# Pavement discography

The discography of Pavement, a Stockton, California-based indie rock group, consists of five studio albums, five double-length reissues of the albums, one compilation, ten extended plays, and thirteen singles. This list does not include material performed by members or former members of Pavement that was recorded with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Silver Jews, Preston School of Industry, Free Kitten, The Crust Brothers, or any other associated solo or side projects.
Pavement was formed in 1989 by Stephen Malkmus (guitars, vocals) and Scott Kannberg (guitars), although Malkmus stated that at this stage they "weren't a real band". Pavement's debut, the 1989 EP Slay Tracks: 1933–1969, was recorded in a day with drummer and producer Gary Young and released on Kannberg's self-owned label Treble Kicker. The band subsequently released the EPs Demolition Plot J-7 and Perfect Sound Forever on Drag City, and in 1992 released their debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, on Matador Records. The band was joined by additional percussionist Bob Nastanovich, who assisted the increasingly erratic Young in keeping time, and later by bassist Mark Ibold. The 1992 EP Watery, Domestic was the band's first recording with their two new members, and the last with Young. Young, known for his bizarre onstage behavior with the band, was replaced by Steve West in 1993. After this, Nastanovich's role in the band expanded to also include his playing keyboards.
Pavement's first three EPs were re-released together for the 1993 compilation Westing (By Musket and Sextant). The band's next studio album release, 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, featured the singles "Cut Your Hair" and "Gold Soundz" which nearly broke Pavement into the mainstream. The 18-song follow-up to Crooked Rain, 1995's Wowee Zowee, was more experimental than its predecessor and was initially criticized as evidence that the "defiantly anti-corporate" band was "simply afraid to succeed;" the album did not sell as well as Crooked Rain. The band's 1997 album Brighten the Corners "brought [the band] back" according to West, although shortly after the 1999 release of Terror Twilight Malkmus broke the band up. Since then, Pavement's former members have worked on various side projects, and the band's five studio albums have been reissued featuring previously unreleased songs, b-sides, compilation tracks, and live performances.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
| Year | Details | US | AUS | CAN | FRA | GER | NLD | NOR | NZL | SWE | UK | Sales | Certifications |
| 1992 | Slanted and Enchanted Released: April 20, 1992 Label: Matador Formats: LP, CD, cassette | — | 178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | 212,000 | |
| 1994 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Released: February 14, 1994 Label: Matador Formats: LP, CD, CS | 121 | 86 | — | — | 77 | — | — | 41 | — | 15 | 335,000 | BPI: Silver |
| 1995 | Wowee Zowee Released: April 11, 1995 Label: Matador Formats: LP, CD, CS | 117 | 119 | 65 | 39 | 60 | 75 | — | 25 | — | 18 | 180,000 | |
| 1997 | Brighten the Corners Released: February 11, 1997 Label: Matador Formats: LP, CD, CS | 70 | 64 | 64 | — | — | — | 38 | 50 | 56 | 27 | 200,000 | |
| 1999 | Terror Twilight Released: June 8, 1999 Label: Matador Formats: LP, CD, CS | 95 | 63 | — | — | 63 | — | 20 | 24 | — | 19 | 140,000 | |
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart. ||||||||||||||

### Compilations and reissues

| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Year | Details | US | US Indie | AUS | UK | Sales |
| 1993 | Westing (By Musket and Sextant) Released: March 30, 1992 (UK); 1993 (US) Label: Big Cat; Drag City; King Formats: LP, CD, CS | — | — | 171 | 30 | 63,000 |
| 1994 | Stuff Up the Cracks Released: 1994 (UK) Label: Pseudo Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe Released: October 22, 2002 Label: Matador Formats: CD | 152 | 5 | — | — | |
| 2004 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins Released: October 26, 2004 Label: Matador Formats: CD | 164 | 14 | — | — | |
| 2006 | Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition Released: November 16, 2006 Label: Matador; Domino Formats: CD | 185 | 13 | — | — | 11,595 |
| 2008 | Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition Released: December 9, 2008 (CD) / June 23, 2009 (12") Label: Matador Formats: LP, CD | — | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement Released: March 8, 2010 Label: Matador Formats: CD | 170 | 23 | 135 | — | |
| 2015 | The Secret History, Vol. 1 Released: August 28, 2015 Label: Matador Formats: LP | — | — | — | — | |
| 2022 | Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal Released: April 8, 2022 Label: Matador Formats: LP, CD | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart. Blank entries denote unavailable sales figures. |||||||

