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Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is an album by Pavement, released in 1994. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 62 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Cut Your Hair”, on 47 lists with a best position of #34.
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Pavement's second album, landed on Matador on February 14, 1994, and it's the sound of the Stockton slackers tidying their room just enough to let company in. The hiss and murk of Slanted and Enchanted thin out, the tunes step forward, and Stephen Malkmus drawls his sideways wisecracks over guitars that wobble like they've had a couple. Scott Kannberg plays guitar, Mark Ibold bass, Bob Nastanovich whatever needs yelling or hitting, and Steve West has taken over the drum stool from original skinsman Gary Young. The band produced it themselves.
"Cut Your Hair" gave them their one real brush with the mainstream, while "Gold Soundz" and "Range Life" drift by like half-remembered summer afternoons. It went top 20 in the UK, did less business at home, and still sits at the heart of their cult.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cut Your Hair | 47 | #34 | – | 1994–2026 | |
| 2 | Gold Soundz | 10 | #22 | – | 1994–2026 | |
| 3 | Range Life | 4 | #14 | – | 1994–2023 | |
| 4 | Silence Kid | 1 | #419 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.