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Infobox album | Name = Brighten the Corners| Type = Album | Artist = Pavement (band)|Pavement | Cover = BrightentheCorners.jpg| Released = February 11, 1997| Recorded = July 15–30, 1996, Piedmont Triad Studiocite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Pavement-Brighten-The-Corners/release/1498749 |title=Pavement – Brighten the Corners |publisher=discogs.com |accessdate=date|2011-09-03| Genre = Indie rock | Length = 46:10| Label = Matador Records (1999-present) Matador Records/ Capitol Records (1997-1998)| Producer = Pavement (band)|Pavement , Bryce Goggin , Mitch Easter || Last album = Wowee Zowee (1995)| This album = Brighten the Corners (1997)| Next album = Terror Twilight (1999)Album reviews| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|4|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r246907|tab=review |label="Pavement: Brighten the Corners > Review" |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |accessdate=date|2011-09-03| rev2 = Pitchfork Media | rev2Score = (8.6/10) cite web |url= http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/pavement/brighten-the-corners.shtml |title=Pavement: Brighten the Corners |first=Ryan |last=Schreiber |publisher= Pitchfork Media |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20011224142045/pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/pavement/brighten-the-corners.shtml |archivedate=date|2001-12-24| rev3 = Robert Christgau | rev3Score = A cite web |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php? name=pavement |title=Pavement |first=Robert |last=Christgau |publisher=robertchristgau.com |accessdate=date|2011-09-03| rev4 = Rolling Stone | rev4Score = (Very favorable) cite journal |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/brighten-the-corners-19970220 |title=Pavement: Brighten the Corners |first=Nathan |last=Brackett |date=date|February 20, 1997 |magazine= Rolling Stone Brighten the Corners is the fourth studio album released by Pavement (band)|Pavement . All songs were written by lead singer Stephen Malkmus , apart from "Date with Ikea" and "Passat Dream". The title is likely a reference to Ella Fitzgerald's Brighten the Corner , or its title track Homer Rodeheaver#Recording career|"Brighten the Corner Where You Are" which was a theme song for Billy Sunday . It is also the only Pavement album to feature a full lyric sheet.
Nicene Creedence Edition
Album ratings| subtitle =Nicene Creedence Edition | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score =Rating|4.5|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r1440391|pure_url=yes link|rev2= Entertainment Weekly |rev2Score=(A) http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20243984,00.html link|rev3= Rolling Stone |rev3Score= Rating|4.5|5 http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/24358682/review/24602902/brighten_the_corners_nicene_creedence_edition link|rev4= Pitchfork Media |rev4Score=(8.7/10) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/147823-pavement-brighten-the-corners-nicene-creedence-ed link|rev5= The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Phoenix |rev5Score= Rating|4|4 http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/72991-PAVEMENT-BRIGHTEN-THE-CORNERS-NICENE-CREEDENCE-/ link|rev6= PopMatters |rev6Score=Rating|9|10 http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/65936-pavement-brighten-the-corners-nicene-creedence-edition/ link Matador Records released an expanded 2CD edition of this album under the title Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition on December 9, 2008.cite web |url= http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/146741-pavements-brighten-the-corners-reissue-delayed |title=Pavement's Brighten the Corners Reissue Delayed |first=Paul |last=Thompson |date=date|Oct 23, 2008 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20081025102740/ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/146741-pavements-brighten-the-corners-reissue-delayed |archivedate=date|25 Oct 08 It contains the band's fourth album, Brighten the Corners (1997) in its entirety, as well as 32 of the band's other songs from that era, 18 of which were previously unreleased. The initial pre-order offer from Matador Records also included the band's previously unreleased live album, Live Europaturnén MCMXCVII on 12" vinyl.
Track listing
All songs written by Stephen Malkmus , unless otherwise noted. # " Stereo (Pavement song)|Stereo " - 3:07 # " Shady Lane / J vs. S" - 3:50 # "Transport Is Arranged" - 3:52 # " Date With IKEA " - 2:39 (Scott Kannberg) # "Old to Begin" - 3:22 # "Type Slowly" - 5:20 # "Embassy Row" - 3:51 # "Blue Hawaiian" - 3:33 # "We Are Underused" - 4:12 # "Passat Dream" - 3:51 (Scott Kannberg) # "Starlings of the Slipstream" - 3:08 # "Fin" - 5:24 (Listed as "Infinite Spark" on non-US pressings)
Track listing Nicene Creedence Edition
Disc One
; Brighten the Corners : :1. "Stereo" :2. "Shady Lane / J Vs. S" :3. "Transport Is Arranged" :4. "Date w/ IKEA" :5. "Old to Begin" :6. "Type Slowly" :7. "Embassy Row" :8. "Blue Hawaiian" :9. "We Are Underused" :10. "Passat Dream" :11. "Starlings of the Slipstream" :12. "Fin" ; Brighten The Corners outtakes: :13. "And Then (The Hexx)" (originally released as the B-side to Spit On A Stranger (OLE-384-7), May, 1999, but presented here is the unedited full version, as such previously unreleased. It was also originally planned to be the opening track to Brighten The Corners.) :14. "Beautiful as a Butterfly" :15. "Cataracts" ; Stereo single :16. "Westie Can Drum" :17. "Winner of the" :18. "Birds in the Majic Industry" (previously unreleased full length vocal version) ; Spit On A Stranger single (included here since both were recorded and mixed during Brighten The Corners sessions) :19. "Harness Your Hopes" :20. "Roll with the Wind"
Disc Two
; Shady Lane single :1. "Slowly Typed" :2. "Cherry Area" :3. "Wanna Mess You Around" :4. "No Tan Lines" ; BBC Radio One Evening Session, January 15, 1997 :5. "And Then (The Hexx)" (previously unreleased) :6. "Harness Your Hopes" (previously unreleased) :7. " The Killing Moon " (released on Major Leagues EP) :8. "Winner of the" (previously unreleased) ; Brighten The Corners outtakes: :9. "Embassy Row Psych Intro" (previously unreleased) :10. "Nigel" (previously unreleased) :11. "Chevy (Old to Begin)" (previously unreleased mix) :12. "Roll with the Wind (Roxy)" (previously unreleased mix) ; God Save The Clean : A Tribute to the Clean, Flying Nun Records compilation :13. "Odditty" ; Tibetan Freedom Concert compilation :14. "Type Slowly" (live) ; KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic, February 25, 1997 :15. " Neil Hagerty Meets Jon Spencer in a Non-Alcoholic Bar" (previously unreleased) :16. "Destroy Mater Dei" (previously unreleased) :17. "It’s A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl" :18. "Maybe Maybe" ; BBC Radio One John Peel Live Session, August 21, 1997 :19. "Date w/ IKEA" (previously unreleased) :20. "Fin" (previously unreleased) :21. "Grave Architecture" (previously unreleased) :22. " Hex Enduction Hour|The Classical " (released on Major Leagues EP) ; WFNX Studios, February 12, 1997 :23. " Space Ghost Theme I" (previously unreleased) :24. "Space Ghost Theme II" (previously unreleased)
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