Slanted and Enchanted

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Slanted and Enchanted
Studio album by Pavement
Released April 20, 1992
Recorded January 13–20, 1991 at Louder Than You Think Studios, Stockton
December 24, 1990 at South Makepeace Studios, Brooklyn ("Here")[1]
Genre Indie rock, lo-fi[2]
Length 38:41
Label Matador
Producer Pavement
Pavement chronology
Slanted and Enchanted
(1992)		 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
(1994)

Slanted and Enchanted is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Pavement, released in April 1992 on Matador Records. The album was distributed to critics as early as 1991, months before its official release; the original distribution did not feature the entire band as several members joined during its production.[3] The recording sessions were split between South Makepeace Studios in Brooklyn, New York, (recorded December 24, 1990) and Louder Than You Think Studios in Stockton, CA (recorded January 13–20, 1991). The album's name is taken from the title of a cartoon made by Silver Jews frontman David Berman.[4] Artwork was created by appropriating that of an existing album, Ferrante & Teicher's Keyboard Kapers. In 2003, the album was ranked number 134 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. As of 2007, the album has sold 150,000 copies.[5]

A two-disc expanded version of the album, Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe, was released in 2002. Along with the original 14 tracks, it includes an additional ten tracks from recording sessions on disc one, and disc two consists of the four-track Watery, Domestic EP, seven other songs from recording sessions, and 13 live tracks (from a show at the Brixton Academy in London on December 14, 1992). This expanded version reached #5 in the US Billboard Top Independent Albums[6][7] and #152 in the US Billboard 200 charts.[6][8]

Contents

Acclaim [edit]

“ 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.		 ”

—Stephen Malkmus[9]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars[2]
NME (10/10)[10]
Pitchfork Media (10/10)[11]
PopMatters (Very Favorable)[12]
Robert Christgau (A)[13]
Rolling Stone 5/5 stars[14]
Spin (10/10)[15]
Sputnik Music 5/5 stars[16]

Since its release in 1992, Slanted and Enchanted has appeared on many critics' best-of lists and is frequently cited as being among the most influential indie rock albums of the 1990s. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a five out five stars review, called Slanted and Enchanted "a left-field classic" and "one of the most influential records of the '90s".[2] In 2002, Pitchfork awarded the album their maximum grade of 10.0/10.0 in a review of the album's reissue[11] and ranked it as the 5th greatest album of the 90s in 2003.[17] Robert Christgau, in a highly favourable review, awarded the album an A grade, claiming that Pavement are "good at both tune and noise", yet Slanted and Enchanted yields "a message complex enough to offer hope... that the lyrics will catch up".[13] Rolling Stone called it "the quintessential indie rock album."[18]

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Blender US The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time[19] 2002 67
500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die[19] 2003 *
The 10 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever[20] 2007 1
Pitchfork Media US Top 100 Albums of the 1990s[19] 1999 3
Top 100 Albums of the 1990s[17][19] 2003 5
Rolling Stone US The Essential 200 Rock Records[19] 1997 *
The Essential Recordings of the '90s[19] 1999 *
500 Greatest Albums of All Time[21][19] 2003 134
The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time[18] - 25
100 Best Albums of the Nineties[22][19] 2010 24
Slant Magazine US Best Albums of the '90s[23] 2011 40
Spin US 100 Alternative Albums[19] 1995 16
Top 90 Albums of '90s[19] 1999 5
Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years[24][19] 2005 4
125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years[25][19] 2010 9

(*) designates unordered lists.

Track listing [edit]

All songs written by Stephen Malkmus, except "Two States" by Scott Kannberg

  1. "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" – 3:16
  2. "Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite at :17" – 3:16
  3. "No Life Singed Her" – 2:09
  4. "In the Mouth a Desert" – 3:52
  5. "Conduit for Sale!" – 2:52
  6. "Zürich 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" – 2:09
  12. "Fame Throwa" – 3:22
  13. "Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era" – 3:21
  14. "Our Singer" – 3:09

The Japanese release of the album featured the songs "Sue Me Jack" (3:02) and "So Stark (You're a Skyscraper)" (3:01) after "Our Singer".[26]

An extended version of the album was released on 2002 with previously unreleased material.

"Here" is included in the soundtrack of The Art of Getting By (2011) and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012).[27]

Personnel [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "Pavement – Slanted And Enchanted". discogs.com. Retrieved 2 November 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Slanted & Enchanted: Pavement. Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 May 2013. 
  3. ^ Phares, Heather. "Pavement - Music Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 19 May 2013. 
  4. ^ Modell, Josh (26 October 2005). "Tanglewood Numbers". The A.V. Club (The Onion). Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  5. ^ Singh, Amrit (20 April 2012). "Slanted And Enchanted Turns 20". Stereogum. Spin Media. Retrieved 18 May 2013. 
  6. ^ a b "Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement. Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 May 2013. 
  7. ^ "Pavement - Chart History. Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 18 May 2013. 
  8. ^ "Pavement - Chart History. Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 18 May 2013. 
  9. ^ Klosterman, Chuck (March 2010). "Greatest. Indie-est. Band. Ever. (Interview with Stephen Malkmus also about Slanted and Enchanted)". GQ (Condé Nast Publications). Retrieved 18 May 2013. 
  10. ^ "Slanted and Enchanted". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  11. ^ a b Ott, Chris (1 November 2002). "Pavement: Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  12. ^ Begrand, Adrien (19 July 2004). "Pavement: Slanted & Enchanted". PopMatters. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  13. ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "Pavement". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2 September 2011. 
  14. ^ Sheffield, Rob (8 October 2002). "Pavement: Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  15. ^ "Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted". acclaimedmusic.net. Retrieved 2 September 2011. 
  16. ^ Old Uncle Al (11 March 2006). "Slanted & Enchanted". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  17. ^ a b Pitchfork Staff (17 November 2003). "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork Media. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  18. ^ a b "The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 25: Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement. Retrieved 18 May 2013. 
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Archived at AcclaimedMusic.net. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  20. ^ Susman, Gary (16 November 2007). "What are the best indie rock albums of all time?". EW.com. Time Inc. Retrieved 2 July 2012. 
  21. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 134: Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement. Retrieved 23 June 2010. 
  22. ^ "100 Best Albums of the Nineties". Rolling Stone. 24: Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  23. ^ Slant Staff (14 February 2011). "Best Albums of the 1990s". Slant Magazine. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  24. ^ SPIN Staff (20 June 2005). "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005". Spin. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  25. ^ SPIN Staff (15 February 2012). "125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years". Spin. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  26. ^ "Slanted and Enchanted". MusicBrainz. MetaBrainz Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2011. 
  27. ^ Soundtrack at the IMDb. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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