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 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 books in the series.^[3] Barker was replaced by Grossan following his leave in January 2013.^[2] In 2016, Daphne Brooks, Kevin Dettmarr, Amanda Petrusich, and Gayle Wald assumed editorial duties.

Published titles

As of October 2016, 116 books have been published.

#	Album (date of book publication)	Artist	Year (album)	Author of book	ISBN #
1	Dusty in Memphis (2003)	Springfield, DustyDusty Springfield	1969	Zanes, WarrenWarren Zanes	ISBN 0-8264-1492-3
2	Forever Changes (2003)	Love	1967	Hultkrans, AndrewAndrew Hultkrans	ISBN 0-8264-1493-1
3	Harvest (2003)	Young, NeilNeil Young	1972	Inglis, SamSam Inglis	ISBN 0-8264-1495-8
4	The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (2003)	Kinks !The Kinks	1968	Miller, AndyAndy Miller	ISBN 0-8264-1498-2
5	Meat Is Murder (2003)	Smiths !The Smiths	1985	Pernice, JoeJoe Pernice	ISBN 0-8264-1494-X
6	Piper at the Gates of Dawn !The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (2003)	Pink Floyd	1967	Cavanagh, JohnJohn Cavanagh	ISBN 0-8264-1497-4
7	ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (2004)	ABBA	1992	Vincentelli, ElisabethElisabeth Vincentelli	ISBN 0-8264-1546-6
8	Electric Ladyland (2004)	Hendrix, Jimi Experience !The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1968	Perry, JohnJohn Perry	ISBN 0-8264-1571-7
9	Unknown Pleasures (2004)	Joy Division	1979	Ott, ChrisChris Ott	ISBN 0-8264-1549-0
10	Sign o' the Times (2004)	Prince	1987	Matos, MichaelangeloMichaelangelo Matos	ISBN 0-8264-1547-4
11	Velvet Underground Nico !The Velvet Underground & Nico (2004)	Velvet Underground !The Velvet Underground	1967	Harvard, JoeJoe Harvard	ISBN 0-8264-1550-4
12	Let It Be (2004)	Beatles !The Beatles	1970	Matteo, SteveSteve Matteo	ISBN 0-8264-1634-9
13	Live at the Apollo (2004)	Brown, JamesJames Brown	1963	Wolk, DouglasDouglas Wolk	ISBN 0-8264-1572-5
14	Aqualung (2004)	Jethro Tull	1971	Moore, AllanAllan Moore	ISBN 0-8264-1619-5
15	OK Computer (2004)	Radiohead	1997	Griffiths, DaiDai Griffiths	ISBN 0-8264-1663-2
16	Let It Be (2004)	Replacements !The Replacements	1984	Meloy, ColinColin Meloy	ISBN 0-8264-1633-0
17	Led Zeppelin IV (2005)	Led Zeppelin	1971	Davis, ErikErik Davis	ISBN 0-8264-1658-6
18	Exile on Main St (2005)	Rolling Stones !The Rolling Stones	1972	Janovitz, BillBill Janovitz	ISBN 0-8264-1673-X
19	Pet Sounds (2005)	Beach Boys !The Beach Boys	1966	Fusilli, JimJim Fusilli	ISBN 0-8264-1670-5
20	Ramones (2005)	Ramones	1976	Rombes, NicholasNicholas Rombes	ISBN 0-8264-1671-3
21	Armed Forces (2005)	Costello, ElvisElvis Costello	1979	Bruno, FranklinFranklin Bruno	ISBN 0-8264-1674-8
22	Murmur (2005)	R.E.M.	1983	Niimi, J.J. Niimi	ISBN 0-8264-1672-1
23	Grace (2005)	Buckley, JeffJeff Buckley	1994	Brooks, DaphneDaphne Brooks	ISBN 0-8264-1635-7
24	Endtroducing..... (2005)	Shadow, DJDJ Shadow	1996	Wilder, EliotEliot Wilder	ISBN 0-8264-1682-9
25	Kick Out the Jams (2005)	MC5	1969	McLeese, DonDon McLeese	ISBN 0-8264-1660-8
