Slanted And Enchanted

Buen álbum. Lo aprecio, me encanta? No creo. Lo volvería escuchar? Tal vez

pavement is leuk maar niet super

tremenda p*r*nga

Está bien pero es demasiado caótico. 2.5

90'er-vibes.

nothing special to me

I really enjoyed this. Some great bass and guitar noodling. I like the tempo and Lou Reed esq delivery. Opening track was strongest and it slightly looses its mojo towards the end.

Slanted and Enchanted I’ve never got into Pavement, not because I don’t think I’d like them, but because I’ve never really tried. I used to like Shady Lane, I remember that being played a fair bit on Radio 1 around A-Levels. I liked this, although it took a few listens to get into the swing of it, and there were bits I liked more than others. But the lo-fi-ness, their calling card, is definitely charming in a ramshackle way, and underneath the sense of laissez faire intelligence is a slightly caustic undercurrent and of course a skill at off kilter melody and catchiness I get quite a bit of Jonathan Richman, as well as Sonic Youth and MBV and a little bit of glam in the tone of the lead guitar, particularly on the very good Summer Babe, Trigger Cut and No Life Singed Her. There’s a bit of Pixies/surf to the sound of In The Mouth of the Desert and the excellent Conduit for Sale, with its catchy backing vocals. Zurich is Stained is great too, a great lo-fi melancholic track. It continues much in that vein, some noisier and bouncier like Two States, some more low key, like the lovely Here, some more sludgy like Fame Throwa, and some somewhere in the middle like the hypnotic Jackals. Although it’s not totally my sort of thing, it grew on me with repeat listens, its slightly skewed lo fi alt rock is much more playful and interesting than many of the other bands in this period, and I’m keen to listen to more of their albums, and I think it just tips into a 4. 🧱🧱🧱🧱 Playlist submission: Conduit for Sale!

Much of the album feels like something a converse wearing teenager would listen to driving round mall car parks with his mates in a fifth-hand shit-box Chevy, while the sun starts to lower over the concrete. It conjures images of youth; it may be nostalgia talking, but it's appealing. Clear echoes of Lou Reed's vocal delivery abound, married to the more amped-up approach of 70s garage rock. It overlaps withamy others in that lo-fi stable - Pixies, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, Stooges and so on. The stutter of 'Fame Throwa' is even like Devo in places. It's not as strong as 'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain' or 'Brighten the Corners', but it achieves what other lo-fi contemporaries can't - melodic song craft unafraid to lose the heavy effects and reverb and stand on its own two feet.

Extremely '90s pavement is not exactly my jam, but I can hear what they did in the echoes of Future music

It's Pavement, of course it's fantastic

I never knew they sounded like Weezer meets Dinosaur Jr.

Somehow have never heard these guys. Love it! Slacker rock rules.

Theres better alt rock. A lot of this album is really annoying too. Conduit For Sale in particular is an awful song.

Decent. Bit long for the genre but good 3asy

A lot to be said for this album. I just think it's perfect (though CR, CR is probably my favourite)

I love this band and this album although I came to Pavement after their breakthrough in the 90s. As others have said if this sounds derivative of other indie 90s music it's because those bands took that from Pavement. Lovely melodies, quirky lyrics and crushing loud guitars combined to perfection..

Standouts Zurich is Stained Here

Pavement is another one of those bands that just can do no wrong. All of their albums are 5/5 (you could maybe convince me that one of them specifically is a 4/5 but ur gunna struggle to get me there). I’d say for me personally this is like my third favorite Pavement album following wowee zowee, and brighten the corners in ascending order. There’s just so much creativity and energy on this album. Like all of my favorite artists (Primus, Ween, System, Osees) nobody sounds anything like them. They are completely original both lyrically and sonically. And every now and then you can see when a band wants to be like pavement and maybe they’ll make a song similar to their style but literally no one sounds like pavement, except pavement. That’s what makes them so damn special and amazing. And for this to be their debut album is insane. Like this is as bold of a bedut album as you can make. And while it wasn’t this way originally, this album has really grown on me and it has become a true no skip album.

I don't mind pavement, nothing about them have really jumped out to me, including this. Some solid rock.

The funny thing is that quite a few of the artists I love cite Pavement as a massive influence and yet... I find them unexciting, messy sounding and Mr Malkumus has a voice that sounds like he's purposely trying to not sound good and all with the delivery of a flat tire. Granted, that's probably the point is to be messy and so cool that you aren't trying. I grew up in the time that these guys were all over the magazines (thats how old I am) getting sucked off by all the critics. I don't get the adoration then and I definitely don't get it now. Its not terrible so I wont 1 star it but its not good either. 2 stars all day every day.

Pavement is a band I felt like I’ve heard of forever. I even know Steve Malkmus is the band’s leader/singer/songwriter/guitatist. They are like the gods of indie rock. But, I don’t think I've ever heard an album by them, so I'm kind of excited to see what the fuss is about. I later discovered I was confusing Pavement with the Replacements, but I got most of what I thought I knew right. sloppily Okay, track one is Summer Babe (Winter Version), and I think I’ve heard the opening of the song. I like the sound of the guitars, but like a lot of indie music in the 90s, it sounds like the singer is bored and would rather be doing anything than recording a song. But that was the style. Track 2 is Trigger Cut/Wounded Kite at :17, and I see a pattern forming. The band is playing sloppy, which is a style, and the guitars are either out of tune or they’re playing them as though they were out of tune. By the sound of the music, I’m assuming the lyrics are supposed to be poetry? I’m not sure. There’s a reason this band didn’t become huge, but kept a passionate cult following. Track 3 is No Life Singed Her and it’s a little punkier with more screaming vocals. I like this song. It sounds like a Soundgarden song, though not as fat and heavy. And, of course, the song I really dig is just two minutes long. That’s always the way, isn’t it? Track 4 is In the Mouth a Desert and I really dig this song. It’s still sloppy, but it’s a bit more polished. You can hear the vocals clearly. The guitars are still loud, but more behind the vocals instead of even with them. It’s got a good melody. Track 5 is Conduit for Sale! And it opens with Malkmus yelling, “I’m trying!” over and over again, but it sounds like the band is not. The guitars are out of tune, and the sloppiness is in full effect. But then it pulls together near the middle. I think this album is one you need to spend some time with and listen to four or five times to truly see the genius. Though some will wonder why they would put themselves through so much torutre to only maybe end up liking an album. That’s the breaks. Track 6, Zurich is Stained, is out of tune again. But it’s a pretty good song. I mean, if Iggy Pop's The Idiot sounds evergreen, this album sounds like 1992. This is as 1990s as Prince is the 1980s. Track 7 is our first instrumental, well, there’s some nonsense yelling, but for the most part it's instrumental. It’s called Chelsy’s Little Wrists. It wasn’t bad. I’d say it's definitely better than most of the tracks so far. I think I’m going to stop track by tracking until I hit a song that makes me stop and take notice. Track 9, Here, is a bit of a ballad. It’s a little softer. The singer seems to be trying, at least as much as he is able. It’s a nice little song. Okay, I finished the album, and I thought it did get better on the back half, or I just got nostalgic for 1990s indie rock. However, I don’t think I’m going to try to listen to this four to five times to see if I can be fully won over. However, if you like 90s indie rock and have never heard of Pavement, then you should listen to this album. And others may like it too, but for me it was too sloppy, too out of tune, and kind of too loud. It pains me to say that, but I’m old now, so it may be part of becoming a fogey.

