pitchfork review (yeah, I know: you already know, but...)

[johansen smith]

so here's another case where it sounds like the guy liked the album a lot more than his 8.0 grade let on. is Pitchfork cooking the numbers?

http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/malkmus_stephen/pig-lib.shtml

[chabysinisterra]

You've basically got three types of Malkmus fans: "Stop Breathin"/"Church on White" romantics, well-adjusted "Loretta's Scars"/"Jenny and the Ess-Dog" hipsters, and those annoying "Best Friend's Arm"/"Troubbble" dorks, constantly sticking up for "Hit The Plane Down" even though it makes the rest of us puke.

umm... 'hit the plane down' is scott's song...

Rolling Stone said his debut accomplished this, but, they're idiots and they're very wrong.

hi, pot, i'm kettle...

[bitterfruit]

I do agree with them on atleast two points: Nas is awesome and "Us" is the best track on the album.

[abevigoda]

This review makes me angry. Angry. But it's pitchfork, so I won't waste my time with all that's wrong with it. But one thing particularly irks me...what was the harsh lesson that pacing CR/CR taught Pavement? To me, that's one of the most perfectly paced albums around...and there was no weak material to hide.

[Seneschal Gox]

Originally posted by johansen smith
so here's another case where it sounds like the guy liked the album a lot more than his 8.0 grade let on.

"8.0-8.4: Very good."

Not exceptional, not on his top ten list, not amazing, not spectacular.

Very good.

Seems like he got it right, based on the review.

Abevigoda: that's why diehard fans make crappy reviewers. No objectivity. (Although I agree witcha.)

[earl grey]

abe - pitchfork overstates it a bit by calling it a "harsh lesson", but i do agree that crooked rain, crooked rain slips a bit near the end. don't get me wrong - it's perhaps my favorite pavement album - but i think it drops a notch after "range life". everything up until then is just perfect though - changing the order around wouldn't work.