Brighten the Corners
Brighten the Corners is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Pavement, released on February 11, 1997 by Matador Records. The album received extremely positive reviews from critics. Recording and release. "Brighten the Corners" was recorded at a studio in Mitch Easter's house in North Carolina. According to singer and guitarist Stephen Malkmus, it was either Matador Records or Mary Timony from Helium who suggested that the band should record the album there. Although "Brighten the Corners" was mostly produced by Pavement and Bryce Goggin, Easter worked with the band for roughly a week  when Goggin left the studio. The recording sessions involved a lot of editing, and the band would often record several versions of the same song before deciding on a final take. The vocals were then recorded in New York separately. "Brighten the Corners" was released on February 11, 1997 by Matador Records. In 2008, Matador released "", a compilation containing "Brighten the Corners" in its entirety, as well as B-sides and other rarities from the same era. Reception. "Brighten the Corners" received very positive reviews from critics and was ranked ranked No. 10 in "The Village Voice"s 1997 Pazz & Jop  critics' poll. In the poll's accompanying essay, Robert Christgau referred to the album as one of his "favorite albums of the year, easy", alongside those by Yo La Tengo, Sleater-Kinney, and Arto Lindsay.