33 1/3

33+1⁄3 (Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books with its first installation in 2003, and is published by Bloomsbury Publishing since 2010. The books are about albums from various musical genres. As of 2025, 196 books have been published in the main series. Six additional series have been published, all of them specific to a region except for one about music genres.

History and overview

Each book of 33+1⁄3 is about a single album.^[1] The series title refers to the rotation speed of a vinyl LP, 33+1⁄3 revolutions per minute.^[2]

Originally published by Continuum,^[3] the series was founded by editor David Barker in 2003.^[1] At the time, Continuum published a series of short books on literature called Continuum Contemporaries. One-time series editor Ally-Jane Grossan described Barker as "an obsessive music fan who thought, 'This is a really cool idea, why don't we apply this to albums.'"^[3] PopMatters wrote that the range consists of "obscure classics to more usual suspects by the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones".^[1]

In 2010, Continuum was bought out by Bloomsbury Publishing, which continues to publish the series.^[3] Following a leave, Barker was replaced by Grossan in January 2013.^[2] Leah Babb-Rosenfeld has been the editor of the series since 2016.^[4]

Several independent books have been spun off of the series. The first, Carl Wilson's 2007 entry on Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, was expanded for a 2014 Bloomsbury reissue with material not specifically pertaining to the Dion album and retitled Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste. Joe Bonomo, at the invitation of Barker, expanded his 33+1⁄3 proposal on Jerry Lee Lewis's Live at the Star Club, Hamburg album into a full-length book about Lewis, the album, and his career titled Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found, published by Continuum in 2009. A rejected proposal from writer Brett Milano for an entry on Game Theory's 1987 album Lolita Nation was instead expanded by Milano into a biography on the band's leader Scott Miller; that project, titled Don't All Thank Me at Once: The Lost Genius of Scott Miller, was released by 125 Books in 2015.^[5]

In August 2017, Bloomsbury announced the launch of 33+1⁄3 Global,^[6] an extension of the 33+1⁄3 series to popular music from around the world. The first two sub-series launched were 33+1⁄3 Brazil, edited by Jason Stanyek, and 33+1⁄3 Japan, edited by Noriko Manabe.^[7] The first book for 33+1⁄3 Brazil was Caetano Veloso's A Foreign Sound by Barbara Browning.^[8] The first books for 33+1⁄3 Japan were Supercell ft. Hatsune Miku by Keisuke Yamada and Yoko Kanno's Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack by Rose Bridges.^[9]

Published titles

As of November 2025^[update], 198 books have been published in the main series.

