Brighten The Corners deluxe
 

http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2008/07/1505.cfm

Every couple of years, there is a Pavement double-disc reissue. Will there be one for Bright The Corners this year?
Malkmus: I think there is. I don't have any of the tapes, any of the ephemera. I barely have any posters. In fact, I can't even remember anything. So, uh, it's hard for me to know exactly what the plans are with that stuff. I'm kind of just along for the ride. I think Matador wanted to consolidate the catalogue, so they do it for that reason. They get new contracts with us that are beneficial for them, and those things come out. And they do a good job. They're lovingly compiled and they put everything in its context, everything in one place. And maybe it sounds pretty interesting at this point, 10, 12 years down the line from when the records came out. I don't really know what they really sound like compared to things now, exactly. Not as compressed or as loud. CDs weren't as loud back then.

Good news, I hope it's true.
Maybe they'll put "For sale : the Preston School of Industry", that'd be great.

I own the first 3 reissues, doubt I'll pick that one up but I might. Definitely won't pick up the inevitable terror twilight one.

I'll get em all. Heckler, I thought "For Sale" was from the TERROR TWILIGHT sessions? No? Such a great song!

Stoked!

oh hell, i'm buying this.

Meh.

I find my naive and juvenile love of Pavement diminishing more and more as Malkmus's persona becomes more and more prickish. BTC and Terror Twilight were never quite up to par for me to begin with.

But I hear this contains rare "on-key" vocal outtake versions!

Shut up. I admit to being flawed!

If not enjoying Pavement anymore is a flaw, I don't want to be corrected.

Yeah, Malkmus is a jerk, but I don't care, I still love Pavement. Maybe it's a naive and blind love, I don't care.

Concerning "For sale... ", i'm pretty sure they played it in 1997, so...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ofAp0dK40

I just think pavement got less exciting. Though technically better at the same time. "Wowee" succeeds in both being weird and talented... brighten and terror are both pretty boring, though melodically satisfying. Dont' care about Malkmus's solo career and don't know/care if he's a dick or not.

In my opinion, a bad Pavement's album is better than the best Radiohead's album.

imo you're wrong

I don't know what Pavement or Radiohead have in common, but yeah Radiohead aren't that great.

Except Kid A.

Too bad !
Edit : concerning chaos post.

I've always had a hard time liking Pavement seeing as Malkmus' voice reminds me of Everclear.

Oof! Knocked the wind out of me there. :p

Everclear? Huh? The band? Um... okay. I, uh, don't see that AT ALL.

If you're saying that his voice reminds you of the drink Everclear, fuck yeah! Good shit!

I've been holding out for this one for the past year and a half. It better come out soon.

Pffft as if.
Eminem looks like the guy from Elephant. One of the gun kids.

OH shit that's Art.



Hahahahahaha

While not my favorite of theirs (that honor would go to Wowee Zowee), Brighten the Corners is most definitely my "go-to" Pavement album. I never really understood all the dislike for it, maybe because I never really listen to Pavement for all the racket-y, lo-fi stuff (though when it's there, it's certainly appreciated), but I mainly listen to them because they can craft a fuckload of melodic tuneage, and BtC has a ton of that.

Anyway, I hope this does see the light of day this year. The last three are the only deluxe editions I've bought by any band and they were worth every cent.

They really don't look or sound anything alike. They happen to have similiar facial expressions in that picture.

This thread is really starting to suck. Too much "I dont like stuff that you guys like so I'm awesome."

Make it awesome then.

OK. Let's discuss what would happen if John Spencer and Neil Haggerty got into a bar room brawl.

i think we all know who would win

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwxLGohUM0

"the blues is number 1!"

As is usual for most "this person looks like this person" photos around here.

You know I don't think I've evr listened to the second disc of the Wowee Zowee deluxe edition. I've just never felt inclined to put in on, I'm not sure I love Pavement enough to be interested by their demos or whatever.

I never said they looked the same, just that they both have the same typical alternative rock band singing that I don't really like. In that respect they are interchangable.

I don't get this. Even if I did, there's the issue of words.

QUICK QUIZ! Who wrote these:

Someone took in these pants
Someone painted over paint, painted wood

She's eatin' her fingers like they're just another meal

So drunk in the august sun
And you're the kind of girl I like
'Cause your empty and I'm empty
And you can never quarantine the past

...etc. I don't have time to type out all my favorite Everclear lyrics. (Or is it Everlast? Eversuck? Hmmm....)

