33 third Series

33 1/3 is a series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already, and cut to the heart of the music on each album. The authors provide fresh, original perspectives - often through their access to and relationships with the key figures involved in the recording of these albums.

By turns obsessive, passionate, creative, and informed, the books in this series demonstrate many different ways of writing about music. (A task which can be, as Elvis Costello famously observed, as tricky as dancing about architecture.) What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen.

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24-Carat Black's Ghe...

Forgotten Album - Book - by Zach Schonfeld

USA Paperback / softback 168 pages - 120 x 164 x 13 (mm)

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Aphex Twin's Selecte...

Aphex Twin's - Book - by Marc Weidenbaum

USA Paperback / softback 144 pages - 166 x 122 x 9 (mm)

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Black Sabbath : Mast...

Black Sabbath - Book - by John Darnielle

Paperback / softback 120 pages - 164 x 123 x 6 (mm)

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Blondie's Parallel L...

Blondie - Book - by Kembrew McLeod

USA Paperback / softback 168 pages - 123 x 164 x 11 (mm)

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Bob Dylan Highway 61...

Bob Dylan - Book - by Mark Polizzotti

Paperback / softback 168 pages - 171 x 121 x 10 (mm)

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Brian Eno's Another ...

Brian Eno - Book - by Geeta Dayal

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 165 x 122 x 8 (mm)

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Captain Beefheart's ...

Captain Beefheart - Book - by Kevin Courrier

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 166 x 126 x 10 (mm)

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Carole King's Tapest...

Carole King - Book- by Loren Glass

USA Paperback / softback 128 pages - 164 x 120 x 11 (mm)

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Celine Dion Let's Ta...

Celine Dion - Book - by Carl Wilson

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 166 x 122 x 9 (mm)

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Colossal Youth

Young Marble Giants - Book - by Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero

USA Paperback / softback 176 pages - 120 x 163 x 12 (mm)

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Darkthrone's A Blaze...

Darkthrone - Book - by Ross Hagen

USA Paperback / softback 152 pages - 197 x 127 x 15 (mm)

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David Bowie Low

David Bowie - Book - by Hugo Wilcken

Paperback / softback 136 pages - 165 x 122 x 8 (mm)

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David Bowie's Diamon...

David Bowie - Book - by Glenn Hendler

USA Paperback / softback 168 pages - 120 x 164 x 11 (mm)

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Dead Kennedys' Fresh...

Dead Kennedys - Book - by Michael Stewart Foley

USA Paperback / softback 192 pages - 166 x 122 x 20 (mm)

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Devo's Freedom of Ch...

Devo - Book - by Evie Nagy and Fred Armisen

USA Paperback / softback 184 pages - 166 x 121 x 12 (mm)

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Dinosaur Jr.'s You'r...

Dinosaur Jr - Book - by Nick Attfield

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DJ Shadow Entroducin...

DJ Shadow - Book - by Eliot Wilder

Paperback / softback 136 pages - 166 x 122 x 8 (mm)

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Donna Summer's Once ...

Donna Summer - Book - by Dr Alex Jeffery

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 165 x 119 x 23 (mm)

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Donny Hathaway's Don...

Donny Hathaway - Book - by Professor or Dr.Emily J. Lordi

USA Paperback / softback 160 pages - 123 x 165 x 11 (mm)

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Elvis Presley's From...

Elvis Presley - Book - by Eric Wolfson

USA Paperback / softback 184 pages - 121 x 164 x 14 (mm)

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Flying Burrito Broth...

Flying Burrito Brothers - Book - by Bob Proehl

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Fugazi's In on the K...

Fugazi - Book - by Joe Gross

Paperback / softback 184 pages - 168 x 125 x 11 (mm)

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George Michael's Fai...

George Michael - Book - by Matthew Horton

Published 8th Sept 2022 - USA Paperback / softback 152 pages - 165 x 121 (mm)

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Hole's Live Through ...

Hole - Book - by Anwen Crawford

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I'm Your Fan: The So...

Various - The Songs of Leonard Cohen - Book - by Ray Padgett

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J Dilla's Donuts

J Dilla - Book - by Jordan Ferguson

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Janet Jackson's The ...