Main series

#	Album	Artist	Year (album)	Year (book)	Author of book	ISBN #
1	Dusty in Memphis	Dusty Springfield	1969	2003	Warren Zanes	978-0-8264-1492-2
2	Forever Changes	Love	1967	2003	Andrew Hultkrans	978-0-8264-1493-9
3	Harvest	Neil Young	1972	2003	Sam Inglis	978-0-8264-1495-3
4	The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society	The Kinks	1968	2003	Andy Miller	978-0-8264-1498-4
5	Meat Is Murder	The Smiths	1985	2003	Joe Pernice	978-0-8264-1494-6
6	The Piper at the Gates of Dawn	Pink Floyd	1967	2003	John Cavanagh	978-0-8264-1497-7
7	ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	1992	2004	Elisabeth Vincentelli	978-0-8264-1546-2
8	Electric Ladyland	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1968	2004	John Perry	978-0-8264-1571-4
9	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division	1979	2004	Chris Ott	978-0-8264-1549-3
10	Sign o' the Times	Prince	1987	2004	Michaelangelo Matos	978-0-8264-1547-9
11	The Velvet Underground & Nico	The Velvet Underground	1967	2004	Joe Harvard	978-0-8264-1550-9
12	Let It Be	The Beatles	1970	2004	Steve Matteo	978-0-8264-1634-6
13	Live at the Apollo	James Brown	1963	2004	Douglas Wolk	978-0-8264-1572-1
14	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	1971	2004	Allan Moore	978-0-8264-1619-3
15	OK Computer	Radiohead	1997	2004	Dai Griffiths	978-0-8264-1663-6
16	Let It Be	The Replacements	1984	2004	Colin Meloy	978-0-8264-1633-9
17	Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin	1971	2005	Erik Davis	978-0-8264-1658-2
18	Exile on Main St.	The Rolling Stones	1972	2005	Bill Janovitz	978-0-8264-1673-5
19	Pet Sounds	The Beach Boys	1966	2005	Jim Fusilli	978-0-8264-1670-4
20	Ramones	Ramones	1976	2005	Nicholas Rombes	978-0-8264-1671-1
21	Armed Forces	Elvis Costello	1979	2005	Franklin Bruno	978-0-8264-1674-2
22	Murmur	R.E.M.	1983	2005	J. Niimi	978-0-8264-1672-8
23	Grace	Jeff Buckley	1994	2005	Daphne Brooks	978-0-8264-1635-3
24	Endtroducing.....	DJ Shadow	1996	2005	Eliot Wilder	978-0-8264-1682-7
25	Kick Out the Jams	MC5	1969	2005	Don McLeese	978-0-8264-1660-5
26	Low	David Bowie	1977	2005	Hugo Wilcken	978-0-8264-1684-1
27	Born in the U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen	1984	2005	Geoffrey Himes	978-0-8264-1661-2
28	Music from Big Pink	The Band	1968	2005	John Niven	978-0-8264-1771-8
29	In the Aeroplane Over the Sea	Neutral Milk Hotel	1998	2005	Kim Cooper	978-0-8264-1690-2
30	Paul's Boutique	Beastie Boys	1989	2006	Dan Le Roy	978-0-8264-1741-1
31	Doolittle	Pixies	1989	2006	Ben Sisario	978-0-8264-1774-9
32	There's a Riot Goin' On	Sly and the Family Stone	1971	2006	Miles Marshall Lewis	978-0-8264-1744-2
33	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	1989	2006	Alex Green	978-0-8264-1742-8
34	In Utero	Nirvana	1993	2006	Gillian G. Gaar	978-0-8264-1776-3
35	Highway 61 Revisited	Bob Dylan	1965	2006	Mark Polizzotti	978-0-8264-1775-6
36	Loveless	My Bloody Valentine	1991	2006	Mike McGonigal	978-0-8264-1548-6
37	The Who Sell Out	The Who	1967	2006	John Dougan	978-0-8264-1743-5
38	Bee Thousand	Guided by Voices	1994	2006	Marc Woodworth	978-0-8264-1748-0
39	Daydream Nation	Sonic Youth	1988	2006	Matthew Stearns	978-0-8264-1740-4
40	Court and Spark	Joni Mitchell	1974	2006	Sean Nelson	978-0-8264-1773-2
41	Use Your Illusion I and II	Guns N' Roses	1991	2006	Eric Weisbard	978-0-8264-1924-8
69^[i]	69 Love Songs	The Magnetic Fields	1999	2006	LD Beghtol	978-0-8264-1925-5
42	Songs in the Key of Life	Stevie Wonder	1976	2007	Zeth Lundy	978-0-8264-1926-2
43	The Notorious Byrd Brothers	The Byrds	1968	2007	Ric Menck	978-0-8264-1717-6
44	Trout Mask Replica	Captain Beefheart	1969	2007	Kevin Courrier	978-0-8264-2781-6
45	Double Nickels on the Dime	Minutemen	1984	2007	Michael T. Fournier	978-0-8264-2787-8
46	Aja	Steely Dan	1977	2007	Don Breithaupt	978-0-8264-2783-0
47	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm	A Tribe Called Quest	1990	2007	Shawn Taylor	978-0-8264-1923-1
48	Rid of Me	PJ Harvey	1993	2007	Kate Schatz	978-0-8264-2778-6
49	Achtung Baby	U2	1991	2007	Stephen Catanzarite	978-0-8264-2784-7
50	If You're Feeling Sinister	Belle & Sebastian	1996	2007	Scott Plagenhoef	978-0-8264-2818-9
51	Pink Moon	Nick Drake	1972	2007	Amanda Petrusich	978-0-8264-2790-8
52	Let's Talk About Love	Celine Dion	1997	2007	Carl Wilson	978-0-8264-2788-5
53	Swordfishtrombones	Tom Waits	1983	2007	David Smay	978-0-8264-2782-3
54	20 Jazz Funk Greats	Throbbing Gristle	1979	2008	Drew Daniel	978-0-8264-2793-9
55	Horses	Patti Smith	1975	2008	Philip Shaw	978-0-8264-2792-2
56	Master of Reality	Black Sabbath	1971	2008	John Darnielle	978-0-8264-2899-8
57	Reign in Blood	Slayer	1986	2008	D.X. Ferris	978-0-8264-2909-4
58	Shoot Out the Lights	Richard and Linda Thompson	1982	2008	Hayden Childs	978-0-8264-2791-5
59	Gentlemen	The Afghan Whigs	1993	2008	Bob Gendron	978-0-8264-2910-0
60	Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash	The Pogues	1985	2008	Jeffrey T. Roesgen	978-0-8264-2916-2
61	The Gilded Palace of Sin	The Flying Burrito Brothers	1969	2008	Bob Proehl	978-0-8264-2903-2
62	Pink Flag	Wire	1977	2009	Wilson Neate	978-0-8264-2914-8
63	XO	Elliott Smith	1998	2009	Mathew Lemay	978-0-8264-2900-1
64	Illmatic	Nas	1994	2009	Matthew Gasteier	978-0-8264-2907-0
65	Radio City	Big Star	1974	2009	Bruce Eaton	978-0-8264-2898-1
66	One Step Beyond...	Madness	1979	2009	Terry Edwards	978-0-8264-2906-3
67	Another Green World	Brian Eno	1975	2009	Geeta Dayal	978-0-8264-2786-1
68	Zaireeka	The Flaming Lips	1997	2009	Mark Richardson	978-0-8264-2901-8
70	Facing Future	Israel Kamakawiwoʻole	1993	2009	Dan Kois	978-0-8264-2905-6
