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Very below average 90s indie album. The singer only knows how to whine or how to scream. Instruments didn't do much for me either. Fun enough my favorite song was 5-4=Unity which had 0 appearance from Whiny-McWhineface. Coincidence?
I'm immediately hearing Weezer from the first few songs. Stop Breathin' is an early standout. 5-4=Unity is a different one but welcome. This seems like a mix between some raw stuff and some well put together stuff. Still seems like a less polished Blue album which I appreciate it.
Pleasant enough. 2.5
4/5
Dissident. Basic. Juvenile.
this album sounds like literally a thousand others albums from this era. sounds kind of like grunge, but not really. distorted guitars, a guy who can’t really sing that well, but he seems to be passionate. nothing special here.
Kinda bored, tbh
One of those albums I've enjoyed for years but if you asked me to hum one of the tunes I'd be stumped before singing "stereo" which is on a different album. OK I might get "Cut your hair" classic. I really like it and always have though "Terror Twighlight" is the album I discovered them with. There is something hard to quite lock onto with their songs. It's great to hear an American band being sardonic and casually anarchic and not trying too hard, and like Pixies not chasing a genre to fit in. A good snarky album by a unique band who ended up being influential by accident.
Interesting. Liked it enough, but it can't quite break into 4-star range. Clear 3.5.
I didn’t like this at all. I didn’t like the songs, and really did not like the vocals. No redeemable qualities for me.
It’s def not my fav, but it was fine
Okay album.
Not my jam. Not terrible though
The band famously loved by Pitchfork. Never heard them, lets see. Silence Kid has an AC/DC vibe to it, kinda nice Ok everything after that has been the sort of boring shoe-gazing pretentious nonsense I'd expect from Pitchfork's Favorite Band
Solid 4. Just a very good album. Also it extra nice because yesterday was my and my gf’s anniversary and our fourth date was a Pavement concert :)
I think this might be my favourite album of the ones I’ve been introduced to in this process of listening to all 1001 albums. I don’t think I have heard any Pavement songs in my life before this, but it’s amazing. I really enjoy this style of music. I can hear both Pixies and Arcade Fire in this. So it’s kind of a middle thing between the two bands, which is just perfect.
Went in with zero exepctations and ended up with this funky indie - there was even a moment of jazz for a sec there. It feels right for my return to the grey skies and streets up north. Now, as the last track aptly says, I need to sleep :)
Favorite Track: 5-4=Unity
Honestly just not a great record. The vocals get on my nerves and the hooks aren’t very interesting. There are some neat aspects, but nothing noteworthy.
Jesus christ this is one of if not the worst albums Ive heard and if it’s not the worst it competes with their other albums. Not one second of this album was in any way successful in my mind. No need to ever hear this gnarly yucky voice or music again.
This band sucks your grandmother's ass. Utter bullshit and insulting. I lived through this band's "heyday" and so I "get" what they're doing and stop letting yourself be fooled - this is all one giant middle finger to you and everyone attempting to create and enjoy music. A blueprint for the worst of 20yr olds' GenX sarcasm that attempted to come across as cool and flippant, which somehow amazingly even comes across in the music itself....fk. For that feat alone maybe I should give them points. 0/10 0 stars
If MAGA was referring to the period when Pavement strode the Earth it might be something I could get behind. Sadly that's not the case. America is fucked. But at the very least they gave us Pavement for a bit. Good album. Stand out tracks: - Cut your hair - Range life - 5-4=unity
I know Harness Your Hopes from these guys, but that’s it. Good album. Liked the whiny delivery, but the lyrics were hit or miss at times. Standouts: Elevate Me Later, Stop Breathin, Gold Soundz, Range Life, and Fillmore Jive.
A great album which grows on you with each listen. I didn't pay much attention to it back in the day - but it is very popular with my kids' circles (ie around 20 y.o.).
It put my crying infant to sleep with no fuss, for that it gets 5 star
Always reliable. Just some of the best to ever do it.
i liked it ngl
Makes me think of the kind of music the Velvet Underground would have made if they had originated in the 90s and didn’t have Lou Reed or John Cale in the lineup: good, but missing a little something that stops it from being great.
Who are these pretentious punks? Their good songs are rip-offs of great artists, like Buddy Holly and Dave Brubeck; and they openly dis Smashing Pumpkins for no reason. Pavement was meant to be walked all over with no second thought or listen.
Peak 90's alternative Meh.
We can talk about great 90s bands all day, and I'm not here to dispute that Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, etc. were all great bands, but THIS band, Pavement, saved rock and roll. More importantly, they made it acceptable for thousands of bands to feel safe in making the music they wanted to make, without feeling like it needed to be professionally produced or polished. Pavement made it okay to just DO IT, which in turn, kept the genre not only alive, but moving forward. Plus the music itself is fucking great.
Not many bands can claim to be both one of the best bands ever and one of the coolest bands ever; Pavement can.
Nothing I would listen to again. Best Song: Unfair
Fine. i don't know what all the fuss is about
Doesn't feel like anything special. I guess I somehow missed these guys back in the 90s
Not sure I would ever like it
3.5 I fuxed with it
This was a really solid take on alternative rock. Even though it might not be the best in its genre, I still had a good time with it and it's very listenable and has a nice range of sounds.
Unenjoyable trip back to 90s sound.
Pavement are exactly the kind of band you'd think I'd like, but for some reason they never really clicked for me before. Until now, that is; this was really great, and I now get Pavement. Not sure why it took until now.
I really enjoyed it.
I'm glad my mindset is always that I haven't listened to enough Pavement.
Noisy and boring for me, but better than I expected given previous experiences with Pavement.
Weak rudimentary rock
Boring music from a boring band.
Why do so many stoner-rock bands have bad singers. He sounds like the karaoke act who gets lots of encouraging applause because he keeps trying to hit moderate notes and misses badly. This is really bad.
This was fantastic. A really great indie, punk, experimental band to cleanse the palette. Really enjoyed
Pretty great guitar rock with a damaged world view and detox cell vocals.
That was fun! Pavement was such a refreshing and unique voice when I was growing up and finding myself, and deciding what I liked in terms of music. I first heard this a few years after it came out. it did not exactly sell millions in the small provincial French town I grew up in: I think the number of people I knew who listened stands at exactly two. This brings me back to that time where if you found someone who liked to the same music they would almost become family. There is some complexity to the songs, although they are played in a very primitive way. They are also better musicians than they are sometimes given credit for. Stephen Malkmus as a songwriter really captures something of his generation's atmosphere: the limited possibilities, the boredom, the constrained dreams and aspirations, the melancholy, the weirdness of the mainstream, and its pull, too... The 90s, in a nutshell.
