Search The Line of Best Fit
Search The Line of Best Fit

Music book series 33⅓ accepting new submissions

05 February 2014, 16:50 | Written by Luke Morgan Britton
(News)

Cult music book series 33⅓ are now open for new proposals from budding journos and seasoned scribes alike to write about their favourite albums.

The series, which sees each book featuring an author discussing a different seminal LP, are taking submissions for their next wave of releases – as Impose note.

You can find out more details on the submissions process here, with entries closing on 3 March.

Check out the full list of books already published so far below:

1 Dusty in Memphis- Dusty Springfield 1969 Warren Zanes

2 Forever Changes -Love 1967 Andrew Hultkrans

3 Harvest -Neil Young 1972 Sam Inglis 4 The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society -The Kinks 1968 Andy Miller 5 Meat Is Murder- The Smiths 1985 Joe Pernice 6 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn- Pink Floyd 1967 John Cavanagh 7 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits -ABBA 1992 Elisabeth Vincentelli 8 Electric Ladyland -The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968 John Perry 9 Unknown Pleasures- Joy Division 1979 Chris Ott 10 Sign “☮” the Times - Prince 1987 Michaelangelo Matos 11 The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground 1967 Joe Harvard 12 Let It Be -The Beatles 1970 Steve Matteo 13 Live at the Apollo -James Brown 1963 Douglas Wolk 14 Aqualung-Jethro Tull 1971 Allan Moore 15 OK Computer-Radiohead 1997 Dai Griffiths 16 Let It Be -The Replacements 1984 Colin Meloy 17 Led Zeppelin IV -Led Zeppelin 1971 Erik Davis 18 Exile on Main St. -The Rolling Stones 1972 Bill Janovitz 19 Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 1966 Jim Fusilli 20 Ramones- Ramones 1976 Nicholas Rombes 21 Armed Forces -Elvis Costello 1979 Franklin Bruno 22 Murmur- R.E.M. 1983 J. Niimi 23 Grace - Jeff Buckley 1994 Daphne Brooks 24 Endtroducing….. -DJ Shadow 1996 Eliot Wilder 25 Kick Out the Jams - MC5 1969 Don McLeese 26 Low - David Bowie 1977 Hugo Wilcken 27 Born in the U.S.A. -Bruce Springsteen 1984 Geoffrey Himes 28 Music from Big Pink -The Band 1968 John Niven 29 In the Aeroplane over the Sea- Neutral Milk Hotel 1998 Kim Cooper 30 Paul’s Boutique -Beastie Boys 1989 Dan Le Roy 31 Doolittle - Pixies 1989 Ben Sisario 32 There’s a Riot Goin’ On -Sly and the Family Stone 1971 Miles Marshall Lewis 33 The Stone Roses -The Stone Roses 1989 Alex Green 34 In Utero-Nirvana 1993 Gillian G. Gaar 35 Highway 61 Revisited -Bob Dylan 1965 Mark Polizzotti 36 Loveless -My Bloody Valentine 1991 Mike McGonigal 37 The Who Sell Out -The Who 1967 John Dougan 38 Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices 1994 Marc Woodworth 39 Daydream Nation -Sonic Youth 1988 Matthew Stearns 40 Court and Spark -Joni Mitchell 1974 Sean Nelson 41 Use Your Illusion I and II -Guns N’ Roses 1991 Eric Weisbard 42 Songs in the Key of Life-Stevie Wonder 1976 Zeth Lundy 43 The Notorious Byrd Brothers -The Byrds 1968 Ric Menck 44 Trout Mask Replica -Captain Beefheart 1969 Kevin Courrier 45 Double Nickels on the Dime -Minutemen 1984 Michael T. Fournier 46 Aja -Steely Dan 1977 Don Breithaupt 47 People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest 1990 Shawn Taylor 48 Rid of Me -PJ Harvey 1993 Kate Schatz 49 Achtung Baby -U2 1991 Stephen Catanzarite 50 If You’re Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian 1996 Scott Plagenhoef 51 Pink Moon -Nick Drake 1972 Amanda Petrusich 52 Let’s Talk About Love -Celine Dion 1997 Carl Wilson 53 Swordfishtrombones -Tom Waits 1983 David Smay 54 20 Jazz Funk Greats - Throbbing Gristle 1979 Drew Daniel 55 Horses -Patti Smith 1975 Philip Shaw 56 Master of Reality -Black Sabbath 1971 John Darnielle 57 Reign in Blood - Slayer 1986 D.X. Ferris 58 Shoot Out the Lights -Richard and Linda Thompson 1982 Hayden Childs 59 Gentlemen -The Afghan Whigs 1993 Bob Gendron 60 Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash -The Pogues 1985 Jeffery T. Roesgen 61 The Gilded Palace of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers 1969 Bob Proehl 62 Pink Flag -Wire 1977 Wilson Neate 63 XO - Elliott Smith 1998 Mathew Lemay 64 Illmatic -Nas 1994 Matthew Gasteier 65 Radio City - Big Star 1974 Bruce Eaton 66 One Step Beyond… - Madness 1979 Terry Edwards 67 Another Green World - Brian Eno 1975 Geeta Dayal 68 Zaireeka The Flaming Lips- 1997 Mark Richardson 69 69 Love Songs -The Magnetic Fields 1999 LD Beghtol 70 Facing Future - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole 1993 Dan Kois 71 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back -Public Enemy 1988 Christopher R. Weingarten 72 Wowee Zowee -Pavement 1995 Bryan Charles 73 Highway to Hell- AC/DC 1979 Joe Bonomo

