33⅓

For other uses, see 33⅓ (disambiguation).

Cover of the Live at the Apollo book.

33⅓ (Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books written about music albums, featuring one author per album. Published by Continuum Books, a division of the Continuum International Publishing Group, the series is edited by David Barker. The series title refers to the speed (33⅓ revolutions per minute) of an LP album.

Published titles

As of January 2012, 85 books have been published.

#	Album (date of publication)	Artist	Year album released	Author of book	ISBN #
1	Dusty in Memphis (2003)	Dusty Springfield	1969	Warren Zanes	ISBN 0-8264-1492-3
2	Forever Changes (2003)	Love	1967	Andrew Hultkrans	ISBN 0-8264-1493-1
3	Harvest (2003)	Neil Young	1972	Sam Inglis	ISBN 0-8264-1495-8
4	The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (2003)	The Kinks	1968	Andy Miller	ISBN 0-8264-1498-2
5	Meat Is Murder (2003)	The Smiths	1985	Joe Pernice	ISBN 0-8264-1494-X
6	The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (2003)	Pink Floyd	1967	John Cavanagh	ISBN 0-8264-1497-4
7	ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (2004)	ABBA	1992	Elisabeth Vincentelli	ISBN 0-8264-1546-6
8	Electric Ladyland (2004)	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1968	John Perry	ISBN 0-8264-1571-7
9	Unknown Pleasures (2004)	Joy Division	1979	Chris Ott	ISBN 0-8264-1549-0
10	Sign “☮” the Times (2004)	Prince	1987	Michaelangelo Matos	ISBN 0-8264-1547-4
11	The Velvet Underground & Nico (2004)	The Velvet Underground	1967	Joe Harvard	ISBN 0-8264-1550-4
12	Let It Be (2004)	The Beatles	1970	Steve Matteo	ISBN 0-8264-1634-9
13	Live at the Apollo (2004)	James Brown	1963	Douglas Wolk	ISBN 0-8264-1572-5
14	Aqualung (2004)	Jethro Tull	1971	Allan Moore	ISBN 0-8264-1619-5
15	OK Computer (2004)	Radiohead	1997	Dai Griffiths	ISBN 0-8264-1663-2
16	Let It Be (2004)	The Replacements	1984	Colin Meloy	ISBN 0-8264-1633-0
17	Led Zeppelin IV (2005)	Led Zeppelin	1971	Erik Davis	ISBN 0-8264-1658-6
18	Exile on Main St. (2005)	The Rolling Stones	1972	Bill Janovitz	ISBN 0-8264-1673-X
19	Pet Sounds (2005)	The Beach Boys	1966	Jim Fusilli	ISBN 0-8264-1670-5
20	Ramones (2005)	Ramones	1976	Nicholas Rombes	ISBN 0-8264-1671-3
21	Armed Forces (2005)	Elvis Costello	1979	Franklin Bruno	ISBN 0-8264-1674-8
22	Murmur (2005)	R.E.M.	1983	J. Niimi	ISBN 0-8264-1672-1
23	Grace (2005)	Jeff Buckley	1994	Daphne Brooks	ISBN 0-8264-1635-7
24	Endtroducing..... (2005)	DJ Shadow	1996	Eliot Wilder	ISBN 0-8264-1682-9
25	Kick Out the Jams (2005)	MC5	1969	Don McLeese	ISBN 0-8264-1660-8
26	Low (2005)	David Bowie	1977	Hugo Wilcken	ISBN 0-8264-1684-5
27	Born in the U.S.A. (2005)	Bruce Springsteen	1984	Geoffrey Himes	ISBN 0-8264-1661-6
28	Music from Big Pink (2005)	The Band	1968	John Niven	ISBN 0-8264-1771-X
29	In the Aeroplane over the Sea (2005)	Neutral Milk Hotel	1998	Kim Cooper	ISBN 0-8264-1690-X
30	Paul's Boutique (2006)	Beastie Boys	1989	Dan Le Roy	ISBN 0-8264-1741-8
31	Doolittle (2006)	Pixies	1989	Ben Sisario	ISBN 0-8264-1774-4
32	There's a Riot Goin' On (2006)	Sly and the Family Stone	1971	Miles Marshall Lewis	ISBN 0-8264-1744-2
33	The Stone Roses (2006)	The Stone Roses	1989	Alex Green	ISBN 0-8264-1742-6
34	In Utero (2006)	Nirvana	1993	Gillian G. Gaar	ISBN 0-8264-1776-0
35	Highway 61 Revisited (2006)	Bob Dylan	1965	Mark Polizzotti	ISBN 0-8264-1775-2
36	Loveless (2006)	My Bloody Valentine	1991	Mike McGonigal	ISBN 0-8264-1548-2
37	The Who Sell Out (2006)	The Who	1967	John Dougan	ISBN 0-8264-1743-4
38	Bee Thousand (2006)	Guided by Voices	1994	Marc Woodworth	ISBN 0-8264-1748-5
39	Daydream Nation (2006)	Sonic Youth	1988	Matthew Stearns	ISBN 0-8264-1740-X
40	Court and Spark (2006)	Joni Mitchell	1974	Sean Nelson	ISBN 0-8264-1773-6
41	Use Your Illusion I and II (2006)	Guns N' Roses	1991	Eric Weisbard	ISBN 0-8264-1924-0
69*	69 Love Songs (2006)	The Magnetic Fields	1999	LD Beghtol	ISBN 0-8264-1925-9
42	Songs in the Key of Life (2007)	Stevie Wonder	1976	Zeth Lundy	ISBN 0-8264-1926-7
