PAVEMENT -- QUARANTINE THE PAST COMPILATION AND CONTEST

http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/05/pavement-quarantine-the-past/

Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement comes out on March 9, 2010. This fully remastered 23-track compilation will be available on MID-PRICED double LP, CD and digital album formats. The tracks span the entirety of Pavement’s career from 1989 to 1999, from the scratchy and mysterious sounds of their early vinyl-only releases to the rich, multilayered warmth of their final recordings. Although the compilation does not include any unreleased material, it definitely digs deeper than the hits.

Preorder (with 15% discount) direct from Matador HERE

Simultaneously, we will be re-releasing Pavement’s complete Matador LP catalog (the 5 albums including the “Watery, Domestic” 12″ EP) on L(ow) P(rice) vinyl. (The premium deluxe vinyl we have released on the first four albums will continue to be available.)

Quarantine The Past lands in stores as Pavement embark on their first live appearances since the fall of 1999. Dates begin in New Zealand on March 1 and continue through Australia and Europe over the spring and summer, with 4 dates in New York’s Central Park next September. More US shows will be announced shortly.

We are holding a Guess The Track Listing Contest. The album contains 23 tracks, all previously released, and the first track is “Gold Soundz” (MP3 of remastered version below). Prizes will be awarded as follows:

FIRST PRIZE for the track listing closest to the actual track listing
SECOND PRIZE for the most imaginative track listing
FOUR RUNNERS-UP in either of the above two categories (4 runner-up prizes total)

First prize will be a pair of tickets, with flights and hotel rooms, to see Pavement at Central Park Summerstage on Tuesday, September 21, 2009 2010. Plus a complete set of Pavement Matador 12″ vinyl.

Second prize will be having your track listing pressed up in a special limited-edition vinyl double LP for Record Store Day (April 17). You will receive 5 copies of your best of selection. Plus a complete set of Pavement Matador 12″ vinyl.

Runner-up prizes will be complete sets of Pavement Matador 12″ vinyl.

the tracklist i submitted just alternated between "summer baby (7" version)" and "summer babe (winter version)," and i submitted my name as "ENDLESS SUMMER BABY/E." obviously, im aiming for most imaginative.

1. Clown and a Hound
2. Remembering Dad (Josh's Theme)
3. Secret Court
4. Clair
5. Buddy & Josh: Together at First
6. Splish Splash
7. Buddy "The Destroyer"/Posters
8. Painting the Court
9. Paper Thief
10. Buddy Makes a Basket - Gilbert O'Sullivan
11. Destroying the Gym
12. Invisible Ball/Half Time Show - Jimmy Z.
13. From the Heart (Air Bud's Theme)
14. Snively Takes Buddy Away
15. Rescuing Buddy
16. Josh Sets Buddy Free
17. Buddy's Back
18. Final Shot
19. Buddy & Josh: Together at Last/End Credits

gotta be 23 tracks dude come on

I am going to spend waaayyy too much time at work tomorrow on this

Like a fool I actually went for guessing at the real tracklist, according to their clues. I forget most of it, but I went with "We Dance" as the closer. No "Secret Knowledge of Backroads" on that longlist, though, WTF?

I'd be happy with a cassingle of "5-4=Unity".

No "I Love Perth" on the list - RORTED!

That's pretty amazing prizes and a great competition. Respect.

i keep noticing there's some premade list from which to choose you all are looking at? can someone pls provide the link>

A few more clues: 3 pre-Matador tracks are included, plus one song that originally came out on a compilation. Every Matador album is represented, plus Watery, Domestic.

oh, dammit, I just actually read the whole thing and saw this:

