Albums least likely or deserving of a 33 1/3 book

I don't necessarily mean albums that are out and out bad (there's no need to have heard them), just those that you could never realistically picture being part of the series due to being almost comically unloved/under-appreciated/under-purchased. I wish someone would develop a website to generate 33 1/3 cover designs for such albums:

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http://www.timarnold.co.uk/Images/jocasta.jpg

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/t/terence-trent-darby/album-ttds-vibrator.jpg

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http://blog.albumartexchange.com/assets_c/2009/10/squeez-domino-thumb-400x400-1901.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGUURbcqjsM/Sc1yPMIFSiI/AAAAAAAAEpg/MKsXOWmmcHo/s320/SAMMY+-+TALES+OF+GREAT+NECK+GLORY+F.jpg

What others would make you be amazed to see staring back at you from the shelf?

Ceramic Hobs - Straight Outta Rampton

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Since there's probably only a few hundred there are deserving, this thread is just about posting the thousands of other albums that have been released throughout history?

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Least-likely or staggeringly unsuitable would be the criteria. Something like this:

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Hoku-ListenUp.jpg/200px-Hoku-ListenUp.jpg

http://www.polyhex.com/php-cgi/gallery/albums/ukcompilations/now71.jpg

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I can accept "least likely" as productive of gentle lols here but "least deserving" wd be a bullshit position imo.

Rob Carlson & Jon Gailmor / Peaceable Kingdom

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P.S. I'd LOVE to read a 33 1/3 on Sammy!

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I don't know if I'm suppose to find a silly album or an album I really love that has zero chance of ever getting written about. I guess I'm going with the latter: the first Masters of Reality album.

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seems pretty unlikely, but i'd read it

Didn't Celine Dion get a book in the series? Didn't people love it? These books are as much about the authors relationship with the album and their ability to write, not necessarily who good the music sounds.

That said, I could write one on Echo & The Bunnymen - Reverberation. I'm still the only person I know who actually liked that album when it came out. Haven't played it since then either, so maybe I was wrong.

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Might actually pitch a J0hn D-biting book about that Rootjoose album, viewed through the blurry lens of my own mid-90s Cornwall adolescence

brotherlovesdub: my picks were because they are albums that no-one loves and don't have any story to them (compared to older busta albums etc.). Maybe you could write 100 pages on "why having a bunch of kinda dull nu metal guest stars and no real ideas made a dull/pointless run-dmc album" but i'd be v. surprised if you could do a 100 pages on that and make it interesting and worth reading.

Might actually pitch a J0hn D-biting book about that Rootjoose album, viewed through the blurry lens of my own mid-90s Cornwall adolescence
--9-1 changed everything (DJ Mencap)

My mid90s Devon adolescence laffs.

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I can't imagine 100 pages on Celine Dion being anything more than a manifesto to make you hate French Canadians and pop radio.

was actually 100 pages of 'why do i hate french canadians and pop radio.' picking that busta album wouldn't be 'why do i hate hiphop and black folk', it would be 'why do i hate this mediocre album that even busta fans haven't listened to since it was released?'

It Ain't Safe No More is by far the most inspired pick on this thread

would read a book about the Billy Idol album tbh

life is too short and the list of books I haven't read is too long to even contemplate reading something - no matter how brilliant - about celine dion.

an article about cyberpunk might be LOL-worthy but a whole book? see above

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Is Songs of Faith and Devotion a serious pick? It must have given rise to as many terrible stories as any album ever. (I see that's the live version, but that goes even more so, if anything)

That Celine Dion book is easily the best in the series, that I've read. It's much more about the construction of taste--how we arrive at such conclusions as "life's too short to read about Celine Dion"--than it is about Celine Dion herself.

Right, so aren't the rest of these albums equally viable in the unexpected gems department?