71	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	Public Enemy	1988	2010	Christopher R. Weingarten	978-0-8264-2913-1
72	Wowee Zowee	Pavement	1995	2010	Bryan Charles	978-0-8264-2957-5
73	Highway to Hell	AC/DC	1979	2010	Joe Bonomo	978-1-4411-9028-4
74	Song Cycle	Van Dyke Parks	1968	2010	Richard Henderson	978-0-8264-2917-9
75	Spiderland	Slint	1991	2010	Scott Tennent	978-1-4411-7026-2
76	Kid A	Radiohead	2000	2010	Marvin Lin	978-0-8264-2343-6
77	Tusk	Fleetwood Mac	1979	2011	Rob Trucks	978-0-8264-2902-5
78	Pretty Hate Machine	Nine Inch Nails	1989	2011	Daphne Carr	978-0-8264-2789-2
79	Chocolate and Cheese	Ween	1994	2011	Hank Shteamer	978-0-8264-3117-2
80	American Recordings	Johnny Cash	1994	2011	Tony Tost	978-1-4411-7461-1
81	Some Girls	The Rolling Stones	1978	2011	Cyrus Patell	978-1-4411-9280-6
82	You're Living All Over Me	Dinosaur Jr.	1987	2011	Nick Attfield	978-1-4411-8778-9
83	Marquee Moon	Television	1977	2011	Bryan Waterman	978-1-4411-8605-8
84	Amazing Grace	Aretha Franklin	1972	2011	Aaron Cohen	978-1-4411-4888-9
85	Dummy	Portishead	1994	2011	RJ Wheaton	978-1-4411-9449-7
86	Fear of Music	Talking Heads	1979	2012	Jonathan Lethem	978-1-4411-2100-4
87	Histoire de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	1971	2013	Darran Anderson	978-1-62356-287-8
88	Flood	They Might Be Giants	1990	2013	S. Alexander Reed; Elizabeth Sandifer	978-1-62356-915-0
89	I Get Wet	Andrew W.K.	2001	2014	Phillip Crandall	978-1-62356-714-9
90	Selected Ambient Works Volume II	Aphex Twin	1994	2014	Marc Weidenbaum	978-1-62356-890-0
91	Entertainment!	Gang of Four	1979	2014	Kevin Dettmar	978-1-62356-065-2
92	Blank Generation	Richard Hell and the Voidoids	1977	2014	Pete Astor	978-1-62356-122-2
93	Donuts	J Dilla	2006	2014	Jordan Ferguson	978-1-62356-183-3
94	Smile	The Beach Boys	N/A^[ii]	2014	Luis Sanchez	978-1-62356-258-8
95	Definitely Maybe	Oasis	1994	2014	Alex Niven	978-1-62356-423-0
96	Exile in Guyville	Liz Phair	1993	2014	Gina Arnold	978-1-4411-6257-1
97	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West	2010	2014	Kirk Walker Graves	978-1-62356-542-8
98	The Grey Album	Danger Mouse	2004	2014	Charles Fairchild	978-1-62356-660-9
99	( )	Sigur Rós	2002	2014	Ethan Hayden	978-1-62356-892-4
100	Dangerous	Michael Jackson	1991	2014	Susan Fast	978-1-62356-631-9
101	Tago Mago	Can	1971	2014	Alan Warner	978-1-62892-108-3
102	Ode to Billie Joe	Bobbie Gentry	1967	2014	Tara Murtha	978-1-62356-964-8
103	Live Through This	Hole	1994	2014	Anwen Crawford	978-1-6235-6762-0
104	Freedom of Choice	Devo	1980	2015	Evie Nagy	978-1-6235-6344-8
105	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables	Dead Kennedys	1980	2015	Michael Stewart	978-1-6235-6730-9
106	Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack	Koji Kondo	1985	2015	Andrew Schartmann	978-1-6289-2853-2
107	Beat Happening	Beat Happening	1985	2015	Bryan C. Parker	978-1-62892-927-0
108	Metallica	Metallica	1991	2015	David Masciotra	978-1-62892-930-0
109	A Live One	Phish	1995	2015	Walter Holland	978-1-62892-938-6
110	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	1970	2015	George Grella	978-1-62892-943-0
111	Parallel Lines	Blondie	1978	2016	Kembrew McLeod	978-1-5013-0237-4
112	Workingman's Dead	Grateful Dead	1970	2016	Buzz Poole	978-1-62892-924-9
113	Hangin' Tough	New Kids on the Block	1988	2016	Rebecca Wallwork	978-1-62892-973-7
114	The Geto Boys	The Geto Boys	1990	2016	Rolf Potts	978-1-62892-946-1
115	Dig Me Out	Sleater-Kinney	1997	2016	Jovana Babovic	978-1-62892-976-8
116	Sound of Silver	LCD Soundsystem	2007	2016	Ryan Leas	978-1-5013-2561-8
117	Live	Donny Hathaway	1972	2016	Emily Lordi	978-1-62892-980-5
118	Psychocandy	The Jesus and Mary Chain	1985	2016	Paula Mejia	978-1-62892-950-8
119	The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers	1976	2017	Sean Maloney	978-1-5013-2218-1
120	Soundtrack from Twin Peaks	Angelo Badalamenti	1990	2017	Clare Nina Norelli	978-1-5013-2301-0
121	Colossal Youth	Young Marble Giants	1980	2017	Michael Blair; Joe Bucciero	978-1-5013-2114-6
122	Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde	The Pharcyde	1992	2017	Andrew Barker	978-1-5013-2127-6
123	The Suburbs	Arcade Fire	2010	2017	Eric Eidelstein	978-1-5013-3646-1
124	Workbook	Bob Mould	1989	2017	Walter Biggins; Daniel Couch	978-1-5013-2135-1
125	Uptown Saturday Night	Camp Lo	1997	2017	Patrick Rivers; Will Fulton	978-1-5013-2272-3
126	The Raincoats	The Raincoats	1979	2017	Jenn Pelly	978-1-5013-0240-4
127	Homogenic	Björk	1997	2017	Emily Mackay	978-1-5013-2274-7
128	Okie from Muskogee	Merle Haggard	1969	2018	Rachel Rubin	978-1-5013-2143-6
129	In on the Kill Taker	Fugazi	1993	2018	Joe Gross	978-1-5013-2139-9
130	24 Hour Revenge Therapy	Jawbreaker	1994	2018	Ronen Givony	978-1-5013-2309-6
131	Transformer	Lou Reed	1972	2018	Ezra Furman	978-1-5013-2305-8
132	Peepshow	Siouxsie and the Banshees	1988	2018	Samantha Bennett	978-1-5013-2186-3
133	Southern Rock Opera	Drive-By Truckers	2001	2018	Rien Fertel	978-1-5013-3178-7
134	Jesus Freak	DC Talk	1995	2018	Will Stockton; D. Gilson	978-1-5013-3166-4
135	Boys for Pele	Tori Amos	1996	2018	Amy Gentry	978-1-5013-2131-3
136	One Grain of Sand	Odetta	1963	2019	Matthew Frye	978-1-5013-3332-3
137	The Holy Bible	Manic Street Preachers	1994	2019	David Evans	978-1-5013-3170-1
138	Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las	The Shangri-Las	1966	2019	Ada Wolin	978-1-5013-3174-9
139	Southern Accents	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	1985	2019	Michael Washburn	978-1-5013-3344-6
140	Blue Lines	Massive Attack	1991	2019	Ian Bourland	978-1-5013-3969-1
141	Switched-On Bach	Wendy Carlos	1968	2019	Roshanak Kheshti	978-1-5013-2028-6