26	Low (2005)	Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie	1977	Wilcken, HugoHugo Wilcken	ISBN 0-8264-1684-5
27	Born in the U.S.A. (2005)	Springsteen, BruceBruce Springsteen	1984	Himes, GeoffreyGeoffrey Himes	ISBN 0-8264-1661-6
28	Music from Big Pink (2005)	Band !The Band	1968	Niven, JohnJohn Niven	ISBN 0-8264-1771-X
29	In the Aeroplane over the Sea (2005)	Neutral Milk Hotel	1998	Cooper, KimKim Cooper	ISBN 0-8264-1690-X
30	Paul's Boutique (2006)	Beastie Boys	1989	Le Roy, DanDan Le Roy	ISBN 0-8264-1741-8
31	Doolittle (2006)	Pixies	1989	Sisario, BenBen Sisario	ISBN 0-8264-1774-4
32	There's a Riot Goin' On (2006)	Sly and the Family Stone	1971	Lewis, Miles MarshallMiles Marshall Lewis	ISBN 0-8264-1744-2
33	Stone Roses !The Stone Roses (2006)	Stone Roses !The Stone Roses	1989	Green, AlexAlex Green	ISBN 0-8264-1742-6
34	In Utero (2006)	Nirvana	1993	Gaar, Gillian G.Gillian G. Gaar	ISBN 0-8264-1776-0
35	Highway 61 Revisited (2006)	Dylan, BobBob Dylan	1965	Polizzotti, MarkMark Polizzotti	ISBN 0-8264-1775-2
36	Loveless (2006)	My Bloody Valentine	1991	McGonigal, MikeMike McGonigal	ISBN 0-8264-1548-2
37	Who Sell Out !The Who Sell Out (2006)	Who !The Who	1967	Dougan, JohnJohn Dougan	ISBN 0-8264-1743-4
38	Bee Thousand (2006)	Guided by Voices	1994	Woodworth, MarcMarc Woodworth	ISBN 0-8264-1748-5
39	Daydream Nation (2006)	Sonic Youth	1988	Stearns, MatthewMatthew Stearns	ISBN 0-8264-1740-X
40	Court and Spark (2006)	Mitchell, JoniJoni Mitchell	1974	Nelson, SeanSean Nelson	ISBN 0-8264-1773-6
41	Use Your Illusion I and II (2006)	Guns N' Roses	1991	Weisbard, EricEric Weisbard	ISBN 0-8264-1924-0
69*	69 Love Songs (2006)	Magnetic Fields !The Magnetic Fields	1999	Beghtol, LDLD Beghtol	ISBN 0-8264-1925-9
42	Songs in the Key of Life (2007)	Wonder, StevieStevie Wonder	1976	Lundy, ZethZeth Lundy	ISBN 0-8264-1926-7
43	Notorious Byrd Brothers !The Notorious Byrd Brothers (2007)	Byrds !The Byrds	1968	Menck, RicRic Menck	ISBN 0-8264-1717-5
44	Trout Mask Replica (2007)	Captain Beefheart	1969	Courrier, KevinKevin Courrier	ISBN 0-8264-2781-2
45	Double Nickels on the Dime (2007)	Minutemen	1984	Fournier, Michael T.Michael T. Fournier	ISBN 0-8264-2787-1
46	Aja (2007)	Steely Dan	1977	Breithaupt, DonDon Breithaupt	ISBN 0-8264-2783-9
47	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (2007)	Tribe Called Quest !A Tribe Called Quest	1990	Taylor, ShawnShawn Taylor	ISBN 0-8264-1923-2
48	Rid of Me (2007)	Harvey, PJPJ Harvey	1993	Schatz, KateKate Schatz	ISBN 0-8264-2778-2
49	Achtung Baby (2007)	U2	1991	Catanzarite, StephenStephen Catanzarite	ISBN 0-8264-2784-7
50	If You're Feeling Sinister (2007)	Belle & Sebastian	1996	Plagenhoef, ScottScott Plagenhoef	ISBN 0-8264-2818-5
51	Pink Moon (2007)	Drake, NickNick Drake	1972	Petrusich, AmandaAmanda Petrusich	ISBN 0-8264-2790-1
52	Let's Talk About Love (2007)	Dion, CelineCeline Dion	1997	Wilson, CarlCarl Wilson	ISBN 0-8264-2788-X
53	Swordfishtrombones (2007)	Waits, TomTom Waits	1983	Smay, DavidDavid Smay	ISBN 0-8264-2782-0