Janet Jackson - Book - by Ayanna Dozier

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Jawbreaker's 24 Hour...

Jawbreaker - Book - by Ronen Givony

USA Paperback / softback 232 pages - 122 x 164 x 14 (mm)

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Jeff Buckley's Grace

Jeff Buckley's - Book - by Daphne Brooks (

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Jimi Hendrix's Elect...

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Book - by John Perry

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 159 x 114 x 9 (mm)

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Joao Gilberto and St...

Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz - Book - by Bryan McCann

USA Paperback / softback 152 pages, 11 bw illus - 128 x 196 x 12 (mm)

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Johnny Cash's Americ...

Johnny Cash - Book - by Tony Tost

USA Paperback / softback 144 pages - 165 x 171 x 18 (mm)

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Joy Division's Unkno...

Joy Division - Book - by Chris Ott

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 169 x 122 x 8 (mm)

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Kanye West's My Beau...

Kanye West - Book - by Kirk Walker Graves

USA Paperback / softback 152 pages - 164 x 139 x 9 (mm)

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Koji Kondo's Super M...

Koji Kondo's - Book - by Andrew Schartmann

USA Paperback / softback 168 pages - 166 x 121 x 19 (mm)

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LCD Soundsystem's So...

LCD Soundsystem - Book - by Ryan Leas

USA Paperback / softback 128 pages - 167 x 122 x 15 (mm)

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Led Zeppelin Led Zep...

Led Zeppelin - Book - by Erik Davis

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 169 x 130 x 13 (mm)

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Lou Reed's Transform...

Lou Reed - Book - by Ezra Furman

USA Paperback / softback 184 pages - 174 x 128 x 11 (mm)

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Love's Forever Chang...

Love - Book - by Andrew Hultkrans

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Madness One Step Bey...

Madness - Book - by Terry Edwards

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Maria Callas's Lyric...

Maria Callas - Book - by Ginger Dellenbaugh

Published 16th Dec 2021 - USA Paperback / softback 152 pages - 165 x 121 (mm)

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Massive Attack's Blu...

Massive Attack - Book - by Ian Bourland

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Miles Davis' Bitches...

Miles Davis - Book - by George Grella

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Music from Big Pink ...

Music from Big Pink Story - Book - by John Niven

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My Bloody Valentine ...

My Bloody Valentine - Book - by Mike McGonigal

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 165 x 120 x 8 (mm)

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Neutral Milk Hotel, ...

Neutral Milk Hotel - Book - by Kim Cooper

Paperback / softback 144 pages, Illustrations - 164 x 129 x 8 (mm)

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Nick Cave and the Ba...

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Book - by Santi Elijah Holley

USA Paperback / softback 144 pages - 122 x 164 x 11 (mm)

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Nick Drake's Pink Mo...

Nick Drake - Book - by Amanda Petrusich

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Oasis' Definitely Ma...

Oasis - Book - by Alex Niven

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Patti Smith's Horses

Patti Smith - Book - by Philip Shaw

Paperback / softback 160 pages - 166 x 122 x 8 (mm)

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Pearl Jam's Vs

Pearl Jam's - Book - by Clint Brownlee

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Peepshow

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Book - by Dr Samantha Bennett

USA Paperback / softback 216 pages - 121 x 164 x 13 (mm)

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People's Instinctive...

A Tribe Called Quest - Book - by Shawn Taylor

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 166 x 122 x 9 (mm)

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Pink Floyd's The Pip...

Pink Floyd - Book - by John Cavanagh

USA Paperback / softback 128 pages, Illustrations - 166 x 123 x 9 (mm)

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PJ Harvey's Rid of M...

PJ Harvey - Book - by Kate Schatz

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 165 x 121 x 33 (mm)

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Prince's Sign O'the ...

Prince - Book - by Michaelangelo Matos

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 164 x 121 x 8 (mm)

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Public Enemy's It Ta...

Public Enemy - Book - by Christopher R. Weingarten

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 167 x 123 x 11 (mm)

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Radiohead's Kid A

Radiohead's - Book - by Marvin Lin

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 165 x 121 x 10 (mm)

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Radiohead's OK Compu...

