Pavement discography

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Former Pavement members Bob Nastanovich and Stephen Malkmus at the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival.
Former Pavement members Bob Nastanovich and Stephen Malkmus at the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival.

This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by Pavement, a Stockton, California-based indie rock group. The band has released five studio albums, three double-length reissues, one compilation, ten extended plays, and five singles. This list does not include material performed by members or former members of Pavement that was recorded with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Silver Jews, Preston School of Industry, Free Kitten, The Crust Brothers, or any other associated solo or side projects.

Pavement was formed in 1989 by Stephen Malkmus (guitars, vocals) and Scott Kannberg (guitars), although Malkmus stated that at this stage they "weren't a real band."[1] Pavement's debut, the 1989 EP Slay Tracks (1933-1969), was recorded in a day with drummer and producer Gary Young[2] and released on Kannberg's self-owned label Treble Kicker.[3] The band subsequently released the EPs Demolition Plot J-7 and Perfect Sound Forever on Drag City Records, and in 1992 released their debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, on Matador Records. The band was joined by additional percussionist Bob Nastanovich, who assisted the increasingly erratic Young in keeping time,[4] and later by bassist Mark Ibold.[5] The 1992 EP Watery, Domestic was the band's first recording with their two new members, and the last with Young.[6] Young, known for his bizarre onstage behavior with the band, was replaced by Steve West in 1992.[7] After this, Nastanovich's role in the band expanded to playing keyboards.[8]

Pavement's first three EPs were re-released together for the 1993 compilation Westing (By Musket & Sextant). The band's next studio album release, 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, featured the singles "Cut Your Hair" and "Gold Soundz" which nearly broke Pavement into the mainstream.[9] The 18-song follow-up to Crooked Rain, 1995's Wowee Zowee, was more experimental than its predecessor and was initially criticized as evidence that the "defiantly anti-corporate" band was "simply afraid to succeed;"[10] the album did not sell as well as Crooked Rain. The band's 1997 album Brighten the Corners "brought [the band] back" according to West,[11] although shortly after the 1999 release of Terror Twilight Malkmus broke the band up.[12] Since then Pavement's former members have worked on various side projects, and the band's first three albums have been reissued featuring previously unreleased songs, b-sides, and compilation tracks.

Contents

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio albums

Year Information Formats Chart positions Sales
U.S.[13] U.S. Indie[13] UK[14]
1992 Slanted and Enchanted 12", CD, cassette — — 72 144,000+[15]
1994 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
  • Released: February 14, 1994 (US); January 1994 (UK)
  • Label: Matador (OLE 079-2); Capitol (CAP 54076); Big Cat (ABB 56, ABB 56L, ABB 56CD, ABB 56C); King
 12", CD, CS 121 — 15 237,000+[15]
1995 Wowee Zowee
  • Released: April 11, 1995
  • Label: Matador (OLE 130, OLE 130-4); Matador/Atlantic (ATL 45898); Matador/Capital (CAP 54077, CAP 54077B); Big Cat (ABB 84, ABB 84C, ABB 84CD); Pony Canyon (PCCY 00780)
 12", CD, CS 117 — 18 118,000+[15]
1997 Brighten the Corners
  • Released: February 11, 1997
  • Label: Matador (OLE 197); Matador/Capitol (CAP 55226); Domino (WIGLP 31, WIGCD 31, WIGC 31); Pony Canyon (PCCY01073); Fellaheen
 12", CD, CS 70 — 27 142,000+[15]
1999 Terror Twilight
  • Released: June 8, 1999
  • Label: Matador (OLE 260); Domino (WIG 66, WIGCD66, WIGCD66X); Pony Canyon (PCCY01073); Fellaheen
 12", CD 95 — 19 96,000+[15]

"—" denotes albums that did not chart.

[edit] Compilations and reissues

Year Information Formats Chart positions Sales
U.S.[13] U.S. Indie[13] UK[14]
1993 Westing (By Musket & Sextant)
  • Released: 1993 (US); March 30 1992 (UK)
  • Label: Big Cat (ABB 40, ABB 40CD); Drag City (DC14C); King (KICP-316)
 12", CD, CS — — 30 63,000+[15]
2002 Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe CD — — —
2004 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins CD 121 14 —
2006 Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition CD 185 13 — 11,595+[16]

"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart. Blank entries denote unavailable sales figures.