54	20 Jazz Funk Greats (2008)	Throbbing Gristle	1979	Daniel, DrewDrew Daniel	ISBN 0-8264-2793-6
55	Horses (2008)	Smith, PattiPatti Smith	1975	Shaw, PhilipPhilip Shaw	ISBN 0-8264-2792-8
56	Master of Reality (2008)	Black Sabbath	1971	Darnielle, JohnJohn Darnielle	ISBN 0-8264-2899-1
57	Reign in Blood (2008)	Slayer	1986	Ferris, D.X.D.X. Ferris	ISBN 0-8264-2909-2
58	Shoot Out the Lights (2008)	Thompson Richard Linda !Richard and Linda Thompson	1982	Childs, HaydenHayden Childs	ISBN 0-8264-2791-X
59	Gentlemen (2008)	Afghan Whigs !The Afghan Whigs	1993	Gendron, BobBob Gendron	ISBN 0-8264-2910-6
60	Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (2008)	Pogues !The Pogues	1985	Roesgen, Jeffrey T.Jeffrey T. Roesgen	ISBN 0-8264-2916-5
61	Gilded Palace of Sin !The Gilded Palace of Sin (2008)	Flying Burrito Brothers !The Flying Burrito Brothers	1969	Proehl, BobBob Proehl	ISBN 0-8264-2903-3
62	Pink Flag (2009)	Wire	1977	Neate, WilsonWilson Neate	ISBN 0-8264-2914-9
63	XO (2009)	Smith, ElliottElliott Smith	1998	Lemay, MathewMathew Lemay	ISBN 0-8264-2900-9
64	Illmatic (2009)	Nas	1994	Gasteier, MatthewMatthew Gasteier	ISBN 0-8264-2907-6
65	Radio City (2009)	Big Star	1974	Eaton, BruceBruce 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)	Eno, BrianBrian Eno	1975	Dayal, GeetaGeeta Dayal	ISBN 0-8264-2786-3
68	Zaireeka (2009)	Flaming Lips !The Flaming Lips	1997	Richardson, MarkMark Richardson	ISBN 978-0-8264-2901-8
70	Facing Future (2009)	Kamakawiwoʻole, IsraelIsrael Kamakawiwoʻole	1993	Kois, DanDan Kois	ISBN 0-8264-2905-X
71	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (2010)	Public Enemy	1988	Weingarten, Christopher R.Christopher R. Weingarten	ISBN 0-8264-2913-0
72	Wowee Zowee (2010)	Pavement	1995	Charles, BryanBryan Charles	ISBN 0-8264-2957-2
73	Highway to Hell (2010)	AC/DC	1979	Bonomo, JoeJoe Bonomo	ISBN 1-4411-9028-7
74	Song Cycle (2010)	Parks, Van DykeVan Dyke Parks	1968	Henderson, RichardRichard Henderson	ISBN 0-8264-2917-3
75	Spiderland (2010)	Slint	1991	Tennent, ScottScott Tennent	ISBN 1-4411-7026-X
76	Kid A (2010)	Radiohead	2000	Lin, MarvinMarvin Lin	ISBN 0-8264-2343-4
77	Tusk (2011)	Fleetwood Mac	1979	Trucks, RobRob Trucks	ISBN 0-8264-2902-5
78	Pretty Hate Machine (2011)	Nine Inch Nails	1989	Carr, DaphneDaphne Carr	ISBN 978-0-8264-2789-2
79	Chocolate and Cheese (2011)	Ween	1994	Shteamer, HankHank Shteamer	ISBN 0-8264-3117-8
80	American Recordings (2011)	Cash, JohnnyJohnny Cash	1994	Tost, TonyTony Tost	ISBN 1-4411-7461-3
81	Some Girls (2011)	Rolling Stones !The Rolling Stones	1978	Patell, CyrusCyrus Patell	ISBN 1-4411-9280-8
82	You're Living All Over Me (2011)	Dinosaur Jr.	1987	Attfield, NickNick Attfield	ISBN 1-4411-8778-2
83	Marquee Moon (2011)	Television	1977	Waterman, BryanBryan Waterman	ISBN 1-4411-8605-0
84	Amazing Grace (2011)	Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin	1972	Cohen, AaronAaron Cohen	ISBN 1-4411-4888-4
85	Dummy (2011)	Portishead	1994	Wheaton, RJRJ Wheaton	ISBN 1-4411-9449-5