Well shit. That was a listen. There were many styles of music here and it think it all worked well. It could get monotonous in spots but at least the music was interesting. Now the lyrics are wild but I will say that at the core of this album was a pop heart. Sweet songs were sweet. You can add all the fuzz and whatnot to the album. You hadsome pretty good songs. I read a review from pitchfork about the album but it really didn’t talk about the album. It talked about the fourth album a couple of eps and like the first song. They gave the album a 10 in retrospect. I mention this because I think this is 4.5/5 or maybe 4. Not sure which way I would lean. I would have to spend more the 24 hours with the album.

I was a big Pavement fan back in the day. This holds up pretty well. Nice blast from the past right here.

decent stuff but not particularly memorable. pavement is certainly ahead of their time though i always assume they’re 2010s not 90s

I'm more of a 'Crooked Rain. Crooked Rain' fan, but I appreciate this for what it is...noise rock mixed with some catchy songs and riffs. 3/5

Lo-fi indie rock. At times the fuzziness reminds me of Sonic Youth but this has more of a quirky vibe. I'm not a huge fan of the vocals. Slacker rock seems like a good label because it sounds like he's intentionally not putting any effort in. A pet peeve of mine is artists picking pretentious sounding titles that are unrelated to the lyrics or music, and that describes half of this album. Overall it wasn't terrible but I didn't find much to like. I bet I would have enjoyed it more as a teenager.

Pavement album #2 on the list. Their first album is a bit more ramshackle than the later ones but still has the Malkmus style nailed.

This really isn't my kind of music, so it's difficult to be totally objective. Two stars because it's not terrible. I just don't like it.

07/03/2026 1. summer babe (winter version) - already know and like this one :) nice! *2. trigger cut / wounded kite at :17 - really liking the start... really like the guitar. like the ending. *3. no life singed her - already love this one! 4. in the mouth a desert - twinkling effect? liking the guitars in this at the start. loud drums are nice in this one... kindof 60s. 5. conduit for sale! - saw a review comparing this to the murder mystery and can definitely see it. his delivery is also very mark e smith. really nice! 6. zurich is stained - like the slide(?) guitar. really like it! 7. chelsey's little wrists - love the sitar-esque guitar *8. loretta's scars - already really love this one <3 probably my favourite pavement song i've heard (along with flame throwa).... *9. here - more dreamy.... really sweet :) 10. two states - like the guitar solo, but not as big on this one so far. *11. perfume-v - immediately liking this one.. love the guitar near the end! 12. fame throwa - already love this one!! lovelovelove the chorus <3 *13. jackals, false grails: the lonesome era - really liked this one!! *14. our singer - love the drums. love the guitar aswell. reaaallly nice! always felt halfandhalf on pavement, but listening to a full album made me appreciate it more! flame throwa is great!!!!

How have I not come across this band? Based on album release dates it sounds like Weezer copied their sound. I like it. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.

I wanted to like this album more but I couldn't. It's indie rock/noise but there are bands who made better albums in the early 1990s. A generous 3 stars.

alsof het uit de losse pols geschud werd... maar wat een pols!

Interesting to go back and listen to this. Still lots of great stuff (and the deluxe version is worth it), but it definitely has a few more experimental tracks that are interesting but not essential. All their albums have worthwhile moments and it's hard to choose between this and CRCR, so good to see they're both represented

This is just lame, bad indie music. But not worth being a hipster and saying "yeah, but this came out first."

This record's really bland, or could it be too cool for me?

Demasiado "Cool" para mi jeje

Pavement are one of the most consistent bands out there, if you like one of their albums you like them all. However, I almost never really came back to this one for some reason. I always liked it, but I think the "sloppyness" of it just put me off a tad compared to their other albums (Brighten the Corners is my favorite). I am glad I relistened to this now, because I rekindled my love of this album, and it will return to my regular rotation. Mid 5!

I like this kind of rock, but no so much

ну это мимо нот как я не люблю, не

I can see why MES was so miffed / convinced that this lot were just trying to be The Fall. The last track here (yes, I made it to the end) is the beat from Hip Priest, although the rest of the song is nowhere near as good. Quirky indie college radio stuff that made little sense to me. Another band that seems to be trying hard to be 'weird'.

Too much noise for me this morning.

Didn’t get to listen to much but solid; like Pixies but noisier and a bit sluggier.

didn't stand out

Pavement are one of those bands that I've always liked, but never got real into them. This is one of their albums I've heard before, and enjoyed. Not a five-star for me, but a good album.

This wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. But I am sure after another 700 albums on this list, I will completely forget about it. Favorite track Conduit For Sale!

Didn't listen to it yet.sorry

i did not relisten but i love this album so im just giving it 5 stars mwah <3

Feels like an album I should already know well Faves: Trigger Cut

Больше склоняюсь к 4, поскольку мне очень нравится инструментал некоторых песен. Также хочу похвалить обложку-она чарует, не знаю почему. В общем один из тех альбомов, который я с радостью буду иногда включать фоном

Pavement is a band I don’t want to like - based solely on a college acquaintance who was obsessed with them and let you know how much cooler they were for it. The only problem is that I like them more and more every listen.

Absolute kings

I’d never heard this album all the way through but when I listen to it for the first time, it sounded like a whole lot of 90s all at once. Sonic Youth begat Pavement, Pavement begat Modest Mouse.

Grace Jeff Buckley Signing Off UB40 LP1 FKA twigs

Noise

To be fair, this album significantly improved after a horrible first impression, but it still didn’t become good; only tolerable. Even the “better” songs were boring, both in its lyricism and melodies. It was a high 2, for sure, but I genuinely can’t bring myself to give it a 3. The guitar solos were good.

Too much noise, not enough music. Favorite Track: No Life Singed Her

Oh, how I would have ate this up if I were a college student in the 90’s.

If I want to listen to indie rock/ grunge, say for old times' sake, I'd rather go Pixies or Sonic Youth. But it's not bad. It's just a bit well behaved for me, and lacks a bit of raw energy.

Never been a massive pavement fan. Fave song: Conduit for Sale!

