{"title":"33 1\/3 Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eGo deeper into the albums you love. The 33 1\/3 book series gives writers, critics, musicians, and superfans room to dig into a single album—exploring the music, stories, history, and cultural impact behind the record. Browse 33 1\/3 books covering everything from iconic classics to cult favorites and albums you might just discover along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"modest-mouse-s-the-moon-antarctica-33-1-3","title":"Modest Mouse’s The Moon \u0026 Antarctica (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn 1999, Modest Mouse struck out for Chicago to record their major-label debut for Epic Records.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmid indie circle cries of “sellouts,” a largely untested producer, and a half-built studio, the trio recorded the instrumental basics of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Moon \u0026amp; Antarctica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e … and then singer\/songwriter Isaac Brock got his face smashed by a hooligan in a park.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith barely any vocals recorded, Brock emerged from the hospital with his jaw completely wired shut, and returned to a mostly empty studio. And there, on a diet of painkillers, in a neighborhood that wanted to purge the band from its borders, a creative alchemy took place that would redefine Modest Mouse and indie rock at large.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fact that the band finished the album at all is surprising. The fact that it is now considered by critics as “hands-down one of the greatest records ever made” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) is perhaps an utter miracle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Moon \u0026amp; Antarctica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an album so strange and enigmatic, from those sweet opening notes, to the plunging depths of the middle, to the shocking, furious end, that you almost hesitate to listen to it again for fear of it losing its chaotic magic. But then you do, and you discover all-new sounds-a lost harmonic here, a stray percussion element there, a fresh interpretation of a lyric that leaves you thunderstruck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that ever-looming question, years on: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow the hell did Modest Mouse pull this off?!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46319132311773,"sku":"9798765106754","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61UDTfHRqiL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65.webp?v=1743214126"},{"product_id":"kate-bushs-hounds-of-love-33-1-3","title":"Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis book charts the emergence of Kate Bush in the early-to-mid-1980s as a courageous experimentalist, a singularly expressive recording artist and a visionary music producer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrack-by-track commentaries focus on the experience of the album from the listener's point of view, drawing attention to the art and craft of Bush's songwriting, production and sound design. It considers the vast impact and influence that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHounds Of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has had on music cultures and creative practices through the years, underlining the artist's importance as a barrier-smashing, template-defying, business-smart, record-breaking, never-compromising role model for artists everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHounds Of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e invites you to not only listen, but to cross the boundaries of sensory experience into realms of imagination and possibility. Poised and accessible, yet still experimental and complex, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHounds Of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Bush mastered the art of her studio-based songcraft, finally achieving full control of her creative process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46319132606685,"sku":"9798765106990","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61CTqFkTu2L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65.webp?v=1743214195"},{"product_id":"merle-haggards-okie-from-muskogee-33-1-3","title":"Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery now and then, a song inspires a cultural conversation that ends up looking like a brawl. Merle Haggard's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOkie from Muskogee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, released in 1969, is a prime example of that important role of popular music. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOkie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e immediately helped to frame an ongoing discussion about region and class, pride and politics, culture and counterculture. But the conversation around the song, useful as it was, drowned out the song itself, not to mention the other songs on the live album-named for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOkie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and performed in Muskogee-that Haggard has carefully chosen to frame what has turned out to be his most famous song. What are the internal clues for gleaning the intended meaning of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOkie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e? What is the pay-off of the anti-fandom that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOkie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sparked (and continues to spark) in some quarters? How has the song come to be a shorthand for expressing all manner of anti-working class attitudes? What was Haggard's artistic path to that stage in Oklahoma, and how did he come to shape the industry so profoundly at the moment when urban country singers were playing a major role on the American social and political landscape?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349602980061,"sku":"9781501321436","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71EagzPWqCL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744225999"},{"product_id":"weens-chocolate-and-cheese-33-1-3","title":"Ween's Chocolate and Cheese (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeen now seems like a permanent fixture on the pop-cultural landscape, but when the band first hit MTV in the early '90s, their longevity wasn't so secure. Nearly two decades on, though, Aaron \"Gene Ween\" Freeman and Mickey \"Dean Ween\" Melchiondo preside over one of the most devoted cult fan bases in American music. So how exactly did Ween manage to transcend joke-band oblivion?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne answer is that, in the years following their MTV breakthrough, Ween gradually polished their output, turning their staunchly primitive musical sketches into hi-fi paintings. Chocolate and Cheese, released in 1994, marked Freeman and Melchiondo's first crucial steps in this direction. Based on new, in-depth interviews with both members of Ween, as well as producer Andrew Weiss and associates ranging from Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) to Spike Jonze, this book explores the song-by-song creation of Chocolate and Cheese and how the album served as a bridge between Ween's original two-guys-and-a-4-track incarnation and the rich, virtuosic rock \u0026amp; roll force they would later become.