Slanted and Enchanted
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Slanted and Enchanted is the debut album by the American rock band Pavement . It was released in April 1992 on the Matador Records and Big Cat Records labels .
History of origin
Slanted and Enchanted was recorded for the most part in Drummer Gary Young's garage studio in Stockton , California called Louder Than You Think from January 13-20 , 1991. The song Here , however, was recorded on December 24, 1990 in New York City . The production cost is $ 800. It is the only album by Pavement that was created in the original line-up (Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg, Gary Young), the later members Mark Ibold and Bob Nastanovich only joined the band during the recording, with Nastanovich helping out as a clock for the nervous Young. The drummer, considered unreliable , was replaced by Steve West, a friend of Malkmus, before the recordings for the successor to Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain .
An early, unfinished version of the album was already delivered to critics on compact cassette in 1991 .
Others
The name of the album comes from a title of a cartoon by David Berman, front man of the Silver Jews. It is also a nod to a line in the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge .
The album cover pays homage to the cover of Keyboard Kapers (1963) by the piano duo Ferrante & Teicher .
By 2007 150,000 copies of the album had been sold.
Music videos were shot for the songs Here and Perfume-V , but they rarely played on music television and were later republished on Slow Century DVD.
Frontman Stephen Malkmus thinks Slanted and Enchanted is the band's best album:
"Our records are more attitude and style, sort of in a punk way. We're good in the same way, the strokes are good. I think Slanted and Enchanted probably is the best record we made, only because it's less self-conscious and has an unrepeatable energy about it. "
reception
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Slanted and Enchanted is considered by critics to be one of the most influential rock albums of all time.
The album reached number 134 of the 500 best albums of all time on Rolling Stone's list . It was also voted number 24 of the 100 best albums of the 1990s and number 25 of the 100 best debut albums. The song Summer Babe (Winter Version) ranks 292 among the 500 best songs of all time .
The New Musical Express selected Slanted and Enchanted as # 206 of the 500 best albums of all time. The song Here reached number 316 in the selection of the 500 best songs.
The album is number 23 in the compilation of the “100 records of the century” published by spex and VIVA Zwei .
Pitchfork voted the album # 5 in the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.
The magazine Spin leads Slanted and Enchanted in 5th place of the 90 best albums of the decade, and ranked 10 of the 300 best albums from the period 1985 to, 2014.
Time magazine included the debut in the selection of the 100 most important albums.
The US-American music magazine Blender awarded the title of "best indie album of all time" to Slanted and Enchanted .
“The sound is, as you can imagine, rough and uncouth. Young's drums sound like cardboard, and the guitar is often very distorted. Slanted ... is also an innovative record in which elements of free jazz are playfully woven in, while the lyrics of Malkmus are more of a cryptic nature. All songs are characterized by honesty and strong emotionality. When listening to the wonderful opener “Summer Babe”, frustration and longing can be perceived; “Zurich Is Stained” is characterized by a sense of hopelessness. "We were young and naive and needed something to believe in." Despite the rough edges and the opaque lyrics, it's still a perfect album. "
“The eruptive, carefree nerdy and sometimes deeply sad part of their music has not lost any of its obscure beauty to this day. And not only women have fallen for this acoustic aphrodisiac. Men have also allowed themselves to be infected by Pavement - and sometimes sooner, sometimes later they gave birth to babies, which they then gave such beautiful names as Sebadoh , Beck or Weezer . "
The album was included in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .
Track list
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Except for Two States , all of the songs were written by Stephen Malkmus .
- Summer Babe (Winter Version) - 3:16
- Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite At: 17 - 3:16
- No Life Singed Her - 2:09
- In the Mouth a Desert - 3:52
- Conduit for Sale! - 2:52
- Zurich Is Stained - 1:41
- Chesley's Little Wrists - 1:16
- Loretta's Scars - 2:55
- Here - 3:56
- Two States (Scott Kannberg) - 1:47
- Perfume-V - 2:09
- Fame Throwa - 3:22
- Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era - 3:21
- Our Singer - 3:09
Luxe & Reduxe
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With Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe an extended new release appeared on 2 CDs in October 2002. Along with the 14 songs on the album, the Deluxe Edition includes alternative takes , B-sides and live recordings of the band's appearances on radio host John Peel's program as well as a concert at the Brixton Academy in London from 1992. The EP is also Watery, Domestic (1992). Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe received very positive reviews and reached number 152 on the Billboard 200 .