Some songs end quite abruptly, which makes me think my headphones have died for a second. Fave track: Here

Just finished, maybe one to return to. 3/5

If I heard this live in someone’s garage with a keg of cheap beer, I’d quite enjoy it. As a recorded album, it kind of feels like the most nondescript indie rock. It’s ok, but feels almost generic

This was more a 3 1/2 star for me but I’ll give them that extra //2 star for being from Stockton!

This is the album that can heal the generational divide, gen X got into it when it came out, millennials rediscovered it when pavement was releasing stuff in the 2000s, and zoomer got into the band because harness your hopes went viral on TikTok. We gotta put gen alpha onto this early. Can they put pavement into the next K-pop demon hunters? Whether this album saves the world or not it fuckin rocks.

not memorable

Music is pretty good. Vocals are horrendous.

another favorite 90s listen. i will probably always love this album, and it is good to hear it again in the context of this project. catchy tunes, goofy weirdness, and a great ballad-y song in "here". just great from beginning to end. "summer babe" is a top 5 single of all time for me.

Was looking forward to it, only having a passing recollection of the band. Didn’t do much for me, won’t revisit.

Pretty neutral on this one. I think its really good from a technical standpoint and can see the very obvious influences it had on the genre but just didn't jive with it as much as I should have.

Great album. Not as good as CR,CR

was a fun listen

A bit of a headbanger

If any of you have coached youth sports in the past, such as youth basketball, you know that there are the kids who are the stars of the team. The ones who are just more talented and get it. There are still others who are good kids and decent players - call them the rest of the starters. They can dribble, pass, and shoot, but are nothing spectacular. From there, you have others who are average to mediocre, those who understand the game but have limited talent for it. That's all fine, it's part of the game. Then there are the kids who try really, really hard but just don't have any handle on the game at all. Sure, they get in and hustle. And they repeatedly call for the ball. When they do finally get it, they shoot a shot that rarely goes in. More often than that, it's an airball. That last kid is who this band is. So, 2 stars. One for being in the game. One for giving it effort. But no more, and certainly none for being any good at it.

++: Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite at :17, No Life Singed Her, Conduit for Sale!, Chesley's Little Wrists, Loretta's Scars, Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era +: Summer Babe (Winter Version), Zurich Is Stained, Perfume-V +-: In the Mouth a Desert, Here, Two States, Our Singer -: Fame Throwa 6,7/10

Would’ve been perfect for whiteboy wednesday but alas it is only Tuesday. These guys kinda sound like if you took all the huge melodic guitar passages and post sfx away from Hum. There’s moments that show a clear penchant for a good melody, but Pavement often chooses to subvert those expectations for something a bit more challenging. I think there’s a nuance to that which should be respected. All that being said, this is a classic case of good not great for me. Some highlights are “Trigger Cut” and “In The Mouth A Desert”. Solid 3/5

I remember Pavement from my youth, but outside of the band name, I didn’t remember any song from them. This album doesn’t really remedy that, as it’s just a decent 90’s rock album, nothing more, nothing less.

A good album, I liked Zurich is Stained and Here the most.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad indie album, but it's not great either. There are other bands that did it better IMO.

Is this a joke. A must listen?

Grupo raro este de Pavement. Me gustan mucho sus otros discos y canciones, pero escucharemos este con atención. Portada, sonido, guitarras ... es difícil ser más noventero. Nada me ha llamado la atención.

Definitely a unique sound and approach to lyrics.

While I don't love this, I love that it had spunk and something different. It wasn't as amazing as I thought it could be. There was energy maybe not as much as I want but it is a start. Maybe it is just the slog that has been coming out lately but I appreciate they have a point of view that is a little different and a good early alterrock sound. Do I love it, no but I don't want to immediately turn it off either.

Ugh! Most overrated band of the 90’s. There is nothing in this music that draws me in. Pretentious AF lo-fi slacking. This is music for greasy-haired white guys who haven’t moved out of their Mom’s basement at age 46 and don’t believe in cleaning their asses with soap in the shower because doing that is “gay”. Stephen Malkmus also has such a punchable face. He gives off an eternal “I’m better than you” vibe. This has nothing to do with the noise rock genre. They’re comparable to Sonic Youth and I respect the hell out of that band. No. Pavement simply sucks.

This was decent. I wasn’t blown away by any particular song but I liked their sound. I do wish the vocals weren’t so quiet in some of the songs. That was kind of annoying.

I once assisted a production course, and one thing the teacher told us is that, no matter how well anyone sing of how loud someone can be, not adding a bit of reverb will kill a lot or even all the energy of the voice. At first I was a bit sceptical, but this record really proved that my teacher was right, as the vocals in this record sound flat, despite of any cool melodies or how much the singer screams. And if the poor production wasn't enough, I wasn't digging the ideas behind the tracks. This record comes to me like a way less interesting and messy Dinosaur Jr. or Sonic Youth project. It is very noisy and shares some of the same type of comfortable melodies that characterizes the slacker rock side of the mentioned groups. Best example I can give is "No Life Signed Her" vocal line being very reminiscent of "Total Trash" by Sonic Youth. However, it lacks power. Maybe the production has a lot to do with it, but I didn't find anything particularly impactful, regardless of how passionate they might sound. Nonetheless, there was a particular moment I really liked and is the very melancholic and beautiful sounding "Here". I hope that, with this review, I don't sound as a person who only likes its music with hyper clean production. I don't. I love records with lo-fi sound, like "Sister" from Sonic Youth, which I reviewed not so long ago or "Deathconsciousness" by Have a Nice Life which is notorious for is incredibly cheap production. Nevertheless, in this instance, I think it is the major turning point for me.

Its like grunge punk. I like it, but I don't love it.

Very good album. Great guitar and drumming sound. After a few listens, this is at least 4 stars (may even reach 5 if I keep listening). Some favourites: "Here", "Summer Babe", "Trigger Cut", "In the mouth of a desert", "Zurich is stained", "Loretta's scars", "Jackals...", or "Singers". Plenty of good stuff.

120226 0:44 4.5 / highlights: in the mouth a desert, summer babe (winter version)

eh, not a big fan

This was pretty good, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, perhaps something to check out more in the future. That being said it didn't feel like a five. Not in the mood to give a long review. 78/100

Pretty good. Felt like an adjacent genre to some of the stuff I already listen to.

No takie przyjemne, ale niezapadające w pamięć

Bad

Noisy and fuzzy but in a poppy and melodic way.

Meh, sort of average rock for me. Like a poor man's Weezer at times?

love Pavement

Thiught my headphones died during fame throwa. Kind of wish they did

I could definitely hear the Fall influence in a few tracks. I liked this a lot; there are some five-star tracks here ("Jackals, ..." for example). Perhaps I liked Crooked Rain a little more; in retrospect maybe this is a four and that should have been a five.

