The discography of Pavement, a Stockton, California-based indie rock group, consists of five studio albums, five double-length reissues of the albums, one compilation, ten extended plays, and thirteen singles. This list does not include material performed by members or former members of Pavement that was recorded with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Silver Jews, Preston School of Industry, Free Kitten, The Crust Brothers, or any other associated solo or side projects.
| Pavement discography | |
|---|---|
 Pavement in 1993 | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 14 |
| EPs | 10 |
| Singles | 13 |
Pavement was formed in 1989 by Stephen Malkmus (guitars, vocals) and Scott Kannberg (guitars), although Malkmus stated that at this stage they "weren't a real band".[1] Pavement's debut, the 1989 EP Slay Tracks: 1933–1969, was recorded in a day with drummer and producer Gary Young[2] and released on Kannberg's self-owned label Treble Kicker.[3] The band subsequently released the EPs Demolition Plot J-7 and Perfect Sound Forever on Drag City, and in 1992 released their debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, on Matador Records. The band was joined by additional percussionist Bob Nastanovich, who assisted the increasingly erratic Young in keeping time,[4] and later by bassist Mark Ibold.[5] The 1992 EP Watery, Domestic was the band's first recording with their two new members, and the last with Young.[6] Young, known for his bizarre onstage behavior with the band, was replaced by Steve West in 1993.[7] After this, Nastanovich's role in the band expanded to also include his playing keyboards.[8]
Pavement's first three EPs were re-released together for the 1993 compilation Westing (By Musket and Sextant). The band's next studio album release, 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, featured the singles "Cut Your Hair" and "Gold Soundz" which nearly broke Pavement into the mainstream.[9] The 18-song follow-up to Crooked Rain, 1995's Wowee Zowee, was more experimental than its predecessor and was initially criticized as evidence that the "defiantly anti-corporate" band was "simply afraid to succeed;"[10] the album did not sell as well as Crooked Rain. The band's 1997 album Brighten the Corners "brought [the band] back" according to West,[11] although shortly after the 1999 release of Terror Twilight Malkmus broke the band up.[12] Since then, Pavement's former members have worked on various side projects, and the band's five studio albums have been reissued featuring previously unreleased songs, b-sides, compilation tracks, and live performances.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] | AUS [14] | CAN [15] | FRA [16] | GER [17] | NLD [18] | NOR [19] | NZL [20] | SWE [21] | UK [22] | ||||
| 1992 | Slanted and Enchanted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | 212,000[23] | |
| 1994 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
| 121 | 86 | — | — | 77 | — | — | 41 | — | 15 | 335,000[23] | |
| 1995 | Wowee Zowee
| 117 | — | 65 | 39 | 60 | 75 | — | 25 | — | 18 | 180,000[23] | |
| 1997 | Brighten the Corners
| 70 | 64 | 64 | — | — | — | 38 | 50 | 56 | 27 | 200,000[23] | |
| 1999 | Terror Twilight
| 95 | 63 | — | — | 63 | — | 20 | 24 | — | 19 | 140,000[23] | |
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Compilations and reissues
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] | US Indie [25] | UK [22] | |||
| 1993 | Westing (By Musket and Sextant)
| — | — | 30 | 63,000[23] |
| 1994 | Stuff Up the Cracks
| — | — | — | |
| 2002 | Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
| 152 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins
| 164 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition
| 185 | 13 | — | 11,595[26] |
| 2008 | Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition
| — | — | — | |
| 2010 | Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement
| 170 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | The Secret History, Vol. 1
| — | — | — | |
| 2022 | Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal
| — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart. Blank entries denote unavailable sales figures. | |||||
Live albums
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Live Europaturnén MCMXCVII
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| 2009 | Live Europaturnén MCMXCVII (2)
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EPs
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Alt. [27] | IRL [28] | UK [22] [29] | ||
| 1989 | Slay Tracks: 1933–1969
| — | — | — |
| 1990 | Demolition Plot J-7
| — | — | — |
| 1991 | Perfect Sound Forever
| — | — | — |
Summer Babe
| — | — | — | |
| 1992 | Watery, Domestic
| — | 25 | 58 |
| 1995 | Rattled by la Rush
| — | — | — |
| 1996 | Pacific Trim
| — | — | 91 |
| 1997 | Shady Lane
| — | — | — |
| 1999 | Spit on a Stranger
| — | — | — |
Major Leagues
| — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes EPs that were released but did not chart or were not released in the country listed. | ||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Alt [27] | IRL [28] | UK [22] [29] | |||
| 1991 | "Summer Babe" (EP) | — | — | — | Slanted and Enchanted |
| 1992 | "Trigger Cut" | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | "Cut Your Hair" | 10 | — | 52 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain |
| "Haunt You Down" | — | — | — | ||
| "Gold Soundz" | — | — | 94 | ||
| 1995 | "Range Life" | — | — | 79 | |
| "Dancing with the Elders/Chemical" | — | — | — | split single with Medusa Cyclone | |
| "Rattled by the Rush" | — | — | 91 | Wowee Zowee | |
| "Father to a Sister of Thought" | — | — | 148 | ||
| 1997 | "Stereo" | — | — | 48 | Brighten the Corners |
| "Shady Lane" | — | — | 40 | ||
| 1999 | "Spit on a Stranger" | — | — | — | Terror Twilight |
| "Carrot Rope" | — | — | 27 | ||
| "—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart or were not released in the country listed. | |||||
Other certified songs
| Year | Title | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Harness Your Hopes" | Spit on a Stranger |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Summer Babe" | Tanya Small[31][32] |
| 1992 | "Perfume-V" (live) | Kim Gordon[33] |
| "Here" | Thurston Moore[34] | |
| 1994 | "Cut Your Hair" | Dan Koretzky and Rian Murphy |
| "Gold Soundz" | S.D. Blen | |
| "Range Life" | ||
| 1995 | "Father to a Sister of Thought" | John Kelsey |
| "Rattled by the Rush" (version 1) | ||
| "Rattled by the Rush" (version 2) | Tom Surgel | |
| 1996 | "Painted Soldiers" | Dan Koretzky and Rian Murphy |
| 1997 | "Stereo" | John Kelsey |
| "Shady Lane" | Spike Jonze | |
| 1999 | "Carrot Rope" | Lance Bangs |
| "Spit on a Stranger" | ||
| "Major Leagues" | ||
| 2022 | "Harness Your Hopes" | Alex Ross Perry |
Video
| Year | Video information |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Slow Century
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Miscellaneous
| Year | Song | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Debris Slide"[35] | Pomo For Po Folk | Appears on Perfect Sound Forever and Westing (By Musket and Sextant). |
| 1993 | "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence"[36] | No Alternative | Appears on "Shady Lane 7"" and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins. |
| "Greenlander"[37] | Volume 4 | Appears on Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe and Born to Choose. | |
| 1994 | "No Life Singed Her", "Fillmore Jive"[35] | Big Cat 5 | "No Life Singed Her" appears on Slanted and Enchanted and "Fillmore Jive" appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. |
| "Haunt You Down", "Jam Kids" | 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 Descendents' Songs | Cover of a 1979 Descendents song. Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition. | |
| 1996 | "Painted Soldiers"[41] | Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition. |
| "No More Kings"[42] | Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks | Cover of a song from Schoolhouse Rock!. Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition. | |
| "Sensitive Euro Man"[43] | I Shot Andy Warhol | Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition. | |
| 1997 | "Type Slowly"[44] | Tibetan Freedom Concert | Appears on Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition. |
| "Texas Never Whispers"[45] | What's Up Matador | Appears on Watery, Domestic and Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe and Reduxe. | |
| 1999 | "Robyn Turns 26"[46] | At Home with the Groovebox | |
| "Cut Your Hair", "Rattled By the Rush" | One Man & His Bog | Live performances from 27/10/99 at the Adelphi Club in Hull UK. Issued as part of a 20th anniversary book / 2CD compilation celebrating the club. | |
| "Stereo", "Grounded" (Crooked Rain version)[47] | Everything Is Nice: Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology | "Stereo" appears on Brighten the Corners and "Grounded" (Crooked Rain version) appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins. | |
| 2000 | "Watch Out!"[46] | At Home With the Groovebox vinyl-only bonus track | |
| "Passat Dream"[48] | Coded | Appears on Brighten the Corners. | |
| 2004 | "Cut Your Hair"[49] | Autodiscographie: Benjamin vs. Stuckrad-Barre | Appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. |
| 2006 | "Black Out" (alternate version), "Extradition" (alternate vocal)[50] | Wow Out! bonus 7" | Distributed with pre-orders of Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition |
| 2009 | "...And Then" (7" version), "Agony Of The Stars," "Westie Can Drum (Elastica)," "Birds In The Majic Industry" (instrumental), "Stereo" (Steve Fisk remix), "Painted Soldiers" (live on KCRW), "What Goes On" (Velvet Underground cover, live on KCRW), "Kris Kraft" (live on KCRW)[51] | Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition vinyl bonus tracks | "Westie Can Drum (Elastica)" was released digitally as a bonus download with pre-orders of Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition in 2008. "Stereo" (Steve Fisk remix) and "Birds In The Majic Industry" (instrumental) appeared on the "Stereo" promo CD in 1997 as well as the "Shady Lane" Japanese EP in 1998. "...And Then" appeared on the B-side of the "Spit on a Stranger" 7" in 1999. |
References
General
- Jovanovic, Rob (2004). Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement. (Boston) Justin, Charles & Co. ISBN 1-932112-07-3.
- "Pavement Discography". Matador Records. Retrieved on 18 September 2007.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas and Phares, Heather. "Pavement > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved on 6 October 2007.
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