Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Very 90s here
Yup this one sounds a little like a toned-back Sonic Youth
'Summer Babe' & 'Here' are really great and I love the unpolished lo-fi slacker sound. I do find with any left-field or experimental music that not everything lands with me, but that's ok. When it does land it's totally worth it. 3 Stars (8/15)
I really really like Pavement. 4.5+ from me. I still think Crooked Rain is more my favorite, but this is still right in my top albums.
Middling indie rock. Nothing more, nothing less.
Perfect album. The tone goes from raw to polished. The lyrics and vocals go from dramatic to whimsical. There's noise and dissonance but it doesn't overwhelm. Everything feels effortless while also feeling meticulously constructed. It's all about contradictions. This is definitely one of the albums on the Mt Rushmore of modern indie music. It influenced everyone, but somehow I can't think of another band that sounds anything like Pavement.
This one was tricky for me to rate. I enjoyed listening to it, but not quite as much as albums by Smashing Pumpkins and Oasis, which this album reminded me of a little bit. When trying to decide whether to rate an album a 3 or a 4, I ask myself "Will I listen to this again?" and if the answer is yes, I rate it a 4. I can see myself listening to this album again, even if not very often, so that's why I ultimately went with a 4.
I GOT A MESSAGE FOR YOU I KEEP IT IN MY IT HAND [I hand you the message, it says: Slanted and Enchanted is a 5 star record.]
I can remember what my thought process was when I heard this for the first time a few years ago. How strange, how discordant, how catchy, how chaotic. For all, there are five Pavements but for a select few this first one, Slanted and Enchanted, may very well be the essential Pavement. Upon listening to this, one gets the gist of what the whole starting point was before things went somewhat off the rails (if it wasn't already off the rails). Sure they got a little more refined, maybe a little disjointed, perhaps jaded and bottomed out towards the end and, yet, none of that would have been possible if it weren't for this. Surely there was no harnessing of hopes upon this in 1992, for Slanted and Enchanted sounded as much of a one-off in its own fucked up galaxy as it could possibly become possible. But in its unconcerned disposition, it was dressed for success whether it anticipated it or not.
Schrott.
01) Summer Babe (Winter Version) - 7,5 02) Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite at :17 - 7,0 03) No Life Singed Her - 7,0 04) In the Mouth a Desert - 6,5 05) Conduit for Sale! - 6,5 06) Zurich Is Stained - 7,0 07) Chesley's Little Wrists - 5,0 08) Loretta's Scars - 7,0 09) Here - 7,0 10) Two States - 6,5 11) Perfume-V - 6,5 12) Fame Throwa - 6,5 13) Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era - 6,5 14) Our Singer - 6,5 TOTAL: 6,64 (66/100) It started interesting, continued boring.
I liked this
Never could get into Pavement. Not sure why, really.
I'm struggling to make it through this abomination. I can't believe it made it onto the list.
I didn’t enjoy this one too much.
I've often heard Pavement (and this album specifically) listed as one of the biggest influences of some of the 90s/00s indie bands I really like. I can see where those influences lie, and there's a couple songs on here I do really like, but the album as a whole is just too uneven with a couple legitimately awful tracks.
Average
Ziemlich gut! Muss nomal hören
I can appreciate Pavement for what they were doing at the time. But they never quite clicked for me, while Minutemen, Sonic Youth & Yo La Tengo did. There's some Pavement I like but it's not on this album.
Very 90s...nothing extraordinary. 3/5
Pavement is top tier
Didn’t need to hear that
Surprisingly decent! Was going to go 4 but don’t think it can stand up to the other 4s I’ve given. Solid indie, some songs having a punky feel.
4 - I love pavement, they are deffo not for everyone. Also don't think this is their best stuff. I wonder if there will be other albums to come
I really like Pavement, but I think this might actually be my least favourite of their catalogue. Their later sound became more polished and I think many people dislike that, but for me the raw energy only carries this album through Zurich is Stained and then the backhalf is just a lot of the same. The scruffy garage band style on their debut doesn't leave space for Stephen Malkmus' sardonicism to shine through. Fave Tracks: Summer Babe, Trigger Cut, Zurich is Stained 3.4/5
Could not get into this, voice annoyed me
Didn't like it at all, it was droney and boring
I’ve listened to enough Time Crisis to be receptive to Pavement, but this is the album that finally clicked for me. There’s a dry emotion that meshes with the guitar tone and really lets you swim in the banal. I love it.
3.2 reminded me of nada surf a bit
Eugh. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for sludgy guitars, muffled lyrics and tinny production.
Not as bad as I was anticipating, but I'd be happy never to listen to it again.
Meh
If you live with music, you’ll have records that have the power to transport you back to your taste’s formation. This is one of mine: I’d already got into Sonic Youth and Big Black by the time I’d heard S&E, but I remember thinking that Pavement were my band, a new band, the right age to be contemporary to me rather than foundational. Today I listened to this once and was happy to find I can hum and sing almost every part on it, despite not having heard it for maybe over a decade. Despite Mark E Smith’s protestations, they always were a tunes-first band. I proved this by whistling Chesley’s Little Wrists, maybe the most cacophonous track on the album.