So here we have Pavement. Music critics and aging Hipsters will tell you this is the pinnacle of alternative music in the 1990s. They are wrong. this is a solid album, an 8 out of 10, but they should’ve just tried a little bit harder. Nice Stone Temple Pilots and Smashing Pumpkins diss, though.
First listen Saved 2/12 Top track: Cut Your Hair
I went on a run in the 90° heat. I ran mostly on sidewalks, but now I’m hooked on Pavement. This album started all reminding me of dinosaur Junior, and then sounded like Guster in the end, I just really enjoyed it. I’m pretty sure it carried my old butt the whole way.
Pavement sucks
ja, ganz nett; kann man mal zwischendurch hören
Better than the other pavement album!
NO BIG HAIR!
🤷🏻
A special new band
Great band Pavement, probably my fav album by them 'strong 8/10'
Wooow... It's so auuuthhheeeenntic. It sounds like all the other artsy suburban boys that are just in it for the art man... Sure, they are the pioneers of this sound but it doesn't make it less boring now. The artistry is there. This is objectively a very impressive album and probably deserves more than a 3 but I just hate when good bands intentionally mix themselves into washed out oblivion. I'm certain if I was a teen in 1994 this would have been my spirit album the same way that Hail to the Thief felt inspiring to me when I found it at 14. But I'm not a teen anymore and there is just better music out there. Hoping their other albums might be better because I want to be cool enough to like Pavement.
Fun album. Some total misses
Can’t sing. Can’t play. Can’t write. Can’t produce. They weren’t signed to a major label for a reason (or several).
it sounds basic
PAVEMENT / CROOKED RAIN CROOKD RAIN Rock alternativo de altura con un aire a country-rock crudo y sin aliño envuelto en continuas extensas idas y venidas sonoras. En este sentido destaca "Range Life". Pero "Cut Your Hair" es el gran tema de este disco, una canción plena de ironía contra la superficialidad de la industria musical y con un gran gancho pop. También destacaría "Gold Soundz" y la desbocada y ruidosa "Unfair. Así como el arranque del álbum, "Silence Kid", que comienza dese el caos sonoro hasta llevarns a una exuberante canción pop californiana.
Super good. Somewhere between 3 and 4.
Pretty into this! It comes across at first as super slapped together or low effort but on the second listen you start to hear the details and little melodies throughout the songs. Just a really fun listen. 7/10
Great!!!
Another album I cannot rate with any degree of objectivity, as it was a very frequent listen for very many years. I love how it works as an album.
this is one of those albums that i know a lot of my friends consider precious and i get why they do, but it's still pretty bad
I like a good 90s indie rock album. This delivered, although I didn't think it was the most innovative album ever. Still, it was enjoyable.
2.5. It's fine. It's not as good as every dude in a tshirt over a longsleeve insisted it was.
p725. 1994. 1 star. Desperately average garage band with no tunes and a vocalist that can't sing. Most of this is just noise. WTF is on the list?
De la musique alternative quasi intemporelle, accrocheuse sans être racoleuse, s'écoute toujours aussi bien 30 ans plus tard. J'imagine que ce groupe a eu une bonne influence sur la musique qui a suivi
Irritating. I won’t go back to it.
Pretty good
The best Pavement album? Probably. What a run of absolutely brilliant tracks.
Truly a masterpiece. Blew away the cobwebs of a Thursday morning. Amazing.
- is this what emo was in the 90s - no surprise I really liked the vibes on this album, a good blend of whiney and rocky - 4.5
- woah this is cool - definitely indie rock but you can tell it’s still the grunge generation - if this came out today it would be considered emo
It has elements of the early '90s Grunge/Alt Rock boom, but some songs have an indie rock style that wouldn't be found again until the late '90s/early '00s. Album opener Silence Kid and the mid-album run of Cut Your Hair/Newark Wilder/Unfair/Gold Soundz (tracks 4-7) are the highlights of this album. Issues with vocal performance and lyricism will prevent the rest of the album from being a repeat listen for me (and Unfair has some vocal performance issues as well). Decently innovative work on this album here, 3 stars.
Great new find for me! I knew the song Cut Your Hair but somehow didn’t realize it was Pavement. They manage somehow to sound industrial and melodic at the same time. It’s a good sign when I immediately listen to the entire album on repeat.
Enjoyed this one a fair amount, though it was not necessarily my favorite. My preferred track on this listen: "Cut Your Hair" (which reminds me, I need to cut my hair).
could be a 5 in future probably needs more listens sorry buddy
Decent. Some excellent songs and some abrasive ones.
Maybe their best album -- certainly "Newark Wilder" is among their top three songs.
That is was ok. Looking at reviews I feel like I missed something so I'll give it another shot probably. WIll I listen to again: 50%
It was okay.
3, nothing special
By no means Pavement's better record, but Crooked Rain Crooked Rain is a sound that was so non-existent in this time period that it's refreshing. 3.5/5
This album would have been my life if I'd heard it when I was 16.
