Major Leagues [EP] [EP] [SINGLE]

Pavement

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 12, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP, Single
• Label: Matador Records
• ASIN: B00001IVLP
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #251,450 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Single Plus Filler and Killer Remake, August 19, 2000

By	WrtnWrd "Hankman" (Northridge, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Major Leagues is an EP to be filed under single plus filler. Both the single edit and the demo version of "Major Leagues" from Pavement's Terror Twilight are worth owning (the single mix is cleaner than the CD version; the demo demonstrates a good song in its simplest form). The unreleased tracks are defiant B-sides (the French-speaking "Decouvert de Soleil" is a hoot). The best reason to own this single plus filler are the remakes. Pavement, no slouches in the innovation department, prove that The Fall are virtually uncoverable - the cadences of "The Classical" were written to spec for Mark E. Smith's delivery. It's a lesson in stubborn wrongheadedness. But their cover of Echo and the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" is inspired. Pavement invests the hyper-romanticism of the song with their ironic distance; the tug of war between the two fascinates, with romance trumping irony in the final round. The struggle is thrilling.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Pavement grab bag, August 24, 2002

By A Customer

Pavement has a tradition of putting out great EPs. While this might not be the all time greatest EP ever, it does give a good overview of the band's sound. The first track is Major Leagues, a solid song from the band's final album that made for an undeniably weak single due to it's whispiness. The EP picks it up a notch with two songs by Spiral Stairs that are worth the price of admission. "Stub Your Toe" sports the trademark backing vocals and some slick guitar work. It's a fast, smooth number, and provides a welcome contrast to SS's precedding track, "Your Time To Change." It's a little bit more epic, and contains some interesting (and appropriate, given the title) time changes. This song still lives on in Preston School of Industry's live set, and it's easy to see why. The fourth track is the demo version of Major Leagues, complete with some keyboard playing that is both terribly cheesy and amazingly wonderful at the same time. One can't help but wonder if this is what Terror Twilight would have sounded like had it not been produced by Nigel Godrich. The rest of the album consists of a lazy demo sung half in French, a wonderful cover of "The Killing Moon", and then a little burst of Malkmus energy in the form of "The Classical." This EP is a great deal of fun, but it's certainly not grade A material. Still, Pavement fans will be pleased that it was even released in the first place, and while it occasionally fails to awe like the band's best work can, it never disappoints.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Will you pass the mustard?, September 20, 2002

By	Joel Gaddis (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This album is worth the admission price for one of Spiral's best and most gorgeous songs: Stub Your Toe. The other tracks here range from the Doors-y "Your Time to Change", to the goofy "Decouvert de Soleil". The two cover songs (Echo and the Bunnymen's "Killing Moon" and the Fall's "Classical") are also pretty good.