Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement

chronology
Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement
Compilation album by Pavement
Publication ; (s)	March 9, 2010
admission	January 17, 1989 - 1998
Label (s)	Matador Records ; Domino Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Indie rock , lo-fi , noise pop
Title (number)	23
running time	73:18
occupation	Stephen Malkmus - vocals , guitar ; Scott Kannberg - guitar , vocals , bass ; Mark Ibold - bass ; Bob Nastanovich - percussion ; Steve West - drums ; Gary Young - drums , percussion ; Bryce Goggin - Piano (Track 13) ; Sibel Firat - Cello (Track 23) ;
production	Pavement , Gary Young, Bryce Goggin, Mitch Easter, Nigel Godrich
Studio (s)	Louder Than You Think Studio, Stockton ; Random Falls Studios, New York City ; The Piedmont Triad, North Carolina ; Easley Recording Studios, Memphis ; Waterworks, New York City ; South Makepeace Studios, New York City ;

Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement is a best-of album by the American rock band Pavement and was released in 2010 in advance of the group's reunion tour.

background

The compilation contains 23 songs by Pavement, taken both from the early days as a garage band in January 1989 and from the last studio recordings in 1998. The selection for the best-of was made by the band members and Jesper Eklow.

Tracks 5,6,9,12 and 19 are from the studio album Slanted and Enchanted (1992), tracks 1,7,10,13 and 18 from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), tracks 11 and 23 from Wowee Zowee ( 1995), tracks 4, 8, 14 and 20 from Brighten the Corners (1997) and track 17 from Terror Twilight (1999). Track 21 first appeared on the EP Slay Tracks (1933-1969) (1989), tracks 3 and 15 on Perfect Sound Forever (1991), tracks 2 and 16 on Watery, Domestic (1992) and track 22 on the benefit sampler No. Alternative (1993). For songs recorded before 1993, Gary Young is on the drums. He was replaced by Steve West in the summer of 1993.

Quarantine the Past was released in the USA by Matador Records and in Europe by Domino Records as CD and double album on LP. On the occasion of Record Store Day in 2010, a limited edition collector's edition with an alternative track list was published.

The album title refers to the line "You can never quarantine the past" from the 1994 song Gold Soundz .

Track list

With the exception of the marked exceptions, all songs are written by Stephen Malkmus .

page 1: 1. Gold Soundz - 2:40; 2. Frontwards - 3:01; 3. Mellow Jazz Docent (Malkmus, Scott Kannberg) - 1:52; 4. Stereo - 3:07; 5. In the Mouth a Desert - 3:48; 6. Two States (Kannberg) - 1:48
Page 2: 7. Cut Your Hair - 3:05; 8. Shady Lane / J Vs. S - 3:51; 9. Here - 3:55; 10. Unfair - 2:31; 11. Grounded - 4:15
Page 3: 12. Summer Babe (Winter Version) - 3:15; 13. Range Life - 4:56; 14. Date w / IKEA (Kannberg) - 2:38; 15. Debris Slide (Malkmus, Kannberg) - 1:56; 16. Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse) - 3:15; 17. Spit on a Stranger - 3:01 am
page 4: 18. Heaven is a Truck - 2:29; 19. Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite At: 5pm - 3:15 pm; 20. Embassy Row - 3:50; 21. Box Elder - 2:24; 22. Unseen Power of the Picket Fence (Malkmus, Kannenberg) - 3:50; 23. Fight this Generation - 4:23

reception

source	rating
Allmusic
New Musical Express
Pitchfork Media

The compilation was received positively. However, some music critics missed certain songs on the best-of.

"And while it's possible to make strong arguments that some of the surrounding tracks should have been replaced by other songs - not just the aforementioned singles, but anything from" Forklift "to" The Hexx "- everything here is excellent, everything illustrates the range and depth of the best indie rock band of the '90s. So, think of Quarantine the Past as a cousin to Hot Rocks or the Red and Blue Albums : it doesn't tell you everything you need to know, but as a primer, it's hard to beat. "

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine

"It's all very accessible, but it's not easy to know where to start. Quarantine the Past , the first-ever Pavement retrospective compilation, solves this problem by providing a cheap and easy entry point to the band that represents the breadth of their songbook "

- Matthew Perpetua

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Pavement - Quarantine The Past (Liner Notes) on discogs.com (accessed July 24, 2018)
↑ Pavement Plan Record Store Day Edition of Quarantine the Past on pitchfork.com (accessed July 24, 2018)
↑ ^a ^b Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine on allmusic.com (accessed July 24, 2018)
↑ Review by Emily Mackay on nme.com (accessed July 24, 2018)
↑ ^a ^b Review by Matthew Perpetua on pitchfork.com (accessed July 24, 2018)

[1] Pavement - Quarantine The Past (Liner Notes) on discogs.com (accessed July 24, 2018)

[2] Pavement Plan Record Store Day Edition of Quarantine the Past on pitchfork.com (accessed July 24, 2018)

[allmusic-3] Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine on allmusic.com (accessed July 24, 2018)

[4] Review by Emily Mackay on nme.com (accessed July 24, 2018)

[pitchfork-5] Review by Matthew Perpetua on pitchfork.com (accessed July 24, 2018)