nothing’s Shocking (1988)
- Rolf Potts
- 8 Del Amitri’s Waking Hours (1989)
- Alex Green
- 9 Sinéad O’Connor’s I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
- Tara Murtha
- 10 De La Soul’s De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
- Shawn Taylor
- 11 Digable Planets’ Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993)
- Walter Biggins
- 12 Billy Idol’s Cyberpunk (1993)
- Sean Maloney
- 13 Guided by Voices’ Mag Earwhig! (1997)
- Matt LeMay
- 14 The Smashing Pumpkins’ Adore (1998)
- Jovana Babovic
- 15 The Weakerthans’ Left and Leaving (2000)
- Daniel Couch
- Part Two Marginalia
- 16 Robert Johnson’s King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961)
- Jeffrey T. Roesgen
- 17 The Doors’ Strange Days (1967)
- Clare Nina Norelli
- 18 The Dells’ There Is (1968)
- Joe Bucciero
- 19 Shirley and Dolly Collins’ Anthems in Eden (1969)
- Sam Inglis
- 20 Hank Thompson's Smoky the Bar (1969)
- Joe Bonomo
- 21 Von Freeman’s Doin’ It Right Now (1972)
- Aaron Cohen
- 22 John Cale’s Paris 1919 (1973)
- Mark Polizzotti
- 23 Bert Jansch’s L.A. Turnaround (1974)
- John Perry
- 24 The Cars’ Candy-O (1979)
- Susan Fast
- 25 Ian Dury and The Blockheads’ Laughter (1980)
- Terry Edwards
- 26 Frankie Armstrong, Brian Pearson, Blowzabella, and Jon Gillaspie’s Tam Lin (1984)
- Allan Moore
- 27 Scritti Politti's Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985)
- Dan LeRoy
- 28 Negativland’s Escape From Noise (1987)
- Kembrew McLeod
- 29 Frank Black’s Frank Black (1993)
- Zeth Lundy
- 30 Rodan’s Rusty (1994)
- Michael T. Fournier
- 31 Kenickie’s At the Club (1997)
- Emily Mackay
- 32 Guy’s Guy (1988)
- Patrick Rivers
- 33 Sleep’s Dopesmoker (2003)
- Erik Davis
- 34 The Blood Brothers’ Crimes (2004)
- Ethan Hayden
- 35 Boris’s Pink (2006)
- Paula Mejia
- 36 Stars of Lid’s And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007)
- Walter Holland
- 37 The Range Rats’ The Range Rats (2010)
- Michael Blair
- 38 Daniel Lopatin’s Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1 (2010)
- Marvin Lin
- Part Three Memorabilia
- 39 The Band’s Rock of Ages (1972)
- Steve Matteo
- 40 Bruce Springsteen’s Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Live at the Geneva Theater (1974)
- Bruce Eaton
- 41 Talisker’s Dreaming of Glenisla (1975)
- John Cavanagh
- 42 The Village People’s Can’t Stop the Music: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980)
- Rebecca Wallwork
- 43 Haruomi Hosono’s Philharmony (1982)
- Bryan Waterman
- 44 Hirokazu Tanaka’s Metroid (1986)
- Andrew Schartmann
- 45 Various Artists’ Music from the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Evie Nagy
- 46 Various Artists’ Casino Soundtrack (1995)
- Kevin Courrier
- 47 Wesley Willis’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Will Never Die (1996)
- Phillip Crandall
- 48 Nine Inch Nails’ The Fragile (1999)
- Luis Sanchez
- 49 Bob Dylan’s Love and Theft (2001)
- Pete Astor
- 50 Silver Jews’ Bright Flight (2001)
- Hayden Childs
- 51 The Original Broadway Cast Recording Featuring Green Day’s American Idiot (2010)
- Cyrus R.K. Patell
- 52 Perfume's LEVEL3 (2013)
- Jordan Ferguson
- 53 Dawn of Midi’s Dysnomia (2015)
- Charles Fairchild
- Permissions
- Notes
Awards and reviews
There's plenty inside The 33 1/3 B-Sides to keep readers glued to the meanings behind popular music and if you enjoy the 33 1/3 series, this book is the perfect complement to read from time-to-time between music texts. Your new favorite record might be waiting in the margins of any of these essays
