Perfect Sound Forever (EP)

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Perfect Sound Forever
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ReleasedApril 15, 1991
RecordedDecember 29, 1989–December 30, 1989
StudioLouder Than You Think Studios (Stockton, California)
Genre Indie rock, lo-fi, noise pop
Length11:12
Label Drag City
Producer Gary Young [1]
Pavement chronology
Demolition Plot J-7
(1990)
Perfect Sound Forever
(1991)
Slanted and Enchanted
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10 [4]
The Village Voice A− [5]

Perfect Sound Forever (1991) is the third EP by American indie rock band Pavement. It was released as a 10" on Chicago's Drag City recording label. Its songs were later made available on the Drag City compilation Westing (by Musket & Sextant) .

Contents

Background

The EP's name came from a line in Sony's 1982 advertising campaign for the first compact discs, which assured potential buyers of the ultimate in both fidelity and longevity.

Village Voice writer Michaelangelo Matos noted Perfect Sound Forever and the band's 1990 EP, Demolition Plot J-7, as "epochal to ... sloppy early-'90s undergrads." [6]

Track listing

All tracks were written by Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg.

No.TitleLength
1."Heckler Spray"1:06
2."From Now On"2:03
3."Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent"2:30
4."Drive-by Fader"0:28
5."Debris Slide"1:56
6."Home"2:23
7."Krell Vid-User"1:26

Personnel

Pavement

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References

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  2. Perfect Sound Forever at AllMusic
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  6. Matos, Michaelangelo. "'My House' Is Not a Home". Village Voice , March 30, 2005. Retrieved on July 19, 2021.