### Live albums

| Year | Details |
| 2008 | Live Europaturnén MCMXCVII Released: December 9, 2008 Label: Matador (OLE 324) Formats: LP |
| 2009 | Live Europaturnén MCMXCVII (2) Released: April 18, 2009 Label: Matador (5459) Formats: LP |

## EPs

| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Details | US Alt. | IRL | UK |
| 1989 | Slay Tracks: 1933–1969 Released: 1989 Label: Treble Kicker Formats: 7" | — | — | — |
| 1990 | Demolition Plot J-7 Released: June 1, 1990 Label: Drag City Formats: 7" | — | — | — |
| 1991 | Perfect Sound Forever Released: April 15, 1991 Label: Drag City Formats: 10" | — | — | — |
| 1991 | Summer Babe Released: August 23, 1991 Label: Drag City Formats: 7" | — | — | — |
| 1992 | Watery, Domestic Released: November 25, 1992 Label: Matador; Big Cat Formats: 12", CD | — | 25 | 58 |
| 1995 | Rattled by la Rush Released: 1995 Label: Matador; Big Cat; Fellaheen Formats: 7", 12", CD | — | — | — |
| 1996 | Pacific Trim Released: January 23, 1996 Label: Matador; Big Cat Formats: 7", 12", CD | — | — | 91 |
| 1997 | Shady Lane Released: June 10, 1997 Label: Matador; Pony Canyon Formats: CD | — | — | — |
| 1999 | Spit on a Stranger Released: June 22, 1999 Label: Matador Formats: 7", 12", CD | — | — | — |
| 1999 | Major Leagues Released: October 12, 1999 Label: Domino Formats: CD | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes EPs that were released but did not chart or were not released in the country listed. |||||

## Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | US Alt | AUS | UK | Album |
| 1991 | "Summer Babe" (EP) | — | — | — | Slanted and Enchanted |
| 1992 | "Trigger Cut" | — | — | 76 | Slanted and Enchanted |
| 1994 | "Cut Your Hair" | 10 | 188 | 52 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain |
| 1994 | "Haunt You Down" | — | — | — | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain |
| 1994 | "Gold Soundz" | — | — | 94 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain |
| 1995 | "Range Life" | — | — | 79 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain |
| 1995 | "Dancing with the Elders/Chemical" | — | — | — | split single with Medusa Cyclone |
| 1995 | "Rattled by the Rush" | — | — | 91 | Wowee Zowee |
| 1995 | "Father to a Sister of Thought" | — | 173 | 148 | Wowee Zowee |
| 1997 | "Stereo" | — | — | 48 | Brighten the Corners |
| 1997 | "Shady Lane" | — | — | 40 | Brighten the Corners |
| 1999 | "Spit on a Stranger" | — | — | — | Terror Twilight |
| 1999 | "Carrot Rope" | — | — | 27 | Terror Twilight |
| "—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart or were not released in the country listed. ||||||

### Other certified songs

| Year | Title | Certifications | Album |
| 1999 | "Harness Your Hopes" | RIAA: Gold | Spit on a Stranger |