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349606650077,"sku":"9780826431172","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/6123xZIsk1L._SL1500.jpg?v=1744226229"},{"product_id":"andrew-w-k-s-i-get-wet-33-1-3","title":"Andrew W.K.'s I Get Wet (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It's Time To Party,\" the first track off of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI Get Wet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, opens with a rapid-fire guitar line - nothing fancy, just a couple crunchy power chords to acclimate the ears - repeated twice before a booming bass drum joins in to provide a quarter-note countdown. A faint, swirling effect intensifies with each bass kick and, by the eighth one, the ears have prepped themselves for the metal mayhem they are about to receive. When it all drops, and the joyous onslaught of a hundred guitars is finally realized, you'll have to forgive your ears for being duped into a false sense of security, because it's that second intensified drop a few seconds later - the one where yet more guitars manifest and Andrew W.K. slam-plants his vocal flag by screaming the song's titular line - that really floods the brain with endorphins, serotonin, dopamine, and whatever else formulates invincibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolished to a bright overdubbed-to-oblivion sheen, the party-preaching \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI Get Wet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e didn't capture the zeitgeist of rock at the turn of the century; it captured the timelessness of youth, as energized, awesome, and unapologetically stupid as ever. With insights from friends and unprecedented help from the mythological maniac himself - whose sermon and pop sensibilities continue to polarize - this book chronicles the sound's evolution, uncovers the relevance of Steev Mike, and examines how Andrew W.K.'s inviting, inclusive lyrics create the ultimate shared experience between artist and audience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349607043293,"sku":"9781623567149","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61EhUD_jcNL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744226363"},{"product_id":"the-beastie-boys-pauls-boutique-33-1-3","title":"The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDerided as one-hit wonders, estranged from their original producer and record label, and in self-imposed exile in Los Angeles, the Beastie Boys were written off by most observers before even beginning to record their second album - an embarrassing commercial flop that should have ruined the group's career. But not only did \"Paul's Boutique\" eventually transformed the Beasties from a fratboy novelty to hiphop giants, its sample-happy, retro aesthetic changed popular culture forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349613105373,"sku":"9780826417411","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71CDetWmgNL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744227069"},{"product_id":"the-smiths-meat-is-murder-33-1-3","title":"The Smiths' Meat is Murder (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Catholic high school near Boston in 1985. A time of suicides, gymnasium humiliations, smoking for beginners, asthma attacks, and incendiary teenage infatuations. Infatuations with a girl (Allison), with a band (The Smiths) and with an album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMeat is Murder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, that was so raw, so vivid and so melodic that you could cling to it like a lifeboat in a storm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliant novella Joe Pernice tells the story of an asthmatic kid's discovery of Meat is Murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is a short exceropt:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning as I was jogging my way past the bronze plaque commemorating the deaths of one student and one motorcyclist, my necktie flapping like a windsock, Ray floored the brake pedal of his Dodge as he closed in on me. Fifty mile an hour traffic came to a screeching, nearly murderous halt behind him. He leaned over and rolled down the passenger side window in one fluid motion. He dispensed with formalities while I marveled at the audacity of his driving and, tossing something at me, winked and said, \"Here. I'm going to kill myself.\" He pegged the gas, leaving a surprisingly good patch of rubber for such a shitty car. In the gutter, sugared with sand put down during the winter's last snow, I saw written in red felt ink on masking tape stuck to a smoky-clear cassette: \"Smiths: Meat.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349706887389,"sku":"9780826414946","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/815K3KpXvBL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744227597"},{"product_id":"the-isley-brothers-3-3-33-1-3","title":"The Isley Brothers' 3+3 (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Isley Brothers' 3+3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, dissects The Isleys' 50-year-old undisputed masterwork, an album that firmly established their music dynasty on a global scale, as well as heralding the boldest run of genre-defiant albums of their 67-year career.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 1973 watershed was their first multiplatinum release and is significant as a rare, crossover record by a Black act that struck a chord with urban, rock, and pop consumers, despite the schisms between audiences due to bias-driven media and industry marketing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book looks at the album from all angles: from The Isleys' early career to their influence on rock and rollers both Black and White, from the twists and turns of having national hits without national recognition, on to their decision to form T-Neck Records and the group's challenges navigating a music industry that racially codified music and hampered Black artists from universal acclaim and compensations. Finally, a summation of the decades follows The Isleys' run and its ups and downs, with a fast-forward to where the group is now after 67 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349721272541,"sku":"9798765106716","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61Atn8cGIOL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744228333"},{"product_id":"big-stars-radio-city-33-1-3","title":"Big Star's Radio City (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReleased when ELP and Elton John were plodding from one packed stadium to the next, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRadio City\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas a radical album influenced by records that were already deemed oldies and yet sounding like a lean electrical jolt from the future. Here, Bruce Eaton examines the key ingredients of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRadio City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's lasting appeal- and through extensive interviews with all of those involved, gets to the heart of the cult of Big Star.