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"Like the first, this second compilation pulls together the best chapters from 20 of the titles and exposes the writers' often radically different approaches, from the near-scientific to the decidedly impressionistic...Despite a strict on-album-per-band rule being observed, it's also refreshing that an artist's most popular record isn't automatically the one placed under scrutiny. Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark is covered, rather than Blue; Nirvana's In Utero rather than Nevermind. It's by occasionally turning the blind eye to cynical commercial instinct, allied to the untrammeled freedom granted to each writer, that's made 33 1/3 such an eccentric and absorbing series." -- Nige Tassell, Word Magazine
"You've probably seen the 33 1/3 series at your local bookstore or record shop. They're those great little titles devoted to classic albums like Let It Be, Paul's Boutique and even Trout Mask Replica. This collects some of the best writing within those books. You'll find commentary about R.E.M.'s Murmur, the Pixies' Doolittle, Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, Nirvana's In Utero, Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea...After you read it, you'll be a hit at the next hipster social gathering." -- Whitney Matheson, POP Candy (USA Today pop culture blog)
"Everybody has their own little best-of lists in their heads -- sometimes a jarring mix of records beloved for the most intimate and inexplicable reasons. Each miniature book in the 33 1/3 series devotes itself to unraveling the allure of an album, from Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" to Belle & Sebastian's "If You're Feeling Sinister" to Celine Dion's "Let's Talk About Love." The excerpts crammed into 33 1/3 Greatest Hits Vol. 2, $15.95 (which follows 33 1/3 Greatest Hits Vol. 1, $14.95), present a dizzying array of passions that should send music lovers poring through their own music collections." -- Salon.com
"For all of us that were buying records way before back-catalogue compilations and the mp3 came to dominate the music scene, the 33 1/3 series of short books, each dealing with a different LP, make for perfect stocking fillers. Then comes the obligatory Greatest Hits, a digest of some of the best writing from the series. With the release of Volume 2 there is the usual mix of insightful personal experiences and professional encounters with the various artists. From pop to hip-hop, this book is guaranteed to shift Christmas Day away from the turkey and the inevitable re-run of It's a Wondeful Life to a raiding of the record collection at hand. Conversations thus soundtracked and fuelled by the various chapters will try to resolve such affirmations as The Stone Roses "possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm" or how and why (and, indeed, if) the Pixies became "gods in abstentia". A book for all tomorrow's parties--oh, and the album you're now thinking about is number 11 in the series." -- Raphael Costambeys-Kempzynski, Popmatters.com
On the whole, 33 1/3 Greatest Hits is an awesome romp. Think of it as a party filled with your smartest and most literate music friends. We all have at least one album we love, for whatever reason--it got you through a bad period of your life, reminds you of the best summer of your life, first time you made love--and when you hear it there comes a flood of feelings with each song. This anthology, these stories, capture that rush of emotions and brilliantly crystallizes the thoughts. Certainly worth a read." -- Playback St. Louis
"You've probably seen the 33 1/3 series at your local bookstore or record shop. They're those great little titles devoted to classic albums like Let It Be, Paul's Boutique and even Trout Mask Replica. This collects some of the best writing within those books. You'll find commentary about R.E.M.'s Murmur, the Pixies' Doolittle, Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, Nirvana's In Utero, Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea...After you read it, you'll be a hit at the next hipster social gathering." -- Whitney Matheson, POP Candy (USA Today pop culture blog)
"Everybody has their own little best-of lists in their heads -- sometimes a jarring mix of records beloved for the most intimate and inexplicable reasons. Each miniature book in the 33 1/3 series devotes itself to unraveling the allure of an album, from Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" to Belle & Sebastian's "If You're Feeling Sinister" to Celine Dion's "Let's Talk About Love." The excerpts crammed into 33 1/3 Greatest Hits Vol. 2, $15.95 (which follows 33 1/3 Greatest Hits Vol. 1, $14.95), present a dizzying array of passions that should send music lovers poring through their own music collections." -- Salon.com
"For all of us that were buying records way before back-catalogue compilations and the mp3 came to dominate the music scene, the 33 1/3 series of short books, each dealing with a different LP, make for perfect stocking fillers. Then comes the obligatory Greatest Hits, a digest of some of the best writing from the series. With the release of Volume 2 there is the usual mix of insightful personal experiences and professional encounters with the various artists. From pop to hip-hop, this book is guaranteed to shift Christmas Day away from the turkey and the inevitable re-run of It's a Wondeful Life to a raiding of the record collection at hand. Conversations thus soundtracked and fuelled by the various chapters will try to resolve such affirmations as The Stone Roses "possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm" or how and why (and, indeed, if) the Pixies became "gods in abstentia". A book for all tomorrow's parties--oh, and the album you're now thinking about is number 11 in the series." -- Raphael Costambeys-Kempzynski, Popmatters.com
On the whole, 33 1/3 Greatest Hits is an awesome romp. Think of it as a party filled with your smartest and most literate music friends. We all have at least one album we love, for whatever reason--it got you through a bad period of your life, reminds you of the best summer of your life, first time you made love--and when you hear it there comes a flood of feelings with each song. This anthology, these stories, capture that rush of emotions and brilliantly crystallizes the thoughts. Certainly worth a read." -- Playback St. Louis
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The second compendium of extracts from Continuum's acclaimed and successful 33 1/3 series, Volume 2 features 20 sharp, savvy and very different writers' takes on albums by Neutral Milk Hotel, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, David Bowie, the Pixies, the Beastie Boys, Nirvana, R.E.M, the Band and many more. A perfect gift for the music lover in your life!
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