# ..And Carrot Rope (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# 5-4=Unity (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Angel Carver Blues (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
# Ann Don't Cry (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# AT&T (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Best Friends Arm (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Billie (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# Black Out (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Blue Hawaiian (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Box Elder (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
# Brinx Job (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Chesley's Little Wrists (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Conduit For Sale! (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Cream Of Gold (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# Cut Your Hair (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Date w/ IKEA (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Debris Slide (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
# Drive-By Fader (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
# Elevate Me Later (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Embassy Row (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Extradition (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Fame Throwa (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Father To A Sister Of Thought (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Feed Them To The Lions (Linden) (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
# Fight This Generation (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Fillmore Jive (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Fin (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Flux = Rad (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Folk Jam (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# Forklift (DEMOLITION PLOT J-7 EP)
# From Now On (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
# Frontwards (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
# Gold Soundz (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Grave Architecture (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Greenlander (BORN TO CHOOSE COMP)
# Grounded (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Half A Canyon (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Heaven Is a Truck (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Heckler Spray (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
# Here (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Hit the Plane Down (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Home (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
# In The Mouth A Desert (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Internal K-Dart (DEMOLITION PLOT J-7 EP)
# It's A Hectic World (HOMAGE COMP)
# Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Kennel District (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Krell Vid-User (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
# Loretta's Scars (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Major Leagues (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# Maybe Maybe (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
# Mellow Jazz Docent (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
# Motion Suggests (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Nail Clinic (HEY DRAG CITY COMP)
# Newark Wilder (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# No Life Singed Her (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Old To Begin (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Our Singer (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Painted Soldiers (KIDS IN THE HALL: BRAIN CANDY OST)
# Passat Dream (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Perfect Depth (DEMOLITION PLOT J-7 EP)
# Perfume-V (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Platform Blues (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# Price Yeah! (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
# Pueblo (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Range Life (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Rattled By The Rush (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Recorder Grot (DEMOLITION PLOT J-7 EP)
# Recorder Grot (Rally) (DEMOLITION PLOT J-7 EP)
# Sensitive Euro Man (I SHOT ANDY WARHOL OST)
# Serpentine Pad (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Shady Lane / J Vs. S (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# She Believes (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
# Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse) (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
# Silence Kit (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Speak, See, Remember (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# Spit On A Stranger (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# Spizzle Trunk (DEMOLITION PLOT J-7 EP)
# Starlings Of The Slipstream (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Stereo (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Stop Breathin' (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Summer Babe (Winter Version) (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Summer Baby (7inch Version) (SUMMER BABE SINGLE)
# Texas Never Whispers (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
# The Hexx (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# Transport Is Arranged (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17 (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Two States (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
# Type Slowly (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# Type Slowly (Live) (TIBET FREEDOM CONCERT COMP)
# Unfair (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
# Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence (NO ALTERNATIVE COMP)
# We Are Underused (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
# We Dance (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# Western Homes (WOWEE ZOWEE)
# You Are A Light (TERROR TWILIGHT)
# You're Killing Me (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
# Zurich Is Stained (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)

and i already made my list (and spent too much time on it) and used a track that's not on there.

it shouldnt have let you enter a track not on that list! did you use the form from matador?

"unseen power..." is def the comp track right?? it doesnt make sense otherwise.

greenlander's better.

entered yesterday. Didn't put 'greenlander' down. Come on, it's not as good as ________________ _________________.

anyone have an extra ticket to sell for this summer's gigs in NYC?

REM

got a leaf and a spleef, light that spleef etc

greenlander is so much better than the REM song, not even close

greenlander is one of their best songs! it's gary's best moment, not sure if you like drums or anything...

the drummer, he knew restraint

ctrl+f i love perth...RORTED

no Saginaw?

no gangsters & pranksters either

did they forget they released that EP or something

I think they must consider the Pacific Trim EP a low point, I know I do!

spiral stairs is undoubtedly behind this greatest hits package and he's probably butthurt about Pac Trim (lineup: SM+Nast+SWest).

oh jeez dudes, it's a greatest hits album, they're not gonna go nuts over a semi-obscure EP, and if they do, it'll be Watery, Domestic.

oh jeez

just don't think that anything but Give It A Day would be in the running for a greatest hits album is all

lol semi-obscure

http://thequietus.com/articles/03606-pavement-quarantine-the-past-tracklisting-revealed

The compilation will feature:

Gold Soundz
Frontwards
Mellow Jazz Docent
Stereo
In The Mouth A Desert
Two States
Cut Your Hair
Shady Lane / J vs. S
Here
Unfair
Grounded
Summer Babe (Winter Version)
Range Life
Date w/ IKEA
Debris Slide
Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse)
Spit On A Stranger
Heaven Is A Truck
Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite At :17
Embassy Row
Box Elder
Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence
Fight This Generation

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POLLVEMENT QUARANTINE THE POLL
SUMMER POLL (POLL VERSION)

pretty weird that there's only one song from terror twilight!