A firm favorite since I happily swapped my unloved copy of "Bandwagonesque" for this raggedy sonic wonderland in early '92. One of those masterpieces where every song is the best one on the album. I remember Mark E Smith being pissed off by how much they ripped him off at the time, and you can hear it on a few tracks, but it's Slates/Hex-era Fall with better tunes so all good from my perspective (kinda like how Chicken Tikka Masala is the archetypal Indian dish despite originating in Glasgow). Weird to think it was them or Nirvana as the next great indie hopefuls on MTV. Have I mentioned before how much I like Pavement? Some days I agree with Mr. Malkmus that this is their best. Today is one of them. Tomorrow it could be "Terror Twilight".
Pavement’s sound is something like grunge that transitioned to dad rock. It’s got the 90s grunge sound but the lyrics and composition really fits the dad rock vibes. This album isn’t that bad either it’s just a bit dated with the 90s alternative sound. Overall right in the middle. 6.3/10
Odd but not terrible
A big disappointment, after listening to Crooked Rain x2 before. This album is very boring and unspectacular. It was very polite and obliging, something that is a mortal sin of any indie record. Zero risks taken. It is not a bad album, but certainly it doesn't stand out in an aggressive way.
Cracking debut - not their best, there is some rough stuff here but also some solid gold. The sloppy guitar sound is pure heroin in my veins.
Sorry this is bloody awful, Lou Reed meets the sex pistols with none of the charm, originality or edge either of those two displayed.
Surprisingly liked it. Im a fan of alt rock either way. But this was really good
Good - but I didn't think it was great.
Too short of relevance.
This was surprisingly good
DIZASTRU U STONAZZJONI. 0/5
Interesting sounds that I couldn’t quite place, was stuck between regular alt and dad rock
The albums that follow set a very high bar, but still a strong debut. Stephen Malkmus is among the most consistent songwriters in indie rock.
this is like one of those anecdotes that someone starts relating with great gusto but their energy drops as they realize it sounded funnier, better, in their head and they finally end with "you had to be there to get it"
Interesting suggestive and unexpected. I am not really into Indie rock but this album caught my attention.
Im not even finished with the album but it's a 1. The lyrics are uninspired. The vocialist is boring. It sounds he's reading an essay he doesn't care about.
I do not "need" to hear this before I die. It sounds exactly the same as every 90s rock album, except this time the only difference is that they try to incorporate shoegaze into their sound, and they didn't even pull it off. I'm here to try and find albums that make me think, and that change me as a person. I and my music taste are exactly the same before and after having listened to this. When the songs aren't being super repetitive they are just incoherent noise, and when they aren't incoherent noise the vocals are just annoying.
just not great
starts off bad and improves all the way to "acceptable i suppose"
I like pavement and their music but I dont think they any good as musicians they sound lile friends that did their garage band got signed and stayed at the same level. Yet fullfilled their dreams whixh is awesome. Voice is bad a hell but if it were 100% pure 70 punk it would work. A nice selection and different types of songs was good specially the closer.
Grungy 90s indie rock sound. Like the vocals and the guitar sounds. Not sure without the nostalgia this does much for me overall, but not a bad listen.
this pretty neat
B- Summer Babe (Winter Version) 3 Trigger Cut / Wounded Kite At :17 3 No Life Singed Her 3 In The Mouth A Desert 3 Conduit For Sale! 3 Zurich Is Stained 3 Chesley's Little Wrists 3 Loretta's Scars 3 Here 3 Two States 3 Perfume-V 3 Fame Throwa 3 Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era 3 Our Singer 3 This was okay.
Meh.
Classic. Don't love it. But enjoyable enough.
Pavement was the defining underground/punk band of the 90s. They were critically successful were well known, but never became pop stars. Their music is a product of the era: dramatic changes like Sonic Youth, feedback like the Pixies, with guitar driven punk like too many references to list. Slanted and Enchanted is the band's debut studio album and may be the their best work. This album is a great snapshot of early 90s punk.
Not awful, but pretty unremarkable. Nothing to report
Ooh I like this. It sounds a bit less polished than Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain but it's still got quite a bit of charm. Will definitely have to revisit.
Another reviewer referred to this as sludgy, and i think that’s a very good word for this sound. But this was frat rock for Midwest poser boys. Nobody listened to this kinda shit. Nobody should listen to this now.
p678. 1992. 1 star. Average garage band with no tunes. Why is this even on the list?
Nice album, enjoyed listening to it, but have already forgot everything about it 12 hours later. 5/10
Yaaaay Scottish blogger who won‘t be named
I listened to this album twice today because it’s so intriguing. Noise meets melody here culminating in something that is rough around the edges, yet has a good ear for catchy hooks. Everything here is intentional, from the wry lyrics to every dynamic shift and seemingly random noise. The result is something special and worthy of its place on the greatest albums of the 90s list.
A whole album of stoner rock gets a bit wearing. Maybe I need to revisit the '80s and light up a few cones then listen.
This is on the lower end of average for me. I didn't dislike it but I found little of merit and after one listen I was glad to move on. This kind of slacker rock I think is done better elsewhere and the lack of tunes or good vocals means it's slipped past me without anything to hold onto.
Everything about this album was terrible. I don’t know who made this list of the albums, but this is awful. Objectively, no redeeming qualities.
I know this band is considered pivotal, but can't say I enjoyed the album.
First few songs were awful. Dude was struggling to make a tune. Got better as it went.