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349721829597,"sku":"9780826428981","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71b0GSfKdoL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744228421"},{"product_id":"the-wild-tchoupitoulas-the-wild-tchoupitoulas-33-1-3","title":"The Wild Tchoupitoulas’ The Wild Tchoupitoulas (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wild Tchoupitoulas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a definitive expression of the modern New Orleans sound. From \"Hey Pocky A-Way\" to \"Big Chief Got a Golden Crown,\" the album draws on carnival traditions stretching back a century, adapting songs from the Mardi Gras Indians. Music chanted in the streets with tambourines and makeshift percussion is transformed throughout the album into electric rhythm and blues accented funk, calypso, and reggae. The album bridges not only genres but generations, linking the improvised flow from group leader George Landry, better known as Big Chief Jolly, to the stacked harmony vocals by his nephews Aaron, Art, Charles, and Cyril--the core members of the soon-to-be-formed Neville Brothers, playing together here for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith production from Allen Toussaint and support from The Meters, the city's preeminent funk ensemble, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wild Tchoupitoulas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings an all-star brigade, pressing these old anthems into new arrangements that have since become carnival standards. In the process, the album helped to establish the terms by which processional second-line music in New Orleans would be commercialized through the record industry and the tourist trade, setting into motion a process that has raised more questions than it has answered about autonomy, authenticity, and appropriation under the conditions of a new cultural economy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349724713181,"sku":"9781501333361","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71fgpCkh--L._SL1500.jpg?v=1744228765"},{"product_id":"dinosaur-jr-s-youre-living-all-over-me-33-1-3","title":"Dinosaur Jr.'s You're Living All Over Me (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1985. Dinosaur, still without the Jr. Not hardcore anymore, but not yet anything else either. First live shows: fearsomely loud. First record, a fearsome mess: a raw miscellany thrown together from small-town ennui, the apathy of the middle classes, and all the things teenage boys are obsessed with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1987. Dinosaur Jr. A new record, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYou're Living All Over Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the result of a move into a college dorm, encounters with Sonic Youth in the big city, and a hell of a lot of practice. Searing guitar riffs smash into mountainous solos; gnarly pedal effects light up twisted song structures; tight punk drumfills wade through distorted bass sludge. 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On their debut and magnum opus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBizarre Ride II the Pharcyde\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, they created a record almost overstuffed with possibility, the sound of four restless man-children fresh out of their teens, finding a perfect outlet in a form of music that was just as young and fertile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd like the product of any adolescent, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBizarre Ride\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wears its contrarianism and contradictions on its sleeve. It's a party album about shyness and unrequited love. A swirl of jubilant L.A. psychedelia recorded in the midst of the Rodney King trial. A blast of black consciousness that still makes room to poke fun at Public Enemy and reference the Pixies. A dense, sophisticated sonic stew punctuated by yo mama jokes and prank calls. 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In great detail, Wolk pieces together what took place (and what was recorded) that night, and illustrates beautifully the enduring power of one of James Brown's – and popular music's – defining moments: Live at the Apollo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349752074461,"sku":"9780826415721","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71jx_AnUfaL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744229997"},{"product_id":"drive-by-truckers-southern-rock-opera-33-1-3","title":"Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Drive-By Truckers' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSouthern Rock Opera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes listeners on a road trip through the American South, with stops along mean old highways and soul-sucking swamps, iconic recording studios and doomed chartered jets, and even Heaven and Hell. 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Rien Fertel takes us for a ride along the Truckers' winding road through the opera's Southlands, a region filled with youthful rockstar aspirations, fatal crashes, the wreckage of one band gone too soon, and the ambitions of another wrestling with the great hope and tragedy that is America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349762035933,"sku":"9781501331787","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71CsTRHZhSL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744230551"},{"product_id":"wires-pink-flag-33-1-3","title":"Wire's Pink Flag (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"cwzaxz-ikwfqb-rdi0wv-ts6hd5\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIn contrast with many of their punk peers, Wire were enigmatic and cerebral, always keeping a distance from the crowd. Although \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePink Flag\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eappeared before the end of 1977, it was already a meta-commentary on the punk scene and was far more revolutionary musically than the rest of the competition. Few punk bands moved beyond pared-down rock 'n' roll and garage rock, football-terrace sing-alongs or shambolic pub rock and, if we're honest, only a handful of punk records hold up today as anything other than increasingly quaint period pieces. While the majority of their peers flogged one idea to death and paid only lip service to punk's Year Zero credo, Wire took a genuinely radical approach, deconstructing song conventions, exploring new possibilities and consistently reinventing their sound. THIS IS A CHORD. THIS IS ANOTHER. THIS IS A THIRD. NOW FORM A BAND, proclaimed the caption to the famous diagram in a UK fanzine in 1976 and countless punk acts embodied that do-it-yourself spirit. Wire, however, showed more interesting ways of doing it once you'd formed that band and they found more compelling uses for those three mythical chords.