hit the plane down aka. the adults are talking - the strokes other than that, amazing old school indie sound. I added cut your hair to the rock playlist and it has potential to grow on me heavily. every other song was ..... hold on im listening to filmore jive right now and it just bumped my rating to a strong 4. lllllllllllll CONSIDER REVISITING lllllllllllllllllll
Another nineties masterpiece. Lively, messy, sarcastic, heartfelt, filled with lots of endearing details and downright elegiac *all* at the same time. Very American, conveying a feeling of wild open spaces only matched in older classic rock, but also winking at a lot of more recent influences from both sides of the pond. This records also abounds with lots of instantly memorable songs. "Silence Kid" is a lovable opener. "Elevate Me Later" has a killer, multilayered guitar riff. "Stop Breathing" is a lovely ballad under the guise of a topsy-turvy pile of disjointed elements -- rarely have awfully detuned strings on guitars sounded so frigging *right*, as can be heard in the suspenseful instrumental outro of this song. "Cut Your Hair" is the ultimate slacker anthem, hilariously making fun of indieheads while slyly paying tribute to them (and its "ouh-ouh-ouh-ouh" hook is infectious). "Gold Soundz"'s harmonies are the stuff indie-rock dreams are made of, thus creating a great "meta" song. "5/4=Unity" is a nice little tribute to Dave Brubeck, adding even more varied textures to the whole shebang. And "Range Life" is a folk-rock / country-rock masterpiece about life on the road when you're in a band, also poking fun at Stone Temple Pilots and the Smashing Pumpkins--who said only rappers could write diss tracks? Crucially, it takes someone with the genius of Stephen Malkmus to do it. As it takes someone like him to cover so many grounds and lyrical modes in the space of one album--not to mention one song. Finally, there's the epic closer "Fillmore Jive", conveying homesickness, nostalgia and fatigue in a manner that makes the whole thing sound like the ultimate transcendent experience. At heart, and behind the apparent slacker pose, Pavement were cunning and conniving romantics, if that turn of phrase makes sense (feel like Malkmus would approve its poetic / nonsensical / surreal flavor, at least). And the noisy, heartrending, abrasive, delicate, fragile and orgasmic climax of this wonderful cut proves it. Number of albums left to review: 197 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 347 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 202 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 255
Nothing wrong with pavement, although also nothing special. Much like actual pavement
I'm a fan of this one, always have been. Almost a four.
meh
Me encantó.
1. kid - 0 2. elevate me - 0 3. breathing - 1 4. cut your hair - 1 5. uuilder - 0 6. unfair - 0 7. gold - 0 8. unity - 1.5 9. range life - 1.5 10. truck - 1 11. plane - 0 12. jive - 1
The sound of suburban slackerdom, innit, with perhaps slightly too many Dinosaur Jr-esque vibes to be considered wholly original. The link to / influence of The Fall should also not be overlooked. “Elevate Me Later” is classic, a personal Pavement fave. And “Cut Your Hair” is their best song, bar none. “Range Life” is very good, too. Some songs seem midpoints between dark/menacing and pure ennui (“Stop Breathin,” “Newark Wilder,” “Hit the Plane Down”). The questions remain of course: Do they care or are they too cool to care? Is it all irony or is there any sincerity? There’s no question about their jadedness. And it’s certainly cool, though one’s always resisted liking the bands one felt one was supposed or expected to like. Plus there’s the sense of their being a bit too impressed with their own cheekiness/cleverness – hence the aloofness and being above it all. The closer, “Fillmore Jive” is perfectly fitting, with its lazy, discordant sort of grandeur; in other words, it’s completely on brand. Seems a harbinger of their late tiredness, which was always going to happen, an inevitability, really. Their latest live shows did little to lessen that impression or resolve any of these sincerity-or-all-irony-all-the-time questions though it did confirm that the mascot dude is more worthless-annoying than ever.
Decent enough album. Not one I would have sought out, but still one I did enjoy enough.
Monotonous tuneless but not excruciating!
I really liked this album. I know few Pavement songs and have listened to them on shuffle, but this album was a really cool listen, will definitely return to it. Loved that it had the early 90s vibes but also some experimental vibes too.
Fillmore Jive, the album closer, just came on, and I'm grinning like I just found out I had a surprise party coming. This whole album, most of Pavement even, didn't come across my player when I was younger and they were working. Damn shame. I would have been such a fan. I'm listening to it now, though. And I'm now a fan.
Samey same
Pretty good. I like the singles especially, and it has a good vibe while being more accessible than its predecessor.
Love this album. Something so effortlessly cool about it.
Nope.
a bit meh for me
it's fine. Nothing good to note, nothing bad to note.
Never listened to a Pavement album before and this one has "Range Life," which of course caused a beef that neither Billy Corgan or Stephen Malkmus would contend was an actual beef. I guess they didn't hear that is how you are supposed to sell records, but of course, that song is about the entire intent of music is not to sell records. I really enjoyed this album and it feels like I had heard these songs before, as they were all familiar to me in some way. That's not a criticism, just an acknowledgement this fits in well with my current (and past musical tastes). It's R.E.M. for slackers and I enjoy it.
This album had the style of garage punk and lo-fi genres without being excellent at either or combined. While it was not terrible, the vocals sometimes had a lazy quality and the instrumentals seemed average.
Not 100% certain what to think of this album (or this band). They sound good for the most part, lyrics are good, production is good as well. There's just something missing for me.
Classic American alternative album I hadn’t heard before…. Nice melodies from my generation across the pond… Elevate me Later, Gold Sounds, Fillmore Jive all stood out for me
Like Nirvana, I'm sure these guys made some songs that really grab me or an overall sound I like, but it's not on this album.
This stuff was ok. Nothing too memorable.
I never really got into Pavement, but this album was decent. Not something I would choose to listen to frequently.
Pavement is good. It sorta passes me by, but I enjoy it nonetheless. I don't really see what would have me revisiting this, but I have no qualms giving it a mid-3. 3.49/5
Yeah, Pavement rule B
Cool album
This album is tough because I really want to like it, and at times I really do. However, I loved Pavement's first album so much, and this one just doesn't hit me the same, and it never has. It has some awesome Pavement songs, though, and that's worth something 4/5
90’er alt rock, indie, melankolsk
Not generally a big fan of pavement but this album kicks ass. Melodic, catchy, a hard round the edges - had a good time with it.
I knew from the second I read the review that I would not enjoy an American Indie Band. I was not mistaken. One or two tracks were tolerable, but overall another bloody racket.
This was ok, I think 3 stars
I wasn’t familiar with this but enjoyed it quite a bit. Favorite tracks included Cut Your Hair, Gold Soundz, and Range Life.
Thought I would hate this, but didn’t. Some catchy tunes, decent lyrics. Don’t need to hear again, though.
Pre listen: In college, I think my Pavement album of choice was Brighten the Corners. For the last few years, it’s been Slanted and Enchanted. This one, despite having perhaps my two favorite Pavement songs (cut your hair and gold soundz—Pitchfork’s best song of the 90s) has never been tops in the rotation. So, I am generally unfamiliar and look forward to it.
3st
Fine. It doesn't stand out from any of the others during the 90's.
3.5 probs
Ok, how does this band have two records on this list. I just can’t get it.
