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by HomicidalCarrot on 11/03/2007

Pavement's second album takes the lo-fi sound and cryptic lyrics of their influential debut Slanted and Enchanted and takes away some of the obscurity. It still leaves some eccentric, mysterious remnants but is far more accessible. If in 1992 someone suggested Pavement would be on MTV, everyone would scoff. However, that's exactly what happened when the single "Cut Your Hair" became a minor hit and the video periodically played on the network. Many of the songs are still miles away from mainstream. Tracks such as the mysterious "Newark Wilder", the menacing "Hit The Plane Down" and the haunting "Fillmore Jive" won't be blasting from soccer moms' SUVs any time soon. Still the folky, almost jam band like "Range Life", the nostalgic, moving "Gold Soundz" and the opening "Silence Kid" have far more in tune with pop songs than the hazy musings of Slanted. They also throw a top notch Dave Brubeck tribute "5-4=Unity" for good measure. "Stop Breathing For Me Now!" lead singer Stephen Malkmus pleads, which is not hard to pull off when listening to an album that mixes underground and pop pleasures so well, it may just take your breath away. (Ok that's really corny. But seriously, it's an incredible album.)

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Year: 1994
Label: Matador
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Tracklist

1	Silence Kid
2	Elevate Me Later
3	Stop Breathin
4	Cut Your Hair
5	Newark Wilder
6	Unfair
7	Gold Soundz
8	5-4=Unity
9	Range Life
10	Heaven Is A Truck
11	Hit The Plane Down
12	Fillmore Jive

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