86	Fear of Music (2012)	Talking Heads	1979	Lethem, JonathanJonathan Lethem	ISBN 1-4411-2100-5
87	Histoire de Melody Nelson (2013)	Serge Gainsbourg	1971	Anderson, DarranDarran Anderson	ISBN 1-6235-6287-2
88	Flood (2013)	They Might Be Giants	1990	Reed, S. AlexanderS. Alexander Reed and Sandifer, PhilipPhilip Sandifer	ISBN 1-6235-6915-X
89	I Get Wet (2014)	Andrew W.K.	2001	Crandall, PhillipPhillip Crandall	ISBN 1-6235-6714-9
90	Selected Ambient Works Volume II (2014)	Aphex Twin	1994	Weidenbaum, MarcMarc Weidenbaum	ISBN 1-6235-6890-0
91	Entertainment! (2014)	Gang of Four	1979	Dettmar, KevinKevin Dettmar	ISBN 1-6235-6065-9
92	Blank Generation (2014)	Richard Hell and the Voidoids	1977	Astor, PetePete Astor	ISBN 1-6235-6122-1
93	Donuts (2014)	J Dilla	2006	Ferguson, JordanJordan Ferguson	ISBN 1-6235-6183-3
94	Smile (2014)	Beach Boys !The Beach Boys	1967	Sanchez, LuisLuis Sanchez	ISBN 1-6235-6258-9
95	Definitely Maybe (2014)	Oasis	1994	Niven, AlexAlex Niven	ISBN 1-6235-6423-9
96	Exile in Guyville (2014)	Liz Phair	1993	Arnold, GinaGina Arnold	ISBN 1-4411-6257-7
97	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2014)	Kanye West	2010	Walker Graves, KirkKirk Walker Graves	ISBN 1-6235-6542-1
98	The Grey Album (2014)	Danger Mouse	2004	Fairchild, CharlesCharles Fairchild	ISBN 978-1-62356-660-9
99	( ) (2014)	Sigur Rós	2002	Hayden, EthanEthan Hayden	ISBN 1-6235-6892-7
100	Dangerous (2014)	Michael Jackson	1991	Fast, SusanSusan Fast	ISBN 1-6235-6631-2
101	Tago Mago (2014)	Can	1971	Warner, AlanAlan Warner	ISBN 1-6289-2108-0
102	Ode to Billie Joe (2014)	Bobbie Gentry	1967	Murtha, TaraTara Murtha	ISBN 1-6235-6964-8
103	Live Through This (2014)	Hole	1994	Crawford, AnwenAnwen Crawford	ISBN 978-1-6235-6762-0
104	Freedom of Choice (2015)	Devo	1980	Nagy, EvieEvie Nagy	ISBN 978-1-6235-6344-8
105	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (2015)	Dead Kennedys	1980	Stewart, MichaelMichael Stewart	ISBN 978-1-6235-6730-9
106	Super Mario Bros. (2015)	Koji Kondo	1985	Schartmann, AndrewAndrew Schartmann	ISBN 978-1-6289-2853-2
107	Beat Happening (2015)	Beat Happening	1985	Parker, Bryan C.Bryan C. Parker	ISBN 978-1628929270
108	Metallica (2015)	Metallica	1991	Masciotra, DavidDavid Masciotra	ISBN 978-1628929300
109	A Live One (2015)	Phish	1995	Holland, WalterWalter Holland	ISBN 978-1628929386
110	Bitches Brew (2015)	Miles Davis	1970	Grella, GeorgeGeorge Grella	ISBN 978-1628929430
111	Parallel Lines (2016)	Blondie	1978	McLeod, KembrewKembrew McLeod	ISBN 978-1501302374
112	Workingman's Dead (2016)	Grateful Dead	1970	Poole, BuzzBuzz Poole	ISBN 978-1628929249
113	Hangin' Tough (2016)	New Kids on the Block	1988	Wallwork, RebeccaRebecca Wallwork	ISBN 978-1628929737
114	The Geto Boys (2016)	The Geto Boys	1990	Potts, RolfRolf Potts	ISBN 978-1628929461
115	Dig Me Out (2016)	Sleater-Kinney	1997	Babovic, JovanaJovana Babovic	ISBN 978-1628929768
116	Sound of Silver (2016)	LCD Soundsystem	2007	Leas, RyanRyan Leas	ISBN 978-1501325595

