aieeeee.....
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 5 February 2004 18:32 (twenty years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Thursday, 5 February 2004 18:36 (twenty years ago) link
Really, the official best is Crooked Rain as it's the most consistently great, but it's not my favourite. I think it really has to be a toss up between the last two albums. That said, I prefer Pig Lib over all of these at the moment.
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 5 February 2004 18:42 (twenty years ago) link
I really should hear Pig Lib. I dunno if I need to hear Monsoon.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 5 February 2004 18:48 (twenty years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Thursday, 5 February 2004 18:49 (twenty years ago) link
― scott m (mcd), Thursday, 5 February 2004 19:01 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 February 2004 19:10 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 5 February 2004 19:14 (twenty years ago) link
― scott m (mcd), Thursday, 5 February 2004 19:20 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 February 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 5 February 2004 19:40 (twenty years ago) link
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Thursday, 5 February 2004 19:52 (twenty years ago) link
zurich is stainedfame throwaunfairfillmore jivesilence kidheaven is a truckunseen power of the picket fencefather to a sister of thoughtbrinx jobkennel district / pueblo / half a canyon (can't decide!)
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 5 February 2004 20:12 (twenty years ago) link
...and the Major Leagues E.P. should be mentioned somewhere
― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 5 February 2004 21:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:05 (twenty years ago) link
(and another vote for Pacific Trim for me as the most solid Pavement release - its too short for there to be any crap filler and all three songs are grate)
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:37 (twenty years ago) link
I guess I just have a hard time telling when Pavement was using their whole ass - after watching Slow Century their entire career seems pretty half-assed to me (I don't mean this as a slight, half-assedness can have its own kind of peculiar, devil-may-care appeal).
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
― El Spinktor (El Spinktor), Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Spinktron 2000 (El Spinktor), Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:49 (twenty years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 5 February 2004 22:56 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:29 (twenty years ago) link
There's an extra track on the 7" version. Dunno if you'd consider it filler or not (but it is an extra song on a 7").
― Vic Funk, Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:56 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:34 (twenty years ago) link
Brighten the Corners.
― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Friday, 6 February 2004 05:16 (twenty years ago) link
― ugly nora, Friday, 6 February 2004 16:02 (twenty years ago) link
― mmmmsalt (Graeme), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
― egon krenz (slaytrack), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 21:07 (twenty years ago) link
― boldbury, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Kerry (dymaxia), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
1. Slanted2. Brighten3. Crooked Rain
― chris herrington (chris herrington), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:08 (twenty years ago) link
agreed with whoever noted that BTC holds up over time. a beautiful record.
nb: WZ must be played on random (or 'shuffle') for max pleasure
― Aaron A., Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:20 (twenty years ago) link
Wowee Zowee!
(Brighten the Corners still sounds great. I like most of Terror Twilight..)
― daria g (daria g), Thursday, 12 February 2004 01:36 (twenty years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:06 (twenty years ago) link
Crooked is my second favourite, but I don't like some of the tracks.
― All Bunged Up. (Jake Proudlock), Monday, 16 February 2004 19:26 (twenty years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 16 February 2004 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Unterberger (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 16 February 2004 22:48 (twenty years ago) link
― King Fame Throwa, Monday, 16 February 2004 23:05 (twenty years ago) link
― King Fame Throwa, Monday, 16 February 2004 23:07 (twenty years ago) link
― scottontharox (scottkundla), Monday, 16 February 2004 23:34 (twenty years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:29 (twenty years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 20:39 (twenty years ago) link
my favorite Pavement record changes constantly, looking back I think Wowee Zowee has been my favorite most frequently...
― willem (willem), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 21:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 21:24 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 21:40 (twenty years ago) link
So it's the best. Though I admit thinking so requires really acknowleging and lovin the brilliance Pavement brought to their last three albums. If you think crcr can even compare, clearly you have no fondness for their spacey adventurous metal-pop tendancies.
― Brian Mowrey (Brian Mowrey), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 21:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 22:27 (twenty years ago) link
unless you're saying that your lying ears can at least discern the excellence of "Zurich is Stained" and "Here"
― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Wowee Zowee is very good but it's more a jumble of songs rather than a consistent album. Like Troutmask etc, it's made for the random play button.
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Slanted & Enchanted is just a great summer album, basically. but in a totally different way from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, which is also a great summer album. I dunno. whatever.
― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― edde (edde), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 15:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― you make chatting lame (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 15:51 (eighteen years ago) link
I wouldn't rule that out at all! But no, I love "Western Homes," especially as the ending for that record. I like its weird bounce and the way Spiral's voice trails off like a ghost at the end. "This is what I always wanted / a new home / and a place to breathe" - the song just has a great sentiment to end the album on, and where else are you going to put it? It's kind of an epilogue after the climax of "Half A Canyon."
I just totally love all five of those Pavement albums, and it actually kinda bugs me to see any of them put down.
Dog Latin, maybe you ought to spend some time with live versions of the S&E songs.
― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― yer mam! (yer mam!), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link
26 CROOKED26 RAIN
20 ZOWEE
19 WOWEE
16 SLANTED
14 ENCHANTED
14 S&E
11 BRIGHTEN11 BTC
8 CORNERS8 CRCR
8 TERROR8 TIME8 TWILIGHT
― nancyboy (nancyboy), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:58 (eighteen years ago) link
With Pavement though it's always the first album you hear that you secretly like the best, even if (as in my case) it's Brighten The Corners which I have a very soft spot for, even if I do say that CRCR is the best.
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 12:43 (eighteen years ago) link
With Pavement though it's always the first album you hear that you secretly like the best
I'll drink to that
― marbles (marbles), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link
sure it is!ever heard that 2nd disc on the CRCR deelux??it's worth fightin fer!
― edde (edde), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link
nah - cuz the first one I heard was S&E, and I like the middle three way more than either of the bookends.
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:18 (eighteen years ago) link