Major Leagues (EP)
Major Leagues is the final EP by American indie rock band Pavement. It was released on October 12, 1999, on Matador Records. To date, it is their final release of original material excluding reissues.
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| Released | October 12, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1997–1999 | |||
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| Length | 22:41 | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [2] |
| Pitchfork | 6.2/10[3] |
Background
The EP contains seven tracks: A radio edit of the Terror Twilight version of "Major Leagues." Two "Spiral Stairs" songs: "Your Time to Change," and "Stub Your Toe," which were recorded by Pavement's original drummer, Gary Young (lead singer Stephen Malkmus most likely did not attend these sessions due to his feud with Young). A demo of "Major Leagues" recorded alone by Malkmus. "Decouvert de Soleil," which features Stephen Malkmus switching back between English and French. The sound and instrumentation of the song is very similar to that of the "Major Leagues" demo, so it could be safe to assume that the singer recorded this track alone as well. (One CD version contains the information that both these songs were recorded "in vista st. clair by s.m.", Malkmus' alias).[4] Covers of Echo & the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" and The Fall's "The Classical" from a 1997 BBC session. The latter is introduced as "an old family favorite."
Track listing
All tracks are written by Stephen Malkmus except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Major Leagues [edit]" | 3:01 | ||
| 2. | "Your Time to Change" | Scott Kannberg | 3:10 | |
| 3. | "Stub Your Toe" | Kannberg | 2:34 | |
| 4. | "Major Leagues [demo version]" | 3:07 | ||
| 5. | ""Decouvert de Soleil" | 2:07 | ||
| 6. | "The Killing Moon" | Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas | Echo & the Bunnymen | 5:15 |
| 7. | "The Classical" | Mark E. Smith, Steve Hanley, Marc Riley, Craig Scanlon, Paul Hanley, Karl Burns | The Fall | 3:26 |
Personnel
Pavement
- Stephen Malkmus – lead vocals, guitar
- Scott Kannberg – lead vocals, guitar
- Mark Ibold – bass guitar
- Steve West – drums
- Bob Nastanovich – percussion, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Gary Young – drums
References
- Phares, Heather. "Major Leagues [EP]". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Pavement". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
- Hooker, Zach. "Pavement: Major Leagues EP". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- "Pavement – Major Leagues (1999, digipak, CD) - Discogs". Discogs. 1999.