This album is what happens when a parent gives a kid a guitar and a microphone and continues to tell them how good they are for years on end. Dude has no voice.
The production on this album was terrible, very unpolished.
Not the worst. I can see this being very influential in more modern bands that I like but this was a bit too old school / indie punkish for my tastes.
My introduction to Pavement in the early 90s and one that I regularly go back to still.
While I always like “Cut Your Hair”, I never had the patience for Pavement in my youth. Listening to this album now, I actually enjoyed it. Not sure how much I’d go back to it, but it’s a nice relief to go back to some indie or alternative rock.
Remek djelo. Jebeno obožavam ovaj album
What a strange album and band. I hear a little yearning to sound odd and rough, but then it's mellow and soft. No clue what the lyrics are about. I want to like this and I do a little bit, but it's not enough to pull me in. 2 stars.
Favorite Tracks: Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite at :17 Summer Babe - Winter Version
Masterpiece—I cannot stress enough how important and influential this album was for the indie, lo-fi movement over the last thirty years. Pavement belongs to the indie altar, and this album is proof of that.
Really good. I don't know how or why I haven't listened to this band before. Reminds me of early days Modest Mouse. I know they site Placement as an influence and yeah you can really hear it. I will try to make up for lost time and catch up.
Here
Hm, of its time I guess. I'm led to believe that it was an influential album but accept that that passed (passes) me by. Started off sounding like a Velvet Underground tribute act but couldn't really hold my interest beyond that. Not for me.
Lou Reed, Velvet ish. Some noisy bits.
Indie classic
And so passes another completely forgot table album, thanks list, I'm sure I'd have be no worse off hearing that for the rest of my life.
Sounds like a garage band…amateur hour.
Hit and misses. My favorite was In The Mouth A Desert.
No thanks. Not my jam.
hmmm. so this came on and straight away i was pretty hooked, this vibe is great and the whole journey of all the songs was catchy and fun. i wanted to be wearing different clothes and on my way to somewhere other than work and about to go do cool stuff after 6pm with my cool friends in the summer, and you know - that’s what makes an album great if i’m honest. makes you feel things ans wanna do things and relate to stuff. however for some reason i was expecting a female lead… would have probably been a 5 if it was.
I have not heard of this album or band before. This wasn’t my typical style of music despite being rock so I was unfortunately let down. I didn’t vibe with any of the songs though I found Here to be a little funny as I listened to the lyrics. I probably won’t listen again.
Far too noisy for me. I can't get past it.
God I’m questioning a bunch of my old ratings again. I liked this album a lot, but I remember not loving their other album when I had it forever ago. But I probably WOULD like that one if I listened to it now. My taste has changed in several directions so now I’m second guessing everything. There are many albums I had on this challenge two years ago that I need to go reevaluate
too rough but not an absolute castastrophe
This is pretty solid in an early 90’s indie rock kind of way. Think Dada meets Uncle Tupelo to try and be the “new Velvet Underground”. I rather like the overall sound, the vocals are alright. Lyrics are meh. The songs are insistent, without being frantic. Some songs, like “Summer Babe” are outstanding. others, like “Conduit for Sale” and “Chelsey’s Little Wrists” are muddled messes. Overall, 3.5/5. I’ll round down to 3, because there’s so much noise.
just ok
Pavement has always been a band I’ve wanted to love more than I actually ever do! Prefer some of the less loud tracks. Can get a bit ‘noisy’ at times. Maybe I’m just an old man these days? 3.4
not for mee
OK album.
Before listening: I've never listened to Pavement, but I've listened to Blur's Pavement inspired songs. So they've got like a lo fi sound right? A bit more indie slash grunge? My curiosity has been piqued. After listening: Pavement, to me, sound like the unholy love child of Weezer and The Smashing Pumpkins. They sound very much of their time, which is early 90s alternative, but I just don't find them interesting at all. BUT, and that's a giant Serena Williams type but, context is everything. It doesn't sound interesting to me now, but this was new and exciting back then, amid all the hair metal and thrash that was going on. And for that, they get a star, giving this album a grand total of 1.
Pavement are just one of those bands that I can appreciate the music, but the vocals just make it almost unlistenable for me. Which stops me ever wanting to come back to these albums, but I do agree it’s an important album in terms of 90’s alternative music, and deserves to be on the list, just not my 90’s alt band of choice.
This record sounds so bad but feels so good. Absolutely glad it's on this list.
LIES and betrayals FRUIT covered nails ELECTRICITY AND LUST!!!!
Can you treat it like an oil well When it's underground, out of sight And if the sight is just a whore sign Can it make enough sense to me Pretend the table is a trust knot We'll put our labels down, faith is down I'll watch the yarn of twine unravel And you'll never get it back It's what I want, it's what I want It's what I want, twine comes down It's what I want, it's what I want Don't you know, I could make you try Make you try, make you try, make you try I've been crowned the King of Id And Id is all we have, so wait To hear my words and they're diamond-sharp I could open it up And it's up and down Good album, lots of stuff in here thats worth listening to. 3/5
This is one of those pillars in my musical DNA--its sound so seeped into everything that's come after it for me. Absolutely 5 stars.
