Wowee Zowee

by Pavement

Overview

With its vast array of musical styles, Wowee Zowee isn't as accessible as Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain or as immediate as the bracing, noisy pop of Slanted & Enchanted. Pavement never abandon their warped pop aesthetic, they simply expand it, incorporating elements of folk-rock, English music hall, soul, jazz, country, as well as adding asides to such contemporaries as Suede ("We Dance"), Ween ("Brinx Job"), and Stereolab ("Half a Canyon"). Alternating between majestic epics like "Grounded" and ragged narratives like "Rattled by the Rush" and "Father to a Sister of Thought," to song fragments like "Brinx Job" and the punkish "Serpentine Pad," the record might seem disjointed at first. After repeated listens, the songs play off each other, creating a dense collage of '90s rock & roll that recasts the past and present into one rich, kaleidoscopic, and blissfully cryptic world view. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/23/1999
Label:	Matador
UPC:	0744861013020
Rank:	67138

Tracks

1. We Dance
2. Rattled by the Rush
3. Black Out
4. Brinx Job
5. Grounded
6. Serpentine Pad
7. Motion Suggests
8. Father to a Sister of Thought
9. Extradition
10. Best Friends Arm
11. Grave Architecture
12. AT & T
13. Flux = Rad
14. Fight This Generation
15. Kennel District
16. Pueblo
17. Half a Canyon
18. Western Homes

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Pavement   Primary Artist
Doug Easley   Primary Artist,Pedal Steel
Bob Nastanovich   Percussion
Spiral Stairs   Vocals,Guitar
Sibel Firat   Cello
Steve West   Drums
Stephen Malkmus   Guitar (Electric),Guitar,Vocals
Mark Ibold   Bass

Technical Credits

Doug Easley   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Davis McCain   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Spiral Stairs   Composer
David Bowie   Composer
Bryce Goggin   Mixing
Scott Kannberg   Composer
Lynn Ahrens   Composer
Stephen Malkmus   Composer
Mark Venezia   Engineer
Rich Costey   Mixing