## Music videos

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1991 | "Summer Babe" | Tanya Small |
| 1992 | "Perfume-V" (live) | Kim Gordon |
| 1992 | "Here" | Thurston Moore |
| 1994 | "Cut Your Hair" | Dan Koretzky and Rian Murphy |
| 1994 | "Gold Soundz" | S.D. Blen |
| 1994 | "Range Life" | S.D. Blen |
| 1995 | "Father to a Sister of Thought" | John Kelsey |
| 1995 | "Rattled by the Rush" (version 1) | John Kelsey |
| 1995 | "Rattled by the Rush" (version 2) | Tom Surgel |
| 1996 | "Painted Soldiers" | Dan Koretzky and Rian Murphy |
| 1997 | "Stereo" | John Kelsey |
| 1997 | "Shady Lane" | Spike Jonze |
| 1999 | "Carrot Rope" | Lance Bangs |
| 1999 | "Spit on a Stranger" | Lance Bangs |
| 1999 | "Major Leagues" | Lance Bangs |
| 2022 | "Harness Your Hopes" | Alex Ross Perry |

## Video

| Year | Video information |
| 2002 | Slow Century Released: October 31, 2002 Label: Matador (OLE 388) Director: Lance Bangs |

## Miscellaneous

| Year | Song | Album | Comments |
| 1991 | "Debris Slide" | Pomo For Po Folk | Appears on Perfect Sound Forever and Westing (By Musket and Sextant). |
| 1993 | "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" | No Alternative | Appears on "Shady Lane 7"" and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins. |
| 1993 | "Greenlander" | Volume 4 | Appears on Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe and Born to Choose. |
| 1994 | "No Life Singed Her", "Fillmore Jive" | Big Cat 5 | "No Life Singed Her" appears on Slanted and Enchanted and "Fillmore Jive" appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. |
| 1994 | "Haunt You Down", "Jam Kids" | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain vinyl bonus 7" | "Haunt You Down" and "Jam Kids" appear on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins. |
| 1994 | "Nail Clinic" | Hey Drag City! | Appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins. |
| 1995 | "Here" | Amateur | Appears on Slanted and Enchanted. |
| 1995 | "It's a Hectic World" | Homage: Lots of Bands Doing Descendents' Songs | Cover of a 1979 Descendents song. Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition. |
| 1996 | "Painted Soldiers" | Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition. |
| 1996 | "No More Kings" | Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks | Cover of a song from Schoolhouse Rock!. Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition. |
| 1996 | "Sensitive Euro Man" | I Shot Andy Warhol | Appears on Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition. |
| 1997 | "Type Slowly" | Tibetan Freedom Concert | Appears on Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition. |
| 1997 | "Texas Never Whispers" | What's Up Matador | Appears on Watery, Domestic and Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe and Reduxe. |
| 1999 | "Robyn Turns 26" | At Home with the Groovebox | |
| 1999 | "Cut Your Hair", "Rattled By the Rush" | One Man & His Bog | Live performances from 27/10/99 at the Adelphi Club in Hull UK. Issued as part of a 20th anniversary book / 2CD compilation celebrating the club. |
| 1999 | "Stereo", "Grounded" (Crooked Rain version) | Everything Is Nice: Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology | "Stereo" appears on Brighten the Corners and "Grounded" (Crooked Rain version) appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins. |
| 2000 | "Watch Out!" | At Home With the Groovebox vinyl-only bonus track | |
| 2000 | "Passat Dream" | Coded | Appears on Brighten the Corners. |
| 2004 | "Cut Your Hair" | Autodiscographie: Benjamin vs. Stuckrad-Barre | Appears on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. |
| 2006 | "Black Out" (alternate version), "Extradition" (alternate vocal) | Wow Out! bonus 7" | Distributed with pre-orders of Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition |
| 2009 | "...And Then" (7" version), "Agony Of The Stars," "Westie Can Drum (Elastica)," "Birds In The Majic Industry" (instrumental), "Stereo" (Steve Fisk remix), "Painted Soldiers" (live on KCRW), "What Goes On" (Velvet Underground cover, live on KCRW), "Kris Kraft" (live on KCRW) | Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition vinyl bonus tracks | "Westie Can Drum (Elastica)" was released digitally as a bonus download with pre-orders of Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition in 2008. "Stereo" (Steve Fisk remix) and "Birds In The Majic Industry" (instrumental) appeared on the "Stereo" promo CD in 1997 as well as the "Shady Lane" Japanese EP in 1998. "...And Then" appeared on the B-side of the "Spit on a Stranger" 7" in 1999. |