It's alright, quite samey and his vocals can get a bit tiring. Better than most american indie music
Stephen Malkmus' is a love-or-hate kind of songwriter, and while I don't hate other Pavement LPs, his tongue-in-cheek, lackadaisical lyricism really didn't fit the instrumental vibe of those albums. Here, however, something just works - perhaps it's Malkmus' more serious tone, the grittier instrumentals, the darker songwriting. Whatever it is, this edgier version of Pavement stands miles above their previous work. Everything feels raw and exposed like a bleeding wound, the tube screamer guitar serving as a constant mids-heavy beacon in a relatively minimal mix. While I'm slightly biased here (I was put onto this LP by another band's cover of 'In The Mouth A Desert,' my overall fav Pavement track), I wished we had seen more of this side of the band given how hard this album goes.
I bet this would be good in the right environment
O ja, bijna vergeten dat er nog talentloze flutmuziek in de wereld was. Met valse zang, kromme gitaren en blikkerige productie. Dank je 1001-lijst, om me hieraan te helpen herinneren.
In de jaren 90 was een opname vanuit een schuurtje toch niet heel vernieuwend meer? Wat doet deze troep in de lijst? Als het wat lui gezongen is, kan het nog. Dsn is het vooral niet zo interessant. Maar soms moet er ineens wat geschreeuwd worden. Hopen dat we morgen weer iets fatsoenlijks voorgeschoteld krijgen.
De stem van Weezer meets de distortion van Dinosaur Jr meets de wazigheid van Sonic Youth meets de bas van Pixies. Allemaal ingredienten die een aantal van mijn medeluisteraars (de zure broeders) waarschijnlijk niet kunnen waarderen. Ergens begrijp ik ze wel, want er zitten ook genoeg elementen in van de postpunkcrap die we maar al te veel hebben moeten verstouwen in deze lijst. Maar ik kan hier gelukkig wel van genieten. En dan is het juist leuk dat ik nog nooit van dit bandje gehoord had. Een nieuwe ontdekking. Aangenaam kennis te maken! PS: Na dit album ga ik even wat verder zoeken en blijkt dat ik een nummer van hun 2e album wel ken: Cut Your Hair. Volgens mij is dat allemaal iets toegankelijker, maar dat album krijgen we nog blijkbaar, dus dat laat ik voor nu even buiten beschouwing.
Can't get into this lot
not really my vibe
This is a pretty good album. I think i might like Pavement.
Rating: 5.5/10 Decent album overall. Some songs had excellent melodies and guitar riffs while others were much more bland in comparison. The production is very bad but matches the style with a few songs quite well while being a hindrance to quite a few. I will not be coming back to most of this album but the highlights were very strong. Favorite songs: Summer Babe, Trigger Cut, Here. Worst songs: No Life Singed Her, Chesley's Little Wrists.
some good songs, some boring songs, i enjoyed it closer to the end, overall pretty good, 7/10
This is a decent record. However, when someone promotes 1,001 albums you must listen to before you die, there is going to be some filler...a lot of filler. I heard a lot of bands like this. I didn't connect with this one.
Summer babe 2 Trigger cut/ Wounded kite at :17 2 No life singed her 2 In the mouth a desert 3 Conduit for sale! 2 Zürich is stained 3 Chesley’s little wrists 1 Loretta’s scars 2 Here 2 Two states 2 Perfume-V 3 Fame throwa 2 Jackals, False grails: The lonesome era 2 Our singer 2
Like sonic youth but without the edge. I don't hate it but I wouldn't listen again I don't think
Clear influence on Weezer, but certainly more rough around the edges. Great length, great sound, but a little slow to start. Favorites were In the Mouth A Desert, Loretta's Scars, and Here
I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Vocals were not perfect, but that’s kinda the point. Favorite songs were Summer Babe, Trigger Cut, Zurich Is Stained, and Two States.
Kind of intersting. It was a weird time for that kind of music. However this stands up.
Fairly bland, did not capitivate me to do more active listening. Something i imagine to be on loop in a shopping mall.
We've had a few great albums in a row, I can't wait to see what's next. Hopefully no more Massive Attack or Everything but the Girl.
Really good, especially in songs like ‘Summer Babe’ and ‘Here’. I like this type of indie a lot, and it’s done well here, even if some songs aren’t as good.
A cool record that I found way too late. I’m happy that someone showed it to me.
I liked this a lot!!! First album in this process that I didn't know but still saved because I want to listen to again!!
Not for me
As much acclaim as Pavement gets, this left me flat. Nothing bad about it, just nothing that appealed to me or hooked my interest or got me to move along with it.
Too grungy-noisy but a couple less noisy songs weren't bad.
Not my favorite Pavement album, but lots of highlights.
Evidently this is a genesis of the indie rock sound. To me, it sounds like the noise of Sonic Youth brought to the hooks of Bob Mould. It’s wide ranging sounds and snippet like approach certainly inspired quite a few after.
Didn't enjoy it.
Not sure why I never paid these guys the attention I paid to Sonic Youth, the Pixies etc. It's a great album, favourite tracks are Conduit for Sale, and Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era. It was also interesting to hear Here - which I knew previously as a Tindersticks cover.
Whoever produced this should be charged for crimes against humanity. Letting these clowns make music is robbing the world of ditch diggers. Jeez this horrible
Another Pavement album. As expected.
Now I know who Graham Coxon was listening to in the late 90s. Not bad and worth another run around.
