Pavement discography

Pavement discography
Pavement in 1993
Studio albums	5
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	7
Video albums	1
Music videos	14
EPs	9
Singles	11

The discography of Pavement, a Stockton, California-based indie rock group, consists of five studio albums, four double-length reissues, one compilation, ten extended plays, and five singles. This list does not include material performed by members or former members of Pavement that was recorded with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Silver Jews, Preston School of Industry, Free Kitten, The Crust Brothers, or any other associated solo or side projects.

Pavement was formed in 1989 by Stephen Malkmus (guitars, vocals) and Scott Kannberg (guitars), although Malkmus stated that at this stage they "weren't a real band."^[1] Pavement's debut, the 1989 EP Slay Tracks (1933-1969), was recorded in a day with drummer and producer Gary Young^[2] and released on Kannberg's self-owned label Treble Kicker.^[3] The band subsequently released the EPs Demolition Plot J-7 and Perfect Sound Forever on Drag City, and in 1992 released their debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, on Matador Records. The band was joined by additional percussionist Bob Nastanovich, who assisted the increasingly erratic Young in keeping time,^[4] and later by bassist Mark Ibold.^[5] The 1992 EP Watery, Domestic was the band's first recording with their two new members, and the last with Young.^[6] Young, known for his bizarre onstage behavior with the band, was replaced by Steve West in 1992.^[7] After this, Nastanovich's role in the band expanded to also include his playing keyboards.^[8]

Pavement's first three EPs were re-released together for the 1993 compilation Westing (By Musket and Sextant). The band's next studio album release, 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, featured the singles "Cut Your Hair" and "Gold Soundz" which nearly broke Pavement into the mainstream.^[9] The 18-song follow-up to Crooked Rain, 1995's Wowee Zowee, was more experimental than its predecessor and was initially criticized as evidence that the "defiantly anti-corporate" band was "simply afraid to succeed;"^[10] the album did not sell as well as Crooked Rain. The band's 1997 album Brighten the Corners "brought [the band] back" according to West,^[11] although shortly after the 1999 release of Terror Twilight Malkmus broke the band up.^[12] Since then Pavement's former members have worked on various side projects, and the band's first four albums have been reissued featuring previously unreleased songs, b-sides, and compilation tracks.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Details	Peak chart positions										Sales
		US [13]	US Indie [14]	CAN [15]	FRA [16]	GER [17]	NLD [18]	NOR [19]	NZL [20]	SWE [21]	UK [22]
1992	Slanted and Enchanted Released: April 20, 1992 Label: Matador; Big Cat; King; Domino; Flying Nun Formats: 12", CD, cassette	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	72	144,000+[23]
1994	Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Released: February 14, 1994 Label: Matador; Capitol; Big Cat; King; Domino; Flying Nun Formats: 12", CD, CS	121	—	—	—	77	—	—	41	—	15	237,000+[23]
1995	Wowee Zowee Released: April 11, 1995 Label: Matador; Matador/Atlantic; Matador/Capital; Big Cat; Pony Canyon; Domino Formats: 12", CD, CS	117	—	65	39	60	75	—	25	—	18	118,000+[23]
1997	Brighten the Corners Released: February 11, 1997 Label: Matador; Matador/Capitol; Domino; Pony Canyon; Fellaheen; Flying Nun Formats: 12", CD, CS	70	—	64	—	—	—	38	50	56	27	142,000+[23]
1999	Terror Twilight Released: June 8, 1999 Label: Matador; Domino; Pony Canyon; Fellaheen; Flying Nun Formats: 12", CD	95	—	—	—	63	—	20	24	—	19	96,000+[23]
"—" denotes albums that did not chart.

