The Books- The Way Out

Label: Temporary Residence Limited

Released 2010

The follow-up to the highly acclaimed album, Thought for Food. The Lemon of Pink makes for an interesting contrast with Thought for Food, in part because the two records have so much in common. Several of this record's tracks that closely follow the Thought for Food template are even better than their forbears, with more dynamic range and a greater sense of development. The way the sample of a flight attendant from a Japanese airline forms the centerpiece of "Tokyo" is absolutely perfect, matching the editing brilliance of Thought for Food's "Aleatoric," and "Take Time" is one of the more epic 3½-minute instrumentals you'll come across, building from quiet, simple samples into a joyous cluster of words and acoustic sound. Yes, it sounds quite a bit like The BOOKS' debut, but it also sounds like nobody else. The BOOKS remain more or less a genre of one. Highly recommended.

Track Listing:

1. Group Autogenics I
2. IDKT
3. I Didn't Know That
4. A Cold Freezin' Night
5. Beautiful People
6. I Am Who I Am
7. Chain of Missing Links
8. All You Need Is a Wall
9. Thirty Incoming
10. A Wonderful Phrase by Gandhi
11. We Bought the Flood
12. The Story of Hip Hop
13. Free Translator
14. Group Autogenics II