Pavement Tours for 'Best Of' Record: Quarantine the Past

When Pavement announced a reunion earlier this year, fans were thrilled one of Indie Rock's finest bands agreed to give it another go-around. So would it be safe to say that in the wake of all the reunion talk, they would release a greatest hits collection? The answer is an emphatic yes.

The album, Quarantine the Past, will be released on March 9th and spans their 10-year career (1989 – 1999) and is an amalgamation of 4 LPs, from their noisy, vinyl-only releases to their more complex and humble later years, plus a few EPs. The complete track listing is as follows:

1. Gold Soundz (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
2. Frontwards (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
3. Mellow Jazz Docent (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
4. Stereo (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
5. In The Mouth A Desert (SLANTED & ENCHANTED)
6. Two States (SLANTED & ENCHANTED)
7. Cut Your Hair (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
8. Shady Lane / J Vs. S (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
9. Here (SLANTED & ENCHANTED)
10. Unfair (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
11. Grounded (WOWEE ZOWEE)
12. Summer Babe (Winter Version) (SLANTED & ENCHANTED)
13. Range Life (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
14. Date w/ IKEA (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
15. Debris Slide (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
16. Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse) (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
17. Spit On A Stranger (TERROR TWILIGHT)
18. Heaven Is a Truck (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
19. Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17 (SLANTED & ENCHANTED)
20. Embassy Row (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
21. Box Elder (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
22. Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence (NO ALTERNATIVE COMP)
23. Fight This Generation (WOWEE ZOWEE)

Courtesy of Matador Records (All tracks are available for pre-order as well)

It would be a tad redundant to review a greatest hits release, but all 23 tracks are re-mastered and mixed to flow as if it were your typical Pavement record. Upon release, Pavement will embark on a world tour starting in New Zealand, but won't touch North American soil until May, when they play the Sasquatch Festival.

However, this “best of” release is sure to tide us over and for music fans that aren’t aware of this group, now is your chance – and please, do take advantage.

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