| Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition | 
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Sales Rank: 10574
Category: Music
Artist: Pavement
Publisher: Matador Records
Studio: Matador Records
Manufacturer: Matador Records
Label: Matador Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.8
MPN: 10722
UPC: 744861072225
EAN: 0744861072225
ASIN: B000IOMXXA
Release Date: November 7, 2006
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Disc 1
| • | We Dance | | • | Rattled by the Rush | | • | Black Out | | • | Brinx Job | | • | Grounded | | • | Serpentine Pad | | • | Motion Suggests Itself | | • | Father to a Sister Of Thought | | • | Extradition | | • | Best Friend's Arm | | • | Grave Architecture | | • | AT & T | | • | Flux = Rad | | • | Fight This Generation | | • | Kennel District | | • | Pueblo | | • | Half a Canyon | | • | Western Homes | | • | Sordid [previously unreleased Wowee Zowee session outtake] | | • | Brink of the Clouds [Rattled by the Rush b-side] | | • | False Skorpion [Rattled by the Rush b-side] | | • | Easily Fooled [Rattled by the Rush b-side] | | • | Kris Kraft [Father to a Sister of Thought b-side] | | • | Mussle Rock [Father to a Sister of Thought b-side] | | • | Give It a Day [Pacific Trim EP] | | • | Gangsters & Pranksters [Pacific Trim EP] | | • | Saganaw [Pacific Trim EP] | | • | I Love Perth [Pacific Trim EP] | | • | Sentinel [previously unreleased Wowee Zowee session outtake] |
Disc 2
| • | Sensitive Euro Man [I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrack] | | • | Stray Fire [previously unreleased Wowee Zowee session outtake] | | • | Fight This Generation [recorded March 3, 1994 at Hilversum, Holland] | | • | Easily Fooled [recorded March 3, 1994 at Hilversum, Holland] | | • | Soul Food [Wowee Zowee jam session w/Doug Easley on piano] | | • | It's a Hectic World [from Homage to Descendents tribute album] | | • | Kris Kraft [BBC in-studio; Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995] | | • | Golden Boys/Serpentine Pad [BBC in-studio; Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995] | | • | Painted Soldiers [BBC in-studio; Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995] | | • | I Love Perth [BBC in-studio; Steve Lamacq Evening Session, March 15, 1995] | | • | Dancing With the Elders [from Medusa Cyclone/Pavement split 7"] | | • | Half a Canyon [live; Wireless JJJ Radio, Australia, July 7, 1994] | | • | Best Friend's Arm [live; Wireless JJJ Radio, Australia, July 7, 1994] | | • | Brink of the Clouds/Candylad [live; Wireless JJJ Radio, Australia, July 7, 1994] | | • | Unfair [live; Wireless JJJ Radio, Australia, July 7, 1994] | | • | Eaily Fooled [live; Wireless JJJ Radio, Australia, July 7, 1994] | | • | Heaven Is a Truck [live; Wireless JJJ Radio, Australia, July 7, 1994] | | • | Box Elder [live; Wireless JJJ Radio, Australia, July 7, 1994] | | • | No More Kings [from Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks comp] | | • | Painted Soldiers [from Kids in the Hall in Brain Candy soundtrack] | | • | We Dance (alternate mix) [previously unreleased Wowee Zowee session outtake] |
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Album Description
Originally released in April 1995, fresh off the success of "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain", the band recorded a deliberately chaotic and eclectic album that sounded nothing like its predecessor. With influences from the Groundhogs to the Frogs, Captain Beefheart to the more obscure mid-'80s central California hardcore bands, "Wowee Zowee" confused critics and alienated fans. Yet it became a fan favorite over time. The songs have a darkness that now seems appropriate and with Bryce Goggin at the mixing desk, the production was the band's most rocking to date. This super-deluxe re-mastered comp contains an embossed slipcase with two CDs and a 64-page perfect-bound book, fifty tracks total; eighteen unreleased recordings, nine non-album b-sides, four compilation tracks, five BBC Evening Session tracks and much more.
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 Great music, good extras, excellent sound April 1, 2009
Wowee Zowee is a must have for any Pavement fan, the extras are truly something extra and worth the listen. The sound reproduction of these discs is excellent. Highly recommended.