Disc 1: Slanted and Enchanted
Slanted and Enchanted
- 1. Summer Babe (Winter Version) - 3:16
- 2. Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite at: 17 - 3:17
- 3. No Life Singed Her - 2:09
- 4. In the Mouth a Desert - 3:52
- 5. Conduit for Sale! - 2:52
- 6. Zurich Is Stained - 1:41
- 7. Chesley's Little Wrists - 1:16
- 8. Loretta's Scars - 2:55
- 9. Here - 3:56
- 10. Two States - 1:47
- 11. Perfume-V - 2:10
- 12. Fame Throwa - 3:22
- 13. Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era - 3:22
- 14. Our Singer - 3:12
Slanted sessions
- 15. Summer Baby (7 "version) - 3:14
- 16. Mercy Snack: The Laundromat - 1:39
- 17. Baptist Blacktick - 2:05
- 18. My First Mine - 2:22
- 19. Here (Alternate Mix) - 3:58
- 20. Nothing Ever Happens - 2:31
John Peel sessions, 23 June 1992
- 21. Circa 1762 - 3:27 am
- 22. Kentucky Cocktail - 3:34
- 23. Secret Knowledge of Backroads - 3:27
- 24. Here - 3:49
Disc 2: Watery, Domestic
Watery, Domestic
- 1. Texas Never Whispers - 3:09
- 2. Frontwards - 3:16
- 3. Lions (Linden) - 1:50
- 4. Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse) - 3:15
Watery sessions
- 5. Sue Me Jack - 3:01 am
- 6. So Stark (You're a Skyscraper) - 3:01
- 7. Greenlander - 3:11
John Peel sessions, December 16, 1992
- 8. Rain Ammunition - 3:25
- 9. Drunks With Guns - 1:42
- 10. Ed Ames - 3:22
- 11. The List of Dorms - 2:26
Live Brixton Academy, London, 14 December 1992
- 12. Conduit for Sale! - 3:10
- 13. Fame Throwa - 2:33
- 14. Home - 3:15
- 15. Perfume-V - 2:14
- 16. Summer Babe - 3:21
- 17. Frontwards - 3:18
- 18. Angel Carver Blues / Mellow Jazz Docent - 3:02
- 19. Two States - 1:55
- 20. No Life Singed Her - 1:45
- 21. So Strong - 3:56
- 22. Box Elder - 2:45
- 23. Baby, yeah - 2:45
- 24. In the Mouth a Desert - 4:00 am
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Slanted and Enchanted on discogs.com (accessed April 8, 2018)
- ↑ a b Dimery, Robert (ed.): 1001 albums - music that you should hear before life is over, 8th edition, Edition Olms Zurich 2015, p. 678.
- ↑ 'It Hasn't Been a Disaster' on grantland.com (accessed April 8, 2018)
- ↑ Pavement: Slanted & Enchanted on popmatters.com (accessed April 8, 2018)
- ↑ http://cdntest.avclub.com/articles/silver-jews-tanglewood-numbers,9793/ ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Greatest. Indie-est. Tape. Ever. on gq.com (accessed August 20, 2020)
- ↑ Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine on allmusic.com (accessed October 6, 2017)
- ↑ Douglas Wolk: Discography Stephen Malkmus, in: Spin 03/2008, p. 82.
- ↑ Review by Steve Lamancq ( Memento of October 12, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) on nme.com (archived) (accessed January 23, 2019)
- ↑ 100 Best Albums of the Nineties on rollingstone.com (accessed October 6, 2017)
- ↑ 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed August 20, 2020)
- ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 300-201 (2013) on nme.com (accessed October 6, 2017)
- ↑ The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time on nme.com (accessed March 22, 2018)
- ↑ Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (November 2003 Redux)
- ↑ SPIN Magazine's Top 90 albums of the 90's on rateyourmusic.com (accessed January 1, 2018)
- ↑ The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985-2014) on spin.com (accessed July 31, 2019)
- ↑ All-TIME 100 Albums on time.com (accessed April 8, 2018)
- ↑ Jon Dolan, Josh Eells, Will Hermes, Jonah Weiner and Douglas Wolk: Top 100 Indie Albums of all Time. In: Blender.com. November 2007, archived from the original on March 23, 2009 ; Retrieved October 31, 2007 .
- ↑ Hall of Fame Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted on br.de (accessed April 8, 2018)
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany ( Memento from February 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) - US charts
- ↑ Slanted and Enchanted in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ Review by Rob Sheffield on rollingstone.com (accessed October 6, 2017)
- ↑ Review by Chris Ott ( memento of March 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on pitchfork.com (archived)
