Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe

Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe is a compilation album by Pavement released on October 20, 2002. It contains the band's 1992 album, Slanted and Enchanted, in its entirety, as well as outtakes and other rarities from that era, some of which had previously been unreleased.

Slanted and Enchanted:
Luxe & Reduxe
Compilation album by
Pavement
ReleasedOctober 20, 2002
RecordedDecember 24, 1990 to
December 16, 1992
Genre
Length138:34
LabelMatador
Producer
Pavement chronology
Major Leagues
(1999)		 Slanted and Enchanted:
Luxe & Reduxe
(2002)		 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins
(2004)

Release

Matador Records released Luxe & Reduxe on October 20, 2002,[1] alongside the Slow Century DVD.[2] It features 48 songs, including the entire original disc and, in addition, 3 outtakes of which one is an unreleased song and the other two are alternate takes, plus the B-sides from the "Summer Babe" and "Trigger Cut" singles, 5 songs from two different John Peel sessions, the 4-track EP Watery, Domestic, and 13 tracks of a live performance of the band held at the Brixton Academy in London on December 14, 1992.[3][4]

Luxe & Reduxe reached number 5 in the US Billboard Top Independent Albums[5][6] and number 152 in the US Billboard 200 charts.[5][7]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone[8]
Pitchfork10/10[9]

Luxe & Reduxe received very positive reviews from critics.[8][9][10]

Track listing

Disc one Slanted & Enchanted
Slanted & Enchanted
1. "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" - 3:16
2. "Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite at :17" - 3:17
3. "No Life Singed Her" - 2:08
4. "In the Mouth a Desert" - 3:52
5. "Conduit for Sale!" - 2:52
6. "Zürich Is Stained" - 1:41
7. "Chesley's Little Wrists" - 1:15
8. "Loretta's Scars" - 2:55
9. "Here" - 3:56
10. "Two States" - 1:47
11. "Perfume-V" - 2:10
12. "Fame Throwa" - 3:22
13. "Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era" - 3:21
14. "Our Singer" - 3:12
Slanted Sessions
15. "Summer Babe (7" Version)" - 3:14
16. "Mercy Snack: The Laundromat" - 1:38
17. "Baptist Blacktick" - 2:04
18. "My First Mine" - 2:22
19. "Here (Alternate Mix)" - 3:58
20. "Nothing Ever Happens" - 2:31
John Peel sessions, June 23, 1992
21. "Circa 1762" - 3:26
22. "Kentucky Cocktail" - 3:34
23. "Secret Knowledge of Backroads" - 3:27
24. "Here" - 3:48

Disc two Watery, Domestic
Watery, Domestic
1. "Texas Never Whispers" - 3:08
2. "Frontwards" - 3:16
3. "Lions (Linden)" - 1:49
4. "Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse)" - 3:15
Watery Sessions
5. "Sue Me Jack" - 3:01
6. "So Stark (You're a Skyscraper)" - 3:01
7. "Greenlander" - 3:11
John Peel sessions, December 16, 1992
8. "Rain Ammunition" - 3:24
9. "Drunks with Guns" - 1:42
10. "Ed Ames" - 3:22
11. "The List of Dorms" - 2:25
Live Brixton Academy, London, December 14, 1992
12. "Conduit for Sale!" - 3:10
13. "Fame Throwa" - 2:32
14. "Home" - 3:14
15. "Perfume-V" - 2:14
16. "Summer Babe" - 3:21
17. "Frontwards" - 3:18
18. "Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent" - 3:01
19. "Two States" - 1:54
20. "No Life Singed Her" - 1:45
21. "So Stark" - 3:56
22. "Box Elder" - 2:44
23. "Baby, Yeah" - 2:44
24. "In the Mouth a Desert" - 4:00

Charts
US Billboard 200[5][7] 152
US Independent Albums[5][6] 5

References
  1. "Pavement". Matador Records. Archived from the original on July 23, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. Modell, Josh (November 27, 2002). "Pavement: Slanted And Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  3. "Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe". Matador Records. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  4. Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe at Discogs. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  5. "Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement. Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  6. "Pavement | Chart History. Independent Albums". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. November 9, 2002. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  7. "Pavement | Chart History. Billboard 200". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. November 9, 2002. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  8. Sheffield, Rob (October 8, 2002). "Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  9. Ott, Chris (November 1, 2002). "Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  10. Zahora, George (November 15, 2002). "Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe". Splendid Magazine. Archived from the original on March 13, 2005. Retrieved March 13, 2005.
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