Very 90's, I didn't know an entire band could be tone deaf.
Two of my favorite artists back to back. A solid 4. Good stuff.
Never heard of them. Lead singer sings off key; very off-putting.
Ehh
per spotify, this is the defining band of the slacker alt-rock genre of the 90s. very easy listen and enjoyable.
only made it a few songs in but not for me.
What a bunch of slackers!
Debuting Pavement sounded a lot like an electric Violent Femmes, definitely not a bad thing. A solid opening album, and fulfills the early 90s criteria of fitting on one side of a 90 minute cassette with plenty of time to spare.
Meh, might have been good in '92, but does not seem to have aged well🤷♂️
Never heard of pavement but I really had fun listening to this
Yuck
Never heard of these guys nor any of these songs before. It was ok but I probably will never listen to it again.
I can't think of a way this album could be more annoying. Well, unless they made a punk rock version. 1/5
I know Pavement but not as well as I'd like. Don't really know any of this, but I don't need to to love it, it's self-evidently great. Seems most of the songs I know are off Crooked Rain and Corners. Have always planned to do a full dive into both Pavement and Silver Jews, what better place to start than here. What the fuck happens in the middle of Fame Throws lol
Eh. Had never heard of this band before so it was good to be exposed to something new. It's fine but the vocals get pretty annoying after a while. There just isn't really a good song on the album. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)
I’ve never heard this band before but I feel like I’ve heard this album hundreds of times
I used to really like UK indie but it seems like all of the US 90s alt rock I hear is very muddy and messy. It’s almost like they are hiding the fact they can’t write a decent song behind layers and layers of distortion and fuzz…
Didn’t love it
I'm honestly underwhelmed. I had heard of it pavement for decades now and never got around a listing to them and now I understand why
Day43 - i’m a big fan of 90’s alternative but this mumbly slacker garage band isn’t for me
La canción 9 es una balada muy buena.
Pas grand chose d'agréable à l'oreille mais on commence à être habitué avec ce générateur de bouses.
J'avais déjà écouté cet album, mais j'ai du attendre 4 chansons pour le réaliser, la douche froide.
It’s an indie staple with a lot to like about it. Not quite as enjoyable to listen to as I want it to be but there are some fantastic moments, like Here and Fame Throwa. Really on the edge of a 3/4 but I’m in the mood to round up.
I just can’t get it up for these guys. They’ll have to wank themselves. Meh.
Sounded similar to something else I know.
Never listened to Pavement previously and liked the rawness.
4.0
Album 310 of 1001 Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted Rating : 3 / 5 I enjoyed it but couldn't really tell you much about what I listened to. Nothing really stood out. Likely more there than I pulled out from one listen.
Pavement themselves are not my favorite. But they do belong on this list. I would say they are more influential than the Velvet Underground. Alternative has lasted over 30 years at this point.
Interesting album, sounds like a mix of Weezer and Nirvana Top tracks: Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era
Really good stuff! A couple of songs stuck with me but really just a cohesive album that explains why pavement is so important to indie rock.
Very average
Dit is wel mijn muziek, maar toch voel ik deze niet helemaal. De opname is vrij plat. Zeker vergeleken met die Smashing Pumpkins van maandag. Met name de distorted gitaren voelen wat dun aan, terwijl je die juist wil voelen. Ook de zanger wordt op veel tracks een beetje weggemoffeld. Wat ze doen vind ik dus zeker tof (fuzzy gitaren, lekkere drums, alternatieve gekke dingetjes), maar door die platte opname mist het op mij wat impact. Een soort 0.0 variant van Pixies. Ook zitten er wat saaie nummers in die vast een betekenis hebben die ik niet snap, maar die van mij eruit mogen. Bijvoorbeeld 'Two States'. Een eenvoudige thuiswedstrijd vergeleken met gisteren. Zonder moeite kan ik hier een 3 voor geven. Met een andere mix was dit een kandidaat voor een 5 geweest en dat wringt een beetje. Ik kende Stoep nog niet en op zich is het wel een verrijking.
At first I was intrigued by the style, but this isn't for me. It has energy, but I found myself wanting to listen to something different by the end of the album. I had not heard of this band or album before.
I’m sure this is a poorly reviewed album on here. Everything sounds kind of out-of-tune or dissonant, and the singing is kinda dispassionate and lifeless. But I’m sure there are people that will 5 star this. But not me. There are a couple songs that I liked but all in all… 2/5
Pretty cool
Mid. Wasn't too much a fan even though I was trying. - 5/10
Good average song length, still a slog to get through. Nothing sounded great.
Ok I haven’t listened to the entire album but I just finished the Elliott smith album and a song from this was the auto play after and I liked that song a lot so I’m prematurely giving it a review (9/10) before listening to more. ok went back and I think some of it is very overwhelming and too much noise for me but I really like some of it so staying overall positive 8.5/10
It was aight I guess. Pretty tolerable as far as punk metal/rock goes. 6/10
3/10 - I'm trying, I'm trying, I'm trying to enjoy this album. How can I, how can I, how can I possibly do it. It is quite screamy and the vocals are hard to hear sometimes, yet I am ok with that.