74 Song Cycle -Van Dyke Parks 1968 Richard Henderson

75 Spiderland - Slint 1991 Scott Tennent

76 Kid A - Radiohead 2000 Marvin Lin

77 Tusk - Fleetwood Mac 1979 Rob Trucks

78 Pretty Hate Machine Nine Inch Nails 1989 Daphne Carr

79 Chocolate and Cheese Ween 1994 Hank Shteamer

80 American Recordings Johnny Cash 1994 Tony Tost

81 Some Girls The Rolling Stones 1978 Cyrus Patell

82 You’re Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr. 1987 Nick Attfield

83 Marquee Moon Television 1977 Bryan Waterman

84 Amazing Grace Aretha Franklin 1972 Aaron Cohen

85 Dummy Portishead 1994 RJ Wheaton

86 Fear of Music Talking Heads 1979 Jonathan Lethem

87 Histoire de Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg 1971 Darran Anderson

88 Flood They Might Be Giants 1990 S. Alexander Reed and Philip Sandifer

89 I Get Wet Andrew W.K. 2001 Phillip Crandal

And here’s what’s coming up:

Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson, by Darran Anderson
They Might Be Giants’ Flood, by S. Alexander Reed and Philip Sandifer
Andrew WK’s I Get Wet, by Phillip Crandall
Beach Boys’ Smile, by Luis A. Sanchez
Gang of Four’s Entertainment!, by Kevin Dettmar
J Dilla’s Donuts, by Jordan Ferguson
Richard Hell and the Voidoids’ Blank Generation, by Pete Astor
Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville by Gina Arnold
Oasis’ Definitely Maybe, by Alex Niven
Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, by Kirk Walker Graves
Sigur Ros’ ( ), by Ethan Hayden
Bjork’s Biophilia, by Nicola Dibben
Bobbie Gentry’s Ode to Billie Joe, by Tara Murtha
Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album, by Charles Fairchild
Hole’s Live Through This, by Anwyn Crawford
Michael Jackson’s Dangerous, by Susan Fast
Dead Kennedys’ Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, by Mike Foley
Devo’s Freedom of Choice, by Evie Nagy

Share article
Email

Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday

Read next