[edit] EPs

Year Information Formats Chart positions
U.S. Modern Rock[17] UK[14]
1989 Slay Tracks (1933-1969)
  • Released: 1989 (US)
  • Label: Treble Kicker (TK001)
 7" —
1989 Demolition Plot J-7
  • Released: 1990 (US)
  • Label: Drag City (DC002)
 7" —
1991 Perfect Sound Forever
  • Released: 1991 (US)
  • Label: Drag City (DC004)
 10" —
1992 Watery, Domestic
  • Released: November 1992 (US) December 1992 (UK)
  • Label: Matador (OLE 044-2); Big Cat (ABB 38P, ABB 55T, ABB SCD)
 12", CD — 58
1995 Rattled by la Rush
  • Released: 1995 (US)
  • Label: Big Cat (ABB 86S, ABB 86T, ABB 86SCD); Fellaheen (Jack 020-2)
 7", 12", CD —
1996 Pacific Trim
  • Released: 1996 (US); January 23 1996 (UK)
  • Label: Matador (OLE 088, OLE 188-2); Big Cat (ABB 110S, ABB 110SCD)
 7", 12", CD — —
1997 Shady Lane
  • Released: June 1997 (US and Japan)
  • Label: Matador (OLE 266-2); Pony Canyon (PCCY-01134)
 CD —
1999 Spit on a Stranger
  • Released: June 22 1999 (US)
  • Label: Matador (OLE 384-2)
 7", 12", CD —
Major Leagues
  • Released: October 12 1999 (UK)
  • Label: Domino (RUG96CD)
 CD —

"—" denotes EPs that were released but did not chart. Blank entries denote EPs that were not released in the country listed.

[edit] Singles

Year Information Formats Chart positions
U.S. Modern Rock[17] UK[14]
1991 "Summer Babe"
  • Released: 1991 (US)
  • Label: Drag City (DC009)
 7" — —
1992 "Trigger Cut"
  • Released: 1992 (US); July 1992 (UK)
  • Label: Matador (OLE 042-7, OLE 42-2); Big Cat (ABB 35P, ABB 35T, ABB 35SCD)
 7", 12", CD — —
1994 "Cut Your Hair"
  • Released: January 1994 (US); January 1994 (UK)
  • Label: Matador (OLE 082); Big Cat (ABB 55S, ABB 55T, ABB SCD)
 7", 12", CD 10 52
"Haunt You Down"
  • Released: February 14 1994
  • Label: Matador (OLE 087)
 7" — —
"Gold Soundz"
  • Released: 1994 (UK); 1994 (Australia)
  • Label: Big Cat (ABB 70S, ABB 70T, ABB SCD); Fellaheen (JACK 015-1)
 7", 12", CD — —
1995 "Range Life"
  • Released: January 1995 (UK)
  • Label: Big Cat (ABB 77S, ABB 77T, ABB 77SCD)
 7", 12", CD —
"Dancing with the Elders/Chemical"
  • Released: March 1995 (UK)
  • Label: Third Gear (3G-08)
 7", 12", CD —
"Father to a Sister of Thought"
  • Released: June 1995 (UK); 1995 (Australia)
  • Label: Big Cat (ABB 91S, ABB 91T, ABB 91SCD); Fellaheen (Jack 026-2)
 7", 12", CD —
1997 "Stereo/Birds in the Majic Industry"
  • Released: January 1997 (UK)
  • Label: Domino (RUG 51)
 7" 48
"Stereo/Westie Can Drum/Winner of The"
  • Released: January 1997 (UK)
  • Label: Domino (RUG 51CD)
 CD —
"Shady Lane/Slowly Typed"
  • Released: April 1997 (UK)
  • Label: Domino (RUG 53CDX)
 CD 40
"Shady Lane/Wanna Mess You Around"
  • Released: April 1997 (UK); 1997 (Japan)
  • Label: Domino (RUG 53); Pony Canyon (PCY-01134)
 CD —
"Shady Lane/"Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence"
  • Released: April 1997 (UK)
  • Label: Domino (RUG 53)
 7" —
2000 "Carrot Rope, Pt. 1"
  • Released: May 16 2000 (UK)
  • Label: Domino (RUG 90CD1)
 CD 27
"Carrot Rope, Pt. 2"
  • Released: May 16 2000 (UK)
  • Label: Domino (RUG90CD2)
 CD —
"Carrot Rope 7""
  • Released: May 16 2000 (UK)
  • Label: Domino (RUG90)
 7" —

"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart. Blank entries denote singles that were not released in the country listed.