142	The Wild Tchoupitoulas	The Wild Tchoupitoulas	1976	2019	Bryan Wagner	978-1-5013-3336-1
143	Diamond Dogs	David Bowie	1974	2020	Glenn Hendler	978-1-5013-3658-4
144	Voodoo	D'Angelo	2000	2020	Faith A. Pennick	978-1-5013-3650-8
145	Judy at Carnegie Hall	Judy Garland	1961	2020	Manuel Betancourt	978-1-5013-5510-3
146	Blue Moves	Elton John	1976	2020	Matthew Restall	978-1-5013-5542-4
147	I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen	Various artists	1991	2020	Ray Padgett	978-1-5013-5506-6
148	The Velvet Rope	Janet Jackson	1997	2020	Ayanna Dozier	978-1-5013-5502-8
149	Suicide	Suicide	1977	2020	Andi Coulter	978-1-5013-5566-0
150	From Elvis in Memphis	Elvis Presley	1969	2020	Eric Wolfson	978-1-5013-5538-7
151	Murder Ballads	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	1996	2020	Santi Elijah Holley	978-1-5013-5514-1
152	Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth	24-Carat Black	1973	2020	Zach Schonfeld	978-1-5013-5550-9
153	Tapestry	Carole King	1971	2021	Loren Glass	978-1-5013-5562-2
154	Vs.	Pearl Jam	1993	2021	Clint Brownlee	978-1-5013-5530-1
155	Avalon	Roxy Music	1982	2021	Simon A. Morrison	978-1-5013-5534-9
156	Rio	Duran Duran	1982	2021	Annie Zaleski	978-1-5013-5518-9
157	Once Upon a Time	Donna Summer	1977	2021	Alex Jeffery	978-1-5013-5546-2
158	Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963	Sam Cooke	1985	2021	Colin Fleming	978-1-5013-5554-7
159	The ArchAndroid	Janelle Monáe	2010	2021	Alyssa Favreau	978-1-5013-5570-7
160	John Prine^[10]	John Prine	1971	2021	Erin Osmon	978-1-5013-7923-9
161	Lyric & Coloratura Arias^[11]	Maria Callas	1954	2021	Ginger Dellenbaugh	978-1-5013-7902-4
162	Boxer^[12]	The National	2007	2022	Ryan Pinkard	978-1-5013-7803-4
163	Computer World^[13]	Kraftwerk	1981	2022	Steve Tupai Francis	978-1-5013-7898-0
164	Moon Pix^[14]	Cat Power	1998	2022	Donna Kozloskie	978-1-5013-7793-8
165	Faith^[15]	George Michael	1987	2022	Matthew Horton	978-1-5013-7797-6
166	To Pimp a Butterfly^[16]	Kendrick Lamar	2015	2022	Sequoia L. Maner	978-1-5013-7747-1
167	Blackout	Britney Spears	2007	2022	Natasha Lasky	978-1-5013-7759-4
168	That's the Way of the World	Earth, Wind & Fire	1975	2022	Dwight E. Brooks	978-1-5013-7805-8
169	Come to My Garden	Minnie Riperton	1970	2022	Brittnay L. Proctor	978-1-5013-7915-4
170	Fontanelle	Babes in Toyland	1992	2022	Selena Chambers	978-1-5013-7755-6
171	Madvillainy	Madvillain	2004	2023	Will Hagle	978-1-5013-8923-8
172	Come Away with ESG	ESG	1983	2023	Cheri Percy	978-1-5013-7919-2
173	BBC Radiophonic Workshop – A Retrospective	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	2008	2023	William Weir	978-1-5013-8915-3
174	Time's Up	Living Colour	1990	2023	Kimberly Mack	978-1-5013-7751-8
175	Beauty and the Beat	The Go-Go's	1981	2023	Lisa Whittington-Hill	978-1-5013-9028-9
176	Erotica	Madonna	1992	2023	Michael Dango	978-1-5013-8899-6
177	Body Count	Body Count	1992	2023	Ben Apatoff	978-1-5013-8907-8
178	Ingénue	k.d. lang	1992	2023	Joanna McNaney Stein	978-1-5013-8919-1
179	Here's Little Richard	Little Richard	1957	2023	Jordan Bassett	978-1-5013-8911-5
180	Invasion of Privacy	Cardi B	2018	2024	Ma’Chell M. Duma	978-1-5013-8927-6
181	This Is Hardcore	Pulp	1998	2024	Jane Savidge	979-8-7651-0695-2
182	Sandinista!	The Clash	1980	2024	Micajah Henley	978-1-5013-9036-4
183	101	Depeche Mode	1989	2024	Mary Valle	978-1-5013-9032-6
184	3 + 3	The Isley Brothers	1973	2024	Darell M. McNeill	979-8-7651-0671-6
185	Red Hot + Blue	Various artists	1990	2024	John Garrison	979-8-7651-0663-1
186	White Limozeen	Dolly Parton	1989	2024	Steacy Easton	978-1-5013-9040-1
187	Garth Brooks in... the Life of Chris Gaines	Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines	1999	2024	Stephen Deusner	979-8-7651-0687-7
188	Hounds of Love	Kate Bush	1985	2024	Leah Kardos	979-8-7651-0699-0
189	The Moon & Antarctica	Modest Mouse	2000	2024	Zachary Petit	979-8-7651-0675-4
190	Paris 1919	John Cale	1973	2025	Mark Doyle	979-8-7651-0679-2
191	Universal Mother	Sinead O'Connor	1994	2025	Adele Bertei	979-8-7651-0691-4
192	And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out	Yo La Tengo	2000	2025	Elliott Simpson	979-8-7651-0667-9
193	The Land of Rape and Honey	Ministry	1988	2025	Jason Pettigrew	979-8-7651-0683-9
194	Blue Bell Knoll	Cocteau Twins	1988	2025	Chris Tapley	978-1-5013-9044-9
195	New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)	Erykah Badu	2010	2025	Kameryn Alexa Carter	979-8-7651-0646-4
196	Cosmic Thing	The B-52s	1989	2025	Pete Crighton	979-8-7651-3312-5
197	Re	Café Tacvba	1994	2025	Carmelo Esterrich	979-8-7651-0655-6
198	Carrie & Lowell	Sufjan Stevens	2015	2025	Joel Mayward	979-8-7651-3276-0
TBC	Believe	Cher	1998	2026	Lior Phillips	TBC
TBC	Disintegration	The Cure	1989	2026	Andi Harriman	TBC
TBC	Blonde	Frank Ocean	2016	2026	Yousef Srour	TBC
TBC	Plastic Beach	Gorillaz	2010	2026	Ihor Junyk	TBC
TBC	Antics	Interpol	2004	2026	Gabriel Saxton-Ruiz	979-8-7651-3270-8
TBC	What’s the 411?	Mary J. Blige	1992	2026	Ricky Tucker	TBC
TBC	So Tonight That I Might See	Mazzy Star	1993	2026	Anthony Gomez III	979-8-7651-3357-6
TBC	Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly	Moss Icon	1993	2026	Zak Fusciello	TBC
TBC	Inflammable Material	Stiff Little Fingers	1979	2026	Kevin Dunn	979-8-7651-3326-2
TBC	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	1983	2026	Nic Brown	979-8-7651-3351-4
TBC	“Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D	“Weird Al” Yankovic	1984	2026	Justin Remer	TBC
TBC	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Whitney Houston	1990	2026	Brandon Tensley	TBC
TBC	Dust Bowl Ballads	Woody Guthrie	1940	2026	Allison Meier	TBC