Compilations and reissues

Year	Details	Peak chart positions										Sales
		US [13]	US Indie [14]	CAN [15]	FRA [16]	GER [17]	NLD [18]	NOR [19]	NZL [20]	SWE [21]	UK [22]
1993	Westing (By Musket and Sextant) Released: March 30, 1992 (UK); 1993 (US) Label: Big Cat; Drag City; King Formats: 12", CD, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	63,000+[23]
1994	Stuff up the Cracks Released: 1994 (UK) Label: Pseudo Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe Released: October 22, 2002 Label: Matador Formats: CD	152	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins Released: October 26, 2004 Label: Matador Formats: CD	164	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition Released: November 16, 2006 Label: Matador; Domino Formats: CD	185	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11,595+[24]
2008	Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition Released: December 9, 2008 (CD) / June 23, 2009 (12") Label: Matador Formats: CD, 12"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement Released: March 8, 2010 Label: Matador Formats: CD	170	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	The Secret History, Vol. 1 Released: August 28, 2015 Label: Matador Formats: 12"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart. Blank entries denote unavailable sales figures.

Live albums

Year	Details	Peak chart positions										Sales
		US [13]	US Indie [14]	CAN [15]	FRA [16]	GER [17]	NLD [18]	NOR [19]	NZL [20]	SWE [21]	UK [22]
2008	Live Europaturnén MCMXCVII Released: December 9, 2008 Label: Matador (OLE 324) Formats: 12"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Live Europaturnén MCMXCVII (2) Released: April 18, 2009 Label: Matador (5459) Formats: 12"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes albums that did not chart. Blank entries denote unavailable sales figures.

EPs

Year	Details	Peak chart positions
		US Alt. [25]	IRL [26]	UK [22] [27]
1989	Slay Tracks (1933–1969) Released: 1989 Label: Treble Kicker Formats: 7"	—
1990	Demolition Plot J-7 Released: 1990 Label: Drag City Formats: 7"	—
1991	Perfect Sound Forever Released: 1991 Label: Drag City Formats: 10"	—
1992	Watery, Domestic Released: November 1992 Label: Matador; Big Cat Formats: 12", CD	—	25	58
1995	Rattled by la Rush Released: 1995 Label: Big Cat; Fellaheen Formats: 7", 12", CD	—
1996	Pacific Trim Released: January 23, 1996 Label: Matador; Big Cat Formats: 7", 12", CD	—	—	91
1997	Shady Lane Released: June 1997 Label: Matador; Pony Canyon Formats: CD	—
1999	Spit on a Stranger Released: June 22, 1999 Label: Matador Formats: 7", 12", CD	—
	Major Leagues Released: October 12, 1999 Label: Domino Formats: CD		—	—
"—" denotes EPs that were released but did not chart. Blank entries denote EPs that were not released in the country listed.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Mod. Rock [25]	IRL [26]	UK [22] [27]
1991	"Summer Babe"	—	—	—	Slanted and Enchanted
1992	"Trigger Cut"	—	—	—
1994	"Cut Your Hair"	10	—	52	Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
	"Haunt You Down"	—	—	—
	"Gold Soundz"	—	—	94
1995	"Range Life"		—	79
	"Dancing with the Elders/Chemical"		—	—	split single with Medusa Cyclone
	"Father to a Sister of Thought"		—	148	Wowee Zowee
	"Rattled by the Rush"		—	91
1997	"Stereo"	—	—	48	Brighten the Corners
	"Shady Lane"	—	—	40
1999	"Spit on a Stranger"		—	—	Terror Twilight
	"Carrot Rope"		—	27
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart. Blank entries denote singles that were not released in the country listed.

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1991	"Perfume-V" (live)	Kim Gordon
1992	"Here"	Thurston Moore
1994	"Cut Your Hair"	Dan Koretzky and Rian Murphy
	"Gold Soundz"	S.D. Blen
	"Range Life"
1995	"Father to a Sister of Thought"	John Kelsey
	"Rattled by the Rush" (version 1)
	"Rattled by the Rush" (version 2)	Tom Surgel
1996	"Painted Soldiers"	Dan Koretzky and Rian Murphy
1997	"Stereo"	John Kelsey
	"Shady Lane"	Spike Jonze
1999	"Carrot Rope"	Lance Bangs
	"Spit on a Stranger"
	"Major Leagues"

Video

Year	Video information
2006	Slow Century Released: October 31, 2002 Label: Matador (OLE 388) Director: Lance Bangs

