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Old 01-30-2009, 11:49 AM   #788
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For this round, from the 91-93 category, I pick 1992's slacker masterpiece: Slanted & Enchanted by Pavement.



This was the first real record by Pavement, following a string of singles and a 10" record on Drag City, all of which was later collected on the Westing by... album. They were still pretty messy as a band, alternating between super hooks and full on burn-out collapse. None of the edges have been smoothed out yet on Slanted & Enchanted, and that gives it all its charm. They still have more in common with Sonic Youth than anything else at this point in their life.

I bought a ton of records in the 90s which all sort of sounded like Pavement. With very few exceptions, none of them have stood up over time like this one.

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