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"wraeip-rb794x-t7ybrb-clj73n\" data-cel-widget=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"kgc3qe-pi16yr-k08sl2-joxqjv\" data-cel-widget=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\"\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"rich_product_information\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"bzr7m3-jqvnop-4ja0oo-co80l3\" data-cel-widget=\"rich_product_information\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349763084509,"sku":"9780826429148","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71UMgtze17L._SL1500.jpg?v=1744230636"},{"product_id":"brian-enos-another-green-world-33-1-3","title":"Brian Eno's Another Green World (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe serene, delicate songs on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAnother Green World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sound practically meditative, but the album itself was an experiment fueled by adrenaline, panic, and pure faith. It was the first Brian Eno album to be composed almost completely in the confines of a recording studio, over a scant few months in the summer of 1975. The album was a proof of concept for Eno's budding ideas of \"the studio as musical instrument,\" and a signpost for a bold new way of thinking about music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Geeta Dayal unravels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAnother Green World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's abundant mysteries, venturing into its dense thickets of sound. How was an album this cohesive and refined formed in such a seemingly ad hoc way? How were electronics and layers of synthetic treatments used to create an album so redolent of the natural world? How did a deck of cards figure into all of this? Here, through interviews and archival research, she unearths the strange story of how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAnother Green World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e formed the link to Eno's future -- foreshadowing his metamorphosis from unlikely glam rocker to sonic painter and producer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349763772637,"sku":"9780826427861","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/7159JCrGsGL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744230731"},{"product_id":"liz-phairs-exile-in-guyville-33-1-3","title":"Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExile in Guyville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was celebrated as one of the year's top records by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it was also, to some, an abomination: a mockery of the Rolling Stones' most revered record and a rare glimpse into the psyche of a shrewd, independent, strong young woman. For these crimes, Liz Phair was run out of her hometown of Chicago, enduring a flame war perpetrated by writers who accused her of being boring, inauthentic, and even a poor musician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExile in Guyville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Phair spoke for all the girls who loved the world of indie rock but felt deeply unwelcome there. Like all great works of art, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a harbinger of the shape of things to come: Phair may have undermined the male ego, but she also unleashed a new female one. For the sake of all the female artists who have benefited from her work-from Sleater-Kinney to Lana Del Rey and back again-it's high time we go back to Guyville.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349764100317,"sku":"9781441162571","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/714-9nCGo-L._SL1500.jpg?v=1744230795"},{"product_id":"neil-youngs-harvest-33-1-3","title":"Neil Young's Harvest (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"etjaks-7x4wqa-lo2a0h-vcrj5k\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeil Young's Harvest is one of those strange albums that has achieved lasting success without ever winning the full approval of rock critics or hardcore fans. Even Young himself has been equivocal, describing it in one breath as his \"finest\" album, dismissing it in the next as an MOR aberration. Here, Sam Inglis explores the circumstances of the album's creation and asks who got it right: the critics, or the millions who have bought Harvest in the 30 years since its release?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe White Falcon's split pickup might have been just a gimmick from the early days of stereo, but the way Neil Young uses it on 'Alabama' is remarkable. His muted picking brings stabbing notes first from one speaker, then the other, as though we were hearing not one but two guitarists, playing with an unnatural empathy. The electric guitar has seldom sounded so menacing, and Young's growling rhythm and piercing lead notes are tracked perfectly by Kenny Buttrey's bare-bones drumming. The build to the chorus is beautifully judged, and when Young and his celebrity backing singers let rip, there's an almost physical sense of release.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"8cycvx-s5zq52-qw1eiz-45vvh2\" data-cel-widget=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"a9g0pi-pe4q3i-tjd1kb-3x7mo0\" data-cel-widget=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\"\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"rich_product_information\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"u7djam-ikssap-4o9jlu-93r8k9\" data-cel-widget=\"rich_product_information\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349766033629,"sku":"9780826414953","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61gEJ4j3YBL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744230873"},{"product_id":"sam-cooke-s-live-at-the-harlem-square-club-1963-33-1-3","title":"Sam Cooke’s Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShelved for over 20 years, Sam Cooke's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLive at the Harlem Square Club, 1963\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, stands alongside Otis Redding's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLive in Europe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and James Brown's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLive at the Apollo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as one of the finest live soul albums ever made. It also reveals a musical, spiritual, emotional, and social journey played out over one night on the stage of a sweaty Miami club, as Cooke made music that encapsulated everything he had ever cut, channeling forces that would soon birth “A Change is Gonna Come,” the most important soul song ever written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book covers Cooke's days with the Soul Stirrers, the gospel unit that was inventing a strand of soul in the 1950s, and continues on to his string of hit singles as a solo artist that reveal far more about this complex man and the complex music he was always fashioning. A writer and an agent of social change, he absorbed the teachings of Billie Holiday and Bob Dylan while reconciling his own identity and what fans expected of him. 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They mixed the tracks and recorded overdubs in New York. They took a step back and assessed the material. It was a wild scene. They had fully fleshed-out songs and whispers and rumors of half-formed ones. They had songs that followed a hard-to-gauge internal logic. They had punk tunes and country tunes and sad tunes and funny ones. They had fuzzy pop and angular new wave. They had raunchy guitar solos and stoner blues. They had pristine jangle and pedal steel. The final track list ran to eighteen songs and filled three sides of vinyl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReleased in 1995, on the heels of two instant classics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWowee Zowee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e confounded Pavement's audience. Yet the record has grown in stature and many diehard fans now consider it Pavement's best. 