Slanted And Enchanted

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It feels reductive to call this the band’s ‘best’ album when their other records were of such quality. But 1992's Slanted and Enchanted is the Pavement record with the most heart a nd charm, their most rounded and pretty set. In many ways its sonic roughness has preserved it from time : production values are never going to date on a record that had no production values in the first place, and the layers of discordant sound serve give it a certain mystique, with every snatch of melody and earworm chorus remaining delightfully unexpected. Rarely has such winsome music been forged from such rough materials. A genuine classic. Show more