The word is out. I will be writing a book about Richard & Linda Thompson's Shoot Out The Lights album for the excellent 33 1/3 series. And man! The other submissions look fantastic. I'm especially looking forward to David Smay's take on Swordfishtrombones and the book on Marquee Moon.
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Congratulations! If it's your first time being published, congratulations twice!
I haven't heard the album, but I'll check it out as soon as I can.
Thanks! I've contributed to another book (Lost In The Grooves), but this is the first time I'm flying solo, so thanks twice!
That's a stealth bomb album, too. I was underwhelmed the first time I heard it because of the (relative, natch) hype, but about the 2nd or 3rd time, I realized that it was not just Richard Thompson's strongest work, but the most devastating break-up album ever recorded.
Thanks, Mags! Yeah, I'm excited by the list, too. Especially Swordfishtrombones and Marquee Moon.
SWEET!!!!!
Congrats, Hayden!!!! That's really cool. And the list of new books has some of my favorite albums on it!!!
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Weird. Those last two posts went out of order.
Congrats, Hayden! I can't wait to see where you go with this. Any thoughts yet on how you might approach the album?
Hey, Kim! Thanks for the kind words here & elsewhere on the internets.
I'm definitely intending to write a more historical narrative, much like your book and the one on the Kinks. My plan is to intersperse a track-by-track discussion of the album with the history of its creation and to talk a bit about how the Thompsons made better music when they were attempting to make more commercial music.
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