33⅓

I've recently been getting into the 33⅓ book series. They are fairly short books which delve into the anatomy of some of the most prolific albums of our time. So far, I've only read Dai Griffiths take on OK Computer and Eliot Wilder's interviews with Josh Davis regarding Endtroducing. The books are not formulaic in their approach; the latter book is based around interviews as well as offering a short history of how DJ Shadow got into djing, whilst the Radiohead book is more academic, including an explanation as to why songs tend to be around 3 minutes long - apparently we have Elvis to thank for that. You can find out more about the series by checking their blog - below is a list of albums covered by the series thus far. You'll notice there's a fair few notable exceptions...I'm not seeing much Jazz!

#	Album	Artist	Year album released	Author of book
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. Fornier
46	Aja	Steely Dan	1977	Dan 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
69*	69 Love Songs	The Magnetic Fields	1999	LD Beghtol
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	Radio City	Big Star	1974	Bruce Eaton