Radiohead - Book - by Dai Griffiths

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 166 x 122 x 9 (mm)

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Ramones 1st Album

The Ramones - Book - by Nicholas Rombes

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 165 x 121 x 8 (mm)

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Sam Cooke's Live at ...

Sam Cooke - Book - by Colin Fleming

Published 23rd Sept 2021 - USA Paperback / softback 144 pages - 165 x 121 (mm)

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Shonen Knife's Happy...

Shonen Knife - Book - by Prof Brooke McCorkle Okazaki

USA Paperback / softback 176 pages - 128 x 197 x 15 (mm)

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Sleater-Kinney's Dig...

Sleater-Kinney - Book - by Professor Jovana Babovic

USA Paperback / softback 152 pages - 164 x 121 x 9 (mm)

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Sly and the Family S...

Sly and the Family Stone - Book - by Miles Marshall Lewis

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 163 x 123 x 10 (mm)

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Sonic Youth's Daydre...

Sonic Youth - Book - by Matthew Stearns

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 165 x 121 x 9 (mm)

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Steely Dan's Aja

Steely Dan - Book - Don Breithaupt

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 168 x 121 x 8 (mm)

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Stone Roses : The St...

The Stone Roses - Book - by Alex Green

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 165 x 120 x 9 (mm)

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Suicide's Suicide

Suicide - Book - Andi Coulter

USA Paperback / softback 152 pages - 164 x 120 x 17 (mm)

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Talking Heads - Fear...

Talking Heads - Book - by Jonathan Lethem

USA Paperback / softback 160 pages - 182 x 123 x 10 (mm)

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Television's Marquee...

Television - Book - by Bryan Waterman

USA Paperback / softback 144 pages, Illustrations - 165 x 122 x 14 (mm)

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The Beach Boys Pet S...

The Beach Boys - Book - by Jim Fusilli

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 165 x 124 x 9 (mm)

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The Beatles - Let it...

The Beatles -Book - by Steve Matteo

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 167 x 121 x 11 (mm)

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The Jesus and Mary C...

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Book - by Paula Mejia

USA Paperback / softback 136 pages - 122 x 165 x 11 (mm)

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The Kinks' The Villa...

The Kinks - Books - by Andy Miller

USA Paperback / softback 128 pages, illus - 163 x 123 x 10 (mm)

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The Minutemen Double...

The Minutemen - Book - by Michael Fournier

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 166 x 120 x 7 (mm)

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The National's Boxer

The National - Book - by Ryan Pinkard

Published 14th July 2022 - USA Paperback / softback 200 pages - 165 x 121 (mm)

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The Pharcyde's Bizar...

The Pharcyde - Book - by Andrew Barker

USA Paperback / softback 152 pages - 166 x 122 x 9 (mm)

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The Pixies Doolittle

The Pixies - Book - by Ben Sisario

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 166 x 158 x 9 (mm)

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The Raincoats' The R...

The Raincoats - Book - by Jenn Pelly

USA Paperback / softback 176 pages - 123 x 164 x 12 (mm)

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The Shangri-Las' Gol...

The Shangri-Las - Book - by Ada Wolin

USA Paperback / softback 136 pages - 171 x 137 x 8 (mm)

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The Velvet Undergrou...

The Velvet Underground - Book - by Joe Harvard

Paperback / softback 128 pages - 180 x 123 x 10 (mm)

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The Who Sell Out

The Who - Book - by John Dougan

Paperback / softback 144 pages - 171 x 123 x 9 (mm)

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Tom Waits' Swordfish...

Tom Waits - Book - by David Smay

Paperback / softback 144 pages, Illustrations - 166 x 121 x 9 (mm)

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Tori Amos's Boys for...

Tori Amos - Book - by Amy Gentry

USA Paperback / softback 192 pages - 165 x 122 x 9 (mm)

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Wendy Carlos's Switc...

Bach - Moog Music - Book - by Roshanak Kheshti

USA Paperback / softback 118 pages - 121 x 165 x 6 (mm)

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