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LA's Desert Origins was released on October 26, 2004, by Matador Records. [1] The album contains a 62-page booklet of liner notes, which contain photographs, artwork, accounts from vocalist/guitarist Stephen Malkmus and guitarist Scott Kannberg (a.k.a. "Spiral Stairs"), and notes Malkmus wrote for Melody Maker about each of the songs on the original album. [2]
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was released on February 14, 1994, by Matador Records. [2] As of 2009, the album had sold about 500,000 copies. [3]In 2004, Matador released Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins, a compilation containing the album in its entirety, as well outtakes and other rarities from the same era.
West's debut performance was in 1993 at a Drag City festival in Chicago. Also that year, the band contributed to the AIDS-Benefit Album No Alternative produced by the Red Hot Organization with their song "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence". [citation needed] Pavement's second album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was released in 1994.
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain vinyl bonus 7" "Haunt You Down" and "Jam Kids" appear on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins. "Nail Clinic" [38] Hey Drag City! Appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins. 1995 "Here" [39] Amateur: Appears on Slanted and Enchanted. "It's a Hectic World" [40] Homage: Lots of Bands Doing ...
The song attracted attention with controversial lyrics that seemed to mock alternative rock superstars the Smashing Pumpkins and the Stone Temple Pilots; Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan expressed his displeasure in magazine interviews [citation needed], while songwriter Stephen Malkmus maintained that his words had been misinterpreted and no insult was intended [citation needed].
Both B-sides are included on the reissue Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins. The unlisted B-side track on the 12" version of the single is an instrumental recording of "Rain Ammunition," and has never been reissued. In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Cut Your Hair" at number 28 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.
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He also speculated that the relative success of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was a reason for the album's eclectic nature, claiming that Pavement were afraid of success. [10] Similarly, the Los Angeles Times editor Lorraine Ali called Wowee Zowee "a sloppy effort, even in Pavement terms", and concluded that the album "comes off lazy and ...