Conduit for sale is one of the most annoying songs ive heard, the rest was also not good 3/10
Classic indie rock. Not a big fan of Stephen malkmus’s voice, but I’m still a little biased because of the influence this has had on the genre. 7/10
Well.. I tried. Ok - I read the description on how it is a critical success, but the 150,000 sales says it all. Ive heard worse. Sounds like some later Lou Reed,,,at least vocally.
Ok
Different experience for me but entertaining.
I am trying not to be biased but I love Pavement. I don't know that I think this album is revolutionary or anything, but it is definitely one I am into.
Not my thing, guitar played with a boxing glove on the right hand. Mediocre lyrics forced out in punkish rage.
Not my genre of music but I listened to it.
Easily forgettable
Grungy. Listened multiple times. 4/5
Not a fan of this.
Like a lot of bands that pavement paved the way for, but not feeling this. Individual ingredients are there but just never mixed into something special.
Это, говорят, такой вот индирок, один из отцов основателей. Мне не нравится. Аритмично, крикливо, визгливо. Но поставлю три за песню, которая состояла из повторения слов i'm trying i'm trying. Я, вот, тоже пытаюсь пытаюсь пытаюсь пытаюсь
sounds like it was recorded in a garage, gives it a little shitty charm
Classic! Great Album!
💖 in the mouth a desert 🗣️ 8️⃣
a perfect representation of its time and generation. Great listen!
The lead singer seems to be too tired to do his job. The music sounds like quintessential 90s alt rock. Uninspired, under-produced. Potential is there for the music, but the vocals... Nope.
Surprisingly, really good and very polished. Not my favorite style of music, but was surprised that I liked it
A little harsh sounding but more tolerable than some
Wish I had know about Pavement before now, def my jam for early 90's California alt rock. That said, the album was top heavy for good songs and then everything else. 3.5 stars
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Bah.
This is what I imagine I'd make if I were casually making music with my mates. Super relaxed, lots of passion. Great album
Really didn’t enjoy.
"Slanted and Enchanted" by Pavement, released in 1992, is a groundbreaking indie rock album that encapsulates the raw and untamed energy of the early '90s alternative music scene. Pavement, led by Stephen Malkmus, forged a distinct sound characterized by lo-fi production, unconventional song structures, and Malkmus' off-kilter, cryptic lyrics. Tracks like "Summer Babe" and "Here" showcase the band's knack for balancing melodic hooks with dissonant noise, creating a sonic landscape that feels both chaotic and strangely alluring. The album's lo-fi aesthetic contributes to its charm, giving it an authentic and unpolished feel. "Slanted and Enchanted" is a landmark in indie rock, influencing countless bands with its experimental approach. While its sound may be an acquired taste, the album earns a well-deserved 4/5 for its innovation, impact on the genre, and its enduring status as a cult classic.
I never want to hear tutti frutti again in my life.
I heard so much of the 90s to come in this album - I heard Sublime, I heard Beck, I heard Foo Fighters. I wonder how mainstream popular Pavement could have been if Nirvana hadn’t come along. This album really made me consider what I missed in the golden indie era. Also, the drumming on this disc was sensational. RIP Gary Young.
Meh
Lacks the rousing, energetic chorus that I'm looking for to power my aerobic workouts.
Fairly standard Indie rock from the sounds of it? Maybe I need to listen to this more?
Boring and naff. Norfring. Boffing. Barff. I'd rather 127 hours myself than listen again.
Nah, not for me.
As whooshy as I liked it to be.
Zanimljiv, dopada mi se na prvo slušanje 8/10
There's something so lovable about this slacker indie rock the early 90's bestowed upon us. It's rough around the edges, careless, and sometimes really heart warming, and the guitar tones are magnificent. Somehow they do get some filler songs in an album that isn't even 40 mins, but that's just a biproduct of how short some of these songs are. But as an introduction to the band, I'm quite impressed.
It's a great album, the songs are dirty and grungy and the lyrics are cool. I really enjoyed this one...
Meh. They're alt-pioneers and influenced a movement but this isn't it. Half-cpooked with a few good songs. Lyrica and instrumentation is 90s-passe other than that.
Really good, if all 'indie rock' was like this I'd listen to it much more. Will check out more from this band.
So, not sure how this made the list. Really hard to pay attention to this one.
It was okay
I found this a little too grinding on my nerves for some reason. Not my favorite. But I’d like to give them another try at some point.
Nothing here for me
Yeah it's ok, I don't see what all the fuss is about
3.5
Comencé a escuchar Pavement éste año. En el primer semestre leí un libro sobre producción musical y se los citaba como una de los primeros proyectos indies a nivel mundial. Esto es algo que se nota a la primera escucha. Inevitable escuchar bandas de ése género y no conectarlas a ellos, además de sentir a Pavement influenciados por Sonic Youth, The Stooges, Yo La Tengo, siendo también contemporáneos (entiendo) a Fugazi y Dinosaur Jr. Gran época los '80 y los '90 en sus búsquedas de mayor oscuridad en contraposición al New Wave.
Not outright terrible, but also not something I ever want to listen to again.
I enjoyed this
NÃO.
I felt like I was being punked. I can appreciate this was the start to Indie Rock but nothing was memorable and I just don’t like this album.
This was not for me.
1992. Not too noteworthy grunge/counterculture rock aside from a standout guitar/vocal harmony in "In the Mouth a Desert"
Early 90s fuzz
One of the band must have wrote the wiki review.... inspirational....yes...to never listen to another Pavement album. Garbage !
