The 33 1/3 B-sides: New Essays by 33 1/3 Authors on Beloved and Underrated Albums

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Preface
Introduction: Superfluous, Redundant, Enduring—Prince’s Emancipation (1996) Will Stockton
Reintroduction: Trivial, Derivative, Tenacious—Christina Aguilera’s Mi Reflejo (2000) D. Gilson
Part One Juvenilia
	1 Leonard Cohen’s Songs of Love and Hate (1971) Drew Daniel
	2 The New York Dolls’ Too Much, Too Soon (1974) David Smay
	3 The Rolling Stones’ It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (1974) David Masciotra
	4 The Durutti Column’s The Return of the Durutti Column (1980) Philip Shaw
	5 R.E.M.’s Chronic Town (1982) Gina Arnold
	6 Rites of Spring’s Rites of Spring (1985) Will Fulton
	7 Jane’s Addiction’s Nothing’s Shocking (1988) Rolf Potts
	8 Del Amitri’s Waking Hours (1989) Alex Green
	9 Sinéad O’Connor’s I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990) Tara Murtha
	10 De La Soul’s De La Soul Is Dead (1991) Shawn Taylor
	11 Digable Planets’ Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993) Walter Biggins
	12 Billy Idol’s Cyberpunk (1993) Sean L. Maloney
	13 Guided By Voices’ Mag Earwhig! (1997) Matt LeMay
	14 The Smashing Pumpkins’ Adore (1998) Jovana Babovic
	15 The Weakerthans’ Left and Leaving (2000) Daniel Couch
Part Two Marginalia
	16 Hank Thompson’s Smoky the Bar (1969) Joe Bonomo
	17 Robert Johnson’s King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961) Jeffrey T. Roesgen
	18 The Doors’ Strange Days (1967) Clare Nina Norelli
	19 The Dells’ There Is (1968) Joe Bucciero
	20 Shirley and Dolly Collins’ Anthems in Eden (1969) Sam Inglis
	21 Von Freeman’s Doin’ It Right Now (1972) Aaron Cohen
	22 John Cale’s Paris 1919 (1973) Mark Polizzotti
	23 Bert Jansch’s L.A. Turnaround (1974) John Perry
	24 The Cars’ Candy-O (1979) Susan Fast
	25 Ian Dury and the Blockheads’ Laughter (1980) Terry Edwards
	26 Frankie Armstrong, Brian Pearson, Blowzabella, and Jon Gillaspie’s Tam Lin (1984) Allan F. Moore
	27 Scritti Politti’s Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985) Dan LeRoy
	28 Negativland’s Escape from Noise (1987) Kembrew McLeod
	29 Frank Black’s Frank Black (1993) Zeth Lundy
	30 Rodan’s Rusty (1994) Michael T. Fournier
	31 Kenickie’s At the Club (1997) Emily Mackay
	32 Guy’s Guy (1988) Patrick Rivers
	33 Sleep’s Dopesmoker (2003) Erik Davis
	34 The Blood Brothers’ Crimes (2004) Ethan Hayden
	35 Boris’ Pink (2006) Paula Mejía
	36 Stars of the Lid’s And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007) Walter Holland
	37 The Range Rats’ The Range Rats (2010) Michael Blair
	38 Daniel Lopatin’s Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1 (2010) Marvin Lin
Part Three Memorabilia
	39 The Band’s Rock of Ages (1972) Steve Matteo
	40 Bruce Springsteen’s Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Live at the Geneva Theater (1974) Bruce Eaton
	41 Talisker’s Dreaming of Glenisla (1975) John Cavanagh
	42 The Village People’s Can’t Stop the Music: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980) Rebecca Wallwork
	43 Haruomi Hosono’s Philharmony (1982) Bryan Waterman
	44 Hirokazu Tanaka’s Metroid (1986) Andrew Schartmann
	45 Various Artists’ Music from the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction (1994) Evie Nagy
	46 Various Artists’ Casino Soundtrack (1995) Kevin Courrier
	47 Wesley Willis’ Rock ’n’ Roll Will Never Die. (1996) Phillip Crandall
	48 Nine Inch Nails’ The Fragile (1999) Luis Sanchez
	49 Bob Dylan’s Love and Theft (2001) Pete Astor
	50 Silver Jews’ Bright Flight (2001) Hayden Childs
	51 Green Day’s American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010) Cyrus R. K. Patell
	52 Perfume’s LEVEL3 (2013) Jordan Ferguson
	53 Dawn of Midi’s Dysnomia (2015) Charles Fairchild
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