The Books

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Years Active
1999 – 2012 (13 years)
Founded In
New York, New York, United States
The Books was an American-Dutch duo, formed in New York City in 1999, consisting of guitarist and vocalist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong. In early 2012, Nick Zammuto announced the end of the duo and the beginning of his solo project Zammuto. Subsequently, Paul de Jong released two solo albums. Zammuto and de Jong met through a friend in New York City. Sharing similar interests but different backgrounds in acoustic music and found sound, Zammuto and de Jong took their sonic experiments to the studio. Eventually, with some urging by Tom Steinle of Tomlab Records, they created… read more
The Books was an American-Dutch duo, formed in New York City in 1999, consisting of guitarist and vocalist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong. In early 2012, Nick Zammuto announced the end of the duo and the beginning of his solo project Zammuto. Subsequently, Paul de Jong released two sol… read more
The Books was an American-Dutch duo, formed in New York City in 1999, consisting of guitarist and vocalist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong. In early 2012, Nick Zammuto announced the end of the duo and the beginning of his solo project Zammuto. Subsequently, Paul de Jong released two solo albums. Zammuto and de Jong met through a friend in New York City. Sh… read more

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1 Play track The Way Out A Cold Freezin' Night
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2 Play track The Lemon of Pink (Remastered) The Lemon of Pink I
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3 Play track The Lemon of Pink Tokyo
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4 Play track Lost and Safe Smells Like Content
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5 Play track The Lemon of Pink There Is No There
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6 Play track Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities Cello Song feat. Jose Gonzales
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7 Play track The Lemon of Pink (Remastered) the lemon of pink II
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8 Play track The Lemon of Pink Take Time
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9 Play track The Lemon of Pink S Is for Evrysing
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10 Play track Thought for Food Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again
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Albums

  1. 187,073 listeners

    7 Oct 2003 · 13 tracks

    The Lemon of Pink
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  2. 161,181 listeners

    5 Apr 2005 · 11 tracks

    Lost and Safe
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  3. 137,599 listeners

    1 Jan 2010 · 14 tracks

    The Way Out
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  4. 126,195 listeners

    3 Jun 2002 · 12 tracks

    Thought for Food
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