Brighten the Corners


Brighten the Corners is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Pavement, released in 1997. All songs were written by lead singer Stephen Malkmus, apart from Scott Kannberg's "Date with Ikea" and "Passat Dream". After their last release, Wowee Zowee, Pavement’s drummer, Bob Nastanovich, said of this album, “We were going to go into people’s rooms and brighten their corners with music.”

Track listing

Personnel

Weekly charts

Singles

''Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition''

released an expanded two-CD edition of the album under the title Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition on December 9, 2008. It contains the band's fourth album, Brighten the Corners, in its entirety, as well as 32 of the band's other songs from that era, 18 of which were previously unreleased. The initial pre-order offer from Matador Records also included the band's previously unreleased live album, Live Europaturnén MCMXCVII, on 12" vinyl.

Track listing

Disc one

Brighten the Corners
  1. "Stereo"
  2. "Shady Lane / J Vs. S"
  3. "Transport Is Arranged"
  4. "Date w/ IKEA"
  5. "Old to Begin"
  6. "Type Slowly"
  7. "Embassy Row"
  8. "Blue Hawaiian"
  9. "We Are Underused"
  10. "Passat Dream"
  11. "Starlings of the Slipstream"
  12. "Fin"
Brighten The Corners outtakes
  2. "And Then "
  3. "Beautiful as a Butterfly"
  4. "Cataracts"
Stereo single
  2. "Westie Can Drum"
  3. "Winner of the"
  4. "Birds in the Majic Industry"
Spit on a Stranger single
  2. "Harness Your Hopes"
  3. "Roll with the Wind"

    Disc two

Shady Lane single
  1. "Slowly Typed"
  2. "Cherry Area"
  3. "Wanna Mess You Around"
  4. "No Tan Lines"
BBC Radio One Evening Session, January 15, 1997
  2. "And Then "
  3. "Harness Your Hopes"
  4. "The Killing Moon"
  5. "Winner of the"
Brighten The Corners outtakes
  2. "Embassy Row Psych Intro"
  3. "Nigel"
  4. "Chevy "
  5. "Roll with the Wind "
God Save The Clean: A Tribute to the Clean, Flying Nun Records compilation
  2. "Odditty"
Tibetan Freedom Concert compilation
  2. "Type Slowly"
KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic, February 25, 1997
  2. "Neil Hagerty Meets Jon Spencer in a Non-Alcoholic Bar"
  3. "Destroy Mater Dei"
  4. "It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl"
  5. "Maybe Maybe"
BBC Radio One John Peel Live Session, August 21, 1997
  2. "Date w/ IKEA"
  3. "Fin"
  4. "Grave Architecture"
  5. "The Classical"
WFNX Studios, February 12, 1997
  2. "Space Ghost Theme I"
  3. "Space Ghost Theme II"