[edit] Music videos

Year Title Director
1991 "Perfume-V" (live) Kim Gordon
1992 "Here" Thurston Moore
1994 "Cut Your Hair" Dan Koretzky and Ryan Murphy
"Gold Soundz" S.D. Blen
"Range Life"
1995 "Father to a Sister of Thought" John Kelsey
"Rattled by the Rush" (version 1)
"Rattled by the Rush" (version 2) Tom Surgel
1996 "Painted Soldiers" Dan Koretzky and Ryan Murphy
1997 "Stereo" John Kelsey
"Shady Lane" Spike Jonze
1999 "Carrot Rope" Lance Bangs
"Spit on a Stranger"
"Major Leagues"

[edit] Video

Year Video information
2006 Slow Century
  • Released: October 31, 2002
  • Label: Matador (OLE 388)
  • Director: Lance Bangs

[edit] Miscellaneous

Year Song Album Comments
1991 "Debris Slide"[18] Pomo For Po Folk Appears on Perfect Sound Forever and Westing (By Musket & Sextant).
1993 "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence"[19] No Alternative Appears on "Shady Lane 7"" and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins.
"Greenlander"[20] Born to Choose Appears on Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe.
1994 "No Life Singed Her", "Fillmore Jive"[18] Big Cat 5 "No Life Singed Her" appears on Slanted and Enchanted and "Fillmore Jive" appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
"Nail Clinic"[21] Hey Drag City! Appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins.
1995 "Here"[22] Amateur Appears on Slanted and Enchanted.
"It's a Hectic World"[23] Homage: Lots of Bands Doing Descendents' Songs Cover of a 1985 Descendents song. Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.
1996 "Painted Soldiers"[24] Brain Candy Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.
"No More Kings"[25] Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks Cover of a song from Schoolhouse Rock!. Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.
"Sensitive Euro Man"[26] I Shot Andy Warhol Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.
1997 "Type Slowly"[27] Tibetan Freedom Concert Appears on Brighten the Corners.
"Texas Never Whispers"[28] What's Up Matador Appears on Watery, Domestic and Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe and Reduxe.
1999 "Robyn Turns 26"[29] At Home With the Groovebox
"Stereo", "Grounded"[30] Everything Is Nice: Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology "Stereo" appears on Brighten the Corners and "Grounded" appears on Wowee Zowee.
2000 "Passat Dream"[31] Coded Appears on Brighten the Corners.
2004 "Cut Your Hair"[32] Autodiscographie: Benjamin vs. Stuckrad-Barre Appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.

[edit] References

General
Specific
  1. ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 61
  2. ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 65
  3. ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 67
  4. ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 90
  5. ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 101
  6. ^ McElligatt, Colin. "Pavement - Watery, Domestic - On Second Thought". Stylus Magazine, 01 September 2003. Retrieved on 16 October 2007.
  7. ^ Smith, Jason W. and Sprague, David. "Pavement". Trouser Press. Retrieved on 08 October 2007.
  8. ^ Hage, Erik. "Bob Nastonovich > Biography". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 08 October 2007.
  9. ^ Begrand, Adrien. "Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins - PopMatters Music Review". PopMatters. Retrieved on 14 October 2007.
  10. ^ Kemp, Mark. "Pavement: Wowee Zowee : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone, 02 February 1998. Retrieved on 16 October 2007.
  11. ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 163
  12. ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 193–194
  13. ^ a b c d "Artist Chart History - Pavement". Billboard. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  14. ^ a b c d Roberts, David, ed. (2006), British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.), HIT Entertainment, ISBN 1-90499-410-5 
  15. ^ a b c d e f Frere-Jones, Sasha. "You Thought I Was Backing Out". sfj.abstractdynamics.org, 25 July 2005. Retrieved on 30 September 2007.
  16. ^ Dickerson, Virgil. "Independent Sales Chart 12-13-06". IndieHQ, 13 December 2006. Retrieved on 07 October 2007.
  17. ^ a b "Artist Chart History - Pavement". Billboard. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  18. ^ a b Jovanovic (2004). p. 105
  19. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "No Alternative". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  20. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Born to Choose". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  21. ^ Phares, Heather. "Hey Drag City". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  22. ^ Flota, Brian. "Amateur". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  23. ^ "Homage: Lots of Bands Doing Descendents' Songs". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  24. ^ Frey, Michael. "Brain Candy". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  25. ^ LaVeck, Theresa E. "Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  26. ^ Frey, Michael. "I Shot Andy Warhol". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  27. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Tibetan Freedom Concert". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  28. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "What's Up Matador". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  29. ^ Mills, Ted. "At Home With the Groovebox". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  30. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Everything Is Nice: Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  31. ^ "Coded". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
  32. ^ "Autodiscographie: Benjamin vs. Stuckrad-Barre". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.

[edit] External links

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Pavement
Stephen Malkmus a.k.a. SM • Scott Kannberg a.k.a. Spiral Stairs • Mark Ibold • Bob Nastanovich • Steve West
Gary Young
Studio albums
Compilations and reissues
EPs
Singles
"Summer Babe" • "Trigger Cut" • "Cut Your Hair" • "Gold Soundz" • "Range Life" • "Rattled by la Rush" • "Dancing with the Elders/Chemical" • "Father to a Sister of Thought" • "Stereo" • "Shady Lane" • "Spit on a Stranger" • "Carrot Rope" • "Major Leagues"
Video releases
Associated acts