Table of Contents
Preface viii
Introduction: Superfluous, Redundant, Enduring-Prince's Emancipation (1996) Will Stockton 1
Reintroduction: Trivial, Derivative, Tenacious-Christina Aguilera's Mi Reflejo (2000) D. Gilson 11
Part 1 Juvenilia 23
1 Leonard Cohen's Songs of Love and Hate (1971) Drew Daniel 25
2 The New York Dolls' Too Much, Too Soon (1974) David Smay 29
3 The Rolling Stones' It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974) David Masciotra 32
4 The Durutti Columns The Return of the Durutti Column (1980) Philip Shaw 36
5 R.E.M.'s Chronic Town (1982) Gina Arnold 39
6 Rites of Spring's Rites of Spring (1985) Will Fulton 42
7 Jane's Addiction's Nothing's Shocking (1988) Rolf Potts 46
8 Del Amitri's Waking Hours (1989) Alex Green 50
9 Sinéad O'Connor's I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990) Tara Murtha 54
10 De La Soul's De La Soul Is Dead (1991) Shawn Taylor 58
11 Digable Planets' Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993) Walter Biggins 61
12 Billy Idol's Cyberpunk (1993) Sean L. Maloney 66
13 Guided By Voices' Mag Earwhig! (1997) Matt LeMay 70
14 The Smashing Pumpkins' Adore (1998) Jovana Babovic 74
15 The Weakerthans' Left and Leaving (2000) Daniel Couch 78
Part 2 Marginalia 83
16 Hank Thompson's Smoky the Bar (1969) Joe Bonomo 85
17 Robert Johnson's King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961) Jeffrey T. Roesgen 89
18 The Doors' Strange Days (1967) Clare Nina Norelli 93
19 The Dells' There Is (1968) Joe Bucciero 97
20 Shirley and Dolly Collins' Anthems in Eden (1969) Sam Inglis 101
21 Von Freeman's Doin' It Right Now (1972) Aaron Cohen 104
22 John Cale's Paris 1919 (1973) Mark Polizzotti 108
23 Bert Jansch's L.A. Turnaround (1974) John Perry 112
24 The Cars' Candy-O (1979) Susan Fast 116
25 Ian Dury and the Blockheads' Laughter (1980) Terry Edwards 120
26 Frankie Armstrong, Brian Pearson, Blowzabella, and Jon Gillaspie's Tarn Lin (1984) Allan F. Moore 124
27 Scritti Politti's Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985) Dan LeRoy 127
28 Negativland's Escape from Noise (1987) Kembrew McLeod 131
29 Frank Black's Frank Black (1993) Zeth Lundy 135
30 Rodan's Rusty (1994) Michael T. Fournier 139
31 Kenickie's At the Club (1997) Emily Mackay 143
32 Guy's Guy (1988) Patrick Rivers 147
33 Sleep's Dopesmoker (2003) Erik Davis 151
34 The Blood Brothers' Crimes (2004) Ethan Hayden 154
35 Boris' Pink (2006) Paula Mejía 159
36 Stars of the Lid's And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007) Walter Holland 162
37 The Range Rats' The Range Rats (2010) Michael Blair 165
38 Daniel Lopatin's Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 (2010) Marvin Lin 168
Part 3 Memorabilia 173
39 The Band's Rock of Ages (1972) Steve Matteo 175
40 Bruce Springsteen's Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Live at the Geneva Theater (1974) Bruce Eaton 178
41 Talisker's Dreaming of Glenisla (1975) John Cavanagh 182
42 The Village People's Can't Stop the Music: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980) Rebecca Wallwork 186
43 Haruomi Hosono's Philharmony (1982) Bryan Waterman 189
44 Hirokazu Tanaka's Metroid (1986) Andrew Schartmann 193
45 Various Artists' Music from the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction (1994) Evie Nagy 197
46 Various Artists' Casino Soundtrack (1995) Kevin Courrier 200
47 Wesley Willis' Rock n Roll Will Never Die. (1996) Phillip Crandall 204
48 Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile (1999) Luis Sanchez 209
49 Bob Dylan's Love and Theft (2001) Pete Astor 212
50 Silver Jews' Bright Flight (2001) Hayden Childs 216
51 Green Day's American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010) Cyrus R. K. Patell 220
52 Perfume's LEVEL3 (2013) Jordan Ferguson 224
53 Dawn of Midi's Dysnomia (2015) Charles Fairchild 228
Permissions 232
Notes 233
