451. Pavement - shady lane

451.Pshadylane,
originally uploaded by jrd550.

This is the first disappointing single from Pavement. 'Shady Lane' is a shorter version on this disc (does away with the outro), 'Slowly Typed' is a hillbilly version of 'Type Slowly' (does not improve on the original, just makes the song annoying). "Cherry Area" is a minute and a half of aimless magnetic tape (only slightly redeeming itself in the last 20 seconds), 'Wanna mess you around' is a mess, an outtake that shouldn't have even been an outtake and 'No tan Lines' is somewhat interesting, and then somewhat not (neat little chorus, boring song).

4.5 out of 10