43	The Notorious Byrd Brothers (2007)	The Byrds	1968	Ric Menck	ISBN 0-8264-1717-5
44	Trout Mask Replica (2007)	Captain Beefheart	1969	Kevin Courrier	ISBN 0-8264-2781-2
45	Double Nickels on the Dime (2007)	Minutemen	1984	Michael T. Fournier	ISBN 0-8264-2787-1
46	Aja (2007)	Steely Dan	1977	Don Breithaupt	ISBN 0-8264-2783-9
47	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (2007)	A Tribe Called Quest	1990	Shawn Taylor	ISBN 0-8264-1923-2
48	Rid of Me (2007)	PJ Harvey	1993	Kate Schatz	ISBN 0-8264-2778-2
49	Achtung Baby (2007)	U2	1991	Stephen Catanzarite	ISBN 0-8264-2784-7
50	If You're Feeling Sinister (2007)	Belle & Sebastian	1996	Scott Plagenhoef	ISBN 0-8264-2818-5
51	Pink Moon (2007)	Nick Drake	1972	Amanda Petrusich	ISBN 0-8264-2790-1
52	Let's Talk About Love (2007)	Celine Dion	1997	Carl Wilson	ISBN 0-8264-2788-X
53	Swordfishtrombones (2007)	Tom Waits	1983	David Smay	ISBN 0-8264-2782-0
54	20 Jazz Funk Greats (2008)	Throbbing Gristle	1979	Drew Daniel	ISBN 0-8264-2793-6
55	Horses (2008)	Patti Smith	1975	Philip Shaw	ISBN 0-8264-2792-8
56	Master of Reality (2008)	Black Sabbath	1971	John Darnielle	ISBN 0-8264-2899-1
57	Reign in Blood (2008)	Slayer	1986	D.X. Ferris	ISBN 0-8264-2909-2
58	Shoot Out the Lights (2008)	Richard and Linda Thompson	1982	Hayden Childs	ISBN 0-8264-2791-X
59	Gentlemen (2008)	The Afghan Whigs	1993	Bob Gendron	ISBN 0-8264-2910-6
60	Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (2008)	The Pogues	1985	Jeffrey T. Roesgen	ISBN 0-8264-2916-5
61	The Gilded Palace of Sin (2008)	The Flying Burrito Brothers	1969	Bob Proehl	ISBN 0-8264-2903-3
62	Pink Flag (2009)	Wire	1977	Wilson Neate	ISBN 0-8264-2914-9
63	XO (2009)	Elliott Smith	1998	Mathew Lemay	ISBN 0-8264-2900-9
64	Illmatic (2009)	Nas	1994	Matthew Gasteier	ISBN 0-8264-2907-6
65	Radio City (2009)	Big Star	1974	Bruce Eaton	ISBN 0-8264-2898-3
66	One Step Beyond... (2009)	Madness	1979	Terry Edwards	ISBN 0-8264-2906-8
67	Another Green World (2009)	Brian Eno	1975	Geeta Dayal	ISBN 0-8264-2786-3
68	Zaireeka (2009)	The Flaming Lips	1997	Mark Richardson	ISBN 978-0-8264-2901-8
70	Facing Future (2009)	Israel Kamakawiwo'ole	1993	Dan Kois	ISBN 0-8264-2905-X
71	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (2010)	Public Enemy	1988	Christopher R. Weingarten	ISBN 0-8264-2913-0
72	Wowee Zowee (2010)	Pavement	1995	Bryan Charles	ISBN 0-8264-2957-2
73	Highway to Hell (2010)	AC/DC	1979	Joe Bonomo	ISBN 1-4411-9028-7
74	Song Cycle (2010)	Van Dyke Parks	1968	Richard Henderson	ISBN 0-8264-2917-3
75	Spiderland (2010)	Slint	1991	Scott Tennent	ISBN 1-4411-7026-X
76	Kid A (2010)	Radiohead	2000	Marvin Lin	ISBN 0-8264-2343-4
77	Tusk (2011)	Fleetwood Mac	1979	Rob Trucks	ISBN 0-8264-2902-5
78	Pretty Hate Machine (2011)	Nine Inch Nails	1989	Daphne Carr	ISBN 0-8264-2789-2
79	Chocolate and Cheese (2011)	Ween	1994	Hank Shteamer	ISBN 0-8264-3117-8
80	American Recordings (2011)	Johnny Cash	1994	Tony Tost	ISBN 1-4411-7461-3
81	Some Girls (2011)	The Rolling Stones	1978	Cyrus Patell	ISBN 1-4411-9280-8
82	You're Living All Over Me (2011)	Dinosaur Jr.	1987	Nick Attfield	ISBN 1-4411-8778-2
83	Marquee Moon (2011)	Television	1977	Bryan Waterman	ISBN 1-4411-8605-0
84	Amazing Grace (2011)	Aretha Franklin	1972	Aaron Cohen	ISBN 1441148884
85	Dummy (2011)	Portishead	1994	RJ Wheaton	ISBN 1441194495

[*] Intentionally mis-numbered

Forthcoming titles

• Fear of Music, by Jonathan Lethem, on the album by Talking Heads (1979)
• Exile in Guyville, by Gina Arnold, on the album by Liz Phair (1992)
• Maggot Brain, by Matt Rogers, on the album by Funkadelic (1971)
• London Calling, by Tommy Tompkins, on the album by The Clash (1979)
• Lucinda Williams, by Anders Smith Lindall, on the album by Lucinda Williams (1988)
• The Dreaming, by Ann Powers, on the album by Kate Bush (1982)

External links

• 33 1/3 Series at Continuum
• Official blog for the series
• TimesOnline on the book series.
• PopMatters on the book series.