The singles are good and the rest is so boring
This one I really enjoyed, absolutely banging 90s alt that I love
Pleasant to my ears, pleasant to my mood, pleasant to my style. 3/5
Just decent. There's not a lot of energy in the performances, but pretty chill. Fav track: Heaven Is a Truck
Y'know, I've seen some talk this is the best album of the 90's, from the best band on the 90's. Like, that's a damn claim coming from the same decade that gave us Nirvana's NEVERMIND, Oasis's WHAT'S THE STORY (MORNING GLORY?), Radiohead's OK COMPUTER, Weird Al's BAD HAIR DAY and so many more. What makes this road material so great? And I didn't go into this album with the predisposed derision that question would imply, but it was still on my mind. What **did** make so many critics claim this thing's greatness? I can't claim a defnitive answer. Frankly, no one can, but that's besides the point. All I can speak on is the moment I got the closest glimpse to what they were talking about—without reading what they actually said, anyway. I was listening to "Range Life" for the third time 'cuz I kept missing the verse where the band disses The Smashing Pumpkins, and during an instrumentral break, I closed my eyes and asked myself: "What decade does this come from?" Does this **actually** sound like a 90's album? Or is it more 70's? 60's? 2000's? I couldn't exactly pin down what decade it sounded like. Stark constrast to a lot of the other albums I've heard so far, even the ones I love more, with all my soul. INNERVISIONS and ABBEY ROAD are masterpieces of their time, but in a lot of spots they kinda sound like their time. Not in a bad way, of course; but there's just moments where I can point to and be like "That's the 60's/70's." Meanwhile, y'look at "Range Life", and the mentions of The Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots aside, I'd be hard pressed. I didn't relisten to any of the rest of the album after that, so I can't say how much the rest of it holds up to that, but at least from what I remember about side two (that's the one I listened to twice)... "Fillmore Jive" especially, I tell you. Wuuf. So, do I agree with the critics? No, I don't think so. But can I at least understand where they're coming from? Eh, enough, I'd say.
I really don't have much of anything to say except that this is an excellent bit of 90's Alternative.
Not my style.
Once again, not my preferred style. Sounded off-key and grating but I think that's the point.
Favourite song - Gold soundz
All the songs were a little samsies. If you’ve heard one, you’ve pretty much heard them all. It doesn’t get offensive until the second to last song, which I got unreasonably annoyed with and actually started to give me a headache. They’re unique for sure. I wish there was something of substance here, though. They ultimately feel like a band that wanted to be a band so they formed a band and only started making music because that’s what a band does. I do love “Cut Your Hair” though. Banger. The rest of it I can take or leave. 3/5
I was excited to listen through this again. Really good all around and I’ll come back sooner rather than later this time (3.5/5)
nice rock album
I really enjoyed this album. Alt Rock that was just fun to listen to. Right amount of anger and build up but not too much. Most songs had awesome bridges that really enhanced the song. Some felt so different the rest is the song but also so right.
I like Pavement, yes I do. I have a few of their albums in my collection but this is the first time I've heard this one. It's pretty good. I like this band. I don't care what the ghost of Buddy Holly says.
I’ve never really listened to Pavement, and this was better than I thought it would be. Some funky tunes on here.
This shoulda been a 90s hit like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, et al. So sorry I didn’t know them when they were more relevant. But enjoyable anyway.
I just didn’t like this one. I couldn’t get into any of the songs, and the lead singer’s voice was grating for me throughout. 🤷🏽🤷🏽🤷🏽
Ég skil hvað þau eru að gera og ég hlusta oft á svipuð bönd en ég skil ekki hvernig þetta stendur eitthvað sérstaklega upp úr. Mér fannst þetta eiginlega bara vera meðalmennskuhandboltarokk. Kannski var þetta upphafið að því og allt sem á eftir kom eru eftirhermur en þá hlusta ég bara á þær í staðinn.
Very much the sound I identify with the 90s. Love the ending of the album.
Genius level stuff, lyrically and musically. Genre defining.
another indie album i tried to get into but i couldn't get into that much. super-duper sleazy. i feel like i've used that word a few times in the reviews i've done but i don't know any other word to describe it. it's a very... tired sounding album. it's another day where i appreciate the vibe but it just doesn't click. oh well.
Pavement have perfected the combination of having a singer that can’t really sing and a band that play slightly out of tune. They’ve turned that combo into album of songs you almost want to skip but you don’t. This album flows nicely together. There aren’t any top 10 songs but that’s not Pavements style. At least that’s what I’ve gotten from listen to 1 album plus 2 other songs. I have frequently thought to myself that I need to listen to more from this band. Again I have that thought after hearing Unfair. Choice cut: Unfair
It's hard to compare this to other bands because Pavement truly came to define the American Indie genre. It's eccentrically captivating as the band sprinkles dissonance throughout harmonic sections. Went on to influence so many, and many levels beyond their direct line.
Skil ekki alveg hæpið sem sumir jafnaldrar mínir hafa fyrir þessu bandi. Mér finnst þetta allt einhvern veginn hálf klárað.
Better than the previous Pavement. First half is the best and pretty good overall. Cut Your Hair and Unfair are my favorites.
Better than their other album but still not great. 2.5
These guys love a discordant note lol. Pretty good, quite gritty but the singers overly American pronunciation is somewhat grating.
No és el tipo de música que me gusta.
Cansativo
eh, very moody, but cool to hear just a band and a girl and some lyrics
distortion obligatoire; a certain lugubrious distance from involvement with reality
Some groovy indie rock, 4 stars.
4,5. ekki besta platan þeirra en mjög góð og sú fyrsta sem ég keypti/hlustaði á. öll þessi einkunnagjöf er einkennileg.
Meh
Good stuff
A country ballad about teens, a jazz instrumental, and name-dropping Santa Rosa.
A laid-back and lazy alternative rock album that feels melancholic and bittersweet in some parts, and downright low-effort in others. Pavement fluctuates between the dear intimacy of a sleepy, whispered confession and bored dudes making noise for the sake of it. Guitar work is pretty good, with arpeggiated overdriven lead lines and eighth-note builds, but can be sloppy and garage jammy. Rhythm work is solid. Pretty great music for a boring, low-effort summer afternoon. Stand out tracks include "Silence Kid", "Stop Breathin", "Range Life," and "Fillmore Jive".
Nice album very easy listening but didnt find any real highlights just some good musicians just playing nice songs. Lacked that wow element for me as it was all sounding alike and no zenith on this one. Liked it but didnt wow me.
