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Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
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Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Artist
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Pavement
Label
Matador
Catalogue Number
OLE0793
Release Date
February 14, 1994

Tuneful without being soft, confident without being pompous, hip without being inaccesible, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was a huge leap for Pavement up the rock and roll evolution cycle. They may have gained some pop smarts, but a casual listen to the dissonant guitar solo of Cut Your Hair proves that the seeds planted with 1989's first Slay Tracks EP have come to their logical fruition. Stephen Malkmus and co. created an album that neither short-changed their status as prominent indie noise-makers, nor stunted their growth as a musical ensemble. Thus, though the inspired eccentricity is toned down - an instrumental tribute to fellow Stockton-ite Dave Brubeck being the closest thing to their early quirkiness - this is the most consistent set of stubbornly catchy songs ever. From the odd tunings and drunken AC/DC riffing of Silence Kit - with its somber lyric of leaving the urban life behind - to the epic closing of Fillmore Jive - which begs us to say 'good night to the rock and roll era' Crooked Rain is an album of short stories, full of irony, wit, and hooks.

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Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Silence Kid 3:00 Buy

    Silence Kid

  2. 2 Elevate Me Later 2:51 Buy

    Elevate Me Later

  3. 3 Stop Breathin 4:27 Buy

    Stop Breathin

  4. 4 Cut Your Hair 3:06 Buy

    Cut Your Hair

  5. 5 Newark Wilder 3:53 Buy

    Newark Wilder

  6. 6 Unfair 2:33 Buy

    Unfair

  7. 7 Gold Soundz 2:39 Buy

    Gold Soundz

  8. 8 5-4=Unity 2:09 Buy

    5-4=Unity

  9. 9 Range Life 4:54 Buy

    Range Life

  10. 10 Heaven Is a Truck 2:30 Buy

    Heaven Is a Truck

  11. 11 Hit the Plane Down 3:36 Buy

    Hit the Plane Down

  12. 12 Fillmore Jive 6:38 Buy

    Fillmore Jive

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