We also wanted to give a big heartfelt thanks to each and every person who took the time to submit a proposal. There were many brilliant submissions and many, many proposals that we very nearly included in this list. So the exact moment of 12:00:00 midnight belongs to the day before. The first moment after that, for example 12:00:01, belongs to the day after. One thing that I hope the editors clarify is whether or not the series is still considering non-academic proposals. I have always liked that the 33 1/3 series welcomes a variety of approaches. There are ‘Making Of’ books like “69 Love Songs” and “Chocolate and Cheese.” There are literary approaches like “Master of Reality,” “Meat is Murder,” and Let it Be.” And, of course, there are the academic/analytical titles like “Let’s Talk About Love” and “Dangerous.”

I still buy the occasional one. I still read them online or from the library. I haven’t kept up with the series in the way I once did, and it’s unlikely I’ll now cover that lost ground. But I’m still in the race, somewhat. The last one from the main series I read was Sequioa L. Maner’s excellent assessment of Kendric Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly (166). The last one I bought (and will soon read) is Steve Tupai Francis’ look at Kraftwerk’s 1981 gem, Computer World (163). I’d like to read the book about George Michael’s Faith (165), Madvillain Madvillainy (171), Wendy Carlos’ Switched-On Bach (141), and, well, there are of course heaps of others.Several independent books have been spun off of the series. The first, Carl Wilson's 2007 entry on Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, was expanded for a 2014 Bloomsbury reissue with material not specifically pertaining to the Dion album and retitled Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste. Joe Bonomo, at the invitation of Barker, expanded his 33 + 1⁄ 3 proposal on Jerry Lee Lewis's Live at the Star Club, Hamburg album into a full-length book about Lewis, the album, and his career titled Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found, published by Continuum in 2009. A rejected proposal from writer Brett Milano for an entry on Game Theory's 1987 album Lolita Nation was instead expanded by Milano into a biography on the band's leader Scott Miller; that project, titled Don't All Thank Me at Once: The Lost Genius of Scott Miller, was released by 125 Books in 2015. [5] Originally published by Continuum, [3] the series was founded by editor David Barker in 2003. [1] At the time, Continuum published a series of short books on literature called Continuum Contemporaries. One-time 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] Q: There is already a book in the series by the same artist as the one I’m proposing, will you consider two albums by the same artist? Submit the content below in one single document as either .doc, .docx or .pdf. No .rtf files will be accepted.

We received many outstanding proposals, which we delighted in reading and discussing. As always, it was difficult to select just 12. We are continually impressed by your dedication to music and honored by your support of this series. We are so excited to finally be able to announce our selections from the 2022 33 1/3 open call. We know that it feels like a long time since the submission window closed, but we’ve been hard at work reading through proposals, sending them on to external advisors*, discussing internally, getting in touch with authors, and making the projects official. So without further delay, here is the list of new titles: Zaleski, Annie (January 1, 2016). "The lost pop genius of Scott Miller". Salon. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. A big thanks to our external advisors, who were integral in our selection process: Samantha Bennett, Sean Maloney, boice Terrel-Allen, Sarah Piña, and Ryan Pinkard.

The original Smile album remains unfinished; not to be confused with The Smile Sessions (2011) box set Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books, each about a single music album. [1] The series title refers to the rotation speed of a vinyl LP, 33 + 1⁄ 3 RPM. [2] History [ edit ] Here you’ll find the full list of albums already covered in the 33 1/3 series, from the very first book published in 2003 to today. Have an album in mind that you think we should cover? Let us know what you’d like to see in the series in the comments below. a b https://web.archive.org/web/20151106232635/https://333sound.com/2015/11/04/open-call-2015-results-the-16-new-books-in-the-33-13-series/

Have you read any of the titles? Will you? What are your thoughts on either the individual titles so far, or what great New Zealand album would you most like to read about?Today’s the day! We are thrilled to announce the next batch of 12 books for the 33 1/3 series. From Little Richard to Dolly Parton to Cardi B, we have a variety of new artists and albums to add to the series lineup. We look forward to seeing what our brilliant authors have to say about their music.

By far the biggest name in the 33 1/3 roster of writers, Jonathan Lethem is no music critic, but an award-winning fiction writer whose novels Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude indulge long passages about pop music. His take on Talking Heads’ 1979 album forgoes fiction for first-person criticism, in which Lethem’s teenage self acts as a sympathetic protagonist. Even as he plumbs each song on Fear of Music for meaning and significance, he uses the album as a point against which he can measure his own growth as a listener, becoming older and wiser and hungrier for connection with each year and with each listen.Kraftwerk's Computer World:: 33 1/3 Steve Tupai Francis Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.