Pavement. Ik denk al snel aan het luie, maar wel inhoudelijk interessantere broertje van Weezer. Het mist voor mij net te vaak de catchy riffs en hooks om het echt hoog te raten. Toch kan ik wel genieten van een aantal nummers. Waaronder Stop Breathin, lekker mellow. Gold Soundz is voor mij het ultieme hoogtepunt. Ik ben misschien gewoon een sucker voor de catchy melodie en jangly gitaartjes. Ook de instrumentale jam '5-4=Unity' is een leuke twist in dit album. De jazzinvloeden zijn goed te horen bij dit nummer. Je hoort een wat modernere, indie-achtige versie van Take Five. Bij Heaven is a Truck heb je mij even verloren. De boodschap zal vast grappig of quirky gevonden worden, maar ik zie er de lol niet echt van in. Gezapig nummer. Hit the Plane Down klinkt alsof de gehele band net een flinke dosis heroine binnengeharkt heeft. Misschien dat ik dit onder invloed beter kan waarderen. Highlights: Cut Your Hair, Gold Soundz, Stop Breathin. Rating: 6/10. Doe mij maar Weezer.
Na Funkadelic vinden we aan het andere uiterste einde van het weirdness spectrum de band Pavement. Nouja, ze waren eigenlijk zo extreem normaal dat ze de buitenbeentjes van de 90s rockwereld werden. In een decennium dat alternatieve rock de mainstream ging domineren, lieten bands als Nirvana, Pixies en Nine Inch Nails een vacuüm achter dat opgevuld diende te worden. Pavement deed dat met verve, en werd het vlaggenschip van de alternatieve tegenbeweging op alternatieve rock, if you follow me. Hun DIY ethics, rommelige lo-fi sounds en slackerige houding was wellicht net zo sturend voor de indie-boom van de zeroes als de prestaties van de zojuist genoemde bands. De down to earth frontman Stephen Malkmus connecte eigenlijk beter met de normale jeugd (vooral de witte suburbanites) dan dat de larger than life bands die MTV domineerden dat deden. De ''beste slechtste zanger'' van de 90s liet daarnaast zien dat een ieder met stembanden en een beetje humor de lead van een band kon worden, al doe ik zijn pen game daar te kort mee. Ik was zeer verheugd toen dit album op ons bordje kwam te liggen, als groots fan van Pavement. Om ze live te zien optreden was een mooie ervaring, maar eigenlijk moet je een album als deze luisteren op een kapotte, haperende Walkman. De intenties van Pavement om niet te conformeren aan radiovriendelijke richtlijnen zijn direct hoorbaar in de eerste chaotische worstelingen met hun instrumenten. Je kunt mij niet vertellen dat dit album niet in één stonede sessie is opgenomen in een benauwde garage in een Californische suburb, het druipt er vanaf. Maar 'Silence Kid' laat ook onmiddellijk de magie van deze groep ordinaire jongens zien, wanneer uit de ruïne van dissonantie opeens een aanstekelijke riff oprijst. En dan direct weer de wanklanken van Stephen eroverheen. Het is het thema wat dit album zo belachelijk interessant maakt, de spanningen tussen chaos en orde. 'Elevate Me Later' is 90s nostalgie verpakt in een song van 3 minuten. Het nummer bevat een overheerlijke The Fall-achtige gitaartoon, maar in plaats van de doom & gloom van de UK, wordt de teenage angst & melancholie van suburban USA bezongen. Met 'Cut Your Hair' komt Pavement het dichtst in de buurt van de publieke faam die verscheidene Amerikaanse tijdgenoten oogstten. En dat is geen verrassing. Het is by far het meest catchy nummer uit hun catalogus, maar blijft toch dichtbij de cynische ondertoon die de band zo kenmerkt. 'Unfair' is een persoonlijk favorietje, een vleugje Sonic Youthy noise rock die echt perfect het album doormidden breekt. Daarna gaan we van de ruige Golf van Californië naar de sea of tranquility genaamd 'Gold Soundz'. Zonder twijfel één van de meest elegante melodieën die alt rock te bieden heeft, gecombineerd met het ronduit briljante ritme van de vocalen, die in de verste verte geen moeite doen om op de maat te blijven. Daar heb je hem weer; de tensie tussen orde en chaos. Later op de plaat neemt de magie ietsjes af, en lijkt de voorraad creatieve energie in die garage in Stockton te slinken. De country rock van 'Range Life' zorgt voor een welkome genre switch. De song staat symbool voor de haakse positie van de band in het alternative rock universum: Nul intenties om mee te gaan met het luide grunge ethos, en ondertussen de gek aan steken met collega's die dat wel deden. Ik doe kantje twee overigens wel erg tekort als ik niet benoem dat 'Fillmore Jive' een sublieme afsluiter is, die de band weer langzaam ziet desintegreren in de jeugdige ordeloosheid waarmee het ook opende. Die tegenstrijdigheden maken dit album zo fascinerend, en bovenal een plezier om naar te luisteren. Tal van iconische momenten die exemplarisch zijn aan het feit dat de legacy van de West Coast alternatieve muziek scene in de jaren 90 zoveel verder gaat dan Nirvana en Red Hot Chili Peppers. 9/10 Highlights: Elevate Me Later Unfair Gold Soundz Fillmore Jive
Pavement is dé belichaming van Indie Rock. Afzetten tegen de grote platenlabels en het commercieel aantrekkelijk moeten zijn van de muziek. De slacker-vibe (trage riffs, potjes, pannetjes en een verveeld klinkende zanger) van Stephen Malkmus is meteen helemaal aan in Silence Kid, wat een heerlijke opener is van de plaat. De song komt langzaam op gang maar zet het Pavement geluid perfect neer. Het album bereikt met Crooked Rain bereikt vervolgens meerdere hoogtepunten bij Pavement-pareltjes Cut Your Hair, Gold Soundz en Range Life. Tussendoor zijn songs als Stop Breathin en Newark Wilder minder 'raak' dan deze indie-classics maar passen wel heerlijk in het valse repertoire van Pavement. De gitaartune in de tweede helft van Stop Breathin is echt fenomenaal en zou nog minuten kunnen doorzinderen als Cut You Hair niet plots zou instarten. Met 5-4=Unity en Hit the Plane Down heeft het album twee nummers die uit de valse toon vallen. Dan ineens besef je je dat er ondanks het gerommel toch een lijn in het album zit. Juist daardoor zijn deze nummers zo waardevol. Ze duwen je even van het (toch al niet zo rechte) pad, om daarna weer door te kunne viben. En waarop beter dan Fillmore Jive, een unieke Pavement-track die perfect is als albumafsluiter. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain zit zo onwijs goed in elkaar. Het suggereert een rommelig album met wat in elkaar geflansde tracks, met is het tegengestelde van dat. De opener en afsluiter passen fenomenaal (en daar hecht ik waarde aan) en de volgorde van de nummers is perfect. Geen twijfel over de score. 9/10 Highlights: Silence Kid Stop Breathin Cut You Hair Range Life Fillmore Jive
The lead singer had a terrible voice but music was ok
This album was just ok, but I appreciated the listen.
