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The Books

Books, The
Formed 1999Ended 2012United States15 albums

American-Dutch experimental-music duo

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Biography

The Books were an American-Dutch duo, formed in New York City in 1999, consisting of guitarist and vocalist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong. Their music typically incorporated samples of obscure sounds and speech. They released three critically acclaimed albums on the German label Tomlab, and released their fourth studio album, The Way Out, on Temporary Residence Limited.

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People

Members

Nick ZammutoPaul de Jong

Songs written

  1. A True Story of a Story of True Lovecomposer2003 · 7 releases
  2. Bonanzacomposer2003 · 7 releases
  3. Don't Even Sing About Itcomposer2003 · 7 releases
  4. Explanation Markcomposer2003 · 7 releases
  5. PScomposer2003 · 7 releases
  6. S Is for Evrysingcomposer2003 · 7 releases
  7. Smells Like Contentcomposer2005 · 7 releases
  8. Take Timecomposer2003 · 7 releases
  9. That Right Ain't Shitcomposer2003 · 7 releases
  10. The Future, Wouldn't That Be Nice?composer2003 · 7 releases
  11. The Lemon of Pinkcomposer2003 · 7 releases
  12. The Lemon of Pinkcomposer2003 · 7 releases
  13. There Is No Therecomposer2003 · 7 releases
  14. Tokyocomposer2003 · 7 releases
  15. All Bad Ends Allcomposer2002 · 6 releases
  16. An Animated Description of Mr. Maps.composer2005 · 6 releases
  17. Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Againcomposer2002 · 6 releases
  18. If Not Now, Whenevercomposer2005 · 6 releases
  19. A Dead Fish Gains the Power of Observationcomposer2002 · 5 releases
  20. A Little Longing Goes Awaycomposer2005 · 5 releases
  21. All Our Base Are Belong to Themcomposer2002 · 5 releases
  22. An Owl With Kneescomposer2005 · 5 releases
  23. Be Good to Them Alwayscomposer2005 · 5 releases
  24. Contemptcomposer2002 · 5 releases
  25. Deafkidscomposer2002 · 5 releases
  26. Excess Straussesscomposer2002 · 5 releases
  27. Getting the Done Jobcomposer2002 · 5 releases
  28. It Never Changes to Stopcomposer2005 · 5 releases
  29. Mikey Basscomposer2002 · 5 releases
  30. None but Shining Hourscomposer2005 · 5 releases
  31. Read, Eat, Sleepcomposer2002 · 5 releases
  32. Thankyoubranchcomposer2002 · 5 releases
  33. Twelve Fold Chaincomposer2005 · 5 releases
  34. Venicecomposer2005 · 5 releases
  35. Vogt Dig for Kloppervokcomposer2005 · 5 releases