2nd Pavement album! ‘Summer Babe- Winter Version’ is a nice gritty intro. The second track ‘Triggercut/Wound Lit At: 17’ is a track that makes me think of someone with a nervous disposition, coupled with the odd lyrics from Malkmus. A revealing example is from the track above, “Fruit-covered nails. Electricity and lust. Won't break the door. I've got a heavy coat. It's filled with rocks and sand” . ‘Loretta’s Scars’ and ‘Perfume-V’ were also good tracks! This whole album lyrically and sonically provided me with a lot of slacker rock-energy with the quick drums and guitar from Malkmus, Kannberg, Ibold and Young. Nice little 3.5-5-GEMV (3.02.2026)

Pavement ❤️

Light 3! I enjoy Pavement but one entry on this list was probably enough. BUT, I cannot deny their sound and style is/was extremely influential to a slew of later musicians.

Found this pretty irritating, Stephen Malkmus' voice was the main annoyance but it was just noise for a lot of the album, not music. Enjoyed Summer Babe, which was my song of the album and best first listen and Here was also a solid listen but nah, didn't enjoy this

Lo escuché hace un tiempo y me pareció un horror. Llevo demasiados días escuchando mierda. Paso.

3.5

I enjoyed this, I liked the quirky, off kilter punky indie rock. Would revisit.

Really fun. I love Pavement’s slackery ironic sound.

It’s an acquired taste. I will listen again

Great shoegazing early 90s vibe still sounds pretty cool, very enjoyable

Great Album

Late comer to Pavement. Good album , great band

This is like 90s Velvet Underground. That's not a bad comparison but they give off the vibe of a knock-off rather than a band on their own. In The Mouth a Desert sounds like a Pixies cover band now. Maybe they just really love their influences but they are playing it too close to the originals. Their other album on the list is better. This is a thoroughly mediocre album.

A little too grungey for me, but had some fun moments

Top 10

About time! Honestly this isn’t the one pavement album I would pick but it is hugely important. It’s by far their roughest release but it’s confident. Too many to list but Summer Babe, Here, Zurich is Stained are the standouts. They’d go on to experiment more with their sound but with this debut the kings of slacker indie made their mark.

Ok indie rock but not worthy of the critical praise in my opinion.

I know James is gonna hate me but I really didn’t care for this. It was just so harsh sounding. While I’m sure this was a massively influential album and that’s not nothing, I can’t say I love the type of rock music it inspired. “In the motuh a desert” was the highlight for me. High three because it was not forgettable.

Can’t remember fully

Kind of jarring icl Y9 Thomas would’ve loved this shit

It's been good hearing where a lot of my favourite bands got their influences from. A bit too raw for my normal tastes, but still really good.

Never really understood the hype on this album.

Some good sounds in there but I couldn't resonate with it. Maybe I'll try to revisit it in another time. 4.8/10

Very rough and unpolished garage band sound that makes for an inconsistent indie album. You can feel thr energy and fun the band is having with each song, but they struggle to string together any momentum between songs. Solid EP's worth of material, but a lot of lacking filler. Top tracks: Summer Babe, In The Mouth A Desert, Here

It’s just not very good.

Meh. The guy sounded bored and it brought nothing new or exciting to the table

Struggling to place this one. It's decent in parts and there are some enjoyable indie rock tracks, but it's just too noisy & raw, almost as if it's lazily produced and not incredibly well written. I can't say it's one I'll remember or come back to over and over again. A solid 6/10 for me on this one.

10/10. Loud, abrasive, generational.

Solid album. Definitely from a bygone era of indie music

**a loud noisy album. Not easy to listen to.

Enjoyable without really grabbing me. A bit too buzzy throughout for me to get fully into it.

i think i'd fw this so heavy if i was 16, but unfortunately i'm not,, it's more down my alley than most of these other albums tho. it's kinda giving weezer (and don't get it twisted, i like those guys), and i know the kind of ignorant vibes are presumably on purpose, but it also just kinda feels like the lead singer can't really sing. i do actually like the instrumentation quite a lot but if i'm being honest the vocals kinda ruin it for me,,

The album is so impactful, it tricks me into feeling “20-something in the 90s” nostalgia, despite the fact I was born in 1993 and never heard this until around 2011. The emotions in this record are timeless - as long as there’s angsty, artsy 20-somethings, this record will forever ring true.

O álbum começa com, talvez, a melhor música das 14 (Summer Babe - Winter Version). Loretta's Scars e Here são os outros destaques, para mim. É um album que que podia ser melhor se tivesse menos músicas. Achei que algumas músicas não acrescentam nada ou quase nada ao álbum, mas talvez seja um daqueles "primeiro estranha-se e depois entranha-se". Penso que depois da Here podia ter mais 1 ou 2 e não 5. Na minha opinião, o álbum morre depois da Here o que é irónico tendo em conta a letra da música. Podia ser um 4/5 mas é um bom 3/5. Se alguma vez revisitar pavement, talvez ache a experiência melhor. Outra nota: não sei se a banda Geese tem influências de Pavement, mas parece. Especialmente a música Bow Down tem uma bateria igual ao praticamente igual à da Fame Throwa.

I remember the name of this band, but no songs by them. I like the opening track so far. For 1992, this is pretty loose. But maybe that’s right? I have to say I really like the overall sound. It’s sounds live in a room. The groove on the drums is loose and barely holding things together and I like it. Nothing was a huge standout on this album for me, but I could listen again. I don’t know if they are touring, but I could be persuaded to see them live.

great album!! all of the singles were amazing, and i could def see myself listening to this again.

7/10

Pixies but worse, straight bullshit in my ears

100% what you can find on any indie college radio station. 3/5

Not heard this band before , it ways ok but did not blow me away

I really wanted to like this because I’ve heard so many people sing its praises. But man, I just can’t do the off pitch / half singing, half talking vocal style. He obviously has a good voice, he uses it from time to time. So why not actually sing? Good instrumentals though so it’s not all bad.

Great indie rock album

This was a hard listen :(

Pavement's debut album Slanted and Enchanted is kind of a sleeper agent in the first-wave Indie Rock scene. On the surface the album is a mess; incredibly lo-fi, unorganized, and amateurish. Compared to the slightly more refined sound on their later records, many would be quick to write this off as a starting point that needed some fixing up. Once you peel back some of the layers though, it's evident just how well-thought-out Slanted and Enchanted is in almost every aspect of its production. Each track offers a perspective on an apathetic slacker lifestyle, it's sonically eclectic but thematically focused. I'd call Slanted and Enchanted the soundtrack for indifference. It expands upon the ideas pioneered by Dinosaur Jr. and is a prime early example of a project leaning into the slacker rock aesthetic with no restriction. All this, and the record still manages to have consistently beautiful and catchy tracks. I could talk endlessly about how important Here was to my appreciation for this style, but nearly every track that focuses itself is masterful. Summer Babe, In the Mouth a Desert, Zurich is Stained, Loretta's Scars, the list goes on. Hidden behind this noisy, slacker aesthetic are some absolutely entrancing pop tunes, in a lot of ways reminding me of Loveless. I could go on about how this album's influence on one of my favorite bands Modest Mouse, or the landscape of mid-90s indie rock as a whole, but I think the album doesn't need to rely on its impact. Slanted and Enchanted on its own captures a perfectly flawed sound and harnesses it to great success thanks to some brilliant songwriting. I won't expect everyone to see this album in such a positive light as it is inherently rough around the edges, but for those with a palate for apathy this record is a gem.