 Roll With The Wind September 24, 2008
2 out of 18 found this review helpful
A very smart person once said: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." While I support that statement, I have to take a moment to talk about one of the most unlistenable pieces of music I have ever heard. "Nirvana's not the quintessential band of the 90s, it's Pavement!", they'll tell ya. I wanted to be a part of that crowd too. I wanted to cheer for Malkmus and the gang badly. In fact, it's one of my biggest mistakes: assuming I'll love the band that didn't make it big commercially, but collected a wide-spread amount of critical acclaim. The hipster in me was just waiting to get a taste. Boy, was I wrong! Whereas Nirvana kickstarted a rock revolution with a pure strength of a riff, Pavement remains painfully unmelodic and unprofessional.
Mind you, I have nothing against Malkmus. In fact, I would go that far to say that his "attitude" and his untrained voice--along with a good drummer who wasn't allowed to do much or hasn't tried enough--are about the only welcoming aspects of the band. I do not know what bands had an influence on these guys, but I'll tell you one thing: they sure as hell sound original. Unfortunately, originality does not always equal quality. Pavement partisans are a loyal crowd and they're ready to attack whoever shares their juvenile or nedless opinion on the band, let alone negative criticism. But I'm not badmouthing the band as much as I'm expressing the bitter aftertaste their music left in me. I want to hear what everyone else hears so badly, but I guess that the Pavement charm is lost on me.
I have a feeling that Pavement is, after all, an influential band, but God knows I don't want to hear about the bands they influenced. It's sad that a band I wanted to love so much made but a handful of good songs I can enjoy ("Flux=Rad", "Brinx Job", "I Love Perth" and the excellent "Roll With The Wind" from the "Spit On The Stranger" EP). I was left in awe after hearing so many ugly melodies that made my ears bleed and left my mind boggled. Seriously, what the hell are the doing in "Box Elder"? "Wow, wow, wow?" Surely they could have thought of something better. The "pleasure" was even doubled: I own the Sordid Sentinels Edition.
For some reason, I'm still in a state of disbelief. For some reason, I'm still ready to give them yet another chance. I blame Malkmus and his charming personality. I believe that Pavement is an important band and that they touched a lot of people. I also believe that they are fully capable of creating good, solid songs. I'll assume that the good side of the band is something you have to work hard for to see. I can see the faces of the die-hards reading this, they're filled with anger and marked with laughter. I can tell you a lot of things, but I can not tell you why this band is good for I do not see it at all.
 C'Mon, Steve.... March 15, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Another excellent album. I just hope that Steve will pull his over-inflated head out of his *ss and realize that the grass was greener WITH pavement.
Gee, Steve... I am sorry you had a 'disagreement' with the band. Boo freakin' Hoo.
That band MADE you.
Show the fans (who pay YOUR bills) some respect and do the 'reunion' thing. And I don't mean the "Led Zep" reunion with one or two shows. I mean a full-blown tour. Hey, if you need to bring your 'other' band along, charge us another $5 per ticket. We'll do it & more. Just don't be a dork.
Mostly Concerning the Extras September 9, 2007
Love the album -- 5 stars.
The extra padding is worth the extra (4) dollars (I paid) from a normal, bonusless CD. As has been mentioned already, the bonus tracks help illustrate what the band was trying to do with this album, SM writing in the liners that most of these songs were created through a loose, experimental process with not much in mind as far as end results go.
Of course, with a plethora of extras comes some unnecessary bonus... no, bogus tracks. However, IMO, there are some diamonds among the 32 extra tracks that would have sounded fine on the album. Was it a problem with running time? Maybe something SM could have indicated in the liners...
I like the Peel sesh.
I like how they don't throw in a ton of songs already present on the album.
An easy purchase.
the album in constant rotation on the jukebox in my brain July 20, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i imagine that everyone has a record or two that they know every note from beginning to end, not a wasted nanosecond. from the moment that i hear that opening Eminor chord, i'm whisked away on the Nostalgia Magic Carpet back to my freshman year of high school, emphasis on the former. i can practically smell the hacking-coughed exhales of after school bong hits, shooting pool w/'brinx job' in the background, swearing that the vocal effect on the last few seconds sounds exactly like "Twin Infinitives" era Royal Trux, catatonic on the couch in statuesque bliss by the time 'at&t' comes on. In a time when insecurities both internal and physical were abound, the brilliance of this album was one thing i was absolutely sure about. the best part of the re-issue is the inclusion of the b-sides from the 'rattled by the rush' single. the 'give it a day' single is included as well. it's not as "groundbreaking" as "S&E," and lacks the instant confectionery appeal of "CRCR," but this is the album that marked their creative peak. it takes at least 5 listens before its genious slowly reveals itself, but trust me--invest that time in Wowee Zowee.
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