↑ Intentionally mis-numbered
↑ The original Smile album remains unfinished; not to be confused with The Smile Sessions (2011) box set

33⅓ Japan

#	Work	Artist	Year (album)	Year (book)	Author of book	ISBN #
1	Supercell	Supercell	2009	2017	Keisuke Yamada	978-1-5013-2597-7
2	Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack	Yoko Kanno	1998	2017	Rose Bridges	978-1-5013-2585-4
3	Game	Perfume	2008	2018	Patrick St. Michel	978-1-5013-2590-8
4	AKB48	AKB48	N/A	2019	Patrick W. Galbraith; Jason G. Karlin	978-1-5013-4111-3
5	Fantasma	Cornelius	1997	2019	Martin Roberts	978-1-5013-3017-9
6	Joe Hisaishi's Soundtrack for My Neighbor Totoro	Joe Hisaishi	1988	2020	Kunio Hara	978-1-5013-4512-8
7	Happy Hour	Shonen Knife	1998	2021	Brooke McCorkle Okazaki	978-1-5013-4795-5
8	Koza Dabasa	Nenes	1994	2021	Henry Johnson	978-1-5013-5124-2
9	The 14th Moon (ja:14番目の月)	Yuming	1976	2022	Lasse Lehtonen	978-1-5013-4571-5
10	Kogun	Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band	1974	2024	E. Taylor Atkins	979-8-7651-0901-4
11	Don't Be Swindle	S.O.B.	1987	2025	Mahon Murphy; Ran Zwigenberg	979-8-7651-0896-3

33⅓ Brazil

#	Work	Artist	Year (album)	Year (book)	Author of book	ISBN #
1	A Foreign Sound	Caetano Veloso	2004	2017	Barbara Browning	978-1-5013-1923-5
2	Getz/Gilberto	Stan Getz and João Gilberto	1964	2018	Bryan Daniel	978-1-5013-2395-9
3	Tim Maia Racional Vols. 1 & 2	Tim Maia	1974	2018	Allen Thayer	978-1-5013-2153-5
4	Sorriso Negro	Dona Ivone Lara	1981	2019	Mila Burns	978-1-5013-2449-9
5	Refazenda	Gilberto Gil	1975	2020	Marc A. Hertzman	978-1-5013-3040-7
6	Clube da Esquina	Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges	1972	2020	Jonathon Grasse	978-1-5013-4682-8
7	Sobrevivendo no Inferno	Racionais MC's	1997	2021	Derek Pardue	978-1-5013-3887-8
8	Saudades	Naná Vasconcelos	1979	2021	Daniel B. Sharp	978-1-5013-4570-8
9	Chico Buarque	Chico Buarque	1978	2022	Charles A. Perrone	978-1-5013-7978-9