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In the small town of Millhaven, a teenage girl secretly and gleefully murders her neighbors. A serial killer travels from home to home, quoting John Milton in his victims' blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMurder Ballads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the ninth studio album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, is a gruesome, blood-splattered reimagining of English ballads, American folk and blues music, and classic literature. Most of the stories told on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMurder Ballads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have been interpreted many times, but never before had they been so graphic or profane. Though earning the band their first Parental Advisory warning label, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMurder Ballads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, released in 1996, brought Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds their biggest critical and commercial success, thanks in part to the award-winning single, “Where the Wild Roses Grow,” an unlikely duet with Australian pop singer, Kylie Minogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClosely examining each of the ten songs on the album, Santi Elijah Holley investigates the stories behind the songs, and the numerous ways these ballads have been interpreted through the years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMurder Ballads\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a tour through the evolution of folk music, and a journey into the dark secrets of American history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349816791261,"sku":"9781501355141","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71rLqvqd1XL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744233293"},{"product_id":"elliott-smiths-xo-33-1-3","title":"Elliott Smith's XO (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany albums could be cited to support the claim that great suffering yields great art. Elliott Smith's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eXO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e should not be one of them. Smith's 1998 major label debut defies the \"tortured singer-songwriter\" stereotype, and takes up this defiance as a central theme. At a time when Smith was being groomed for a particular (and particularly condescending) brand of stardom, he produced a record that eviscerated one of the central assumptions of singersongwriterdom: that pain is beautiful. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eXO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e insists that romanticizing personal tragedy can only leave you \"deaf and dumb and done.\" And it backs up this claim with some of the most artful and intelligent music of its day. Matthew LeMay writes an original take on a widely beloved album, steering clear of the sensationalist suicide angles that have dogged most analysis of Elliott Smith's extraordinary work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349820494045,"sku":"9780826429001","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71eg9Bne2ML._SL1500.jpg?v=1744233375"},{"product_id":"lcd-soundsystem-s-sound-of-silver-33-1-3","title":"LCD Soundsystem’s Sound Of Silver (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen LCD Soundsystem broke up in 2011, they left behind a small but remarkable catalog of music. On top of the genius singles and a longform composition for Nike, there was a trilogy of full-length albums. During that initial run, LCD Soundsystem-and the project's mastermind, James Murphy-were at the center of several 21st century developments in pop culture: indie music's growing mainstream clout, Brooklyn surpassing Manhattan as an epicenter of creativity in America, the collision and eventual erosion of genre perceptions, and the rapid and profound growth and impact of digital culture. Amidst this storm, Murphy crafted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSound Of Silver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the centerpiece of LCD's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the time of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSound Of Silver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's creation and release, Murphy was a man closing in on 40 while fronting a critically-adored band still on the ascent. This album was the first place where he earnestly grappled with questions of aging, of being an artist, and the decisions we make with the time we have left. Anchored by a series of colossal, intense dance-rock songs,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSound Of Silver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e called upon the rhythms of New York City in order to draw out, dissect, and ultimately rip open these meditations. By the time LCD Soundsystem reunited in 2016, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSound Of Silver\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehad already proven to be a generational touchstone, living on as a document of what it's like to be alive in the 21st century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349821903069,"sku":"9781501325618","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71A36UVpxsL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744233598"},{"product_id":"televisions-marquee-moon-33-1-3","title":"Television's Marquee Moon (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo kids in their early twenties walk down the Bowery on a spring afternoon, just as the proprietor of a club hangs an awning with the new name for his venue. The place will be called CBGB \u0026amp; OMFUG which, he tells them, stands for “Country Bluegrass and Blues \u0026amp; Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers.” That's exactly the sort of stuff they play, they lie, somehow managing to get a gig out of him. After the first show their band, Television, lands a regular string of Sundays. By the end of the year a scene has developed that includes Tom Verlaine's new love interest, a poet-turned rock chanteuse named Patti Smith. American punk rock is born. Bryan Waterman peels back the layers of this origin myth and, assembling a rich historical archive, situates Marquee Moon in a broader cultural history of SoHo and the East Village. As Waterman traces the downtown scene's influences, public image, and reputation via a range of print, film, and audio recordings we come to recognize the real historical surprises that the documentary evidence still has to yield and come to a new appreciation of this quintessential album of the New York City night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46349822427357,"sku":"9781441186058","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71Nxhuaf-RL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744233669"},{"product_id":"stevie-wonders-songs-in-the-key-of-life-33-1-3","title":"Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike all double albums, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSongs in the Key of Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is imperfect but audacious. If its titular concern - life - doesn't exactly allow for rigid focus, it's still a fiercely inspired collection of songs and one of the definitive soul records of the 1970s. Stevie Wonder was unable to control the springs of his creativity during that decade. Upon turning 21 in 1971, he freed himself from the Motown contract he'd been saddled with as a child performer, renegotiated the terms, and unleashed hundreds of songs to tape. Over the next