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Here's how I arrived at that conclusion: I listened to Celine Dion's music and thought it sucked.

i don't think the series needs more "ok this isn't actually about the album but bear with me" books -- 1 was enough

OTM. write a serious book about aesthetics instead of pulling a fast one on celine dion fans

OTOH a shortish book about a fantastically bad album, or a bizarre misfire, could be more compelling than another masterpiece reconsidered.

I think there's more than 1 xp - my copy of 'Meat Is Murder' didn't even get close to dealing with the album by the time I threw it away

It's somehow appropriate that my Glands post mysteriously vanished. I'll try again.

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I doubt Celine Dion fans are cuing up to buy 33 1/3 books. And Wilson's certainly IS "a serious book about aesthetics," of which the world arguably doesn't need more either.

I dunno. Wilson's is an excellent book, on its own terms. Some of the others I've read, about artists/albums I actually care about, not so much.

I definitely agree about fantastically bad/bizarre misfire being more compelling than one more contemplation of a classic, though.

Is Songs of Faith and Devotion a serious pick? It must have given rise to as many terrible stories as any album ever. (I see that's the live version, but that goes even more so, if anything)

Yeah, I've never heard it tbh, it just seems like a really pointless release. The other one of mine that disappeared was Simple Minds - Neon Lights.

I haven't heard the live album but I did have the dvd, which has some terrific performances and not a few laughs (some even intentional). They had pretty good aesthetics around that time. I gather that offstage Dave was way out beyond the furthest reaches of the rock n roll lifestyle by that point. So it'd probably make an excellent book, but it'd be pretty harrowing stuff.

This is totally predictable for me, but I too would love to read a 33 1/3 on Sammy. Actually, bet it would be pretty interesting...

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hey guys hotlinking RYM and discogs images doesn't work btw

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haha smilez & southstar

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I would probably read any of these if written by nabisco

It would be entertaining to read about a disaster of an album--one where the artist went in with grandiose ideas and came out with garbage. I read a book about the "Bonfire of the Vanities" movie and it was more interesting than ones I've read about great films.

I can't think of any off the top of my head, except maybe "The Elder."

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xpost and erroneous text:

It would be entertaining to read about a disaster of an album--one where the artist went in with grandiose ideas and came out with garbage. I read a book about the "Bonfire of the Vanities" movie and it was more interesting than ones I've read about great films.

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... would be awesome tho

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one exists already: TS: Most Retarded-Looking Barenaked Ladies Member on This Album Cover

xpost damnit.

... well, yeah, that's where I got the idea from, you don't think I've actually heard it or anything?

Well, "Somebody" must have....

(I know you did, I just posted it for our newer readers...)

Always thinking of the young 'uns, bless you

genuine lol there at henry s' starship choice, brilliant. looks bloody awful that.

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LOL @ Wetton & Downes

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(And yes, I know that last one is a single. Which just makes it all the less likely. Alas.)

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What the hell is Mick doing on the 'Let's Work' sleeve?! Is that a gun?

Would read the 'Julie's Sixteenth Birthday' one.

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(xxpost) it looks like he's holding a struggling monk hostage with a hairdryer

This is unlikely, not undeserving. I for one would jump at the chance to read about....

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Tracklisting:

1. Snap! - Exterminate
2. West End featuring Sybil - The Love I Lost
3. 2 Unlimited - No Limit
4. Take That - Could It Be Magic
5. Annie Lennox - Long Song For A Vampire
6. Undercover - I Wanna Stay With You
7. M People - How Can I Love You More (Remix)
8. USURA - Open Your Mind
9. Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal (Edit)
10. Moodswings - Spiritual High (State of Independence)
11. Lisa Stansfield - Someday (I'm Coming Back)
12. The Shamen - Phorever People
13. Rapination featuring Kym Mazelle - Love Me The Right Way
14. Time Frequency - New Emotion
15. WWF Stars - Slam Jam
16. Nick Haverson - Heads Over Heels
17. Tom Jones - All You Need Is Love
18. Go West - What You Won't Do For Love

This even seemed like a completely WTF collection of songs at the time YET I STILL BOUGHT IT.

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