I was going to go on another useless diatribe about my problem with Critically Acclaimed® albums, but instead I will leave the following one word review of Crooked Rain Crooked Rain: Whatever.
Pleasant listen. Nothing exciting, but nothing bad.
Dit is Indie muziek zoals ik altijd dacht dat het was. Saaiig, wel muzikaal en prettig, maar je vergeet binnen 5 minuten wat je gehoord hebt.
Not my style of music
Ok
Ive never heard this before but I'm into it
Wow - wasn't sure what to expect from this one, but that was pretty lame... I read that Pavement and their "low-fi sound" was pushing back on Grunge... I guess "low-fi" is code for lazy, sloppy, skater drool, with uninspiring lyrics... Pretty sure that my college band in the early 80's had a better sound than this band... There were some great bands in the 90's for sure, but this isn't one of them... Only decent song IMO was "5-4+Unity" - but that's probably because it reminded me of some other song, and "Hit The Plane Down" is definitely among the worst songs that I've ever heard... Not sure what qualifies this as being in the 1,001 Albums list, but lazy, whiney, slop is not my idea of brilliance...
The album that is being played in hundreds of college town record shops at this very moment, and deservedly so. Dissonant and irreverent like The Fall, but not so sparse. Loads of overdriven melody and fuzzy textures. This is what the 90s sounds like in my memories.
I don’t know that I’ll ever seek out listening to that again, but I oddly enjoyed it.
Okay I hope around to it and it's good
One or two of these caught my attention but mostly not my style.
I listened to this twice yesterday and can’t remember a single thing about it. This sums ‘Crooked Rain Crooked Rain’ up I suppose; bland and forgettable Indie Rock.
Pretty good
I hadn't really listened to much Pavement, though I knew "Cut Your Hair" off this album. I know this band is super revered, but it was just okay for me, at least on first listen. They're like a rougher Weezer—not bad, but not totally my style. They also sound a bit like Pixies, who I like more, so maybe the album will grow on me over time. Some of the tracks were cool—"Cut Your Hair," "Unfair," and "Range Life" were highlights for me—but a lot of the lyrics are really esoteric and the music can get same-samey after a while. Other things I noticed were that the opening track seems to rip off the melody from Buddy Holly’s “Everyday” (fitting since they remind me of Weezer and their song "Buddy Holly" also came out in 1994). There’s also a part in “5-4=Unity” that’s obviously take from “She’s So Heavy” by the Beatles. I just thought that was interesting since a lot of the songs are about the death of rock n roll. 3/5 for me right now, but I'll probably give it a few more listens and see if it grows on me.
I’d never heard of this band before. I thought they set up a variety of interesting grooves, demonstrating varied musical influences. Unfortunately, their lead singer was awful. Initially, I thought he was trying to emulate Lou Reed (not a high aspiration), but eventually I decided he simply was tone deaf. I don’t need to ever hear this album again.
A bit too casual even for indie rock.
sooooo good omg i love incel male manipulator music 5/5
Definitely found it's feet half way through. Reminded me of the soft grunge bands in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
First time hearing this album, enjoyed it
I really liked this, gruff, raw, laid-back 90s indie rock
Garage band album. No me gustó, utilizan la desafinación como un recurso (lo había escuchado con John Lennon y no me pareció mal) y suena pésimo.
Des chansons un peu plus écoutables que d'autre dans un contexte hors-album, mais globalement une bonne ambiance. 3,5/5
vissa låtar är goa och är förtjänta av ett högre betyg men jag upplever det som lite för spretigt. skulle kanske kunna få en fyra vid noggrannare omlyssning
Didn’t really enjoy this album, it’s not the kind of music I would listen to now or back in the nineties when it was first released.
Not my favorite Pavement record, but better than I remember. It’s good, but not their peak imo. It’s a little all over the place, which might be part of the appeal for some but for me a couple of their later records pull it off better.
Not a massive fan of this lo-fi indie, find it dull and switched this album off after a few songs
So careless and sarcastic. Like a big inside joke that you wanna be in on. Buncha characters. Super fun listening
Great album, love this sound of the 90s. Makes me wanna snowboard. 'Unfair' was probably my favourite track. Really enjoyed the random jam on 5-4=Unity. 7/10
A perfect example of post-grunge indie/alternative rock.
Bastante guay, hay temazos, es música que me pondría, pero tampoco me ha flipado.
almost interesting
Strong start, mid middle, decent finish - track 3 brilliant
I wish I could get into this one, but I couldn’t. To me it seemed like the music was louder than the vocals, which made it hard to understand what was being said at times. I felt like the vocals were flat too. This one def not for me.
I enjoyed this, lots of great instrumentals! Personally I liked the first half of this album better nevertheless still a good listen, I’ll give it 3 stars but it might go up in the future for me with some more listens but I had a good time with this
COWBELL!!! This album was pretty damn good! Glad I got to hear it before I died. I enjoyed the first Some songs I added a couple to my favs: Silence Kid & Cut Your hair Unfair has such a 'Blur' vibe to it.
Slacker rock babyyy
Perfect album in general. I love Stephen Malkmus’ voice, and it fits the instrumental so well. 5/5 Favs?: “Elevate Me Later”, “Cut Your Hair” Least Fav: None
Definetely a discovery! How could it happen, that I didn't notice them...
mostly downtempo experimental indie rock, I felt a lot of cohesivity in the album and appreciated that! nice taste of the 90s, I liked Unfair the most, followed by Fillmore Jive and 5-4=Unity
Really great indie record. Cool instrumental, super dynamic, and the vocals are iconic.
Whenever I listen to Pavement I realize how I forgot how much I love Pavement. Solid record right here, perfect indie rock. I prefer Brighten The Corners tho.