33⅓ Europe

#	Work	Artist	Year (album)	Year (book)	Author of book	ISBN #
1	A Blaze in the Northern Sky	Darkthrone	1992	2020	Ross Hagen	978-1-5013-4630-9
2	Balkanology	Ivo Papazov	1991	2021	Carol Silverman	978-1-5013-4630-9
3	Wolokolamsker Chaussee	Heiner Müller and Heiner Goebbels	1989	2021	Philip V. Bohlman	978-1-5013-4615-6
4	Don't Break the Oath	Mercyful Fate	1984	2022	Henrik Marstal	978-1-5013-5437-3
5	Niemen Enigmatic	Czesław Niemen	1970	2022	Ewa Mazierska; Mariusz Gradowski	978-1-5013-7266-7
6	DJs Do Guetto	Various artists	2006	2022	Richard Elliott	978-1-5013-5785-5
7	Happy Birthday!	Modeselektor	2007	2022	Sean Nye	978-1-5013-4624-8
8	I'll Be Your Plaything	Bea Palya	2010	2022	Anna Szemere; András Rónai	978-1-5013-5444-1
9	Sin Documentos	Los Rodríguez	1993	2022	Héctor Fouce; Fernán del Val	978-1-5013-5788-6
10	Astaganaga	Massada	1978	2022	Lutgard Mutsaers	978-1-5013-7257-5
11	Bella Ciao	Il Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano	1976	2023	Jacopo Tomatis	978-1-5013-7261-2
12	Récital 1961	Édith Piaf	1961	2023	David L. Looseley	978-1-5013-6210-1
13	Persepolis	Iannis Xenakis	1971	2023	Aram Yardumian	978-1-5013-8150-8
14	Tantsi	Vopli Vidopliassova	1989	2023	Maria Sonevytsky	978-1-5013-6311-5
15	Amália at the Olympia	Amália Rodrigues	1957	2023	Lila Ellen Gray
16	Projekt Jon	Ardit Gjebrea	1997	2024	Nicholas Tochka	978-1-5013-6306-1
17	Aquarium	Aqua	1997	2024	C.C. McKee	978-1-5013-8418-9
18	Kollaps	Einstürzende Neubauten	1981	2024	Melle Jan Kromhout; Jan Nieuwenhuis	978-1-5013-8750-0
19	To the Cold Land	J.M.K.E.	1989	2025	Brigitta Davidjants	979-8-7651-0311-1
20	Jarmark	Taco Hemingway	2020	2025	Kamila Raymajdo	979-8-7651-0306-7

33⅓ Oceania

#	Album	Artist	Year (album)	Year (book)	Author of book	ISBN #
1	Whispering Jack	John Farnham	1986	2022	Graeme Turner	978-1-5013-8206-2
2	Starfish	The Church	1988	2022	Chris Gibson	978-1-5013-8700-5
3	Unit	Regurgitator	1997	2022	Lachlan Goold; Lauren Istvandity	978-1-5013-8176-8
4	Kylie	Kylie Minogue	1988	2023	Adrian Renzo; Liz Giuffre	978-1-5013-8297-0
5	Space Waltz	Alastair Riddell	1975	2023	Ian Chapman	978-1-5013-8951-1
6	Human Frailty	Hunters & Collectors	1986	2023	Jon Stratton	978-1-5013-9784-4
7	Drive	Bic Runga	1997	2023	Henry Johnson	978-1-5013-9003-6
8	Songs from the Front Lawn	The Front Lawn	1989	2023	Matthew Bannister	978-1-5013-9009-8
9	Clyma est mort	The Dead C	1992	2023	Darren Jorgensen	978-1-5013-8696-1
10	The Calling	Hilltop Hoods	2003	2023	Dianne Rodger	978-1-5013-9267-2
11	Honey Steel's Gold	Ed Kuepper	1991	2023	John Encarnação	978-1-5013-7334-3
12	Toward the Blues	Chain	1971	2023	Peter Beilharz	978-1-5013-9014-2
13	Kitten Licks	Screamfeeder	1996	2024	Ben Green; Ian Rogers	978-1-5013-9329-7
14	Soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever	Bee Gees	1977	2024	Clinton Walker	979-8-7651-0968-7
15	The Lord of the Rings, Vols. 1–3	John Sangster	1975–77	2025	Bruce Johnson	979-8-7651-2112-2
16	Since I Left You	The Avalanches	2000	2025	Charles Fairchild	979-8-7651-1551-0
17	Boodle Boodle Boodle	The Clean	1981	2025	Geoff Stahl	979-8-7651-1551-0
18	Machiavelli and the Four Seasons	TISM	1995	2025	Tyler Jenke	979-8-7651-1411-7
19	Buy Now	Eyeliner	2015	2025	Michael Brown	978-1-5013-9499-7
20	Together Alone	Crowded House	1993	2025	Barnaby Smith	979-8-7651-0515-3
21	Frogstomp	Silverchair	1995	2025	Jay Daniel Thompson	979-8-7651-1334-9
22	Truckload of Sky: The Lost Songs of David McComb, Vol. 1	Various	2020	2025	Glenn D'Cruz	979-8-7651-2746-9
23	Danger in the Past	Robert Forster	1990	2025	Patrick Chapman	979-8-7651-2807-7
24	Currents	Tame Impala	2015	2026	Alister Newstead	979-8-7651-3701-7

33⅓ South Asia

#	Album	Artist	Year (album)	Year (book)	Author of book	ISBN #
1	Dil Chahta Hai Soundtrack	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	2001	2025	Jayson Beaster-Jones	978-1-5013-8866-8
2	Lata Mangeshkar: My Favourites, Vol. 2	Lata Mangeshkar	1988	2025	Anirudha Bhattacharjee; Chandrashekhar Rao	979-8-7651-0780-5
3	Coke Studio (Season 14)	Coke Studio Pakistan	2022	2025	Rakae Rehman Jamil; Khadjia Muzaffar	979-8-7651-0014-1

33⅓ Africa

#	Album	Artist	Year (album)	Year (book)	Author of book	ISBN #
1	Sorrow Tears and Blood	Fela Kuti	1977	2025	Stephanie Shonekan	979-8-7651-1309-7

Anthologies

#	Title	Year	Editor of book	ISBN #
1	33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1^[17]	2006	David Baker	978-0-8264-1903-3
2	33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 2^[18]	2007	David Baker	978-0-8264-2876-9
3	The 33 1/3 B-Sides^[19]	2019	Will Stockton; D. Gilson	978-1-5013-4245-5