Gutter ....

Think I’d like to revisit this one, as didn’t get a chance to really listen closely but enjoyed what I heard!

I do not like this, just sounds like noise to me

I just can’t get into it.

Another band that I have heard of, but never actually listened to a single note, which is pretty much the point in this exercise I guess, listening to the album today, it's pretty good indie rock, but I'm not enjoying it much really.

i bet this hits hard for marty supreme fans Would I listen again: No Deserves to be on this list: No 2.3

This album felt lifeless, like most indie rock. Awful monotonous vocals. Seemed to drag on longer than the 39 minutes it actually is.

Yeah, quite enjoyed it.

This pavement album has been pretty hyped up but it really doesn't do too much for me. Some good moments but also a bit forgettable. Not bad all and all. 3/5

This is one of those albums that I hated the first time I heard it and I was firmly in the Pavement is overrated camp. And then I kept listening to it and realized I loved it. I have no idea why but hey some things defy explanation

1. Brouillon brouillon brouillon 2. pas fan du mix .. bof 3. horrible 4. oh frero t’as la flemme de chanter ?? 5. IM TRYING DE QUOI PTN 6. premier son potable, et ça parle de la suisse hihi 7. horrible 8. la légende raconte que l’ingé son est parti mid session 9. sympa! oui! 10. pas grand chose à dire, mid 11. MONTE LE VOLUME DE LA VOIX 12. Deuxième partie intéressante, jeu de batterie cool 13. … 14. Au même niveau que le reste Enfin finiiii, 2-3 moments sympa sans+, mal mixé.. 1.5/5

Okay. Started strong but faded in the second half.

I had heard Pavement was the GOAT a long time ago, and this album was my first exposure to them. I think the idea that they’re the GOAT is a little overrated. I did appreciate the rawness of this album though and listening to it now, I think I may have a better appreciation than I did when I first listened to it. This album, unlike their others, feels a little bit more polish, more cohesive than other works. Key songs for me are Jackals, and Here. I get why this one’s on the list.

Random thoughts: * This was good to listen in the background while I cleaned my garage. But I still really am not a Pavement fan. * It just kind of melted into a background noise for me. * I'm definitely just giving up on Pavement for me. It's just not for me.

I didn't dislike it, but a little too messy/noisy for my tastes. Sounds ahead of its time for something from 1992, so we'll give it a little extra credit. 3.5

this was enjoyable, also wouldn’t care if i never heard it again

the opening seconds of summer babe are as envelopingly sweet as literally anything ive heard in my life. the record as a whole is impressively varied underneath the fuzz, but stays so warm and big hearted even in the moments where it's most channeling the spirit of mark e smith. i particularly love how in tune the band is with the specific sound palate of their lo fi setup, genuinely curious and enthusiastic about all the colors they can coax out of it rather than hiding behind the scrapiness with any feeling of limitation or embarrassment. really, im not sure any two songs sound the same...its a bit like Is This It in how utterly Attainable it makes the creation of a masterpiece feel. it took me a long time to realize it, but i like art primarily because i like People

My favorite part was all of the intermittent "shalala" surprises. I think America is broken because people simply aren't doing whatever the hell Chesley's Little Wrists is in their garages anymore.

Fine. I really didn’t care for Chelsey’s Little Wrists, but there were some enjoyable songs on here.

Ragged, loosely tangled grooves built from wobbly, distortion-frayed guitars, slack but melodic bass lines, shuffling drum patterns, and offhand vocals folded directly into the instrumental haze move this indie rock album like a scribbled, half-finished zine. Full of personality and grit yet so casually assembled that it flips past your eyes quickly, leaving only the impression of its crooked charm.

Always up for a bit of pavement

Sure, it’s the Velvet Underground by way of Stockton, California, with guitars turned up like Thurston left his amp running and a frontman who couldn’t sound more disinterested if he were actively trying to nap between verses. But for all its revered slack and lo-fi mythos, this debut doesn’t quite enchant—it leans hard on charm-by-abrasion and dazed nonchalance, which won’t cut it if you’re immune to indie’s perma-smirk. “Summer Babe (Winter Version)” coasts on Lou Reed cool and noise-pop crunch, “Zurich is Stained” actually bothers to hum a melody, and “Here” floats in a dreamy limbo that defines the whole scene’s shrug. If this is your gospel, fine. I’ll keep my enthusiasm slightly restrained—like Malkmus himself.

One of my 10 favorite albums of all time.

I've always liked their second and third albums but couldn't be bothered with the rest. I enjoyed this more than I expected to. Mark E Smith claimed them as Fall plagiarists but I hear melodic Thurston Moore led Sonic Youth a whole lot more.

ok

Possibly the platonic ideal of noise pop. Throughout the album the fuzzy guitar and lackadaisical vocals are fighting with the fact that this is full of blissful pop hooks. Sometimes that leads to noisy freakouts like "Conduit for Sale!" Other times it leads to perfect pop ditties like "Zurich is Stained" and "Loretta's Scars." But the best songs are the ones where those sounds meet. "In the Mouth a Desert" has two or three hooks, and the guitar that makes up the last one is one of the best guitar tones in indie rock. The thumping drum sound is even better, especially on the album's best moment: the end of "Summer Babe." The lyrics are often obtuse, but when they coalesce into something relatable like the downtrodden opening of "Here" they elevate the album to another level. A perfect mix of sadness and coolness, and one of the best rock albums of the 90s, if not all time.

It took a long time for me to understand what was going on here but I’ve developed a deep appreciation of pavement and this is one of the best

Not very memorable at all but some worthy songs on here, somewhat enjoyable.

Nope

On this record Pavement vocalist Stephen Malkmus pulls off the neat trick of being able to sing with conviction *but* without sounding earnest. I haven't the slightest idea what he's singing about (given the obtuse nature of the lyrics) but whatever it is, he sounds 100% committed to it. The music is tightly-structured (even though it appears scruffy on the surface) and is full of hooks and riffs that are integral to the songs.

Certainly not bad, but really didn't grip me the way I was expecting it to - after a pretty strong opener it just kind of blended together and I didn't really care for it. That said, the tracks Conduit for Sale! and Here bumped it up a bit. 6/10, 3 stars.

