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.