The 33 1/3 B-sides

"If given another chance to write for the series, which albums would 33 1/3 authors focus on the second time around? This anthology features compact essays from past 33 1/3 authors on albums that consume them, but about which they did not write. It explores often overlooked and underrated albums that may not have inspired their 33 1/3 books, but have played a large part in their own musical cultivation. Questions central to the essays include: How has this album influenced your worldview? How does this album intersect with your other creative and critical pursuits? How does this album index a particular moment in cultural history? In your own personal history? Why is the album perhaps under-the-radar, or a buried treasure? Why can't you stop listening to it? Bringing together 33 1/3's rich array of writers, critics, and scholars, this collection probes our taste in albums, our longing for certain tunes, and our desire to hit repeat--all while creating an expansive "must-listen" list for readers in search of unexplored musical territories."--Page 4 de la couverture.

Introduction : superfluous, redundant, enduring. Prince's emancipation (1996) / Will Stockton -- Reintroduction : trivial, derivative, tenacious. Christina Aguilera's Mi reflejo (2000) / D. Gilson -- Juvenilia. Leonard Cohen's Songs of love and hate (1971) / Drew Daniel ; The New York Dolls' Too much, too soon (1974) / David Smay ; The Durutti Column's The return of the Durutti Column (1980) / Philip Shaw ; R.E.M.'s Chronic town (1982) / Gina Arnold ; Rites of Spring's Rites of Spring (1985) / Will Fulton ; Jane's Addiction's Nothing's shocking (1988) / Rolf Potts ; Del Amitri's Waking hours (1989) / Alex Green ; Sinéad O'Connor's I do not want what I haven't got (1990) / Tara Murtha ; De La Soul's De La Soul is dead (1991) / Shawn Taylor ; Digable Planets' Reachin' (a new refutation of time and space) (1993) / Walter Biggins ; Billy Idol's Cyberpunk (1993) / Sean Maloney ; Guided by Voices' Mag earwhig! (1997) / Matt LeMay ; The Smashing Pumpkins' Adore (1998) / Jovana Babovic ; The Weakerthans' Left and leaving (2000) / Daniel Couch -- Marginalia. Robert Johnson's King of the Delta Blues singers (1961) / Jeffrey T. Roesgen ; The Doors' Strange days (1967) / Clare Nina Norelli ; …