‘But rather than chalking it up to the singles/album divide, it’s possible that the reason that Pavement’s “hits” don’t sound much different from their other songs is because most Pavement songs could’ve been hits. There are catchy melodies, memorable couplets, and endearing quirks in pretty much everything the band did. It’s not hard to imagine an alternate universe in which their best-of compilation, Quarantine the Past, consists of completely different tracks.
So we went ahead and imagined exactly that, picking 10 songs that could have just as easily been the tunes that made Pavement one of their generation’s most talked-about indie rock bands. We selected from across their history, considering only songs that weren’t released as singles and didn’t make it onto Quarantine.’
Marc Masters shares his Alternate Universe Pavement Greatest Hits collection for Bandcamp.
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