I keep trying to like Pavement. I just don’t get it.

Nice indie rock album. First time listening to a full Pavement record and it was on par with others of its genre/era

lifeless lyrics and monotone guitar. a whole album to say "shit sucks but fuck you for trying to help."

Competent but I don’t see why this is on the list. The guitar playing was boring and annoying and the lead singer often yelled tunelessly. Not a very good album

It's hard not to be charmed by Pavement. They didn't achieve the same level of fame as bands like Nirvana and Sonic Youth, but man fit right into that scene. Maybe they didn;t care quite as much about achieving any fame. They just sound like the kind of band who didn't know what else to do with themselves except to form a grunge band. The music is great, if less memorable than a band like Sonic Youth. This album is proof that you don't need a lot of money or a record deal to make a great album.

couple of standouts but im afraid most of this was not my bag

I never got into Pavement but an old girlfriend used to like them. I have actually seen them live once or twice (at festivals - without said old girlfriend though). They are ok, but I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to them.

Not heard of them before - liked the punk vibe

I absolutely love Pavement and Slanted and Enchanted might be my favorite album of theirs. It’s a bit abrasive and odd at first but once you get on its wavelength, then it’s pretty perfect. The lyrics seem nonsensical but have a sort of poetry to them. The music is similarly off putting but becomes quite pleasing and captivating

Great noise and melody

Noisy, songs are kinda catchy. So 90s slacker DIY vibe. Def see how this was influential at the time.

This album convinced me that I don't like Indie rock. Noise and more noise.

i love pavement

I'm not quite sure why this album is on this list; it's pretty 'meh' in my opinion. Nothing particularly stood out, and nothing seemed groundbreaking, innovative, or new. Maybe I'm missing something, but it's an album that just seemed generic.

Fuckin love Pavement me

That ain't pavement on the cover, it's a piano. Silly indie band misplacing their nouns

Dind't enjoy 1 second. Glad it's over.

pavement again; the last time i heard their work was in early 2024. this album here is their debut. grungy, sludgy and fuzzy indie rock music. a lot of the time the vocals sound annoyed to me. it's like i'm being whined at and lectured to as they play the hell out of their instruments. it's a sound that i still can't really get into, but at least there's a few tracks among most of the other stuff that kept me at least a little interested. seems like my opinion of these guys hasn't really changed with time, oh well!

Not very relaxing - like a slightly more accessible Fall album - not something I'd want to listen to regularly.

Some good tracks

Totally understand all those who hate this, but I dig the raw, rough sound. I could feel the apathy, angst, and slacker ethos as if I was back in high school in the early nineties.

not a massive pavement guy but theyre fine ig

Peaks and troughs in terms of quality owes a lot to the pixies 2.5*

I think this is what indie music in my dreams sounds like

It feels like Nirvana gone a bit Weezer, with that laid-back slacker vibe but also a subtle, metal-tinged emotional “cry” in the melodies. Its nostalgic yet unsettling mix really stuck with me. “In the Mouth a Desert” is the standout track for me.

Decent grungy sound

Not bad but not really memorable for me It reminds me of mixing amateur bands at bars

It's ok. Definitely not great work music lol. It sounds like something a local punk band would record in a garage and there's nothing wrong with that... but this is not my vibe. I liked a couple songs, I skipped a few as well. Not my most tuned in listening, hence the vague review.

Im about to go off again, sorry yall. A group of my Saskatoon friends love Pavement… for some reason. 90s punk I guess. Sounds like me on the drums back there. Although, I feel like I have better fills and beats to throw in at least though, idk maybe I’m over confident but it’s pretty lacking. I’ve never understood the appeal of this type of punk and bands like this and Pup. It’s like noisemaking which I guess I do enjoy some aspects, the complete lack of not giving a single fuck is kinda satisfying. But idk the rest of it just feels like they gave a few fucks, but not enough to be actually good, and not little enough for it to carry that not giving a fuck vibe. Meh. The drums continue to suck as I listen. They also are pretty poorly recorded/tuned. This is what happens when your music is meant to be listened to live and just absolutely blowing out people’s eardrums so you don’t actually notice that the tone sounds like ass. Kinda disappointing production. Fame Throwa I had a physical reaction when the vocals came in with a “more of this shit huh” but the heavy drop was kinda cool. 2

I don’t like punk

Seminal. A fucking blueprint.

Nothing to call home about.

I quite liked here Some parts were ok but it never got going a lot of the time

Yet another early 1990s album for gen x kids whose parents don't understand them ;_;

herky jerky , bratty , agitated, fizzy, in thrall to the Velvets and The Fall, tiresome

A high 3 for me, I had never heard of the band before I enjoyed the album

Best Track - "Summer Babe - Winter Version"

Yeah…..just no. I don’t see how this is a greatest album on any list. It’s just noise

This is EXACTLY what a garage band sounds like. I don't hate it.

Their second album on this list, and while not quite hitting the heights of Crooked Rain - one of only three CDs I have bought after discovering them on this list - it's a very strong four. Those Fall comparisons are really lazy, really they're nothing like MES despite what MES himself might have said.

Listened Before? N Another Pavement album, another shoegaze/alt rock 90s soiree. It was pretty good. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist? Zurich Is Stained

I don't know. I guess. 3.5

Nirvana who? Stream of consciousness lyrical style, not every revolution needs a fight Summer babe Trigger cut In the mouth a desert Here Perfume v

It's okay. Idk. There were better choices tbh

Wow, where has this group been in my life? Really liked the grungy, punkish rock here. Great length, mistuning fit the style but was a bit distracting. Although I’m unfamiliar, it’s understanding how Pavement’s style here would go on to inspire not only other groups but genres as well. 4/5

It was fine I guess. I know they were revolutionary and all that but idk I’m not a fan of the vocals Band was pretty tight and there were maybe a couple of cool songs (eg Lorettas scars) but I wasn’t particularly impressed by anything / it seems like neither post punk or indie which maybe is the point but it doesn’t do either particularly well

forgot I listened to this one. deebo!!! nareeez! that weird party! eeh. started off strong and ended week. tWO !

I don’t expect much from a vocalist in a punk band, but I wish the singer gave me something more. I was begging for a shred of creativity. You can toss this in a pile of a ton of similar records from the 90s.

Hat elsk Conduit sale har ein banger intro og backingrif, men sucky tekst og heavy gitar og ekta søppel refreng... Here var fin, Zurich Is Stained va grei, Fame Throwa va crazy Beste sang: Zurich Is Stained

There are some bits where I’m thinking this is decent but I despise the drawling, uncaring vocalist. Put it in the back with the other bored artists.

The greatest indie rock record of all time hands down full stop. Advertising good looks and who needs chops? With songs like these you don’t need a second drummer that can swim.

Beh

OK, kind of generic 90s rock

I haven’t listened to any Pavememt in a really long time. Now I remember why.