Grungy
It was a fun listen
Even as a Pavement fan I'm shocked 2 of their records made the list. I prefer Crooked Rain.
Nice
Post-grunge garage. I enjoyed it
I just don’t think I’m a fan of this 90s indie rock stuff. The instrumentals were cool but I’m just not a fan of the singer or the way the vocals are processed. My boy needs auto tune and a new mix engineer.
A pretty good indie rock album, it’s a high three for me. It didn’t really captivate me in any big way, but it’s still good music, I liked it.
I listened to this entire album yesterday and I don't remember a single thing about it.
I never really got into this group. There were a couple of decent songs.
Shit and Excrement by Pavement
It's ok. It's quite murky and rough around the edges, and his vocals are definitely an acquired taste. There's enough variation on display and a few standout tracks, but I wouldn't revisit.
Curb crawler.
crisp packets, chicken bones and dogshit
OK but nothing that really interested me. Way too much distortion.
A all-time classic. Nasty, noisy and brilliant.
some elements of a decent album
Eh. It's okay.
Like the Pixies without the quiet parts and with the dissonance turned up to 10. If you walked into any record store in a college town in the mid 90s you’d likely hear this playing.
Allt í lagi dót, hef ekki pælt mikið í þessu bandi en þetta er í lagi.
Great indie rock music in the vein of 80's bands such as Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. It shambles its way between heartful and melancholy emotion, and real energy, as any good indie album does, that bounce off each other well as songs one after the other. Tracks like "Summer Babe" and "In the Mouth a Desert" in particular are on the very top end of the genre for me. Also definitely one to hear before you die as a hugely important piece of 90's indie rock, though I would argue in terms of influence its probably drawing a lot more from others than it is giving to future bands. Best album i've had so far.
Some decent guitar work saves it from being otherwise unremarkable and unmemorable.
Don't get the love for this. Well, I suppose I do, but I guess it's more love for what it inspired than what it is? Could easily have come out a decade later (and if it had I suspect it would not be anywhere near as popular) It's a bit too raw, the singer's voice is a bit too weak, and there's just not enough interesting going on. 2/5.
Zanimljivo, ali ne ističe se puno osim par pjesama. Kao da sam isti album čuo već nekoliko puta
It comes at you hard and smacks you on the head. It's along the same lines as a lot of albums that have popped up on this list recently: Post-punk, noise rock, alt-rock genre. I enjoy this genre and this was a decent album. I was reminded of Violent Femmes.
The week of okay albums has been rounded off with another one. Its honestly just okay. Is it really one of the best albums of all time? No it is not iconic sounding in any way
Musically, I really liked this. It's lo-fi and sparse, but not so much that it fades into the background. I think my issues, such as they were, came with the vocal delivery on some tracks. While Malkmus can sing well, and does, especially on Here, which is definitely the standout song, he occasionally veers into Mark E Smith territory of just talking quite abrasively, but without the, ahem, Mancunian (MES is from Bury but don't get me started on that one) charm.
Feels like the recording is poor quality - voice not nice to hear, it almost seems like he (they ?) sings false
65/100
Unbearably dull
I feel like this is the Pavement album that gets talked up the most but it's my least favorite. I love how their music barely holds together and when it's at it's best, it's still delivers something as hooky as it is exploratory. This is much more on the exploratory side. But then the best thing Stephen Malkmus ever did was his first solo album. By far the best. That may make me a Pavement heretic, I don't know. But I feel like I could give anybody his first solo album and they'd at least have to say it's a catchy listen. This one, not so much.
Not exactly sure what to make of this - badass, Velvet Underground-meets-the-Stooges rock coexists with some proper dreck. In general, I like it when the tempo and the volume are turned up. 'Trigger Cut' and 'Perfume V' are good examples of tracks that fit the bill. 'Two States' is great, if only because it sounds like the glam rock stomp of the Sweet in their pomp. For all its faults, it's an admirably wonky, alive sounding record, so I'm happy to give this a hearty three stars.
For every song I like there were two I didn't. If it matters, this is the first time I think I've ever listened to an entire Pavement record. There's a lot in the sound of this record that I appreciate. It's about as 90s indie and one can indie. It also made me think of The Dead Milkmen for some reason. When's the last time you listened to that band? Anyway, I liked "In the Mouth of the Desert" and "Here," specifically. One star for each of those songs.
Every raves about this band but this is doing nothing for me
Nice indie laidback sound. liked it
Best listened to, and trust me on this, on sunny afternoons in the summer of 1992, when you're eighteen years old and about to start college, on a dodgy stereo that sometimes chews up tapes, from one side of a C90 your mate copied for you (Spacemen 3 on the other side), with the lo-fidelity set-up making it sound somehow rougher and more ramshackle and more beautiful than it already is. That said, these circumstances may not be available to you, so I should also report that I'm listening on decent headphones now, and it still sounds f***ing fantastic. (This does mean I'm going to have to give Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 6 stars, tho.)
Brighten the Corners is one of my favorite albums and i wore it out on my cd player. this album is not that one, but i love it
My brain hit the "Pavement"
3.2/5 Half the album sucks and half the album is pretty good. Not quite sure if they're trying to be punk or grunge or something entirely different, and that's my issue with this album - it doesn't have a strong identity. It does have some pretty strong bass and drum lines though - I hope those guys get laid a lot, they deserve it. There are a few songs (the popular ones by Spotify listens) which come across as melodramatic and kinda fucking lame. I don't mind lame - Ween and Nirvana are lame and they're fucking great. But they're not whiny about it (even though Kurt was massive whiner).
