Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe

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Slanted and Enchanted:
Luxe & Reduxe
Slanted and Enchanted Luxe & Reduxe.png
Compilation album by
Pavement
ReleasedOctober 20, 2002
RecordedDecember 24, 1990 to
December 16, 1992
Genre
Length138:34
LabelMatador
Producer
Pavement chronology
Major Leagues
(1999) 		Slanted and Enchanted:
Luxe & Reduxe
(2002) 		Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins
(2004)

Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe is a compilation album by American indie rock band Pavement featuring a remastered version of the band's first studio album Slanted and Enchanted, as well as outtakes & live tracks from the same era as the original release.

Release and reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic5/5 stars link
Rolling Stone5/5 stars October 31, 2002
Pitchfork Media10/10 November 1, 2002
SplendidEzine.comnot rated November 15, 2002

Matador Records released Luxe & Reduxe on October 20, 2002,[1] alongside the Slow Century DVD.[2] It features 48 songs, including the entire original disc and, in addition, 3 outtakes of which one is an unreleased song and the other two are alternate takes, plus the B-sides from the "Summer Babe" and "Trigger Cut" singles, 5 songs from two different John Peel sessions, the 4-track EP Watery, Domestic, and 13 tracks of a live performance of the band held at the Brixton Academy in London on December 14, 1992.[3][4]

Luxe & Reduxe reached number 5 in the US Billboard Top Independent Albums[5][6] and number 152 in the US Billboard 200 charts.[5][7] It received very positive reviews from critics.

Track listing[]

Disc one Slanted & Enchanted[]

Slanted & Enchanted
1. "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" - 3:16
2. "Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite at :17" - 3:17
3. "No Life Singed Her" - 2:08
4. "In the Mouth a Desert" - 3:52
5. "Conduit for Sale!" - 2:52
6. "Zürich Is Stained" - 1:41
7. "Chesley's Little Wrists" - 1:15
8. "Loretta's Scars" - 2:55
9. "Here" - 3:56
10. "Two States" - 1:47
11. "Perfume-V" - 2:10
12. "Fame Throwa" - 3:22
13. "Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era" - 3:21
14. "Our Singer" - 3:12
Slanted Sessions
15. "Summer Babe (7" Version)" - 3:14
16. "Mercy Snack: The Laundromat" - 1:38
17. "Baptist Blacktick" - 2:04
18. "My First Mine" - 2:22
19. "Here (Alternate Mix)" - 3:58
20. "Nothing Ever Happens" - 2:31
John Peel sessions, June 23, 1992
21. "Circa 1762" - 3:26
22. "Kentucky Cocktail" - 3:34
23. "Secret Knowledge of Backroads" - 3:27
24. "Here" - 3:48

Disc two Watery, Domestic[]

Watery, Domestic
1. "Texas Never Whispers" - 3:08
2. "Frontwards" - 3:16
3. "Lions (Linden)" - 1:49
4. "Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse)" - 3:15
Watery Sessions
5. "Sue Me Jack" - 3:01
6. "So Stark (You're a Skyscraper)" - 3:01
7. "Greenlander" - 3:11
John Peel sessions, December 16, 1992
8. "Rain Ammunition" - 3:24
9. "Drunks with Guns" - 1:42
10. "Ed Ames" - 3:22
11. "The List of Dorms" - 2:25
Live Brixton Academy, London, December 14, 1992
12. "Conduit for Sale!" - 3:10
13. "Fame Throwa" - 2:32
14. "Home" - 3:14
15. "Perfume-V" - 2:14
16. "Summer Babe" - 3:21
17. "Frontwards" - 3:18
18. "Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent" - 3:01
19. "Two States" - 1:54
20. "No Life Singed Her" - 1:45
21. "So Stark" - 3:56
22. "Box Elder" - 2:44
23. "Baby, Yeah" - 2:44
24. "In the Mouth a Desert" - 4:00

Charts[]

US Billboard 200[5][7] 152
US Independent Albums[5][6] 5

References[]

  1. ^ "Pavement". Matador Records. Archived from the original on July 23, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Modell, Josh (November 27, 2002). "Pavement: Slanted And Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe". Matador Records. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe at Discogs. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement. Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Pavement | Chart History. Independent Albums". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. November 9, 2002. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Pavement | Chart History. Billboard 200". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. November 9, 2002. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
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