Good. Fine. Not great. But I enjoyed it.

Some songs had me and others not so much. A pretty decent listen I probably wouldn't seek out but I wouldn't object to hearing it again.

I knew Pavement as a band but i haven't heard anything from them 'till now.This album may sounds like it was recorded in the basement but still, i like what i'm hearing.The vocals at times are silly and maybe unsufficcient but sometimes they are good(in Here) or have an intimate storytelling character,an almost punkish attitude and i so tune in.Great drumming here as well. Favourites: Summer Babe (Winter Version),creative drums. In The Mouth A Desert. Zurich Is Stained. Loretta's Scars.Stucked in my brain. Here.Great song.lyrics and vocals. Perfume-V. Fame Throwa. Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era. Overall it was a good album,i mean i liked more than half of the songs. 4/5

not much for like get hype about

It’s indie rock! Had some fun listening to it but not blown away.

I’m pretty sure I’ll like this. I was a little too young to appreciate Pavement when Slanted and Enchanted came out, but I remember liking later singles. First time giving it a full listen. Thoroughly enjoyable pre-grunge fuzz rock. 4/5. Would listen again.

Pretty good, classic 90s rock feel. 3 stars is fire

It's very OK. Even bordering on pretty damned good at points. I never really connected to Pavement, what little I heard of them, but it was different than I expected. Very much a bridge between punk and indie/alternative/shoegaze. Sort of like Weezer before Weezer - and with a much harder edge. Also they don't suck as hard as Weezer. 3.5 stars.

Impossible to be objective here, it’s just an amazing goddamn record that obliterates what you think rock can be and also happens to be catchy as hell. It’s by no means polished but dropping an atom bomb on “rock” “music” (whatever that is) shouldn’t be polished. Life-changing music that you can also jam out to. Love you Pavement.

probably my favorite from these weirdos, every track is so compelling

Can't imagine there will be much love for this within the group given previous reviews of Pavement and other similar acts (Slint, Sonic Youth), but we shall see... While I don't count myself among Pavement's biggest fans, I do enjoy this album as something greater than the sum of its parts. On a very basic level, this album *feels* good to listen to. There is a certain sincerity to the unrefined production that plays well to the band's overall aesthetic. Songs are mostly crafted around dissonant/minor melodies laden with crusty distortion, thrumming bass, visceral drums, and a singer who seems capable of melancholic indifference and screaming with very little range in between. Summer Babe is a languid opener that plays to a pretty standard indie-rock template. I actually love the chaos of No Life Singed Her. I mean the shouting is a little much, but the groove is great. In the Mouth A Desert is also great with the super deep bass providing the foundation for distortion laden guitar to scratch about and periodically break through with winding clarity -- the drums feel so good to me on this one. Here is the closest thing to single-territory on this album, finding lead singer Malkmus mustering the energy to break free from his deadpan and hit some notes. Two States is a bit of a low point for me -- kind of a goofy punk track. Fame Throwa is a bit goofy as well but its among my favorites on here. Jackals, False Grails cops the same drum cadence from Fame Throwa to launch things into what is effectively a noisy jam session. And closer Our Singer is easily the most memorable on here for me -- spiritually it sounds like a Minutemen song and I absolutely love it. For me this album has never quite pushed into 5 territory, but is always a joy to listen to. Solid 4 for me.

Fuzzy, moan-y, not my style.

Really don't like this style of music. Just really lo-fi and too random sounding for me to enjoy

Idk if they actually did, but I can hear a major influence on Weezer's first couple albums from this. I just went back and read my review of the last Pavement album and I said the same thing. Started off a little noisy but really enjoyed it as it went on. Really got into some songs I can't remember as I was blasting through work, but I think I'm a Pavement fan.

This album is a perfect example of an on the one hand / on the other hand record—but one side of that equation so overwhelmingly outweighs the other that the end result is simply a great album. Not a 10/10, because it really does rattle and creak too much for that, but my god, what a joy it is to listen to. The real difficulty, listening now, is that it’s almost impossible to reconstruct just how fresh this must have sounded in 1991–1992, when it was recorded and released. That two-sided character has everything to do with how the album was made. The lo-fi quality isn’t a pose; it’s structural. This debut was literally recorded in a home studio, in ten days. Which is, of course, ironic. Yes, jazz records used to be cut in a single morning or afternoon—leaving the rest of the day to record another album, so the musicians could fund the next batch of heroin—but by 1991 it was far more normal to spend months in a studio. Pavement did not. That lo-fi approach didn’t disappear later—subsequent Pavement albums still sound rough around the edges—but Brighten the Corners would be the first to sound genuinely “professional.” So let’s start with the other hand. Of the fourteen tracks here, a few could easily have been left off (“Fame Throwa,” anyone?). Almost all of the songs would sound objectively better with a cleaner recording. Stephen Malkmus’s singing—he more or less is Pavement, by the way; can anyone actually name the other members off the top of their head?—is, charitably, unstable. And yet: who cares? Because the one hand is a gloriously fresh album packed with genuine gems, and throughout it all you hear the sheer pleasure of making music. It opens brilliantly with “Summer Babe.” “In the Mouth a Desert” is the next high point, even if Gary Young’s drumming—recorded in his own house, and soon to be his Pavement swan song—is a bit lumberjack-like. “Conduit for Sale!” isn’t a highlight, but it’s worth mentioning: it sounds like a hyperactive, drug-fueled ’90s reinterpretation of the baseball commentary from Paradise by the Dashboard Light. For me, the album really takes off in the final stretch, with a superb quartet: “Loretta’s Scars,” “Here,” “Two States,” and “Perfume-V.” “Here” is the obvious standout. It was memorably covered by Tindersticks, which is fascinating because Stuart Staples’s James Bond–baritone turns the song into something entirely different. It’s still the best track on the album, even if Spotify listeners don’t seem to agree. The Tindersticks version isn’t on Spotify—it was a B-side later collected on Donkeys 92–97—but you can find it on YouTube. Oddly enough, the closing track “Our Singer” is one of my personal favorites, while Spotify ranks it dead last. Music like this was copied endlessly throughout the 1990s, which is why its original shock value is no longer immediately audible. Bands everywhere adopted that ramshackle, half-finished aesthetic. As a devoted Studio Brussel listener back in the day, I heard Pavement’s fingerprints all over Belpop. Of course, Pavement weren’t alone: Guided by Voices loom large, and if you go back further, Big Star—especially Third / Sister Lovers—clearly left a mark. The difference is that Malkmus and Scott Kannberg were far more liberal with the distortion pedal. And look at that: I’ve now named all three musicians on this album. After this, Pavement would expand into a proper five-piece, complete with an actual bassist. None of this really matters. What matters is that Slanted and Enchanted is an eruption of musical joy. In all its imperfection, it comes remarkably close to perfect.