Ei lähde
I was introduced to Pavement by my sisters when they were \"cool teens\" (in my eyes at least 😆) and I was their baby brother. At the time, I definitely liked Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana a lot more tbh. But around high school, Pavement finally clicked for me. Particularly the album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain actually, but this one too a bit later. I think I actually understand people who hate it though, tbh. Not for everyone. If having a tongue-in-cheek slacker version of Sonic Youth sounds like something you'd be interested in, I'd recommend checking this out. It's like a 4.75 to me, definitely worthy of the slight round-up. Indie rock as we know it exists because of this album in a lot of ways... The ripples of this album are probably less noticable now, but it was rather apparent through the 00s imo. Anyway, take it or leave it or whatever lol
“Sounds like they bang spatulas on things”. Yup. A lot of interesting sounds that I’ve definitely heard in later songs but good god I couldn’t finish this album soon enough.
Didn't give it a full listen. Skipped a lot of tracks as the guys voice annoyed me. Not for me.
It’s got a vibe. Riding around in a shitbox smoking cigarettes as the grip tape of my skateboard rubs my forearm raw since there’s not enough room to throw it in the back. Love it when music does that. But, for better or worse, in this example, it doesn’t sound all that good. Mix is pretty atrocious, song writing is weak, and it’s lacking something substantial. Likely won’t be listening back.
This completely makes sense to include, as it was an influential indie record in the early 90s that went on to significantly shape the sound of other bands/records of the decade.
Meh. Longest 39 minutes.
Singer is terrible, nothing exciting.
"Summer Babe," "Trigger Cut," "Two States," some of the greatest and most moving music of the decade
thought it was quite a good vibe actually! I was busily writing college essays during the listen so I wasn't exactly locked in but i did a lot of work during the listen. fantastic college essay writing album!
I really like Pavement, but I don't get the worship by white Xennial dudes.
Yet another in the wide gamut of unremarkable albums served to me here.
holy shit what a great name for a band, the fuckin Pavement. i like this type of catchy melodie noise rock, its even funny, like the breaking of a vase or something in a museum. conduit for sale and zurich is stained are almost velvet underground songs. the first one is like those talked songs by VU and the second one sounds exactly like Lou Reed.
Good - need to listen to more Pavement
Summer Babe, Zurich is stained, and Here are awesome songs. Love this album
Even after a few listens, I can't decide what I feel about this one. There's a handful of great songs, and I love the slackness and the vibe...but when it's bad, it's really bad. The vocals are so low in the mix as to be inaudible, and when the fuzz guitar kicks in it's just earbleeding, and not in a nice way. And yet, there's a charm. Hoping I get some later Pavement to compare to...
snoozefest.
Unsane
Those “etch or sketch” guys made a damn good Lou reed cover album
Eh I have mixed feelings about Pavement. They have some solid songs but some stuff just bores me. Bonus irrational thoughts: I always thought that they were a less interesting Sonic Youth (yep, irrational) I also always got a feeling of annoying smugness from them that puts me off a bit. (Also irrational but I told you so)
man i wish i liked pavement. and i tried REALLY hard in college.
The "dual solo" in Jackals is horrible. There are is the bass and rhythm guitar doing the same thing along with a keyboard doing some dodgy Pink Floyd "On the Run" lick. Then we have a clean-ish guitar solo and another solo with a fuzzed out guitar that has nothing to do with the song. That was a tough listen. I think part of the problem with Pavement is that we are listening to them years after they influenced bands refined the sound and this was their debut recording. Then again listen to Nirvana's debut and see there is no comparison.
I'm unsure what I was smoking the first time I experienced this, but whatever it was, it gave me the "genius" idea to listen without headphones. Well, not today! Instead, I took the obvious path, and experienced this so the band could be as noisy or intimate as they felt like, all while making every song hit as hard as possible. I still adore In the Mouth a Desert, and think it's one of the best rock songs of the 90s, but now I've also come to appreciate the light chaos surrounding the rest of the album, as it feels like if a Guided By Voices album extended their tracks to full tunes, and it is magnificent. It still has some song-by-song memorability issues, but as an album this is a great project with the right amount of fuzz to scratch the inside of my head, and I just think it is extremely solid. Just a tad too much filler songs for the sake of hitting nearly forty minutes.
Toooodella tylsä, vaikka ysäriräimettä oli. Ne olivat ne ilahduttavat kohdat. Muuten toisesta korvasta sisään, toisesta ulos, kuten moni indie tuppaa tekemään.
Ennen kuin indie pyrki peittämään helpottavan noloutensa "ammattimaiseen" tuotantoon. Vahva 2.
You either like Pavement or you don't. I do and so should you.
Évoque Placebo et les Pixies; emblématique de la musique alternative que me plaît, bien de cette époque
The best Pavement album. They were never the same without Gary Young. Very warm sound and reminiscent of The Fall. Indie rock classic.
got better on the 2nd listen summer babe trigger cut in the mouth a desert conduit for sale zurich is stained two states jackals, false grails