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Pavement to release best-of compilation?

It's been about two or three weeks since the last Pavement reformation news hit these pages, so it's high time for another update, you'd think. You'd be right, too. This time it's on the subject of a prospective best-of, a sure fire tool to get those people who weren't into them the first time round into the band. Pixies did it when they reformed...so...

Though Bon Nastanovich said that there would be no new material the other week, there's also the possibility that there will be a Pavement record to commemorate the band's reuinion.

Speaking to NME, guitarist Scott 'Spiral Stairs' Kannberg that any compilation album would also feature outtakes and b-sides as well as their greatest material.

He said:

"There's talk of doing a best of, with some really cool outtakes on that. The very first radio show that Pavement ever did has never been released. I don't think anyone's heard it, so we'll put that out there sometime."

According to Pitchfork.

A representative for Matador, the band's label, says that the potential best-of is "one of many things being bandied about."

In case you've been in a cave for the past 2 months, here's a roundup of how Pavement's reunion developed, through the medium of the news article:

Pavement to reform? No...really!
It's Official: Pavement reform
Pavement update #138: band WILL play UK shows
AT & P: Pavement to curate All Tomorrow's Parties May 2010
No new Pavement material, says Nastanovich
Pavement to play London show, The Fall added to their ATP

Of course, now this one's added to the list. Suggestions for a "Best Of" Disc on the compilation? How many tracks? 10, 15, 20? That's more than enough, right? Would you buy it? Shameless marketing tool? Dudes have gotta eat, too.

Wrong question

Surely the question should be "Why haven't Pavement yet released a Best Of compilation?" ;-)

I reckon it's a good idea, yeah I'd buy it. Would be interested to see what the track listing is though.

id buy it

if it had tracks i hadnt heard before, and cool booklet dealios like they have in the reissues which are quite interesting. if it was just the hits then thered really be no point. crooked rains the best anyway....

I really don't like the sound of this. Am anticipating another painful Pixies-scenario whereby 3 slightly obvious songs are cherrypicked from their oeuvre & slowly kicked to death by lazy media overexposure (for "Where Is My Mind?", "Gigantic" & "Debaser" substitute "Cut Your Hair", "Stereo" & "Range Life"?). Never took Pavement for nostalgic "Let's get the band back together"-types & am very disappointed by this reformation nonsense, particularly as some of Malkmus's solo stuff has been so good...

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