Genre: A 33⅓ Series

#	Genre	Year	Author of book	ISBN #
1	Trip hop	2022	R.J. Wheaton	978-1-5013-7360-2
2	Death metal	2022	T Coles	978-1-5013-8101-0
3	Dance-punk	2023	Larissa Wodtke	978-1-5013-8186-7
4	South African Popular Music	2023	Lior Phillips	978-1-5013-8342-7
5	Krautrock	2023	Marshall Gu	979-8-7651-0329-6
6	'70s Teen Pop	2023	Lucretia Tye Jasmine	978-1-5013-8350-2
7	Math Rock	2024	Jeff Gomez	979-8-7651-0337-1
8	Neue Deutsche Welle	2024	Claudia Lonkin	979-8-7651-0337-1
9	Soul-folk	2024	Ashawnta Jackson	979-8-7651-0345-6
10	Shoegaze	2024	Ryan Pinkard	979-8-7651-0341-8
11	1970s Jazz Fusion	2025	Matthew Reed Baker	979-8-7651-1952-5
12	Tropicália	2025	Ana Leorne	979-8-7651-1906-8
13	20th Century Ambient	2025	Dusty Henry	979-8-7651-1933-4
14	Plunderphonics	2025	Matthew Blackwell	979-8-7651-1948-8

Forthcoming titles

Main series

With release date^[20]

Antics (January 22, 2026) by Gabriel T. Saxon-Ruiz, on the album by Interpol (2004)
Inflammable Material (March 5, 2026) by Kevin C. Dunn, on the album by Stiff Little Fingers (1979)
So Tonight That I Might See (March 5, 2026) by Anthony Gomez III, on the album by Mazzy Star (1993)
Violent Femmes (May 14, 2026) by Nic Brown, on the album by Violent Femmes (1983)
Blonde (June 11, 2026) by Yousef Srour, on the album by Frank Ocean (2016)
Believe (June 11, 2026) by Lior Phillips, on the album by Cher (1998)
Disintegration (September 3, 2026) by Andi Harriman, on the album by The Cure (1989)
Plastic Beach (September 3, 2026) by Ihor Junyk, on the album by Gorillaz (2010)
I'm Your Baby Tonight (October 1, 2026) by Brandon Tensley, on the album by Whitney Houston (1990)
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (October 1, 2026) by Justin Remer, on the album by "Weird Al" Yankovic (1984)
Dust Bowl Ballads (October 15, 2026) by Allison C. Meier, on the album by Woody Guthrie (1940)

Without release date

Tragic Kingdom by Rhae Lynn Barnes, on the album by No Doubt (1995)^[21]
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Holden Seidlitz, on the album by Bright Eyes (2005)^[21]
What's the 411? by Ricky Tucker, on the album by Mary J. Blige (1992)^[22]
Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly by Zak Fusciello, on the album by Moss Icon (1994)^[22]
I Want You by Derrais Carter, on the album by Marvin Gaye (1976)^[23]
Timeless by Martyn Deykers, on the album by Goldie (1995)^[24]
Tin Drum by Agata Pyzik, on the album by Japan (1981)^[25]^[26]
Nightbirds by Craig Seymour, on the album by Labelle (1974)^[23]
Shout at the Devil by Micco Caporale, on the album by Mötley Crüe (1983)^[27]
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version by Jarett Kobek, on the album by Ol' Dirty Bastard (1995)^[25]

33⅓ Japan

Kōhaku utagassen: The Red and White Song Contest by Shelley Brunt (January 8, 2026)^[28]
Yellow Magic Orchestra (delayed) by Toshiyuki Ohwada, on the album by Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)^[29]

33⅓ Europe

1964/1985 Affinità-divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi – Del conseguimento della maggiore età (January 8, 2026) by Giacomo Botta, on the album by CCCP (1986)^[30]
Februar (January 8, 2026), on the album by Silly (1989)^[31]
Phaedra (delayed) by Dan Bynre-Smith, on the album by Tangerine Dream (1974)^[32]

33⅓ Oceania

Currents (January 8, 2026) by Alister Newstead, on the album by Tame Impala (2015)^[33]
The Happy Prince (June 11, 2026) by John Tebbutt, on the album by The La De Das (1969)^[34]

33⅓ Africa

Graceland (August 6, 2026) by Kalvin Schmidt-Rimpler Dinh, on the album by Paul Simon (1986)^[35]

Genre: A 33⅓ Series

Minimalist Music (April 2, 2026) by George Grella, Jr.^[36]
Pub Rock (June 11, 2026) by George Grella, Jr.^[37]
Queercore (June 11, 2026) by Audrey Golden^[38]
Vaporwave (delayed) by Kirk Walker Graves^[39]