Miscellaneous

Year	Song	Album	Comments
1991	"Debris Slide"[28]	Pomo For Po Folk	Appears on Perfect Sound Forever and Westing (By Musket and Sextant).
1993	"Unseen Power of the Picket Fence"[29]	No Alternative	Appears on "Shady Lane 7"" and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins.
	"Greenlander"[30]	Born to Choose	Appears on Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe.
1994	"No Life Singed Her", "Fillmore Jive"[28]	Big Cat 5	"No Life Singed Her" appears on Slanted and Enchanted and "Fillmore Jive" appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
	"Haunt You Down", "Jam Kids"	Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain vinyl bonus 7"	"Haunt You Down" and "Jam Kids" appear on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins.
	"Nail Clinic"[31]	Hey Drag City!	Appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins.
1995	"Here"[32]	Amateur	Appears on Slanted and Enchanted.
	"It's a Hectic World"[33]	Homage: Lots of Bands Doing Descendents' Songs	Cover of a 1979 Descendents song. Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.
1996	"Painted Soldiers"[34]	Brain Candy	Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.
	"No More Kings"[35]	Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks	Cover of a song from Schoolhouse Rock!. Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.
	"Sensitive Euro Man"[36]	I Shot Andy Warhol	Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.
1997	"Type Slowly"[37]	Tibetan Freedom Concert	Appears on Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition.
	"Texas Never Whispers"[38]	What's Up Matador	Appears on Watery, Domestic and Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe and Reduxe.
1999	"Robyn Turns 26"[39]	At Home With the Groovebox
	"Cut your hair", "Rattled by the rush"	One Man & His Bog	Live performances from 27/10/99 at the Adelphi Club in Hull UK. Issued as part of a 20th anniversary book / 2CD compilation celebrating the club.
	"Stereo", "Grounded" (Crooked Rain version)[40]	Everything Is Nice: Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology	"Stereo" appears on Brighten the Corners and "Grounded" (Crooked Rain version) appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins.
2000	"Watch Out!"[39]	At Home With the Groovebox vinyl-only bonus track
	"Passat Dream"[41]	Coded	Appears on Brighten the Corners.
2004	"Cut Your Hair"[42]	Autodiscographie: Benjamin vs. Stuckrad-Barre	Appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
2006	"Black Out" (alternate version), "Extradition" (alternate vocal)[43]	Wow Out! bonus 7"	Distributed with pre-orders of Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition
2009	"...And Then" (7" version), "Agony Of The Stars," "Westie Can Drum (Elastica)," "Birds In The Majic Industry" (instrumental), "Stereo" (Steve Fisk remix), "Painted Soldiers" (live on KCRW), "What Goes On" (Velvet Underground cover, live on KCRW), "Kris Kraft" (live on KCRW)[44]	Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition vinyl bonus tracks	"Westie Can Drum (Elastica)" was released digitally as a bonus download with pre-orders of Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition in 2008. "Stereo" (Steve Fisk remix) and "Birds In The Majic Industry" (instrumental) appeared on the "Stereo" promo CD in 1997 as well as the "Shady Lane" Japanese EP in 1998. "...And Then" appeared on the B-side of the "Spit On A Stranger" 7" in 1999.

References

General

• Jovanovic, Rob (2004). Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement. (Boston) Justin, Charles & Co. ISBN 1-932112-07-3.
• "Pavement Discography". Matador Records. Retrieved on 18 September 2007.
• Erlewine, Stephen Thomas and Phares, Heather. "Pavement > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved on 6 October 2007.

Specific

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32. Flota, Brian. "Amateur". Allmusic. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
33. "Homage: Lots of Bands Doing Descendents' Songs". Allmusic. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
34. Frey, Michael. "Brain Candy". Allmusic. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
35. LaVeck, Theresa E. "Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks". Allmusic. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
36. Frey, Michael. "I Shot Andy Warhol". Allmusic. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
37. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Tibetan Freedom Concert". Allmusic. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
38. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "What's Up Matador". Allmusic. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
39. Mills, Ted. "At Home With the Groovebox". Allmusic. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
40. Ankeny, Jason. "Everything Is Nice: Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology". Allmusic. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.
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External links

• Pavement at Matador Records
• Pavement at Drag City Records
• Pavement discography at Discogs
• Pavement at AllMusic