S&E and Crooked Rain (no, I do not feel the need to type "Crooked Rain" again) are probably their two most worthwhile albums. Again, it's a cheap fondness, but a fondness nonetheless.

You know what else I like? Everclear's "Local God." Seriously.

I see what you did there.

Painfully clever, isn't it?

Painful, at the very least.

At the least! At least.

Did you catch that too? Eh? Eh?

Eh. I loved Everclear in high school. Whatever. They're like KISS. Dumb catchy safe rock posing as edgy. No big whoop. I can get nostalgic from time to time.

Pavement — Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed.

September 23rd, 2008 at 8:57 am by Patrick
November 18 will see the release of Mark IV in our series of deluxe reissues of the original Pavement albums. Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. sports the amazing packaging and deep contents that you’ve seen in our previous three deluxe editions. Like the first three editions, released every 2 years since 2000, this package treats Pavement’s fourth album right, with two CDs containing the entire 1997 record, remastered from the original tapes, plus all the B-sides and compilation tracks from that period, and a plethora of unreleased live and studio tracks as enumerated below. The CDs come in an embossed slipcase with a 62-page perfect-bound book containing photos, ephemera, writings and more. (The record will be out on Domino in Europe and Matador everywhere else.)
Matador will be doing a Buy Early Get Now promotion for this record, and the extras will be very special indeed. We’ll be announcing that shortly, so keep your eyes on this space.
DISC ONE
Original Album (Remastered) - Tracks 1-12
1. Stereo
2. Shady Lane / J Vs. S
3. Transport is Arranged
4. Date w/ IKEA
5. Old to Begin
6. Type Slowly
7. Embassy Row
8. Blue Hawaiian
9. We Are Underused
10. Passat Dream
11. Starlings of the Slipstream
12. Fin
13. Westie Can Drum - Stereo B-side
14. Winner of the… - Stereo B-side
15. Birds In The Majic Industry - UNRELEASED VOCAL VERSION WILL TAKE PLACE OF RELEASED INSTRUMENTAL ‘STEREO’ B-SIDE VERSION
16. Slowly Typed - Shady Lane B-side
17. Cherry Area - Shady Lane B-side
18. Wanna Mess You Around - Shady Lane B-side
19. No Tan Lines - Shady Lane B-side
21. Harness Your Hopes - Spit On A Stranger B-side
22. Roll With the Wind - Spit On A Stranger B-side
20. And Then… - A MUCH SHORTER VERSION OF THIS APPEARED ON THE Spit On A Stranger 7″ B-side BUT this is the full 7-minute+ version
DISC TWO
BBC Radio One Evening Session, January 15, 1997
1. Then
2. Harness Your Hopes
3. The Killing Moon
4. Winner of the…
5. Embassy Row Psych Intro - UNRELEASED INTRO – BTC SESSIONS OUTTAKE
6. Nigel - UNRELEASED SONG – BTC SESSIONS OUTTAKE
7. Chevy (Old To Begin) - UNRELEASED VERSION – BTC SESSIONS
8. Roll With The Wind (Roxy) - UNRELEASED VERSION – BTC SESSIONS
VPRO Loladamusica TV show, April 4, 1997
9 . For Sale! The Preston School of Industry — UNRELEASED SONG
10. Oddity (from the ‘God Save The Clean’ compilation)
11. Type Slowly (live) (from the ‘Free Tibet’ compilation)
KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic, February 25, 1997
12. Neil Hagerty Meets Jon Spencer In a Non-Alcoholic Bar - UNRELEASED SONG
13. Maybe Maybe - UNRELEASED VERSION
BBC Radio One John Peel Live Session August 21, 1997
14. Date w/ IKEA
15. Fin
16. Grave Architecture
17. The Classical
18. Space Ghost Theme I - UNRELEASED SONG - RECORDED LIVE AT WFNX, Boston, February 12, 1997
19. Space Ghost Theme II - UNRELEASED SONG SONG - RECORDED LIVE AT WFNX, Boston, February 12, 1997
20. Beautiful as a Butterfly - UNRELEASED SONG – BTC SESSIONS OUTTAKE
21. Cataracts - UNRELEASED SONG – BTC SESSIONS OUTTAKE
The first MP3 will be available soon as part of our Fall Intended Play digital zipfile. Again, keep your eyes on this space.