PAVEMENT • TRAX • POLL rEsULtS!!!

Since the thread is dying down now, I'll put a recap here towards the bottom for anyone who stumbles across it in three years and wants such a thing.

61. ALL MY FRIENDS (1993) [115 points, 4 votes, 2 first-place votes]
60. FAME THROWA (1992) [115 points, 6 votes]
59. JACKALS, FALSE GRAILS: THE LONESOME ERA (1992) [117 points, 4 votes]
58. SPEAK, SEE, REMEMBER (1999) [120 points, 6 votes]
57. STRINGS OF NASHVILLE (1994) [120 points, 7 votes, 1 first-place vote]
56. KENTUCKY COCKTAIL (1992) [136 points, 8 votes]
55. TYPE SLOWLY (1997) [141 points, 9 votes]
54. TRANSPORT IS ARRANGED (1997) [142 points, 6 votes, 1 first-place vote]
53. PUEBLO (1995) [144 points, 8 votes]
52. FROM NOW ON (1991) [148 points, 6 votes, 1 first-place vote]
51. PAINTED SOLDIERS (1996) [152 points, 6 votes]
50. CONDUIT FOR SALE! (1992) [159 points, 7 votes, 1 first-place vote]
49. YOU ARE A LIGHT (1999) [159 points, 9 votes]
48. GRAVE ARCHITECTURE (1995) [178 points, 9 votes, 1 first-place vote]
47. AND THEN.../THE HEXX (1997/99) [195 points, 9 votes, 1 first-place vote]
46. HALF A CANYON (1995) [207 points, 10 votes]
45. BAPTISS BLACKTICK (1992) [210 points, 13 votes]
44. DATE W/ IKEA (1997) [213 points, 10 votes]
43. GREENLANDER (1992) [217 points, 11 votes]
42. BLUE HAWAIIAN (1997) [224 points, 10 votes]
41. DEBRIS SLIDE (1991) [226 points, 12 votes]

40. MOTION SUGGESTS ITSELF (1995) [241 points, 11 votes, 1 first-place vote]
39. CARROT ROPE (1999) [245 points, 12 votes]
38. HARNESS YOUR HOPES (1999) [256 points, 14 votes]
37. NEWARK WILDER (1994) [262 points, 12 votes]
36. SPIT ON A STRANGER (1999) [265 points, 13 votes]
35. KENNEL DISTRICT (1995) [275 points, 15 votes, 1 first-place vote]
34. UNSEEN POWER OF THE PICKET FENCE (1993) [281 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote]
33. MAJOR LEAGUES/MAJOR LEAGUES DEMO (1999) [293 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote]
32. STARLINGS OF THE SLIPSTREAM (1997) [321 points, 16 votes]
31. AT&T (1995) [321 points, 19 votes]
30. UNFAIR (1994) [333 points, 16 votes, 1 first-place vote]
29. PERFUME-V (1992) [340 points, 16 votes]
28. FIGHT THIS GENERATION (1995) [348 points, 18 votes, 1 first-place vote]
27. FIN (1997) [352 points, 16 votes]
26. GIVE IT A DAY (1996) [357 points, 17 votes, 1 first-place vote]
25. WE DANCE (1995) [375 points, 17 votes, 1 first-place vote]
24. SHADY LANE (1997) [377 points, 19 votes]
23. BLACK OUT (1995) [378 points, 15 votes, 1 first-place vote]
22. EMBASSY ROW (1997) [402 points, 19 votes, 1 first-place vote]
21. CUT YOUR HAIR (1994) [456 points, 23 votes, 1 first-place vote]

