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Their most willfully oblique and bizarre release, Wowee Zowee sees Pavement eschewing the noisy pop aesthetic of Slanted And Enchanted and straightforward songs of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain to delve deeper into the warped psyche of their deliciously odd music. Songs like "Rattled By The Rush" are still as lovely as always, with Steve Malkmus's melodious vocals coasting over lo-fi guitar fuzz; but elsewhere, the music flits from folk to music-hall twee to country with disorientating abandon. It's a fragmented and highly cryptic ride; and in typically perverse Pavement fashion, it is only after repeated listens that the kaleidoscope of musical styles start to slot into place. Those who persevere, however, will find their efforts richly rewarded. --Amber Cowan
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2CD set. Digitally remastered in 2006! Chaotic 1995 album, reissued with 32 BONUS tracks from B-sides, compilations, live performances and more. Includes 7 songs recorded for Triple J's Live At The Wireless in July 2004.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Good grief! Fifty songs for the price of a normal album? Surely not. Wait. Yes. Fifty songs for the price of... a normal album. How odd!
Disk one is the actual album plus some rare tracks and disk two is more rare tracks and radio recordings. 'Wowee Zowee' takes Pavement's knack of writing the simplest song but turning it into something very special with minimal effects and technological smoothing (which is something that has ruined lesser bands). Pavement are (were) defiantly lo-fi and they sound all the better for it. Minimalist yet cryptic lyrics thrown out over drawn out, hazy guitars make this band brilliant at the best of times but this is just such a strong album that it's difficult to come to terms with. And yes, they're still weird. Which is nice.
Best tracks then.. 'We Dance' which is an acoustic opener, and then 'Rattled By The Rush', which has a riff that really gets up your back, 'Grounded', which is quite simply Pavement's best track (that I've heard, anyway). Other classics are the outrageous 'Flux = Rad' and 'Serpentine Pad' and the frankly ridiculous-yet-not-really-once-you-listen-a-few-more-times 'Half A Canyon'. There's just so much love for what they were doing, it really is a joy to listen to. And then there's all the additional stuff on top.. there's a song on there called 'Give It A Day' which was on the "Pacific Trim" EP which blew me away too.
So, yeah. If you've heard and liked Pavement before then buy this because it's probably their best album.
Oh yeah and did I mention it has 50 flippin' tracks?!
Disk one is the actual album plus some rare tracks and disk two is more rare tracks and radio recordings. 'Wowee Zowee' takes Pavement's knack of writing the simplest song but turning it into something very special with minimal effects and technological smoothing (which is something that has ruined lesser bands). Pavement are (were) defiantly lo-fi and they sound all the better for it. Minimalist yet cryptic lyrics thrown out over drawn out, hazy guitars make this band brilliant at the best of times but this is just such a strong album that it's difficult to come to terms with. And yes, they're still weird. Which is nice.
Best tracks then.. 'We Dance' which is an acoustic opener, and then 'Rattled By The Rush', which has a riff that really gets up your back, 'Grounded', which is quite simply Pavement's best track (that I've heard, anyway). Other classics are the outrageous 'Flux = Rad' and 'Serpentine Pad' and the frankly ridiculous-yet-not-really-once-you-listen-a-few-more-times 'Half A Canyon'. There's just so much love for what they were doing, it really is a joy to listen to. And then there's all the additional stuff on top.. there's a song on there called 'Give It A Day' which was on the "Pacific Trim" EP which blew me away too.
So, yeah. If you've heard and liked Pavement before then buy this because it's probably their best album.
Oh yeah and did I mention it has 50 flippin' tracks?!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ok, this is a very wierd album, i mean pavement are inherently wierd, but this pushes it. Their 'pop' song structures and melodies employed in earlier (better?) releases, totally dissapear (minus a few songs) and seem to be replaced with mad noise and sort of, -not quite hardcore- but totally bizzare punk! but dont be fooled, its amazing. listening to this record feels uncomfortable, sort of like a nervous breakdown, its very depressing in places as well. We dance is a really sad song, top class pavement, as is grounded and grave architecture.Rattled by the rush and other more rocking songs sound perfect on this reissue, but its 18 tracks which is very long, and some seem to just merge into the next. I'd say get the reissue, because the artwork is amazing, photos are great in a bizzare pavement way, and theres some awsome songs tagged on, the ep released shortly after the album is on there and is seriously brilliant. plus some CRCR live tracks on disk two. Basically, a really important, brilliant, unnerving, pavement release, which for me, doesnt quite match 'CRCR' or 'S and E'. However pavement is pavement and its utterly essential. avoid though if you just like pavement because you think 'cut your hair' is funny.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Probably my favourite Pavement cd, and that meeans a lot; great music although not for everyone (Crooked Rain is easier to to listen). Booklet has lots of pics but few info and doesn't include the lyrics, but the bonus material is worth the special edition.
A Must Have, IMO.
A Must Have, IMO.
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