Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - 2020 UK & European Matador label 12-track LP Reissue

2020 European reissue of Stockton, California,  alt-rockers magnificent 2nd album - resonating with loose and sun kissed indie rock-americana-folk chirpy pop tunefulness - originally released in 1994 and described as "a tour de force melodywise" by Robert Christgau of the Village Voice whereas AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine finds - in his 5 star review - that the album has "... a richer, warmer vibe that's as apparent on the rampaging, noise-ravaged "Unfair" as it is on the breezy, sun-kissed country-rock of "Range Life" or its weary, late-night counterpart, "Heaven Is a Truck."" and concludes that "Crooked Rain" was "a vibrant, dynamic, emotionally resonant album that stands as a touchstone of underground rock in the '90s and one of the great albums of its decade."

Vinyl is pressed onto 120 gram black vinyl - includes illustrated insert - housed in a picture cover preserving the orginal 1994 artwork

a couple of reviews that just a bout covers it:

“An album electric with carefree swagger and ageless amplification” - Billboard

“A masterpiece, a record that continues to glimmer with unique brilliance two decades after its release” - Stereogum

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1 Silence Kit
2 Elevate Me Later
3 Stop Breathin
4 Cut Your Hair
5 Newark Wilder
6 Unfair

Side 2:
1 Gold Soundz
2 5-4 = Unity
3 Range Life
4 Heaven Is A Truck
5 Hit The Plane Down
6 Fillmore Jive

All tracks are written by Stephen Malkmus unless noted

Recorded August – September 1993 at Random Falls Studios, New York City, New York, and at Louder Than You Think Studios, Stockton, California.

Pavement

Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar, bass
Scott Kannberg – guitar, vocals, organ, percussion
Mark Ibold – bass, vocals
Steve West – drums, percussion
Bob Nastanovich – percussion, vocals (credited)

Technical Credits:

Pavement – production
Bryce Goggin – engineer, mixing, piano
Mark Venezia – engineer
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