five years, Wonder would amass countless recordings and release his five greatest albums - as prolific a golden period as there has ever been in contemporary music. But \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSongs in the Key of Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is different from the four albums that preceded it; it's an overstuffed, overjoyed, maddeningly ambitious encapsulation of all the progress Stevie Wonder had made in that short space of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZeth Lundy's book, in keeping with the album's themes, is structured as a life cycle. It's divided into the following sections: Birth; Innocence\/Adolescence; Experience\/Adulthood; Death; Rebirth. Within this framework, Zeth Lundy covers Stevie Wonder's excessive work habits and recording methodology, his reliance on synthesizers, the album's place in the gospel-inspired progression of 1970s R'n'B, and many other subjects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352867033309,"sku":"9780826419262","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61L9rFo_JvL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744315585"},{"product_id":"black-sabbaths-master-of-reality-33-1-3","title":"Black Sabbath's Master of Reality (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack Sabbath's Master of Reality has maintained remarkable historical status over several generations; it's a touchstone for the directionless, and common coin for young men and women who've felt excluded from the broader cultural economy. John Darnielle hears it through the ears of Roger Painter, a young adult locked in a southern California adolescent psychiatric center in 1985; deprived of his Walkman and hungry for comfort, he explains Black Sabbath as one might describe air to a fish, or love to an android, hoping to convince his captors to give him back his tapes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352868311261,"sku":"9780826428998","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61WxqHC_BJL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744315707"},{"product_id":"yoko-kannos-cowboy-bebop-soundtrack-33-1-3-japan","title":"Yoko Kanno's Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack (33 1\/3 Japan)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCowboy Bebop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the most beloved anime series of all time, and if you ask its fans why, you can expect to hear about its music. Composer Yoko Kanno created an eclectic blend of jazz, rock, lullabies, folk and funk (to list just a few) for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCowboy Bebop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's many moods and environments. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCowboy Bebop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's blend of science fiction, westerns and gangster films promised to be \"the work which becomes a new genre itself,\" and only Kanno's score could deliver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume of 33 1\/3 Japan, musicologist Rose Bridges helps listeners make sense of the music of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCowboy Bebop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The book places it within the context of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBebop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's influences and Kanno's larger body of work. It analyzes how the music tells Spike, Faye, Jet and the rest of the crew's stories. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCowboy Bebop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and its music are like nothing else, and they deserve a guide to match.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352880632029,"sku":"9781501325854","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71PJ1Zg0T9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1744315804"},{"product_id":"portisheads-dummy-33-1-3","title":"Portishead's Dummy (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn album which distilled a genre from the musical, cultural, and social ether, Portishead's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDummy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was such a complete artistic achievement that its ubiquitous successes threatened to exhaust its own potential. RJ Wheaton offers an impressionistic investigation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDummy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat imitates the cumulative structure of the album itself, piecing together interviews, impressions of time and place, cultural criticism, and a thorough exploration of the music itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe approach focuses as much on the reception and response that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDummy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eengendered as it does on the original production of the album. How is that so many people have, collectively, made a quintessential headphone album into a nightclub album? How have they made the product of a niche local scene into an international success? This is the story of how an innovative, experimental album became the iconic sound for the better part of a decade; and an aesthetic template for the experience of music in the digital age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352896786653,"sku":"9781441194497","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61kSlPtvEtL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744316518"},{"product_id":"sinead-o-connors-universal-mother-33-1-3","title":"Sinead O’Connor's Universal Mother (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWith\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUniversal Mother\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Sinead O'Connor explores childhood trauma and her experiences as a woman, mother, target of scorn, and ultimate phoenix.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReleased in the winter of 1994, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUniversal\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMother\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas the first recorded work from O'Connor since her duo of protests in 1992 (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Madison Square Garden). The sadistic blowback she faced for publicly outing the child abuse of the Catholic Church and its cover-up would have destroyed most. Where Sinead might go next, or if she'd ever record again, was the question. It's a testament to her integrity and extraordinary courage that she was able to resurrect with this extraordinary album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album takes us on a deeply personal, yet universal journey of womanhood, from the archetypal bad mother to the good and the kind. A feminist statement from Germaine Greer sets the tone, followed by O'Connor letting loose a storm of rage against her abusive mother in “Fire on Bablyon”-a salvo so explosive, it need not be repeated. Other than a song called “Red Football” and a call-out of the truth behind the Irish potato famine, O'Connor is not interested in rage or revenge. With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUniversal Mother\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she offers us a tender, evocative collection of grief and empathy in song. Her miraculous voice is the vessel-the broken, sacred voice of Mother