Bored my socks off. But too bland to hate.
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain stands as Pavement's pinnacle, a brilliant concept album capturing the nuances of approaching 30 with a West Coast flair. This release tightens their rhythm and serves as a slacker's guide to navigating optimism and melancholy. Considered their most accessible and commercial work, the album remains a personal favourite, growing in appreciation over time. Pavement's unique blend of lyrical complexity and irreverent charm makes this album a crucial and dynamic cornerstone of indie rock. From the catchy hooks of Cut Your Hair to the introspective beauty of Gold Soundz, each track contributes to the enduring brilliance of this '90s gem. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is not just a relic of its era but a vibrant piece of indie music history, solidifying Pavement's legacy as a crucial force in the genre. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 9 STAND OUT TRACK - Gold Soundz
Oh my god, I really don't like it.
Did kinda like it to be honest, nothing really in there that I’d listen to again in a hurry but I dug it
Best Indie rock album so far. It is funny, and It is good. Way better then Klaxons e Arcade Fire for sure (the ones that I listened so far). Maybe I will listen to more Pavement in the Future.
Really enjoyed it but didn't have enough time with it Will go 4 but will revisit
Gear: Focal Clear (ZMF) Mische: adäquat roh ohne besondere Highlights Mugge: eingängiger bis -töniger Indie/Alt-Rock Wertung: 2/5
Sehr alternativer Rock. Für mich zu viel. Stellenweise sehr coole Gitarrenriffs.
Bad dad music :(
So forgettable
Ну нет. Какая-то мешанина неприятная. Сложно хоть за что-то зацепиться. Да и голос просто отвратный. Но все не так уж и безнадежно. Первые треков 8 слушабельные. Но переслушивать точно не буду.
Love Pavement. A lot. Like maybe in my top 10 favorite bands. And I was just thinking the other day how this might be their best album. Easy 5 for me. Almost every song is a hit.
I liked this album. It flowed really nicely and was an easy listen
i know like two pavement songs, neither on this album. lets see whats good. kinda whiny Overall a good sound but the vocalist kept me from loving this
If someone were to describe this album to me, it would check all the boxes. But it’s never quite clicked for me when listening. The tone deaf singing (purposeful as it may be) doesn’t really hit for me. Nor does most the songwriting which I find to be pretty boring. I still respect pavement and it’s fans, it’s just not for me, not right now at least.
Cool cool cool. I definitely should have been born to hear this upon release. This was a rad album.
An interesting listen. I liked the way the sounds builds up across each track. It sounds almost orchestral in places. There's an edge, a rawness. Pavement are clearly decent musicians. I'm not sure about the songs though. I've always loved Range Life. But then it drags for the second half of the album. Work in progress.
This album was alright. I’d say that the singer’s voice is a bit of an acquired taste but the general sound of the band is good. Good, but not memorable. I will say I got a kick out of 5-4=Unity which I interpreted as a take on Brubeck’s Take 5.
Pavement is fine. There are some songs that really hit but the full albums have yet to get me to the point that everyone gushes to me about. It may be because I just missed the time where they felt unique and that they inspired so many other bands that have sounds I got introduced to first but I hope one day I get it.
OOH OOH OH OOH OOH OOOH
Niet memorabel, 2.4
Love me some 90s indie rock
Lo-fi vibes indeed, never heard pavement before but its cool to hear a new sound from the 90s
Amazing album can’t believe be I’ve never heard of them before
Silence Kid has a very "Buddy Holly" vibe hiding behind it's grungy punky rock sound. Stop Breathin' had an out-of-tune country sound. A little Rolling Stones. This is a weird album and I like it. Newark Wilder sounds like CAKE
Prachtig
Wil ze graag super goed vinden, maar het is toch echt iets te rammelend en wispelturig. Wel wat pareltjes hier en daar.
Ik zal vast vloeken voor een aantal, maar wat een onsamenhangende herrie.
Bloody brilliant.
High School emo punk rock ish. Ok.
Enjoyable strumming and mood to it, didnt stand out to me
This one is tough. Really enjoyed the first few songs but it failed to keep my interest throughout. Kind of disappointing. Still loved the nod to Take Five though.
An interesting one. Sometimes melodic and breezy, sometimes prickly and unfriendly, occasionally both at once. The whole sleazy downbeat indie vibe here is not really one I can get 100% behind, but a solid album with a spirit all its own. Best song: Gold Soundz
5-4=Unity brought it up to a 2 I Guess
Great stuff
29(!) years ago, I remember skipping school classes so I could buy "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" on cassette and listened to it all afternoon. I was 16 and I’m confident it altered the trajectory of my life. I can still remember the feeling of turning over to side two and being met with "Gold Soundz" and it hitting me like a shotgun shot to the soul. Because you’re empty And I’m empty And you can never quarantine the past This is when Alt Rock became Indie Rock and the too cool for school kids pontificated about Midwestern rock bands from California like it was a secret only to be whispered on street corners. You can never quarantine the past!
Pretty standard 90s indie slacker stuff. Dude really needs to stick to his baritone register; every time he tries to sing high, it’s like nails on a chalkboard. Could definitely use some more memorable riffs and melodies.
To me this is the peak Pavement album. I loved this one in the 90s. It still holds up and has a freshness to it. It’s likely because it tried so hard to not sound like grunge. Anyway, if I’m listening to a Pavement album, this is it for me.
not sure they knew how to play their instruments, couldn't listen to it all the way through - songs were ridiculously long too
An alright alternative rock album, as with many on this list (unfortunately) nothing really stood out.
Have definitely heard of Pavement, but this is my first time listening. They're not bad at all, a sort of alt-rock outfit that meanders through some different genres along the way. I'm enjoying it but not super impressed. Also the vocalist reminds me of Lou Reed, a lot. Not always a compliment. Still, decent album, I've got no problem with this aside from the fact that I wish it were more remarkable. Favorite tracks: Elevate Me Later, Range Life. Album art: Pretty cool collage going on here, the picture in the middle is two hands grasping a receipt? The bordering design is really cool though, and the font is great. 3/5
Good not great
Some ok songs, bit whiny
Pavement are good
Just an ok album all around, no reason for it to stick around in my head
This album is very much a product of its time. It was alright, not really my thing. I thought it sounded like something my husband would love, but he says he never liked Pavement. Sorry, Pavement.
