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“In The Mouth A Desert” by Pavement
From the album Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
“In The Mouth A Desert” by Pavement appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1992. It was first released in 1992 on the album Slanted and Enchanted. Its best result is #35 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #214 alternative song of 1992.
"In the Mouth a Desert" sits on Slanted and Enchanted, the debut album Pavement put out on Matador in April 1992, and it carries a shared writing credit, Stephen Malkmus with Scott Kannberg, on a record the band recorded themselves. It's also the only Pavement album with Gary Young behind the kit.
Even the packaging is borrowed: the title came from a cartoon by the band's friend David Berman, and the cover art was lifted from an existing Ferrante & Teicher album, Keyboard Kapers. It has since come to be treated as a landmark of indie rock, with Rolling Stone placing it at 199 in its 2020 list of the greatest albums of all time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 35 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992 | 50 |
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