Heaven Is A Truck? Where the heck is Father To A Sister Of Thought?

i think it's a solid list--would have hoped for a few more from Wowee Zowee

Or Rattled by the Rush?

yeah ... and aside from the spiral songs, Embassy Row might be my least favorite off of Brighten The Corners ...

not enough wowee zowee, and including date w ikea is a disgrace.
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huh, i didn't even see Embassy Row. That song is pretty bleh.

yeah, i mean, it's ok but it always seemed to me like Malkmus realized BTC was too mid-tempo and decided to write a "rocker" ....

totally

Don't forget your manners where the anthems play.

perhaps "men in dashikis/and their leftist weeklies" was the forefather of "In December, drinking horchata/I'd look psychotic in a balaclava."

Wowee zowee, was that album ever snubbed. And yeah, as catchy as it is, "Date With Ikea" shouldn't be on there.

Whither "Elevate Me Later"?

date with ikea is a fantastic song. and since the snubbing of wowee zowee meant they snubbed kennel district, they owed spiral stairs that one.

POLLVEMENT QUARANTINE THE POLL: SUMMER POLL (POLL VERSION)

date with ikea is a fantastic song

no

It's better than Passat Dream I suppose.

What's the WORST Spiral Stairs Song

what? no Robyn Turns 26? this is an outrage.

i think all of you are otm. more wowee, elevate me later, wtf @ date w/ ikea

Where's stop breathin'? Where's texas never whispers?

needs some "i need to sleep, why don't you"

http://i48.tinypic.com/mmewes.jpg

Thankfully, I have the actual albums so I'm not too concerned about the omissions.

perhaps "men in dashikis/and their leftist weeklies" was the forefather of "In December, drinking horchata/I'd look psychotic in a balaclava."

― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que)

underrated post

Isn't Kennel District generally considered the best Scott song? Also, so many weird choices...Embassy Row? Heaven is a Truck? Two States? Wow...really lame

i know they've probably lopped 'angel carver blues' off the front of 'mellow jazz docent' for time, but they managed to find a way to keep the other two-parters intact...

Where's stop breathin'? Where's texas never whispers?

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, January 25, 2010 6:22 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

solid other than that--i don't really have ish with date w/IKEA

i know it has its haters, but the omission of the other two excellent terror twilight singles is pretty crazy

the other singles were "Major Leagues" andddd what else? "Carrot Rope"?

"Two States" is there for all those people that can now go "It sounds nothing like The Fall... oh wait."

I love Date With Ikea. The real questionable ones are Heaven Is A Truck and Unseen Power of the Picket Fence. Leaving Father To A Sister of Thought off a Pavement best-of comp seems wrong in about 10000 ways. And if you're giving Spiral Stairs 2 songs, I'd go with Kennel District instead of Two States.

always sorta thought "kennel" and "ikea" were secretly the same song.

yes, totally

i got 14 right out of the 23 tracks in my prospectus. the winner got 17 right so i was sort of close. my downfall was assuming there'd be more wowee zowee and a least a couple from terror twilight. i got unseen power of the picket fence right. and i knew two states had to be one of the two token spiral songs, it being my favorite of his. it felt so goddamned impossible though after awhile. drawing up my track list i began to wonder if the band had concocted this contest as a scheme to get fans to "suggest" a good track listing, choose the one they liked best, and then declare them the winner. anyway, it got me wondering how malkmus or whoever arrived at the final decision they did. like do they take into account what key each song is and their bpm and gauge highs and lows for a linear listening experience or was it just pure intuition after hours of listening to the song pool on shuffle? and who got the final say? it would be interesting to know for the geek in me. the last two tracks in succession make meaningful sense: "and there stands REM" to "i can't so i won't stand". Respect paid to forebears followed by a humble yet sarcastic dis to the glut of clueless bullshit bands to follow pavement's rise. Fight this Generation! I knew that one had to be on there for sure.

I think I got 11 or 12. I didn't think they'd give Wowee and Twilight such short shrift.