[*] Intentionally mis-numbered

Forthcoming titles

2016

Psychocandy, by Paula Mejia, on the album by The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985)
Donny Hathaway Live, by Emily Lordi, on the live album by Donny Hathaway (1972)
The Raincoats, by Jenn Pelly, on the album by The Raincoats (1979)

2017

24 Hour Revenge Therapy by Ronen Givony on the album by Jawbreaker (1994)
Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde by Andrew Barker on the album by The Pharcyde (1992)
Boys for Pele by Amy Gentry on the album by Tori Amos (1996)
Colossal Youth by Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero on the album by Young Marble Giants (1980)
Homogenic by Emily Mackay on the album by Björk (1997)
In on the Kill Taker by Joe Gross on the album by Fugazi (1993)
The Modern Lovers by Sean L. Maloney on the album by The Modern Lovers (1976)
Okie from Muskogee by Rachel Rubin on the album by Merle Haggard (1969)
Peepshow by Samantha Bennett on the album by Siouxsie and the Banshees (1988)
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version by Jarett Kobek on the album by Ol' Dirty Bastard (1995)
Switched-On Bach by Roshanak Kheshti on the album by Wendy Carlos (1968)
Tin Drum by Agata Pyzik on the album by Japan (1981)
Transformer by Ezra Furman on the album by Lou Reed (1972)
Twin Peaks by Clare Nina Norelli on the soundtrack by Angelo Badalamenti (1990)
Uptown Saturday Night by Patrick Rivers and Will Fulton on the album by Camp Lo (1997)
Workbook by Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch on the album by Bob Mould (1989)

References

1 2 3 Yoder, Anne K. (3 April 2006). "Introduction and Interview with Series Editor David Barker". PopMatters. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
1 2 Benfer, Amy (28 August 2014). "Review 33⅓ book series celebrates records -- and its 10th anniversary". LA Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
1 2 3 Brown, Harley (25 February 2015). "How the 33 1/3 Series, In Spite of Two Shrinking Industries, Continues to Thrive". Billboard. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

External links

Official blog for the series
TimesOnline on the book series.

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