Slanted and Enchanted

Slanted and Enchanted
Studio album by
Pavement
ReleasedApril 20, 1992
Recorded
  • December 24, 1990
  • January 13–20, 1991
Studio
Genre
Length39:01
LabelMatador
ProducerPavement
Pavement chronology
Perfect Sound Forever
(1991) 		Slanted and Enchanted
(1992) 		Watery, Domestic
(1992)
Singles from Slanted and Enchanted
  1. "Summer Babe"
    Released: August 23, 1991 (EP)[2][3]
  2. "Trigger Cut"
    Released: August 14, 1992

Slanted and Enchanted is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Pavement, released on April 20, 1992, by Matador Records. It is the only Pavement album to feature drummer Gary Young.

The album received critical acclaim and is seen as a landmark for indie rock, with Rolling Stone ranking it 199th on its 2020 edition of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. As of 2007, the album had sold 150,000 copies. In 2022, Alex Ross Perry adapted the album into a rock opera titled Slanted! Enchanted![4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Summer Babe": Pavement at AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  3. ^ "Pavement - Summer Babe". www.dragcity.com. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Skinner, Tom (November 22, 2022). "Pavement announce new musical 'Slanted! Enchanted!', premiering next month". NME. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "The Pavement Musical Didn't Harness Our Hopes". Stereogum. December 2, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2023.