Raw & grungy, has its moments

Light 4,5

Meh

I really liked Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, so I was excited to get another Pavement album. But this one was... lackluster. It didn't have the Pavement sound that I liked from Crooked Rain and Harness Your Hopes... also Conduit for love was annoying. It wasn't a bad album I just didn't really vibe with it.

It definitely didn't appeal to me. It has some interesting post-grunge and punk elements, all wrapped in a thin layer of pop that holds it all together. But the album's sound, and that incredibly lazy vocal, bored me to death, to the point where I had to make a huge effort to keep my eyes open and not fall asleep from the middle of the album onwards. I think two stars are generous enough.

Despite being from the '90s, I never really got into Pavement. I am pleased to have had a reminder of this album. Probably won't land in my regular rotation, but enjoyed it none the less. This is my first of the 1001 albums!

No, it's not for me. Just some... rock that's not even satisfying in a punky way.

Briefly threatened to suck me in but on balance think I'll stick with Lou Reed.

Yeah, I don't hate this, but it didn't grab me at all.

Just anothe garage rock band

One of these days, I'll be able to put my finger on why I love alternative rock, but can't click with this, The Fall or, indeed, The Smashing Pumpkins. To start with the positives, the production is raw and fun, and the energy and attitude are good. But the songs are only okay (I quite liked "Here") and I disliked the vocals.

Longtime favorite. Some really great songs on here. A touch emo, a touch punk, a touch garage band.

I loved this one! Had never heard of these guys before but enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to.

It was ok, not super remarkable.

Album 800 now and I just realized that's two years now I've been at this project. It's been a constant source of stability through the last few crazy years. 2/3s done.

That's not my taste in music - But ok

This band was always lauded as a touchstone for indie music, and i can completely see why. The importance and influence is clear. Still… always been in the three star zone for me.

i never understood this band

At times I got it, then the next song came on and I didn’t know what the fuck was going on

Räväkkää indie rokkia, mikä ajoittain menee sinne noise puolelle mutta oli kyllä hyviäkin kappaleita jotka yritti olla hyviä. Parhaat: Here, Summer Babe

If you took all this music and removed the talking I would probably enjoy it.

It was better than I expected, but nothing really stood out.

This just wasn’t that good

nah

This one does remind me of early Beck but I didn’t really enjoy it. Not enough musicality to get me into it

It's fine. Just all a bit same, same.

PAVEMENT i respect these guys

So 90s

Never heard this before. Can see so much modern music influenced by this style of grunge with riffs and talking vocal

I don't think I'd heard this one before. It's pretty standard indie as far as that genre goes. Not really my cup of tea but I can see how it inspired a lot of what came next, for better or worse. I like the loose-sounding guitars but the production is overall awful. The whole album sounds like it's wrapped in some kind of muddling cloak. Vocals are terrible and very poorly recorded. The drums seem to be sort of playing in the background at the same time rather than as a part of the whole. The bass is almost like a drone that just washes over everything. I can't say I'm a fan. There were a few parts here and there that I enjoyed but nothing that stuck out enough for me to want to listen again or listen to more from them. 2.5/5

J’ai passé un bon moment en écoutant cet album, mais il ne m’a pas spécialement marqué!

Acceptable rock 'n roll, although I have to ask myself why this trend of talking over the band endures - monologues are for another form. And there's nothing to make thus stand out from the crowd while, 3/4 of my way through this list, several superior groups have yet to appear.

2/5. It's pop rock through a blender. It does give the confidence of Dylan, knowing full well the quality of the vocals is not the highlight. Granted, the lyrics are not the highlight either. I guess neither is the music behind it. It's hard to pin down what is enjoyable about this album and although I wouldn't say it is very good, I respect the effort. I can even see how this speaks to people who want punk but don't want to think about the horrors of the world. It's an escape but it's not one I find much comfort in. Maybe for someone else though. Best Song: Summer Babe (Winter Version), Here, Conduit for Sale!

Have always preferred Crooked Rain, but there is no doubt that Slanted and Enchanted sets the tone for what Pavement and their indelible style. 4.5/5

It’s ok. I understand that it’s early or first. But there’s better sounds for my tastes.

I've honestly never listened to pavement before. I liked it fine.

I can see the foundation pavement laid for similar bands in their genre, however that doesn’t mean a whole lot when I’m not too fond of the bands that were inspired by Pavement in the first place. Nonetheless, kind of cool to see the launch point. I just don’t think this is something I’d listen to again.

2/5

Surprised by how this sounded. Pretty good

Blew my socks off.

Screams 90's in a way that I would like to forget.

Nice instrumental backing but the out of tune singing was upsetting.

It was just noise. I went back and listened again to see if I'd forgotten something. Impressive in a way that it left no mark

Didn't hate it. Didn't do anything for me.

Meh. Nothing interesting here

Muy buenas canciones: Drive-In Saturday, Cracked Actor, The Prettiest Star, Let's Spend the Night Together, The Jean Genie y Lady Grinnin Soul

Love it

Thought I would hate this since I had a preconceived notion that I really disliked this group, but it was better than I thought. Some catchy songs and the vocals were intriguing.

I usually just listen to “two states” and “trigger cut,” so it was nice to listen to the whole thing. Can’t be a 5 because there’s too many things that aren’t even really songs and are annoying to boot, but the songs that fit traditional notions of songwriting are great.

I tried

Feels like a «you had to be there» kind of record. I can see why this would have been appealing had I been in my teens in the early 90’s, but I wasn’t, so I guess it doesn’t hit me as hard. Summer Babe was cool, but most of the album feels quite mediocre to me. I remember really wanting to like Pavement a few years ago, but I didn’t and stopped listening. I feel like there is something there, but I think I still need some more time to figure out what that is.

Pretty good but the album mostly stresses me out. Best songs was Here, by far in my opinion.

Enjoyable indie rock.

I like Pavement, I do. But I'm not sure why they are deemed so "influential"

Another one of “those” albums that you’re suppose to appreciate for how influential blah blah blah it is! The truth is it’s pretty shit.

Meine gute wat een ongelovelijke klote muziek. Was eigenlijk wel oke-ish, beetje hanged tussen 2 en 3 reten tot Conduit for Sale. Mijn god, de zanger schreeuwt daar 80000 keer Im trying achter elkaar. Luister maat, I'm trying to luister dit fucking album. Hou je bek joh. Jammer eigenlijk wel, want het nummer erna is weer prima te behappen.. Eerlijk is eerlijk, Here is wel een heel mooi nummer. Potver wat een vreemd album. Zo disc 1 afgeluisterd. Vind het wel mooi zo. Het is instrumenteel best wel leuk, alleen de zanger kan mij echt niet bekoren. Daarnaast is het veel van hetzelfde, net geen punk maar ook niet echt chill. 2 reten

Like it but didn’t love it