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“Gold Soundz” by Pavement
From the album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
“Gold Soundz” by Pavement appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1994 on the album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Its best result is #22 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #159 alternative song of 1994.
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"Gold Soundz" was the second single from Pavement's 1994 album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, a Stephen Malkmus song mixed by Bryce Goggin, and it's slacker nostalgia at its most lovely: guitars that shimmer and sag, a melody that saunters along, and Malkmus sounding wistful and half-amused at once, looking back on something already slipping away.
As a single it went nowhere, missing the Modern Rock chart where "Cut Your Hair" had gone top ten. Time has been kinder. It's now widely counted among Pavement's best, and Paste ranked it first among the band's songs in 2019. Scott Blen's video has the band in Santa Claus suits romping around Irvine, California, on a scavenger hunt for a chicken with a car key.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 22 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 537 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2019 | 252 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2021 | 470 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 869 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2022 | 851 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 267 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 813 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 584 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2026 | 164 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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