I agree that "Kennel District" and "Date With Ikea" have always sounded pretty similar, but I like them both (Kennel > Ikea). I also don't get the hate for "Embassy Row". It contains a couple of my favourite Pavement lyrics. I would have included "Starlings of the Slipstream", if only for the "There's no women in Alaska..." verse and the outro.

Scratching my head at this Kennel District/Date with Ikea thing as Kennel D is one of my favourite Pavement songs and Ikea one of my least favourites.

Trying to have an opinion on this list but pretty much failing; it's not bad, but looking at it only makes me want to put on any of the pre-Brighten albums instead.

Embassy Row is one of my favourite Pavements. "I needed a VISA/I bought off a geezer"... Said it before but if anything, BTC has some of Malkey's best lyrics.

some of his best gee-tar too.

Always liked Embassy Row best on BTC

Brighten The Corners annoys me because it could have been a lot better. You can't write a song like Harness Your Hopes and then leave it off your record. And Then.... is another inexplicable omission.

My favorite two songs on that record are Starlings of the Slipstream and Fin.

Old to Begin is one of my BTC faves.

I have always disliked BtC overall, but love the BtC songs on the European live LP.

I always think of CR/CR as weighted heavily towards side 1: surprised not to see "Silence Kit" here. On the other hand, "Unfair" and "Heaven is a Truck" are welcome surprise inclusions. "Gold Soundz" and "Range Life" = possibly two most overrated Pavement trax which is not to say that I dislike either.

You can't write a song like Harness Your Hopes and then leave it off your record.

(OTM - triffic choon)

And Then.... is another inexplicable omission.

Isn't that just the working title of The Hexx off of TT?

and then is the faster version of The Hexx, it's on the 7 inch of Spit on a Stranger, I think

yeah, i think "and then ..." from the BtC sessions is pretty lacking -- definitive versions are probably the live versions, either from the BtC tour or the Terror Twilight tour.

And I agree, "Harness Your Hopes" is an amazing song (which should've opened side 2 in place of "Embassy Row" imo)

01. Gold Soundz
02. Frontwards
03. Mellow Jazz Docent
04. Stereo
05. In The Mouth A Desert
06. Two States
07. Cut Your Hair
08. Shady Lane / J Vs. S
09. Here
10. Unfair
11. Grounded
12. Summer Babe (Winter Version)
13. Range Life
14. Date w/ IKEA
15. Debris Slide
16. Shoot The Singer
17. Spit On A Stranger
18. Heaven Is a Truck
19. Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17
20. Embassy Row
21. Box Elder
22. Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence
23. Fight This Generation

..

i love this review, always have:

http://books.google.com/books?id=3_7wN22l43MC&pg=PT74&dq=pavement&lr=&as_pt=MAGAZINES&rview=1&cd=16#v=onepage&q=pavement&f=false

Yeah, all their Pavement reviews are exceptionally written, even the mixed one for WZ.

In retrospect, I think it's funny how the NY press treated Pavement as this west coast band when SM had been living in Hoboken and Brooklyn for years by that point.

Was putting together a "mellow pavement" playlist for weekend breakfast listening and noticed a few more Harness Your Hopes-type outliers in their play stats: Zurich is Stained appears to be trending right now, I wonder maybe due to it being looked up after hearing it live this summer? Also, it pleases me to see the Killing Moon cover is one of their most-played tracks at 7.2 million spotify plays. Three very catchy Wowee tracks, Father to a Sister, Grave Architecture, and We Dance, are also in the top 15 spotify plays, but are not on "Quarantine the Past". Might be time for a new best-of! Or a Quarantine vol. 2.

Finally, I'm just astounded that Spit on a Stranger is their 5th most popular song on spotify, with more plays than Stereo, Shady Lane, or Summer Babe. I wondered if this was just a Spotify algorithm thing, but it also looks like it's one of the most popular tracks on apple music's Pavement homepage. Pavement's page on Tidal doesn't list it, which makes me think maybe the listeners on Tidal are more hip, which I've long suspected/feared.

I'd like to think it's people deep diving rather than algorithms but hey I'm probably wrong.

Heh, I also made a 'mellow' Pavement mix for my fiancee, who can't stand noisy pop but really likes the less chaotic side of the band. Features Zurich, Spit on a Stranger and all three WZ cuts you mentioned.