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Gary Young was a pretty shitty drummer, which made him and the rest of the band quite awesome. I liked Pavement when they were wild and unrestrained. After Gary left, a lot of the energy and mystique left the band (which you can see not only in the songwriting but in the lyrics -- the album art was still pretty weird, though, for a while). Still, Crooked Rain was a great album, though it did reach a bit into excessive at times (a few too many guitar solos, I think. You guys can play better now -- we get it!). But... I think Wowee is cool because it was experimental and pretty wild and out-there but they had some actual, um, "chops" behind it, so it's just this total mindfuck of an album. Corners and Twilight are like Crooked Rain with shitty boring songs.
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