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- Summary: The rerelease of the indie-rock band's 1997 album features B-sides and live recordings.
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 16
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Mixed: 0 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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UncutThis slice of weird-rock from a more contented American decade is playful and preposterous in equal measure. [Feb 2009, p.89]
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Many of the unreleased, B-side, and cover tracks here are less immediate, but no less joyful for the Pavement completist.
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A mountain of shambolic, livewire B-sides and covers of heroes and influence ranging from the Fall to Echo and the Bunnymen, help add a sense of balance and ballast to Brighten the Corners. It makes for an expanded vision of the original while at the same time proving that the original’s vision wasn’t quite so narrow after all.
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Individually as good as much of BTC, the bonus material is almost as listenable as the album itself.
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FilterThe second disc of this deluxe edition makes Brighten The Corners's faults more difficult to accept as hard truths. [Holiday 2008, p.98]
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A 62-page book and new vinyl pressing complete the package for the audiophiles and superfans, but the real value is in the album itself, an important piece of the history of a seminal '90s band.
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Like most modern reissues, this one contains a wealth of B-sides and curios to sift through. Some are fun, like the nasty, thrashing 'Wanna Mess You Around,' but some are for completists only.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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Aug 15, 2011
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Oct 26, 2010This review contains spoilers.
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Jun 26, 2022Only play this whilst wearing a tired t shirt and jeans , grate slacker songs from true legends
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