Song · Pavement
“Major Leagues” by Pavement
From the album Terror Twilight (1999)
“Major Leagues” by Pavement appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1999 on the album Terror Twilight. Its best result is #31 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #289 alternative song of 1999.
Stephen Malkmus wrote both the words and the music of "Major Leagues", which turned up on Terror Twilight, Pavement's fifth album, released in June 1999 on Matador in America and Domino in Britain. The record was made with Nigel Godrich, who wanted a straighter Pavement and a bigger audience for it; he and the band didn't see eye to eye on everything, and Malkmus later said he wasn't satisfied with how it came out, even though the reviews were kind. Dominic Murcott is credited on drums.
In hindsight it belongs to a goodbye: Terror Twilight was the last album of Pavement's original run, and the band broke up once the tour behind it wrapped. Matador revisited it in 2022 with an expanded reissue, Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 31 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1999 | 50 |
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