33⅓
33⅓ (Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books written about music albums, featuring one author per album. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, the series was founded by David Barker, and is edited by Ally Jane Grossan. The series title refers to the speed (33⅓ revolutions per minute) of an LP album.
Published titles
As of May 2014, 96 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 Kamakawiwoʻole | 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 978-0-8264-2789-2 |
| 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 1-4411-4888-4 |
| 85 | Dummy (2011) | Portishead | 1994 | RJ Wheaton | ISBN 1-4411-9449-5 |
| 86 | Fear of Music (2012) | Talking Heads | 1979 | Jonathan Lethem | ISBN 1-4411-2100-5 |
| 87 | Histoire de Melody Nelson (2013) | Serge Gainsbourg | 1971 | Darran Anderson | ISBN 1-6235-6287-2 |
| 88 | Flood (2013) | They Might Be Giants | 1990 | S. Alexander Reed and Philip Sandifer | ISBN 1-6235-6915-X |
| 89 | I Get Wet (2014) | Andrew W.K. | 2001 | Phillip Crandall | ISBN 1-6235-6714-9 |
| 90 | Selected Ambient Works Volume II (2014) | Aphex Twin | 1994 | Marc Weidenbaum | ISBN 1-6235-6890-0 |
| 91 | Entertainment! (2014) | Gang of Four | 1979 | Kevin Dettmar | ISBN 1-6235-6065-9 |
| 92 | Blank Generation (2014) | Richard Hell and the Voidoids | 1977 | Pete Astor | ISBN 1-6235-6122-1 |
| 93 | Donuts (2014) | J Dilla | 2006 | Jordan Ferguson | ISBN 1-6235-6183-3 |
| 94 | Smile (2014) | The Beach Boys | 2011 | Luis Sanchez | ISBN 1-6235-6258-9 |
| 95 | Definitely Maybe (2014) | Oasis | 1994 | Alex Niven | ISBN 1-6235-6423-9 |
| 96 | Exile in Guyville (2014) | Liz Phair | 1993 | Gina Arnold | ISBN 1-4411-6257-7 |
[*] Intentionally mis-numbered
Forthcoming titles
2014 titles
- #97: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, by Kirk Walker Graves, on the album by Kanye West (2010) (June 5)
- #98: ( ), by Ethan Hayden, on the album by Sigur Rós (2002) (August 28)
- #99: The Grey Album, by Charles Fairchild, on the album by Danger Mouse (2004) (September 11)
- #100: Dangerous, by Susan Fast, on the album by Michael Jackson (1991) (September 11)
- Tago Mago, by Alan Warner, on the album by Can (1971)
2015 titles
- Ode to Billie Joe, by Tara Murtha, on the album by Bobbie Gentry (1967)
- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, by Mike Foley, on the album by Dead Kennedys (1980)
- Freedom of Choice, by Evie Nagy, on the album by Devo (1980)
- Live Through This, by Anwyn Crawford, on the album by Hole (1994)
- Super Mario Bros., by Andrew Schartmann, on the video game composition by Koji Kondo (1985)
- Workingman’s Dead, by Buzz Poole, on the album by Grateful Dead (1970)
- Beat Happening, by Bryan C. Parker, on the album by Beat Happening (1985)
- Metallica, by David Masciotra, on the album by Metallica (1991)
External links
- Official blog for the series
- TimesOnline on the book series.
- PopMatters on the book series.