Westing (By Musket and Sextant)

Westing (By Musket and Sextant)
Compilation album by Pavement
Publication (s)	March 22, 1993
admission	January 17, 1989 - 1993
Label (s)	Drag City Big Cat Records
Format (s)	LP , CD , MC
Genre (s)	Indie rock , lo-fi , noise pop
Title (number)	23
running time	48:28
occupation	Stephen Malkmus - vocals , guitar Scott Kannberg - bass , guitar Gary Young - drums , percussion
production	Gary Young, Pavement
Studio (s)	Louder Than You Think Studios, Stockton
chronology - Westing (By Musket and Sextant) Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe (2002)

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Westing (By Musket and Sextant)   UK 30th 04/03/1993 (2 weeks)

Westing (By Musket and Sextant) is a compilation by the American rock band Pavement and was released on March 22, 1993. It contains earlier extended plays and singles from 1989 to 1993.

content

The compilation contains all songs from the previously published EPs Slay Tracks (1933-1969) (1989), Demolition Plot J-7 (1990) and Perfect Sound Forever (1991) as well as the single Summer Babe (1991) including B-sides and the Flexidisc -Supplement My First Mine of the 8th edition of Ablaze! Magazine (1991) and My Radio from the sampler Chemical Imbalance Vol. 2, No. 3 (1993).

The songs were recorded at Gary Young's Louder Thank You Think garage studio in Stockton , California .

Track list

All songs are written by Stephen Malkmus .

Slay Tracks (1933-1969)

1. You're Killing Me - 3:20

2. Box Elder - 2:26

3. Maybe Maybe - 2:14

4. She Believes - 3:02

5. Price Yeah! - 3:00

Demolition Plot J-7

6. Forklift - 3:27

7. Spizzle Trunk - 1:23

8. Recorder Grot - 2:08

9. Internal K-Dart - 1:51

10. Perfect Depth - 2:43

11. Recorder Grot (Rally) - 0:21

Perfect Sound Forever

12. Heckler Spray - 1:06

13. From Now On - 2:03

14. Angel Carver Blues / Mellow Jazz Docent - 2:30

15. Drive-by fader - 0:28

16. Debris Slide - 1:56

17. Home - 2:23

18. Krell Vid User - 1:26

Summer Babe (Single)

19. Summer Babe - 3:13

20. Mercy Snack: The Laundromat - 1:39

21. Baptist Blacktick - 2:03

Flexidisc: Edition 8 of Ablaze! Magazines

22. My First Mine - 2:20

Chemical Imbalance Vol. 2, No. 3

23. My Radio - 1:21

reception

source	rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone
Spin

The compilation was mostly positively received and was recommended by Robert Christgau , among others .

"Westing is like a bombed-out landscape of pop history, and Pavement stroll through it without tears, kicking aside the occasional bottle and talking loud over the roar of demolition cranes, noting that it may be ugly, but it's still good fun."

- Arion Berger

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts UK
2. ↑ Westing (By Musket And Sextant) on discogs.com (accessed April 14, 2018)
3. ↑ Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine on allmusic.com (accessed April 14, 2018)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Review by Arion Berger on rollingstone.com (accessed April 14, 2018)
5. ↑ Douglas Wolk: Discography Stephen Malkmus, in: Spin 03/2008, p. 82.
6. ↑ Pavement: Consumer Guide Reviews on robertchristgau.com (accessed April 14, 2018)