Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins is a compilation album by Pavement released on October 26, 2004. It contains the band's 1994 album, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, in its entirety, as well as outtakes and other rarities from that era, some of which had previously been unreleased.
LA's Desert Origins was released on October 26, 2004 by Matador Records.[1] The album contains a 62-page booklet of liner notes, which contain photographs, artwork, accounts from vocalist/guitarist Stephen Malkmus and guitarist Scott Kannberg (a.k.a. "Spiral Stairs"), and notes Malkmus wrote for Melody Maker about each of the songs on the original album.[2] The liner notes also feature a surreal and sensationalistic "interview" between Matador's Gerard Cosloy and the fictitious "Rob Jurkface". According to Cosloy, he took questions by Pavement's biographer, Rob Jovanovic, changed them slightly, and wrote silly answers for them.
Some of the songs on the second disc ("Flux = Rad", "Kennel District", "Grounded" and "Pueblo") are early forms of songs on 1995's Wowee Zowee.
Shortly after its release, a Matador employee posted corrected info regarding the recording sessions for the previously unreleased tracks on disc two: Only tracks 2 through 8 feature Gary Young on drums. Tracks 13 through 21 were recorded at Gary Young's studio in Stockton, though Gary does not play on them; any drums were played by Spiral Stairs.
A further mistake is found in the track-listing on the back of the CD; "Silence Kid" is listed as "Silence Kit", despite the interior artwork showing the correct name in print several times, including written in Stephen Malkmus's own handwriting. Some have pointed out that on Pavement's 2010 tour the song appeared on their set-list as "Silence Kit" (Set list), although it is not clear who typed the list, or if it was done as a joke.
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^Blashill, Pat (25 November 2004). "Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins". Rolling Stone. from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain LA s Desert Origins is a compilation album by Pavement released on October 26 2004 It contains the band s 1994 album Crooked Rain Crooked Rain in its entirety as well as outtakes and other rarities from that era some of which had previously been unreleased Crooked Rain Crooked Rain LA s Desert OriginsCompilation album by PavementReleasedOctober 26 2004RecordedEarly 1993 February 26 1994GenreIndie rockLength158 01LabelMatador USA Domino UK Pavement chronologySlanted and Enchanted Luxe amp Reduxe 2002 Crooked Rain Crooked Rain LA s Desert Origins 2004 Wowee Zowee Sordid Sentinels Edition 2006 Contents 1 Release 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 3 1 Disc One Back to the Gold Soundz Phantom Power Parables 3 2 Disc Two After the Glow Where Eagles Dare 4 Personnel 5 ReferencesRelease editLA s Desert Origins was released on October 26 2004 by Matador Records 1 The album contains a 62 page booklet of liner notes which contain photographs artwork accounts from vocalist guitarist Stephen Malkmus and guitarist Scott Kannberg a k a Spiral Stairs and notes Malkmus wrote for Melody Maker about each of the songs on the original album 2 The liner notes also feature a surreal and sensationalistic interview between Matador s Gerard Cosloy and the fictitious Rob Jurkface According to Cosloy he took questions by Pavement s biographer Rob Jovanovic changed them slightly and wrote silly answers for them Some of the songs on the second disc Flux Rad Kennel District Grounded and Pueblo are early forms of songs on 1995 s Wowee Zowee Shortly after its release a Matador employee posted corrected info regarding the recording sessions for the previously unreleased tracks on disc two Only tracks 2 through 8 feature Gary Young on drums Tracks 13 through 21 were recorded at Gary Young s studio in Stockton though Gary does not play on them any drums were played by Spiral Stairs A further mistake is found in the track listing on the back of the CD Silence Kid is listed as Silence