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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Summer Babe (Winter Version) | |||
| 2. Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite At :17 | |||
| 3. No Life Singed Her | |||
| 4. In The Mouth A Desert | |||
| 5. Conduit For Sale! | |||
| 6. Zurich Is Stained | |||
| 7. Chesley's Little Wrists | |||
| 8. Loretta's Scars | |||
| 9. Here | |||
| 10. Two States | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Texas Never Whispers | |||
| 2. Frontwards | |||
| 3. Lions (Linden) | |||
| 4. Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse) | |||
| 5. Sue Me Jack | |||
| 6. So Stark (You're A Skyscraper) | |||
| 7. Greenlander | |||
| 8. Rain Ammunition | |||
| 9. Drunks With Guns | |||
| 10. Ed Ames | |||
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The album remains a wonderful cacophony of influence from The Velvets and The Fall to the Pixies and Only Ones. There are a plethora of great tunes but, oddly enough, it's perhaps the most patchy of the Pavement albums - a reflection on the haphazard way in which it was recorded and (eventually) released. Nonetheless, it remains a timeless record of a catchy tunesmith with obtuse yet immediate lyrics in the guise of a garage rock band, en route to being the most important band of the 1990s.
There's no question that this is a must-buy (unless you own Stray Slack and the Garrulous 7"s) - 34 extra tracks, including the first 2 Peel Sessions and their entire gig in support of Sonic Youth at the Brixton Academy in 1992 (great version of Summer Babe). What are you waiting for?
A brilliant representation of an acknowledged classic, "Luxe & Reduxe" takes the best option for such a project and creates a time capsule of the period 91-92. Thus we get the whole album (of course!), the odd unheard outtake or compilation track, b-sides from the singles, the whole "Watery Domestic" EP, 2 radio sessions almost entirely comprised of unissued songs and a cracking live date from the tail end of the period in question, charting their journey from 2 school friends and the studio owner to a fully fledged band, thrilling audiences whereever they went. Superbly presented with a thick and informative booklet, this is everything you could ask for from a reissue. Excellent work from a group who, even when disbanded, are showing the way. Here's hoping the group's other album will eventually get the same treatment. Magnificent, buy with confidence.
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