Title: Use Your Illusion book Post by: RichardNixon on February 01, 2006, 06:48:10 PM From Pitchfork:
U2, NIN, B&S, Magnetic Fields Books Due Caroline Bermudez reports: There are certain albums that just can't be contained by 800-word reviews. These are the albums you play on repeat until the disc is scratched or the battery dies. You obsess over the meaning of every single word in their lyrics, read multiple biographies about the artists in question, or turn each chord into a meditation. Have heart devoted listeners: someone out there has you and your battered headphones in mind. The Continuum International Publishing Group has announced 21 new titles in its 33 1/3 series, a collection of short books about beloved (and heavily scrutinized) albums from the last half-century. The new additions, to be published throughout 2007 and 2008, run the gamut from folk to hip-hop to proto-industrial. The authors are writers from all walks of journalism, criticism, and academia, including Pitchfork's own Scott Plagenhoef, Amanda Petrusich, and Drew Daniel. At 29 books and counting, the 33 1/3 series has taken apart the Beatles, Love, Joy Division (written by former Pitchfork contributor Chris Ott), Prince, and Neutral Milk Hotel among many, many others. Colin Meloy of the Decemberists wrote about the Replacements, Joe Pernice of the Pernice Brothers wrote about the Smiths, and lots of music nerds rediscovered the joys of the library. Here is a list of the new tomes, so get ready to make room on your shelf: Belle and Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister by Scott Plagenhoef Steely Dan's Aja by Don Breithaupt Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights by Hayden Childs Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine by Daphne Carr Guns N' Roses's Use Your Illusion by Eric Weisbard Patti Smith's Horses by Phil Shaw The Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime by Mike Fournier Nick Drake's Pink Moon by Amanda Petrusich A Tribe Called Quest's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm by Shawn Taylor U2's Achtung Baby by Stephen Catanzarite Throbbing Gristle's 20 Jazz Funk Greats by Drew Daniel Kate Bush's The Dreaming by Ann Powers PJ Harvey's Rid of Me by Kate Schatz Brian Eno's Another Green World by Geeta Dayal Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life by Zeth Lundy Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica by Kevin Courrier Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love by Carl Wilson Lucinda Williams' Lucinda Williams by Anders Smith Lindall The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs by LD Beghtol Television's Marquee Moon by Peter Blauner Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones by David Smay Several more titles are scheduled to be published in 2006. Look out for these at your local coffee shop soon: The Pixies' Doolittle by Ben Sisario The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique by Dan LeRoy Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On by Miles Marshall Lewis The Stone Roses' Stone Roses by Alex Green Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation by Matthew Stearns Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark by Sean Nelson The Clash's London Calling by David L. Ulin The Byrds' The Notorious Byrd Brothers by Ric Menck Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited by Mark Polizzotti Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand by Marc Woodworth Nirvana's In Utero by Gillian Gaar The Who's The Who Sell Out by John Dougan Title: Re: Use Your Illusion book Post by: jameslofton29 on February 01, 2006, 06:53:28 PM Guns N' Roses's Use Your Illusion by Eric Weisbard That should be very interesting. I've never read a book devoted to just an album before.Title: Re: Use Your Illusion book Post by: erose on February 01, 2006, 08:23:07 PM is there anything we don't know about that era??? ::)
Title: Re: Use Your Illusion book Post by: Chief on February 02, 2006, 12:44:08 AM has anyone read any of these before? i'm curious to see what they are like....
looks to be very interesting! Title: Re: Use Your Illusion book Post by: gnr85 on February 02, 2006, 01:14:34 AM sweet
Title: Re: Use Your Illusion book Post by: mikegiuliana on February 02, 2006, 03:44:07 AM all these books always have shit loads of quotes, all that we have already... My fav book was over the top
Title: Re: Use Your Illusion book Post by: GNRBABY on February 02, 2006, 06:55:52 PM I'll have to check this out.
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