I forgot about this band. Solid indie rock that holds up well
This has some moments while you keep listening. It's so focused on being indie that it seems like it has attitude for the sake of it. I know of the band and know they are big in their circles, not especially loving it even for the genre but they seem like they helped set the trend for later bands I've enjoyed. Doubt I'll relisten but I get why this is on a 1,001 list.
It's fine. I liked it. No stand out tracks for me. All just kind of blended.
Meh. Not quite my thing.
Jesus this is dull.
Hmmm.
A playful style. There was a definite sound back - eternally catchy for a summer tune in the 90s. As I listen, I feel it be great to see this performed laconically in a student bar. "cut your hair" captured the fun and quirky 90's sound and yet ... much of the rest of the album reminded me of the line from the film Clueless about all that "complaint rock from university radio stations". Some playful wackiness here - nice to reminisce. (I always preferred the upbeat party tracks of these albums, the rest is a bit of filler and noodling, I feel). 3
Look, the fact is that I just can’t tolerate Malkmus’s vocals (I’m assuming he’s the lead on most of this). And he makes so many of these songs sound the same. Pity he doesn’t cut loose more often, like he does in Unfair, where it’s all about yelling & screaming & he doesn’t have to hold a tune. I also really like the instrumental track (for obvious reasons), 5=4=Unity & love the little steal in it from The Beatles’ I Want You(She’s So Heavy), as I loved the steal from Buddy Holly’s Everyday in the opening track, Silence Kid. I checked out some of the lyrics - really liked Cut Your Hair. But the vocals bugger it up for me.
I really wanted to like this. I always _wanted_ to like Pavement. But I just don't hear the tunes. I like Cut Your Hair and Range Life, but everything else leaves me kinda 'meh'. I know many fans and critics really dug them, like they were the second coming of whatever, but I never heard it. Pavement sound like a 1000 shitty bands (and I mean that in a good way - I like a shitty band) that played at the Sandringham Hotel in the late 80s/early 90s. I just didn't get excited by them. Maybe you needed to see them live? I am grateful for the prompt to listen to this album all the way through (and I listened to it twice), but I cannot for the life of me remember much of what I heard.
Favourite tracks: cut your hair
Indie-feeling rock, with some definite punk/garage influences
3.3
Probably my most generous 4, mainly doing it so I listen to it again later, to see if I was right or just in a weird mood listening to it the first time.
74/100
El segundo trabajo de los legendarios californianos, quienes nuevamente vuelven a sacudir el panorama del indie rock norteamericano con una compilación de canciones quizá un poco más pop que su espectacular debut "Slanted & Enchanted". Las pistas más recordadas del álbum son "Cut Your Hair" y "Gold Soundz", sin embargo, todos los tracks del LP son sumamente atrapantes, contagiosos e innovadores. Otra gran entrada del trabajo de Stephen Malkmus.
Fikk aldri taket på Pavement på 90-tallet. Har fortsatt samme utfordring 🙄
I grew up loving Sonic Youth, and I was in the line to meet them at the Matador 21 shows in Las Vegas and they called it off to watch Pavement's supposedly last show. I was heartbroken. And the Pavement show was awful too; they started bickering at each other during the set. I've hated Pavement ever since. So, fuck Pavement. That being said, this album is...alright? Cut Your Hair is a good song, albeit one with some heavy SY influences, and there are a couple of other decent songs as well, despite Stephen Malkmus having a total lack of singing ability. The instrumentation overall is strong, and tracks like 5-4=Unity are just different enough to be interesting. ***, minus one * for these assholes ruining my chance to meet my idols.
Indie animadillo. Ni fu ni fa.
Este es el sonido que me gusta. Y tiene Range Life.
My overriding impression was that it was dreary........like the weather ! 2*
Not my favourite Pavement album but I think thats because its not the one I owned as a child.
Reminded me somewhat of the Velvet Underground. However, this album wasn't for me. I did find one track on the album on the track that I liked - 'Silent kid', but that's all I'm afraid. Overall a one star from me, but I can understand why others might rate it higher
I know there’s a lot of hype around these guys and a lot of praise heaped, but I don’t quite get it. I think for me it’s the voice: just too weak/off-key. The music itself is fine, some groovy rifts, but none of it sticks in the brain. Makes me think it’s music made by people who are perfectly capable of playing more deliberately and skillfully, but choose to play rough-around-the-edges music. Which begs the question: why? Hire a better singer and this could be a great band. As it stands, forgettable.
Sori mutta tämä on ihan ekstratylsää. Rosoa tulee sentään laulajan epätäydellisestä äänestä, mutta sekin on vain ärsyttävä eikä persoonallinen. En haluais käyttää tähän aikaani, en kuule yhtään kiinnostavaa juttua, mihin tarttua.
Kuin kaverin bändi, jonka musiikista ei halua olla ihan rehellinen: soundillisesti tyydyttävää, charmikkaan taitamatonta, mutta sävellyksellisesti arkisten kiireiden laiskistamaa.
Liked it, but I think the debut album might be better
pavement really is good. need to listen more
Not my favorite
Beloved less raw 2nd album from US indie darlings . Think I'm going soft but this gets a 4.
This album smells like drugs
I liked it. At least half of it. The other half was a bad trip.
Wat een verschrikkelijke kut band zeg, oersaaie kut indie, Ik word gewoon chagrijnig van de steam van de lead
Zeer matig album. Dat album dat een vriend van je heeft gemaakt en aan je laat horen, vervolgens zeg je maar dat je het goed vindt om hem niet teleur te stellen terwijl we diep van binnen allemaal weten dat het een fiasco was. Ik snap niet wat het in deze lijst doet.
Pavement has sadly never really been my favourite 90s alt rock band. I find their sound a little off-kilter in a way that I don't really enjoy. "Harness Your Hopes", off another album is amazing, but I can't bring myself to listen to the rest of their work.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Absolutely a 5 star rating from me.
I have never liked Pavement. Still don’t.
Este es el sonido que me gusta. Y tiene Range Life.
Probably a 3.5. This album was pleasant to listen to, but it didn't offer much variety and wasn't too impressive (i.e. the sound was pretty slow and simple overall).
Pleasant rock and roll. Easy to listen to. Really like the song 5-4=Unity - it reminds me of some other song that I can’t remember at the time. Quiet a variety of style/genre across songs. Not a big fan of the song Hit the Plane Down - especially not the end.
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