Today, for whatever reason, I started thinking about last summer. I was just sitting in a waiting room, occupying myself with my thoughts, when the memory of sittng at my computer on a dull summer day just came to me. I was sitting at my computer, making one those "Favorite Music" lists you see on Listal, and "Silence Kit" was playing. Actually, it wasn't a day I remembered, IT WAS THE WHOLE GOD D... read more
Description:Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is an album released by Pavement in 1994. With this album, the band abandoned the lo-fi sound displayed on Slanted and Enchanted (as well as their drummer, Gary Young). During the tour for Slanted, the band added percussionist Bob Nastanovich and bassist Mark Ibold; partway through this album's recording sesCrooked Rain, Crooked Rain is an album released by Pavement in 1994. With this album, the band abandoned the lo-fi sound displayed on Slanted and Enchanted (as well as their drummer, Gary Young). During the tour for Slanted, the band added percussionist Bob Nastanovich and bassist Mark Ibold; partway through this album's recording sessions, Gary Young was replaced by Steve West. The album featured the band at its most easily accessible, and the single "Cut Your Hair" was the band's closest brush with mainstream success. As of 2007, the album has sold almost 500,000 copies.
The album was reissued on October 26, 2004 by Matador Records under the name Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins. The re-released version contains two discs: the first is the original album as well as B-sides and compilation tracks from that era. The second disc is a collection of previously unreleased tracks featuring former drummer Gary Young and live BBC Sessions.
The collection features forty-nine tracks, culled from various previous recordings, including the original album, the single "Cut Your Hair", "Range Life", "Gold Soundz", the "Gold Soundz" Australia-N.Z. French Micronesia Tour '94 EP, the "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" bonus 7", and other recording sessions at Random Falls, NY, Louder Than You Think in Stockton, CA, and Waterworks, NY over the course of 1993.
The photo in the middle of the cover was taken from the March 1974 issue of National Geographic Magazine.
Due to an ink splodge on the back of the original artwork, the song originally named "Silence Kid" has become known as "Silence Kit". This misnomer persisted when designer Mark Ohe printed it onto the back of the re-issue Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins, despite the interior artwork showing the intended name in print several times, including written in Stephen Malkmus's own handwriting.
It was chosen as #8 on Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1990s[1] In 2003, the album was ranked number 210 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2010, the song "Gold Soundz" was listed as number one on Pitchfork Media's 200 Greatest Songs of the 1990's.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Matador Records Release date : 2 February 1993 EAN: 0744861061021 UPC: 744861061021
"Silent kid no one to remind you
You got no heel, no reels to remind you
Silent kid don't take your pawn shop
Home on the road, goddamn you
Silent kid don't lose your graceful tone
This is the city life, come on
Let's talk about leaving
Come on now, talk about your family
Your sister's cursed, your father's old and damned
Silent kid don't listen to the grandmother's advice about Ezra
Silent kid don't listen to their ayy...
Hand me the drumstick
Snare kick
Blues call upon I knew my"
joelarocca added this to a list 1 year, 2 months ago
“Today, for whatever reason, I started thinking about last summer. I was just sitting in a waiting room, occupying myself with my thoughts, when the memory of sittng at my computer on a dull summer day just came to me. I was sitting at my computer, making one those "Favorite Music" lists you see on Listal, and "Silence Kit" was playing. Actually, it wasn't a day I remembered, IT WAS THE WHOLE GOD DAMN SUMMER.
Yep, that's how I spent my summer, listening to Pavement and using Listal. Everybody else does something great like take a big trip to the Grand Canyon, or see some awesome family memeber, but I just drowned in my own meaninglessness. A hard and very very monotous excurssion to get through, but thank god this was there to accompany it.
""Pavement's second album made love and rock & roll its great subjects, with bouncy pop songs, epic stretches of lyrical noise and "Range Life," a sweet country ballad that slagged the Smashing Pumpkins, then shifted to poignant longing for the right way to settle down.""
Explore
Forums
Join Listal
Movies
TV Shows
DVDs
Music
Books
Games
Lists
Reviews
Images
Favorite Albums Lyrically
30 songs
RS 500: Part 3