Songs recorded

  1. Classy Penguin7 versions
  2. Smells Like Content6 versions
  3. Tokyo6 versions
  4. 8 Frame4 versions
  5. An Owl With Knees4 versions
  6. If Not Now, Whenever4 versions
  7. It Never Changes To Stop4 versions
  8. Take Time4 versions
  9. [untitled]4 versions
  10. All A's3 versions
  11. Be Good To Them Always3 versions
  12. Cello Song3 versions
  13. Free Translator3 versions
  14. Group Autogenics I3 versions
  15. I Didn't Know That3 versions
  16. That Right Ain't Shit3 versions
  17. Twelve Fold Chain3 versions
  18. We Bought The Flood3 versions
  19. A Cold Freezin' Night2 versions
  20. A Cold Freezin’ Night2 versions
  21. A True Story of a Story of True Love2 versions
  22. All Bad Ends All2 versions
  23. Beautiful People2 versions
  24. Chain Of Missing Links2 versions
  25. Contempt2 versions
  26. Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again2 versions
  27. Getting The Done Job2 versions
  28. Handfart Man2 versions
  29. Meditation2 versions
  30. None but Shining Hours2 versions
  31. Pagina Dos2 versions
  32. The Lemon of Pink2 versions
  33. There Is No There2 versions
  34. Thirty Incoming2 versions
  35. [song introduction]2 versions
  36. 10,000 Crows
  37. 2over3 Lawyers
  38. 8 Tons of Oxygen
  39. A Chain of Missing Links
  40. A Dead Fish Gains the Power of Observation
  41. A Little Longing Goes Away
  42. A Long Villainous Sequence
  43. A Wonderful Phrase by Gandhi
  44. Ah…, I See
  45. All Our Base Are Belong to Them
  46. All You Need Is a Wall
  47. An Animated Description of Mr. Maps.
  48. Biospheric Dark
  49. Biospheric Doubletime
  50. Biospheric Quiet
  51. Biospheric Zither
  52. Bonanza
  53. Cello Song (feat. José González)
  54. Circle of Fifths Loop
  55. Deafkids
  56. Don’t Even Sing About It
  57. Drowned but Survived
  58. Dustbowl
  59. Egaberté
  60. Electro Lawyers
  61. Enjoy You Worries, You May Never Have Them Again
  62. Epilogue
  63. Excess Straussess
  64. Explanation Mark
  65. FACT Mix 173: The Books
  66. Flythrough
  67. Foreign Country and Western
  68. Found Frozen Corndog
  69. Fralité
  70. Free Translator (Daytrotter session)
  71. Fucking Miss You
  72. Ghost Train Digest
  73. Glass Glass
  74. Group Autogenics I / Heaven Taste (DJ Food remix)
  75. Group Autogenics II
  76. Happy Lawyers
  77. Her, Him, and You
  78. Hericlitus
  79. Hermetic
  80. Hokie Ranch
  81. I Am Who I Am
  82. I Didn’t Know That
  83. IDKT
  84. It's Musiiiiic!
  85. John's Epiphany
  86. John’s Arp
  87. Lawyer Lullaby
  88. Liternité
  89. Mars, OK
  90. Meditation (outtakes)
  91. Meditation Outtakes
  92. Medley: Excess Strausses / Getting the Do
  93. Mikey Bass
  94. Millions of Millions
  95. Mommy Daddy
  96. Mommy, Daddy
  97. Motherless Bastard
  98. Naraka / Lightspan / Group Autogenics II
  99. Of the Word God
  100. PS
  101. Pagina Cinco
  102. Pagina Cuatro
  103. Pagina Ocho
  104. Pagina Seis
  105. Pagina Siete
  106. Pagina Tres
  107. Pagina Uno. Introduccion
  108. Past Comes Welling Up
  109. Pickup Dark
  110. Pig
  111. Read, Eat, Sleep
  112. Running Down
  113. S Is for Evrysing
  114. Smack My Bishop
  115. Thankyoubranch
  116. That Right Ain’t Shit
  117. That Shit Ain't Right
  118. The Future, That Would Be Great
  119. The Future, Wouldn't That Be Nice?
  120. The Future, Wouldn’t That Be Nice?

Albums

Too Much of a Good Thing
Too Much of a Good ThingBright Eyes / The Books · 1999
Thought for Food
Thought for FoodThe Books · 2002
All Bad Ends All
All Bad Ends AllThe Books · 2003
The Lemon of Pink
The Lemon of PinkThe Books · 2003
Lost and Safe
Lost and SafeThe Books · 2005
Prefuse 73 Reads the Books E.P.
Prefuse 73 Reads the Books E.P.Prefuse 73 & The Books · 2005
Music for a French Elevator and Other Short Format Oddities by the Books
Music for a French Elevator and Other Short Format Oddities by the BooksThe Books · 2006
Playall
PlayallThe Books · 2007
FACT Mix 173: The Books
FACT Mix 173: The BooksThe Books · 2010
The Way Out
The Way OutThe Books · 2010
2011-07-17: Daytrotter Studio, Rock Island, IL, USA
2011-07-17: Daytrotter Studio, Rock Island, IL, USAThe Books · 2011
A Dot in Time
A Dot in TimeThe Books · 2012
Freedom From Expression
Freedom From ExpressionThe Books · 2012
Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities by The Books
Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities by The BooksThe Books · 2013
2005-10-03: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
2005-10-03: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAThe Books

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