Comments on: Pavement Best Of Track Listing and Contest Winner

By: JohnnyW

JohnnyW — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:02:55 +0000

@jijifer Agreed. Kennel District should be on there, probably in place of Unseen Power of the Picket Fence.

By: JohnnyW

JohnnyW — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:55:52 +0000

My fave Scott song, Passat Dream, is sadly missing, but Date w/ Ikea is very good.

By: JohnnyW

JohnnyW — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:46:29 +0000

Makes perfect sense that Terror Twilight should be under-represented, given that it’s the band’s least interesting album. The two stand-outs, The Hexx and Carrot Rope, are too monotonous and over-played, respectively.

Great collection!

By: stan

stan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:08:47 +0000

Conduit for Sale!

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:55:17 +0000

Matador should have done two discs. With a band as rich and diverse in great songs as Pavement there is no way you’re gonna please everyone (especially us die-hard fans) with just one disc. Wowee Zowee is an underrated album and is underrepresented. They could’ve included at least one more track from Twilight as well, though if they were gonna put the hexx on it I think the version from the brighten reissue is superior.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:44:34 +0000

Good tracklist, exept for Heaven Is A Truck

By: Emi

Emi — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:59:30 +0000

For me In the mount a desert, here, Fin, and Gold Soundz.

Un saludo from Spain

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:13:14 +0000

Working on this week. Keep your eyes on this space.

By: Al Pagano

Al Pagano — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:05:01 +0000

Any approximations on the results for other winners?

long live pavement.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:41:47 +0000

Mellow Jazz Docent + lack of Major Leagues/Carrot Rope + Picket Fence over Painted Soldiers = not a best-of by any stretch.

By: John

John — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:18:23 +0000

In wasting time going back through the Pavement catalog (something I never thought I’d be doing in 2010, after getting rid of all my Pavement vinyl c. 1998, believe me…but the bad penny always comes back) in the service of this tempting contest, I’ve noticed one thing (among others): Brighten has a lot of good songs. Yes, wowee was full of good, odd stoner rampages of various provenance (was very disappointed on first buying it that side 4 was blank…no backwards fondue recipes, nuthin!), and Brighten was the sober, “grown-up”(?) (re:staid, quiet and civilized) “reactionary” follow-up, almost too easy on the ears. But a lot of strong songs, in the sense of ,say, “composition”, traditional structure, etc. Just seemed de-balled at the time, compared to wowee. surface-y, but good songs…

BTW, although i didn’t fall for the ruse of choosing between the two “Type Slowly”s, I didn’t fare too well. Caught between my favorites and trying to guess the likely commercial angle…

By: andy

andy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:46:22 +0000

This is a poor track list. It is slanted, yet not…nevermind. It pays no rounded tribute to the band. All this talk about a mix that goes back to their scratchy cool beginnings, forward to their rich, layered, warmer, later, what-ever-you-said stuff, well, it didn’t happen. Very one-sided Pavement (don’t get me wrong, I love your choices, but the people buying this are not Pavement fans…they already have this stuff). I give this mix a 3 out of ten. 4, if I wasn’t so sour grapes about losing the contest. Rock on Matador!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:47:44 +0000

putaquelospariu!

By: Glenn Boothe

Glenn Boothe — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:04:12 +0000

I didn’t come close, but impressed with two songs off ‘Watery, Domestic’ (and not the one I thought you would include NOR my personal favorite from the EP.)

Maybe there should be a prize for having the most songs in common with Flavio (that wouldn’t be me either!)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:53:24 +0000

There’s some spirited conversation about the track listing over on the Matador Bulletin Board, for those of you interested:

http://www.matadorrecords.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9685