Ireland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352933847261,"sku":"9798765106914","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71-aMYvK1vL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744317081"},{"product_id":"the-beach-boys-pet-sounds-33-1-3","title":"The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePet Sounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is, rightly, one of the most celebrated pop albums ever released. It has also been written about, pored over, and analyzed more than most other albums put together. In this disarming book, Jim Fusilli focuses primarily on the emotional core of the album, on Brian Wilson's pitch-perfect cry of despair. In doing so, he brings to life the search for equilibrium and acceptance that still gives Pet Sounds its heart almost four decades after its release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor all the ups and downs, the scandals and, finally, the good times that are associated with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, nothing can diminish the beauty of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePet Sounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – its sense of adventure, its insight into the boundless mysteries of young love and how all its elements seem to coalesce to lay bare an insecure teen confronted by the uncertainties of adulthood, a man who wishes life were as simple as he believed it once was. More than a wonderful work that has easily withstood the test of time, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePet Sounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e raises pop to the level of art through its musical sophistication and the precision of its statement which, taken together, celebrate the fulfillment of Brian Wilson's ambition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352944333021,"sku":"9780826416704","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71PcBrHiW8L._SL1500.jpg?v=1744317448"},{"product_id":"koji-kondos-super-mario-bros-soundtrack-33-1-3","title":"Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKoji Kondo's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSuper Mario Bros.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops-the sterile products of a lab environment-replacing it with one in which game sounds constituted a legitimate form of artistic expression. Andrew Schartmann takes us through the various external factors (e.g., the video game crash of 1983, Nintendo's marketing tactics) that coalesced into a ripe environment in which Kondo's musical experiments could thrive. He then delves into the music itself, searching for reasons why our hearts still dance to the “primitive” 8-bit tunes of a bygone era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat musical features are responsible for Kondo's distinct “Mario sound”? How do the different themes underscore the vastness of Princess Peach's Mushroom Kingdom? And in what ways do the game's sound effects resonate with our physical experience of the world? These and other questions are explored within, through the lens of Kondo's compositional philosophy-one that would influence an entire generation of video game composers. As Kondo himself stated, “we [at Nintendo] were trying to do something that had never been done before.” In this book, Schartmann shows his readers how Kondo and his team not just succeeded, but heralded in a new era of video games.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352960946397,"sku":"9781628928532","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71K1ZtUrYjL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744317576"},{"product_id":"bob-dylans-highway-61-revisited-33-1-3","title":"Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHighway 61 Revisited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e resonates because of its enduring emotional appeal. Few songwriters before Dylan or since have combined so effectively the intensely personal with the spectacularly universal. In \"Like a Rolling Stone,\" his gleeful excoriation of Miss Lonely (Edie Sedgwick? Joan Baez? a composite \"type\"?) fuses with the evocation of a hip new zeitgeist to produce a veritable anthem. In \"Ballad of a Thin Man,\" the younger generation's confusion is thrown back in the Establishment's face, even as Dylan vents his disgust with the critics who labored to catalogue him. And in \"Desolation Row,\" he reaches the zenith of his own brand of surrealist paranoia, that here attains the atmospheric intensity of a full-fledged nightmare. Between its many flourishes of gallows humor, this is one of the most immaculately frightful songs ever recorded, with its relentless imagery of communal executions, its parade of fallen giants and triumphant local losers, its epic length and even the mournful sweetness of Bloomfield's flamenco-inspired fills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Mark Polizzotti examines just what makes the songs on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHighway 61 Revisited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e so affecting, how they work together as a suite, and how lyrics, melody, and arrangements combine to create an unusually potent mix. He blends musical and literary analysis of the songs themselves, biography (where appropriate) and recording information (where helpful). And he focuses on Dylan's mythic presence in the mid-60s, when he emerged from his proletarian incarnation to become the American Rimbaud. The comparison has been made by others, including Dylan, and it illuminates much about his mid-sixties career, for in many respects \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHighway 61\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is rock 'n' roll's answer to A Season in Hell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352975495389,"sku":"9780826417756","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71b8J7bdChL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744317717"},{"product_id":"r-e-m-s-murmur-33-1-3","title":"R.E.M.'s Murmur (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eR.E.M.'s debut album, released in 1983, was so far removed from the prevailing trends of American popular music that it still sounds miraculous and out of time today. J. Niimi tells the story of the album's genesis - with fascinating input from Don Dixon and Mitch Easter. He also investigates Michael Stipe's hypnotic, mysterious lyrics, and makes the case for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMurmur\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas a work of Southern Gothic art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46353001054429,"sku":"9780826416728","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71Yx8SbB96L._SL1500.jpg?v=1744318033"},{"product_id":"david-bowies-low-33-1-3","title":"David Bowie's Low (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLos Angeles, 1976. David Bowie is holed up in his Bel-Air mansion, drifting into drug-induced paranoia and confusion. Obsessed with black magic and the Holy Grail, he's built an altar in the living room and keeps his fingernail clippings in the fridge. There are occasional trips out to visit his friend Iggy Pop in a mental institution. His latest album is the cocaine-fuelled Station To Station (Bowie: \"I know it was recorded in LA because I read it was\"), which welds R\u0026amp;B rhythms to lyrics that mix the occult with a yearning for Europe, after three mad years in the New World.