maybe we can dance

i originally dismissed later era pavement almost flat out, always favoring the earlier, more lo-fi, rawer and more critically acclaimed slanted and enchanted and crooked rain, crooked rain. there's something to be said of the 18 song tour de force that rolling stone called scattered, sloppy and half-baked., and has been a very polarizing album for both fans of pavement and music critics alike. i'm taking the pro side on this one, as each song on this album varies from melodic and aurally captivating to a sort of endearing musical awkwardness and every one of them shows off the raw talent each member posesesses but also the muddy and smirk-laden wit that s. malkmus all but built a generation around. i know my opinion doesn't count on the matter as much as rolling stone's (although it should) but the recent release of the "sordid sentinels" edition of wowee zowee,has led to me sort of rediscovering this record, only to really discover it for the first time, this record not only matches its predecessors in sheer awesomeness, it at some points blows them away in terms of seminality and cultural relevance, and that if s. malkmus was an alien before making this record, somewhere before it came out he was involved in some kind of ufo accident and half his body was replaced by superior cyborg parts.

1. "We Dance" – 3:01
2. "Rattled by the Rush" – 4:16
3. "Black Out" – 2:10
4. "Brinx Job" – 1:31
5. "Grounded" – 4:14
6. "Serpentine Pad" – 1:16
7. "Motion Suggests" – 3:15
8. "Father to a Sister of Thought" – 3:30
9. "Extradition" – 2:12
10. "Best Friend's Arm" – 2:19
11. "Grave Architecture" – 4:16
12. "AT&T" – 3:32
13. "Flux=Rad" – 1:45
14. "Fight This Generation" – 4:22
15. "Kennel District" – 2:59 (Spiral Stairs)
16. "Pueblo" – 3:25
17. "Half a Canyon" – 6:10
18. "Western Homes" – 1:49

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