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Wowee Zowee (Sordid Sentinels Edition)
ReleaseProduct
Wowee Zowee (Sordid Sentinels Edition)
Artist
Pavement
Label
Matador
Catalogue Number
OLE7226
Release Date
November 7, 2006

Wowee Zowee, originally released by Matador in April 1995 on the eve of Pavement’s infamous mud-bespattered mainstage appearance at Lollapalooza, began life as a controversial release. Fresh off the success of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rainwith its chart- topping Modern Rock hit “Cut Your Hair,”the band went into the studio and came out with a deliberately chaotic and eclectic album that sounded nothing like its predecessor. With influences from the Groundhogs to the Frogs, Captain Beefheart to the more obscure mid- ’80s central California hardcore bands featured on Maximum Rock’n’Roll comp ‘Not So Quiet On The Western Front,’ Wowee Zowee' confused critics and alienated fans.

How fantastic, then, that it went on to scan 122K copies and became many fans’ fave Pavement album. A return to their pre- Crooked cacaphony, the songs have a darkness that now seems appropriate, and with Bryce Goggin at the mixing desk, the production was the band’s most rocking to date. This super-deluxe remastered compilation has an embossed slipcase containing 2 CDs plus 64-page perfect-bound book, 50 tracks in total including 18 unreleased recordings, the entire remastered original album, 6 never-released songs, outtakes or live recordings, 9 non-album B-sides from the “Rattled By The Rush” single, the “Father To A Sister Of Thought” single, and the Pacific Trim EP, 4 period compilation tracks, from the ‘Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks’ tribute album, the ‘Homage’ tribute to the Descendents, and soundtracks to ‘I Shot Andy Warhol’ and ‘Kids In The Hall:Brain Candy’ soundtracks, 5 BBC Evening Session tracks, 7 JJJ (Aus) Live at the Wireless tracks, 2 VPRO(Holland) Session tracks, 1 track from the Medusa Cyclone split 7” and 1 alternate mix.

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Digital Tracklist

Disc 1

  1. 1 We Dance 3:02 Buy

    We Dance

  2. 2 Rattled By The Rush 4:16 Buy

    Rattled By The Rush

  3. 3 Black Out 2:09 Buy

    Black Out

  4. 4 Brinx Job 1:30 Buy

    Brinx Job

  5. 5 Grounded 4:16 Buy

    Grounded

  6. 6 Serpentine Pad 1:16 Buy

    Serpentine Pad

  7. 7 Motion Suggests Itself 3:15 Buy

    Motion Suggests Itself

  8. 8 Father To A Sister Of Thought 3:30 Buy

    Father To A Sister Of Thought

  9. 9 Extradition 2:12 Buy

    Extradition

  10. 10 Best Friend's Arm 2:19 Buy

    Best Friend's Arm

Disc 2

  1. 1 Sensitive Euro Man (From 'I Shot Andy Warhol') 3:17 Buy

    Sensitive Euro Man (From 'I Shot Andy Warhol')

  2. 2 Stray Fire (Wowee Zowee Session Outtake) 2:46 Buy

    Stray Fire (Wowee Zowee Session Outtake)

  3. 3 Fight This Generation (Recorded March 3, 1994 at Hilversum, Holland) 8:10 Buy

    Fight This Generation (Recorded March 3, 1994 at Hilversum, Holland)

  4. 4 Easily Fooled (Recorded March 3, 1994 at Hilversum, Holland) 3:42 Buy

    Easily Fooled (Recorded March 3, 1994 at Hilversum, Holland)

  5. 5 Soul Food (Wowee Zowee Jam Session With Doug Easley On Piano) 3:46 Buy

    Soul Food (Wowee Zowee Jam Session With Doug Easley On Piano)

  6. 6 It's A Hectic World (From Homage to Descendents Tribute) 1:03 Buy

    It's A Hectic World (From Homage to Descendents Tribute)

  7. 7 Kris Kraft (BBC In-Studio, Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995) 2:38 Buy

    Kris Kraft (BBC In-Studio, Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995)

  8. 8 Golden Boys/Serpentine Pad (BBC In-Studio, Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995) 4:33 Buy

    Golden Boys/Serpentine Pad (BBC In-Studio, Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995)

  9. 9 Painted Soldiers (BBC In-Studio, Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995) 2:40 Buy

    Painted Soldiers (BBC In-Studio, Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995)

  10. 10 I Love Perth (BBC In-Studio, Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995) 1:10 Buy

    I Love Perth (BBC In-Studio, Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995)

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