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10.0
9888
10.0 |
Pitchfork
Unlike other cross-generational legacy bands like the Pixies, Sonic Youth, and Talking Heads, Pavement's songs fit together comfortably as a jukebox-friendly hit parade
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10.0
11040
10.0 |
State
Packaged and streamlined in all their chaotic glory. It’s hard to express how important it is for those unacquainted to hear this album. Please get stuck in
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9.0
9983
9.0 |
NME
For a canon so flagrant in its faults, ‘Quarantine…’ is all-but faultless
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9.0
10210
9.0 |
The Quietus
A collection that's more than your average best of – it's a shoebox under the bed full of fading photos and treasured mementos, a time capsule of treats that trusts us to appreciate more than just the obvious hits
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9.0
10243
9.0 |
Blurt
A stellar 23 track joyride through Pavement's decade in action
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9.0
10432
9.0 |
Click Music
A flab free collection that manages to capture the essence of what makes Pavement such an important part of modern music history
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9.0
9820
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It’s exactly what a Pavement retrospective should be - a heavily slanted, palpably enchanted slab of richly flawed anarcho-pop
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9.0
9840
9.0 |
The Digital Fix
Quarantine The Past is one of the finest examples of a Best Of album, although it’s only a toe in the water. To experience Pavement properly picking up each of their incredible albums is still the only way to do it.
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9.0
9843
9.0 |
The Fly
The only suitable reaction to their latest release is to grin inanely and shout ‘REUNION REUNION REUNION’ over and over until May comes round
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8.5
10503
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
They capture the struggles and successes of getting older, providing a soundtrack to your life as if they knew you personally
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8.0
10100
8.0 |
FasterLouder
From their lo-fi beginnings to the warmer layers of Nigel Godrich’s production there is the palpable sense of a band that found its own paths, sometimes taking the overgrown trails and other times just as happy to travel the freeway
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8.0
9853
8.0 |
The Times
For the unitiated, this fat-free best-of offers a perfect introduction to the oeuvre of the quintet
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8.0
9887
8.0 |
musicOMH
Pavement's influence will continue to be felt for years to come, and this compilation admirably explains why
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8.0
9841
8.0 |
The Skinny
Ultimately, as a stand alone album Quarantine the Past is near faultless, and a must have for the newly inaugurated
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8.0
9835
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
9837
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
9839
8.0 |
Uncut
A step away from the spotlight, Pavement served as the conscience of a generation of US indie
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5.0
10036
5.0 |
PopMatters
If this were a stand-alone record, I would rate it more highly. As an overview of or introduction to Pavement, it is terribly flawed
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