References

1 2 3 Yoder, Anne K. (April 2, 2006). "Introduction and Interview with Series Editor David Barker". PopMatters. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018.
1 2 Benfer, Amy (August 28, 2014). "33⅓ book series celebrates records – and its 10th anniversary". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018.
1 2 3 Brown, Harley (February 25, 2015). "How the 33 1/3 Series, In Spite of Two Shrinking Industries, Continues to Thrive". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 26, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
↑ "Contact Us". 333SOUND. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
↑ Zaleski, Annie (January 1, 2016). "The lost pop genius of Scott Miller". Salon. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016.
↑ "New series announcement: 33 1/3 Global". 333Sound. August 9, 2017. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018.
↑ "33 1/3 Global editor highlight: Noriko Manabe". 333Sound. August 31, 2017. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
↑ "33 1/3 Brazil". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018.
↑ "33 1/3 Japan". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018.
↑ "John Prine's John Prine (33 1/3) Erin Osmon: Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.
↑ "Maria Callas's Lyric and Coloratura Arias (33 1/3) Ginger Dellenbaugh: Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.
↑ "The National's Boxer: : 33 1/3 Ryan Pinkard Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.
↑ "Kraftwerk's Computer World: : 33 1/3 Steve Tupai Francis Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.
↑ "Cat Power's Moon Pix: : 33 1/3 Donna Kozloskie Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.
↑ "George Michael's Faith: : 33 1/3 Matthew Horton Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.
↑ "Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly: : 33 1/3 Sequoia L. Maner Bloomsbury Academic".
↑ "33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1".
↑ "33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 2".
↑ "The 33 1/3 B-sides".
↑ "33 1/3: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)".
1 2 "Announcing the newest 33 1/3s". January 27, 2023.
1 2 "Announcing the newest 33 1/3s". July 19, 2024.
1 2 "Announcing the newest 33 1/3s". November 30, 2020.
↑ "Upcoming Releases". October 4, 2023.
1 2 "Open Call 2015 Results: The 16 New Books in the 33 1/3 Series | 333sound". Archived from the original on November 6, 2015.
↑ "New 33 1/3 Title Coming Spring 2018: Tin Drum". November 23, 2015.
↑ "Announcing the Newest 33 1/3S". August 31, 2021.
↑ "Noriko Manabe, Ph.D. - 33-1/3 Japan".
↑ "Yellow Magic Orchestra's Yellow Magic Orchestra". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022.
↑ "CCCP's Affinità e Divergenze". Bloomsbury.
↑ "Silly's Februar". Bloomsbury.
↑ "Tangerine Dream's Phaedra". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on January 31, 2024.
↑ "Tame Impala's Currents". Bloomsbury.
↑ "The La De Das' The Happy Prince". Bloomsbury.
↑ "Paul Simon's Graceland". Bloomsbury.
↑ "Minimalist Music". Bloomsbury.
↑ "Pub Rock". Bloomsbury.
↑ "Queercore". Bloomsbury.
↑ "Vaporwave". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on January 31, 2024.

External links

Official blog for the series
TimesOnline^{[dead link]} on the book series.

[10] Intentionally mis-numbered

[11] The original Smile album remains unfinished; not to be confused with The Smile Sessions (2011) box set

[PMBarker-1] 1 2 3 Yoder, Anne K. (April 2, 2006). "Introduction and Interview with Series Editor David Barker". PopMatters. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018.

[LATimes-2] 1 2 Benfer, Amy (August 28, 2014). "33⅓ book series celebrates records – and its 10th anniversary". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018.

[BillboardBrown-3] 1 2 3 Brown, Harley (February 25, 2015). "How the 33 1/3 Series, In Spite of Two Shrinking Industries, Continues to Thrive". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 26, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

[4] "Contact Us". 333SOUND. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

[salon-z-5] Zaleski, Annie (January 1, 2016). "The lost pop genius of Scott Miller". Salon. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016.

[33-1/3_Global_Launch-6] "New series announcement: 33 1/3 Global". 333Sound. August 9, 2017. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018.

[33-1/3_Japan_editor-7] "33 1/3 Global editor highlight: Noriko Manabe". 333Sound. August 31, 2017. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[8] "33 1/3 Brazil". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018.

[9] "33 1/3 Japan". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018.

[12] "John Prine's John Prine (33 1/3) Erin Osmon: Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.

[13] "Maria Callas's Lyric and Coloratura Arias (33 1/3) Ginger Dellenbaugh: Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.

[14] "The National's Boxer: : 33 1/3 Ryan Pinkard Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.

[15] "Kraftwerk's Computer World: : 33 1/3 Steve Tupai Francis Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.

[16] "Cat Power's Moon Pix: : 33 1/3 Donna Kozloskie Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.

[17] "George Michael's Faith: : 33 1/3 Matthew Horton Bloomsbury Academic". Bloomsbury Publishing.

[18] "Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly: : 33 1/3 Sequoia L. Maner Bloomsbury Academic".

[19] "33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1".

[20] "33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 2".

[21] "The 33 1/3 B-sides".

[22] "33 1/3: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)".

[2023announcement-23] 1 2 "Announcing the newest 33 1/3s". January 27, 2023.

[2024announcement-24] 1 2 "Announcing the newest 33 1/3s". July 19, 2024.

[2020announcement-25] 1 2 "Announcing the newest 33 1/3s". November 30, 2020.

[26] "Upcoming Releases". October 4, 2023.

[2015announcement-27] 1 2 "Open Call 2015 Results: The 16 New Books in the 33 1/3 Series | 333sound". Archived from the original on November 6, 2015.

[28] "New 33 1/3 Title Coming Spring 2018: Tin Drum". November 23, 2015.

[2021announcement-29] "Announcing the Newest 33 1/3S". August 31, 2021.

[Japaneditor-30] "Noriko Manabe, Ph.D. - 33-1/3 Japan".

[31] "Yellow Magic Orchestra's Yellow Magic Orchestra". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022.

[32] "CCCP's Affinità e Divergenze". Bloomsbury.

[33] "Silly's Februar". Bloomsbury.

[34] "Tangerine Dream's Phaedra". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on January 31, 2024.

[35] "Tame Impala's Currents". Bloomsbury.

[36] "The La De Das' The Happy Prince". Bloomsbury.

[37] "Paul Simon's Graceland". Bloomsbury.

[38] "Minimalist Music". Bloomsbury.

[39] "Pub Rock". Bloomsbury.

[40] "Queercore". Bloomsbury.

[41] "Vaporwave". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on January 31, 2024.

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33 1/3

Contents

History and overview

Published titles

Main series

33⅓ Japan

33⅓ Brazil

33⅓ Europe

33⅓ Oceania

33⅓ South Asia

33⅓ Africa

Anthologies

Genre: A 33⅓ Series

Forthcoming titles

Main series

33⅓ Japan

33⅓ Europe

33⅓ Oceania

33⅓ Africa

Genre: A 33⅓ Series

See also

References

External links