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBowie has long been haunted by the angst-ridden, emotional work of the Die Brucke movement and the Expressionists. Berlin is their spiritual home, and after a chaotic world tour, Bowie adopts this city as his new sanctuary. Immediately he sets to work on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, his own expressionist mood-piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46353058857181,"sku":"9780826416841","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71RLwNvdAeL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744319602"},{"product_id":"lou-reeds-transformer-33-1-3","title":"Lou Reed's Transformer (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTransformer,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLou Reed's most enduringly popular album, is described with varying labels: it's often called a glam rock album, a proto-punk album, a commercial breakthrough for Lou Reed, and an album about being gay. And yet, it doesn't neatly fit into any of these descriptors. Buried underneath the radio-friendly exterior lie coded confessions of the subversive, wounded intelligence that gives this album its staying power as a work of art. Here Lou Reed managed to make a fun, accessible rock'n'roll record that is also a troubled meditation on the ambiguities-sexual, musical and otherwise-that defined his public persona and helped make him one of the most fascinating and influential figures in rock history. Through close listening and personal reflections, songwriter Ezra Furman explores Reed's and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTransformer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's unstable identities, and the secrets the songs challenge us to uncover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46353063313629,"sku":"9781501323058","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61ZPui20NRL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744319758"},{"product_id":"the-go-gos-beauty-and-the-beat-33-1-3","title":"The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Go-Go's debut album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeauty and the Beat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas released on July 8, 1981. The album spent six weeks in the number one spot on the Billboard charts, produced two hit singles and sold more than two million copies making it one of the most successful debut albums of all time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeauty and the Beat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emade the Go-Go's the first, and to date only, female band to have a number one album who not only wrote their own songs, but also played their own instruments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeauty and the Beat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a ground-breaking album, but the Go-Go's are often overlooked when we talk about influential female musicians. The Go-Go's were a feminist band and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeauty and the Beat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a call to arms that inspired generations of women. The band embraced the DIY spirit of Riot Grrrl before there was a Bikini Kill or a Bratmobile. Girls making music on their own terms didn't start with Courtney Love or Beyoncé or Billie Eilish, it started with the Go-Go's. It started with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeauty and the Beat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile they may have controlled their music, the Go-Go's couldn't control the misogyny of the music industry, media and fans. The sexist and tired stereotypes the Go-Go's experienced 40 years ago still exist today. The legacy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeauty and the Beat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both a celebration of how the record inspired countless girls to make art and music on their own terms, but also a painful reminder of how little has changed in how female musicians are marketed, manipulated, and discarded.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46353094050013,"sku":"9781501390289","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/71J2Tf68OFL._SL1500_e8c18935-5861-4d5b-ba36-14d7a19e8baf.jpg?v=1744320825"},{"product_id":"steely-dans-aja-33-1-3","title":"Steely Dan's Aja (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAja was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned three hit singles. Odd, then, that its creators saw it as an \"ambitious, extended\" work, the apotheosis of their anti-rock, anti-band, anti-glamour aesthetic. Populated by thirty-fi ve mostly jazz session players, Aja served up prewar song forms, mixed meters and extended solos to a generation whose idea of pop daring was Paul letting Linda sing lead once in a while. And, impossibly, it sold. 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This book is a case study in how an album is sold and a persona constructed. The album had a complex relationship to the country music genre at a time when the genre was in the middle of major sonic and cultural shifts, and it represents how country music saw itself. This question of identity was especially relevant since \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhite Limozeen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was produced by Ricky Skaggs, the bluegrass prodigy who was in the middle of his own genre-widening experiments. The album reflects dense and complex production, shredding ideas of purity, studio craft, slickness, and authenticity. In it, Dolly seems to be imagining the limits of her own personae - the country girl, the blonde burlesque, the pop legend, the gospel singer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo study this album is to investigate Dolly's calculated role in fashioning her image into the icon she is today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46353113153757,"sku":"9781501390401","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/61xvTOuoFzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1744321662"},{"product_id":"nas-illmatic-33-1-3-series","title":"Nas' Illmatic (33 1\/3 series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNas was playing a role on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIllmatic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, even if it was himself. By constructing this persona, Nas not only laid out his own career for the next decade plus, but the careers of dozens of other rappers who were able to use their considerable skills to develop similar personas. His brazen ambition has become a road map for every rapper who hopes to reach an artistic peak. It seems right that Nas would make \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIllmatic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eat the age when maturity begins to turn boys into men. This was, in many regards, the first album of the rest of hip hop's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA decade and a half ago, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIllmatic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elaunched one of the most storied careers in hip hop, and cemented New York's place as the genre's epicenter. With this in-depth look at the record, Matthew Gasteier explores the competing themes that run through Nas's masterpiece and finds a compelling journey into adulthood. 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