Kit despite the interior artwork showing the correct name in print several times including written in Stephen Malkmus s own handwriting Some have pointed out that on Pavement s 2010 tour the song appeared on their set list as Silence Kit Set list although it is not clear who typed the list or if it was done as a joke Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingThe Austin Chronicle nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Blender nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Christgau s Consumer Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Cokemachineglow96 6 Entertainment WeeklyB 7 Pitchfork10 10 2 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 SpinA 9 Tom HullA 10 LA s Desert Origins received very positive reviews from critics with Spin highlighting the consistency of the extra tracks 9 Track listing editDisc One Back to the Gold Soundz Phantom Power Parables edit Crooked Rain Crooked Rain 1 Silence Kid 3 00 2 Elevate Me Later 2 51 3 Stop Breathin 4 27 4 Cut Your Hair 3 06 5 Newark Wilder 3 53 6 Unfair 2 33 7 Gold Soundz 2 39 8 5 4 Unity 2 09 9 Range Life 4 54 10 Heaven Is a Truck 2 30 11 Hit the Plane Down 3 36 12 Fillmore Jive 6 38 Cut Your Hair single 13 Camera 3 45 R E M Cover 14 Stare 2 51 Range Life single 15 Raft 3 34 16 Coolin by Sound 2 50 Gold Soundz single 17 Kneeling Bus 1 33 18 Strings of Nashville 3 46 19 Exit Theory 1 00 Gold Soundz Austral N Z French Micronesia 94 Tour EP 20 5 4 Vocal 2 08 Crooked Rain Crooked Rain bonus 7 21 Jam Kids 4 54 22 Haunt You Down 4 51 No Alternative compilation 23 Unseen Power of the Picket Fence 3 51 Hey Drag City compilation 24 Nail Clinic 2 25Disc Two After the Glow Where Eagles Dare edit Recorded in early 1993 at Louder Than You Think in Stockton California 1 All My Friends 5 12 2 Soiled Little Filly 2 08 3 Range Life 4 11 4 Stop Breathing 3 54 5 Ell Ess Two a k a Loretta s Scars II later renamed to Elevate Me Later 2 44 6 Flux Rad 2 11 7 Bad Version of War 3 27 8 Same Way of Saying 4 35 Recorded in August and September 1993 at Random Falls in New York City 9 Hands Off the Bayou 2 43 10 Heaven is a Truck Egg Shell 2 20 11 Grounded 3 35 12 Kennel District 3 24 13 Pueblo Beach Boys 3 47 14 Fucking Righteous 2 47 15 Colorado 1 13 16 Dark Ages 2 39 17 Flood Victim 1 17 18 JMC Retro 0 52 19 Rug Rat 3 05 20 Strings of Nashville Instrumental 3 50 21 Instrumental 3 40 John Peel Session Transmitted 26 February 1994 22 Brink of the Clouds 3 48 23 Tartar Martyr 3 13 24 Pueblo Domain 4 18 25 The Sutcliffe Catering Song 3 22Personnel editGail Butensky Photography Bryce Goggin Piano Mixing Alex Kirzhner Design Mark Ohe Art Direction Mark Venezia EngineerReferences edit Pavement Matador Records Archived from the original on 23 July 2021 Retrieved 8 August 2021 a b Richardson Mark 25 October 2004 Pavement Crooked Rain Crooked Rain LA s Desert Origins Pitchfork Retrieved 6 June 2020 Gray Christopher 14 December 2004 Crooked Rain Crooked Rain L A s Desert Origins The Austin Chronicle Retrieved 16 December 2020 Wolk Douglas Pavement Crooked Rain Crooked Rain L A s Desert Origins Blender Archived from the original on 22 March 2005 Retrieved 6 June 2020 Christgau Robert Pavement Crooked Rain Crooked Rain LA s Desert Origins RobertChristgau com Retrieved 6 June 2020 Hepburn Peter 3 November 2004 Crooked Rain Crooked Rain L A s Desert Origins Reissue Cokemachineglow Archived from the original on 20 April 2008 Retrieved 16 December 2020 Weingarten Marc 12 November 2004 Crooked Rain Crooked Rain L A s Desert Origins Entertainment Weekly Retrieved 6 June 2020 Blashill Pat 25 November 2004 Pavement Crooked Rain Crooked Rain L A s Desert Origins Rolling Stone Archived from the original on 23 October 2007 Retrieved 6 June 2020 a b Hermes Will December 2004 Gold Standardz Spin Vol 20 no 12 pp 115 16 Retrieved 6 June 2020 Hull Tom May 2005 Recycled Goods 19 A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge Tom Hull Retrieved 20 June 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crooked Rain Crooked Rain LA 27s Desert 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