A few stragglers (with valid excuses) remain, but we’ve ended up with proposals for books about albums by the following people. The Flaming Lips win with four proposals, narrowly trumping Willie Nelson, U2, Steely Dan, GNR, and Van Morrison, who each have three.
A huge thank you to everybody who submitted a pitch. We’ll do our very best to pick the best ones, and to let everybody know by the end of January.
You’ll be glad to know that only one of the proposals contains the word “fisting”.
Afghan Whigs (2)
Al Kooper
Al Stewart
Aphex Twin
Arcade Fire
Avalanches
Beck
Belle & Sebastian (2)
Billy Joel
Bjork
Blondie
Blur
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Brian Eno (2)
Brian Wilson
Bright Eyes
Buena Vista Social Club
Café Tacuba
Captain Beefheart
Carole King
Cat Power
Celine Dion
Chemical Brothers (2)
Crowded House
Curtis Mayfield
De La Soul
Decemberists
Depeche Mode (2)
Derek and the Dominos
Dream Syndicate
Drive-By Truckers
Duran Duran
The Eagles
Elliott Smith
Elvis Presley
Everly Brothers
The Fall
Flaming Lips (4)
Fleetwood Mac
Fountains of Wayne
Frank Zappa
Genesis
Gram Parsons
Grateful Dead
Green Day
Guns n Roses (3)
Hole
Human League
Husker Du
Incredible String Band
Iron Maiden (2)
Jackson Browne
The Jam
Jane’s Addiction
Jayhawks
Jay-Z
Jean Michel Jarre
Jefferson Starship
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jesus and Mary Chain
John Lee Hooker
Kanye West
Kate Bush
Killed By Death Vol. 2
Kraftwerk
Kris Kristofferson
The Lemonheads
The Libertines
Lifter Puller
Limp Bizkit
Liz Phair (2)
Lucinda Williams
Magnetic Fields
Marvin Gaye (2)
Mekons
Minutemen (2)
Morphine
Motley Crue
Mudhoney
Nas
Nelly
Nick Cave
Nick Drake (2)
Nine Inch Nails
Oasis
Patti Smith
Pavement
PJ Harvey (2)
Portishead (2)
Public Enemy (2)
Pulp (2)
Queen
Randy Newman
Richard and Linda Thompson
Rolling Stones
The Roots
Scott Walker
Shoes (thanks Don!)
Sleater Kinney
Slint
Spiritualized
Steely Dan (3)
Stevie Wonder (3)
The Stooges (2)
The Stranglers
Suede
Talking Heads (2)
Television
They Might Be Giants
This Mortal Coil
Throbbing Gristle
Tom Waits (3)
A Tribe Called Quest (2)
U2 (3)
Uncle Tupelo
Van Dyke Parks
Van Halen
Van Morrison (3)
Vic Chesnutt
Violent Femmes (2)
Ween
The White Stripes
The Who
Wilco
Willie Nelson (3)
Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
Wire (2)
Wu-Tang Clan
X
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Well, I know one of those Flaming Lips proposals is not for Yoshimi anyway…
Still very few women….very interesting.
Still very few metal albums. Interesting.
i briefly considered pitching a book on voxtrot, figuring it would be a shoe-in.
I’m surprised R. Hell and the Voidoids’ BLANK GENERATION is missing. I wonder if Richard would write it. He likes to think about himself.
A list like that can sure elicit some gasps from the crowd, especially those of us who have made our own proposal.Thoughts:Wouldn’t it be really cool if the Decemberists book were written by Paul Westerberg? Yeah, it would be cool.I agree with the anonymous fellow who questioned Arcade Fire’s inclusion. I considered proposing a Belle & Sebastian, but even that band I think are too new to encourage some real critique.More questionable than Arcade Fire: Limp Bizkit.Why no Son Volt? Both Uncle Tupelo and Wilco get a shout out, but not Son Volt?I hope those Flaming Lips proposals are for anything other than “Yoshimi”. … I’m giddy with excitement.
I meant to add that there is a site now dedicated to the album… I think it will eventually offer outtakes of the Pony Express sessions, etc. http://www.ponyexpressrecord.com
Though it may not have the commercial audience, I think an amazing 33.3 edition would be on Shudder To Think’s “Pony Express Record.” I have never gotten sick of this album, and it sounds as new today as it did in ’94. It completely changed how I listen to band dynamics and think about songwriting.
having one on the talking heads seems NECESSARY! c’mon! good luck in your decisions!
I’m still thinking these probably will be the last books in the series – but since I’ve got just about everything else wrong so far in terms of what will sell and what won’t, who knows?
wow, this is a crazy long list! i would love to be a fly on the wall for the selection process. you must have some serious aesthetics/audience/series cohesion mathematics to perform to get the answers here. good luck.
Any further indication whether these 15-20 will be the last ones in the series?
I tried hard to avoid too much duplication in the pitching process, but it seems inevitable when there are so many people involved. Having two, three, or four pitches about the same artist doesn’t make it any more likely that we’ll end up choosing one of those. Current thinking is that we’ll end up choosing 15-20 proposals out of these. Sorry for the stress, everybody.
on top of waiting like six weeks or so for the decision, there is a little “(2)” beside my band. … great … extra anxiety …
David I pitched one of the Willie Nelson’s. How many of those pitches are for Red Headed Stranger?Thanksase
Wow, publish them all!
The fisting reference… that’s in the Billy Joel proposal, right?
I was actually considering asking somebody to write a book about an album that isn’t even finished recording yet – so we could publish our book on the same day that the album is released. Having said that, I do take your point.
Going over this list, I’m amazed that bands like Arcade Fire and Libertines are being pitched. Not that I don’t like them, but classic albums need time and historical perspective to be considered classic. Too damn new, y’heard?
One list leads to another, I guess.
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So, David, was the “fisting” reference in the pitch for Yes, Jean Michel Jarre or Al Stewart?
As one of the submitters it’s hard not to just nervously hope that mine sneaks through to publication, but I do think that for record geeks a Vegas pool on this would be FASCINATING, especially since I’m not sure how you go about laying out the odds here (is a title that multiple people suggested a “surer” bet? what about one by an artist that already has titles in the series- is that less likely?). Really quite an intriguing phenomenon.