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Terror Twilight
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0744861026020
Format: Enhanced
Label: Matador Records
Manufacturer: Matador Records
MPN: 10260
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Matador Records
Release Date: June 08, 1999
Studio: Matador Records
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Editorial Review:
Always acknowledged as sloppy, laissez-faire geniuses of the indie set, Pavement continue to refine their singles-to-noise ratio on Terror Twilight. Working with Beck and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, the lyrics remain inscrutable, but the songs, which opened up slightly on Brighten the Corners, finally begin to reveal themselves. --Randy Silver
Terror Twilight is Pavement's fifth proper studio album and perhaps their most confident effort to date. Opening with the surprisingly subdued leadoff single, the sinewy-sweet "Spit on a Stranger" (which sounds like the Velvet Underground after a couple of cartwheels), it's clear that Pavement is in no hurry to re-create Slanted and Enchanted's fractured and raw indie-pop. Instead of short bursts of jive poetry and razor guitars, the band opts for slightly longer songs with more subdued sonic explorations. Still, Terror Twilight never quite veers off into predictable directions; the boys' talent continues to confound expectations. Unforeseenly unironic heartstrings seem to be the thing these days for Pavement. This album boasts their finest ballads to date--"Major Leagues" and "Stranger"--but the days of fiery songs like "No Life for Ginger" may be over. Malkmus and crew seem to be heading in the same avant-pop direction as Built to Spill. But while Pavement may be more laid-back, they're still standing firm. Terror Twilight could be the bedrock upon which they build the rest of their career. --Jason Josephes
5th album by this U.S. alternative act, their first to use a 24 track studio and Nigel Godrich for production (Radiohead/Beck). Matador Records.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Too Fluffy
This is as bad as it gets for Pavement. It's too girly and touchy feely. They really started to come off the tracks with this one. The magic is gone on this effort. Still... it's Pavement, which makes it better than most of the other stuff out there.
Rating:  - The finest guitar playing of any Pavement album . . .
and I say this having worshipped the lo-fi post-punk of Slanted and Enchanted and the classic rock (sorta) anthems of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. There is something really interesting going on with the guitars on this album and I don't know if it was Nigel Godrich cleaning everything up and insisting on perfection in the guitar tracks or if it was because it's essentially the Malkmus show. Who cares. Chances are, if you liked Malkmus' solo prog-inspired stuff you'll be interested in what he's ... Read More
Rating: - Decent swan song for seminal band hardly capitolizes on their true indie brilliance
3 1/2
Legendary alternative band's final outing was a partially successful synthesis of the cerebral pop hooks and angular sonic assaults the band had become known for. This partially succeeds only because one can hear too much strain in trying to get that synthesis correct. It was a beautiful and appropriate way to go, but Terror Twilight holds fewer compelling songs then past albums. A strong 1-2 finish brings to light the unnecessary distractions that a possibly splintering band indulged ... Read More
Rating: - Reap the Benefits
Like most music I have come to Pavement, in the words of Giant Sand, "always late and a day behind"; glad I did though, because through their music I have come to realize their place, mine as well, in modern rock & roll. Being of the Generation X variety, I was sucked into the Nirvana/Alice in Chains/Pearl Jam, etc. vortex of alternative rock without the proper introduction to bands like The Minutemen and later, Pavement. It seems like California and Seattle shared the same scene with the development ... Read More
Rating: - Introducing Pavement... and their final album.
As a latecomer to the Pavement party, I found their earlier efforts more difficult to dive into, at least initially. The raw guitar and unique vocal-style with those often bizarre, stream-of-consciousness lyrics created an overall lazy sound that was too much (or too little) for me at the time. Then I stumbled upon Terror Twilight (thanks to Nickel Creek's 2003 cover of "Spit on a Stranger"), a Malkmus-heavy, darker, yet more straight-forward, Pavement album that serves as not only the perfect segway into ... Read More
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