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Pavement: Terror Twilight

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On June 8, 1999, “Matador” label released “Terror Twilight”, the fifth Pavement studio album. It was recorded June – December 1998, at “RPM Studios” in New York City, “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar
  • Scott Kannberg – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Nastanovich – keyboards, percussion
  • Mark Ibold – vocals, bass
  • Steve West – drums, percussion
  • Dominic Murcott – drums
  • Jonny Greenwood – harmonica
  • Nigel Godrich – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus.

  1. Spit on a Stranger
  2. Folk Jam
  3. You Are a Light
  4. Cream of Gold
  5. Major Leagues
  6. Platform Blues
  7. Ann Don’t Cry
  8. Billie
  9. Speak, See, remember
  10. The Hexx
  11. Carrot Rope

Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted

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On April 20, 1992, “Matador Records” label released “Slanted and Enchanted” the debut Pavement studio album. It was recorded 13–20 January 1991, 24 December 1990, at “Louder Than You Think Studios” in Stockton and “South Makepeace Studios” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg and Gary Young. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 134 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus– vocals, guitar
  • Scott Kannberg– vocals, bass, guitar
  • Gary Young– drums, percussion
  • Cy Jameson – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus, except where noted.

  1. Summer Babe (Winter Version)
  2. Trigger Cut/ Wounded-Kite at :17
  3. No Life Singed Her
  4. In the Mouth a Desert
  5. Conduit for Sale!
  6. Zürich Is Stained
  7. Chesley’s Little Wrists
  8. Loretta’s Scars
  9. Here
  10. Two States
  11. Perfume-V
  12. Fame Throwa
  13. Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era
  14. Our Singer

Pavement: Wowee Zowee

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Wowee Zowee

On April 11, 1995, “Matador” label released “Wowee Zowee”, the third Pavement studio album. It was recorded November 14–24, 1994, at “Easley Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, February 10–14, 1995 at “Random Falls Studio” in New York, December 2–5, 1994 and January 2–5, 1995, at “Speed Mix Studio”, and was produced by Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, Mark Ibold, Scott Kannberf and Steve West. “Rolling Stone” magazine voted “Wowee Zowee” the 12th “Coolest Album of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Bob Nastanovich – vocals, percussion
  • Scott Kannberg – vocals, guitar
  • Mark Ibold – bass
  • Steve West – drums, percussion
  • Doug Easley – pedal steel guitar
  • Sibel Firat – cello
  • Doug Easley, Davis McCain, Mark Venezia – engineer
  • Bryce Goggin, Jan BL, Rich Costey – mixing
  • Gregory Hull – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus, except where noted.

  1. We Dance
  2. Rattled by the Rush
  3. Black Out
  4. Brinx Job
  5. Grounded
  6. Serpentine Pad
  7. Motion Suggests Itself
  8. Father to a Sister of Thought
  9. Extradition
  10. Best Friend’s Arm
  11. Grave Architecture
  12. AT&T
  13. Flux=Rad
  14. Fight This Generation
  15. Kennel District – Scott Kannberg
  16. Pueblo
  17. Half a Canyon
  18. Western Homes – Scott Kannberg

Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

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On February 14, 1994, “Matador” label released “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain”, the second Pavement studio album. It was recorded August – September 1993. at “Random Falls Studios” in New York, and was produced by Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Steve West, Bob Nastanovich and Bryce Goggin. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 210 on its  list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time” and at number 10 on the list of “Best Albums of the Nineties”. In 2003, it was ranked number 8 on “Pitchfork Media’s” list “Top 100 Albums of the 1990s”. In July 2014, magazine “Guitar World”  ranked “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain” at number 21 in their “Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994” list.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar
  • Scott Kannberg– guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Ibold– bass
  • Steve West– drums, percussion
  • Bob Nastanovich– percussion
  • Bryce Goggin– piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus, except where noted.

  1. Silence Kid
  2. Elevate Me Later
  3. Stop Breathin
  4. Cut Your Hair
  5. Newark Wilder
  6. Unfair
  7. Gold Soundz
  8. 5-4=Unity
  9. Range Life
  10. Heaven Is a Truck
  11. Hit the Plane Down – Scott Kannberg
  12. Fillmore Jive

Pavement: Brighten the Corners

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Brightenthe Corners

On February 11, 1997, “Matador Records” label released “Brighten the Corners”, the fourth Pavement studio album. It was recorded in July 1996, at “Piedmont Triad Studio”, and was produced by Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, Scott Kannberg, Steve West, Mark Ibold, Bryce Goggin and Mitch Easter.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar
  • Scott Kannberg – vocals, guitar
  • Mark Ibold – bass
  • Steve West – drums, percussion
  • Bob Nastanovich – vocals, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus, except where noted.

  1. Stereo
  2. Shady Lane/ J vs. S
  3. Transport Is Arranged
  4. Date with IKEA – Scott Kannberg
  5. Old to Begin
  6. Type Slowly
  7. Embassy Row
  8. Blue Hawaiian
  9. We Are Underused
  10. Passat Dream – Scott Kannberg
  11. Starlings of the Slipstream
  12. Fin (Infinite Spark)