20. ZURICH IS STAINED (1992) [501 points, 24 votes]
19. LORETTA'S SCARS (1992) [505 points, 23 votes]
18. RATTLED BY THE RUSH (1995) [509 points, 23 votes, 2 first-place votes]
17. STEREO (1997) [547 points, 25 votes, 1 first-place vote]
16. FILLMORE JIVE (1994) [560 points, 23 votes, 1 first-place vote]
15. STOP BREATHIN' (1994) [597 points, 25 votes, 3 first-place votes]
14. SHOOT THE SINGER (1992) [608 points, 27 votes, 4 first-place votes]
13. TEXAS NEVER WHISPERS (1992) [621 points, 26 votes]
12. BOX ELDER (1989) [658 points, 31 votes]
11. ELEVATE ME LATER (1994) [668 points, 32 votes]
10. FATHER TO A SISTER OF THOUGHT (1995) [678 points, 28 votes, 3 first-place votes]
9. SILENCE KIT (1994) [698 points, 29 votes]
8. IN THE MOUTH A DESERT (1992) [711 points, 29 votes]
7. RANGE LIFE (1994) [806 points, 36 votes, 3 first-place votes]
6. HERE (1992) [807 points, 36 votes]
5. GOLD SOUNDZ (1994) [905 points, 34 votes, 3 first-place votes]
4. FRONTWARDS (1992) [906 points, 35 votes, 4 first-place votes]
3. TRIGGER CUT (1992) [910 points, 37 votes, 4 first-place votes]
2. GROUNDED (1995) [922 points, 34 votes, 6 first-place votes]
1. SUMMER BABE (1992) [971 points, 37 votes, 2 first-place votes]

ylt intrigues. gbv i dunno -- i consider myself a fan and i'm not sure i know 20% of the songs.

1. All My Friends
2. Fillmore Jive
3. We Dance
4. Silence Kit
5. Gold Soundz
6. Summer Babe
7. Cut Your Hair
8. Stereo
9. Spit on a Stranger
10. Old to Begin
11. For Sale: The Preston School of Industry
12. Date w/ Ikea
13. Unfair
14. Conduit for Sale
15. Fame Throwa
16. Texas Never Whispers
17. Nothing Ever Happens
18. Flux = Rad
19. Range Life

I think The Cure would make for an awesome poll. I know they're huge and they have a massive catalog, but it seems Cure discussion here is so dominated by Ned and Dan that I don't have a good feel of how the rest of ILX thinks about em.

1. Cut Your Hair
2. Grounded
3. Stereo
4. Newark Wilder
5. Summer Babe (Winter Version)
6. Silence Kit
7. In the Mouth a Desert
8. Perfume-V
9. Blackout
10. Fin
11. Blue Hawaiian
12. Transport Is Arranged
13. Father to a Sister of Thought
14. Range Life
15. Spit on a Stranger
16. Fame Throwa
17. Here
18. Type Slowly
19. You Are a Light
20. Half A Canyon
21. Motion Suggests
22. Major League

i'm not familiar with any non-lp stuff apart from musket and sextant. for some reason it was the last pavement full length i bought (s&e -> wz -> btc -> crcr -> tt). didn't live with it as long as the others. the presence of 3 tt tracks and no m&s tracks probably looks pretty lame.

hmm i don't know why i put motion suggests so far down there :/

i'm sure i don't know why either >:[

1. Father to a Sister of Thought
2. Gold Soundz
3. Perfume-V
4. Here
5. Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era [what a great title that is]
6. Fin
7. Spit on a Stranger
8. Fillmore Jive [or 'Dark Ages']
9. Range Life
10. Grounded [very Sonic Youth-ish]
11. We Dance
12. Black Out
13. AT&T
14. Shoot The Singer
15. Starlings on the Slipstream
16. Grave Architecture
17. Passat Dream
18. Unfair

I guess I like Wowee Zowee the best : )

sorta wish this coulda included the jix/malkmus solo!

Does anyone know where these animal pics are from?

All over the internet. I just GISed for all them, except a few I found on flickr.

goddamn, i can't believe i missed this poll

it's sad, it was a poll

Dude, really?

Glad "Grounded" placed so high. Feels like that's a great song that people didn't immediately recognize as such.

missed it, too. it's ok, tho ... my favorite band ever, would've been impossible to narrow/order.

sad to see no "Westie Can Drum" however...

Weirdly, I remembered "Gold Soundz" winning this and found the thread to complain about it, but my memory was wrong, and "Summer Babe" won, much better. I wonder why I formed that false memory?

gold soundz was the p4k #1 track of the 90s, maybe that's what you were thinking of

Oh yeah you're totally right

And Pitchfork is totally wrong

Love how high "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" placed in this, ILX gonna ILX (in a good way)

lol we shut Cut Your Hair out of the top 20. we're a bunch of assholes.

Pavement - Black Out (8 bit) https://t.co/6tGEgd3odo via @YouTube

— Stephen malkmus (@dronecoma) February 4, 2022