Laura read and liked Lindsay's review of The Pixies' Doolittle (33 1/3):

"These 33 1/3 books make me kind of scared because I always think they are going to change the way I listen to albums I really like, and so, it being one of my all-time favorite records and all, I approached the Doolittle book with caution. Hearing Do...more These 33 1/3 books make me kind of scared because I always think they are going to change the way I listen to albums I really like, and so, it being one of my all-time favorite records and all, I approached the Doolittle book with caution. Hearing Doolittle for the first time when I was 15 was such a monumentally formative experience that I still remember what I was wearing that day, for cryin out loud. And I didn't really want some half-baked rock journalist destroying the mystique that still surrounds the album for me by saying, "Oh, Debaser means ______." Thankfully, Ben Sisaro did not do this. If anything, he opened up new things in the songs that I'd never thought about and made certain songs (especially "Gouge Away" and "There Goes My Gun") even creepier to me. Overall the book is excellent, if a little anti-Deal (I know she declined an interview and everything, but still). Also, the author comes off a bit too rock journalist-y at times, which I guess is not his fault, being a rock journalist and all, but he could lighten up on the use of the ol' hypenating-a-phrase-to-turn-it-into-an-adjective thing. Also, do you think this guy likes "Gigantic"? I couldn't exactly tell.

Bottom line, though, these books are consistenly great and I want to read more. Any suggestions?

A fun fact: in the earliest demo of "Debaser", in place of "un chien andalucia" Black Francis sang, "Shred! Apollonia", which is, sure, a lot less iconic and surreal, but a lot more Prince. Even so, I think he made the right choice.

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