Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition is a two CD compilation album by Pavement

Pavement (band)

Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...

 released on November 7, 2006. It contains the band's third album, Wowee Zowee

Wowee Zowee

Wowee Zowee is the third studio album by Pavement. The album showcased a more experimental and spontaneous side of the group, returning them to the clatter and unpredictability of their early recordings after the classic rock vibe of 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain...

(1995) in its entirety, as well as 32 of the band's other songs from that era, 18 of which were previously unreleased.

Matador Records offered extra items to people who pre-ordered the reissue. Those who chose to pre-order the album received a code redeemable on the Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition website for a rare recording of a live Pavement show at the Palace in Los Angeles on April 21, 1994. Also included in the pre-order deal was a free 7" record which included previously unreleased studio versions of the songs "Black Out" and "Extradition" and a poster based on a painting that artist Steve Keene

Steve Keene

Stephen Keene is an American artist who believes in mass producing hand painted works of art for the masses. He was called the "Assembly-Line Picasso" by Time magazine...

 originally contributed for the original release of Wowee Zowee

Wowee Zowee

Wowee Zowee is the third studio album by Pavement. The album showcased a more experimental and spontaneous side of the group, returning them to the clatter and unpredictability of their early recordings after the classic rock vibe of 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain...

in 1995.

The track "Motion Suggests Itself" was mistitled on the original release by the omission of its title's final word due to a transcription error. The Sordid Sentinels Edition finally rectified this mistake.

A different version of "Easily Fooled" appeared on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins is a double album by Pavement released on October 26, 2004. It contains the band's second album, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain in its entirety, as well as 37 of the band's other songs from that era, 25 of which were previously unreleased...

as "The Sutcliffe Catering Song". Also, an early version of "Brink of the Clouds" with an intro and outro appeared on the same album.

Disc One

Wowee Zowee:

1. "We Dance"

2. "Rattled by the Rush"

3. "Black Out"

4. "Brinx Job"

5. "Grounded"

6. "Serpentine Pad"

7. "Motion Suggests Itself"

8. "Father to a Sister of Thought"

9. "Extradition"

10. "Best Friend’s Arm"

11. "Grave Architecture"

12. "AT&T"

13. "Flux = Rad"

14. "Fight This Generation"

15. "Kennel District"

16. "Pueblo"

17. "Half a Canyon"

18. "Western Homes"

Wowee Zowee session outtake:

19. "Sordid"

Rattled by la Rush

Rattled by la Rush

"Rattled by la Rush" is a single/EP released by indie rock group Pavement in 1995. It is recognized as the single for the song "Rattled by the Rush" from the band's third album, Wowee Zowee , the second and final single from that album. The UK edition, issued on the now-defunct Big Cat label, did...

EP:

20. "Brink of the Clouds"

21. "False Skorpion"

22. "Easily Fooled"

"Father to a Sister of Thought

Father to a Sister of Thought

"Father to a Sister of Thought" is a song written by Stephen Malkmus of Pavement that appears on the band's third album, Wowee Zowee . On June 20, 1995, the song was released as the second single from the album in 7" vinyl and CD-single formats; the track list is the same for both versions...

" single:

23. "Kris Kraft"

24. "Mussle Rock (Is a Horse in Transition)"

Pacific Trim EP

Pacific Trim

Pacific Trim is an EP released by indie rock group Pavement on January 23, 1996 . It was recorded on short notice to coincide with the band's Australian tour...

25. "Give It a Day"

26. "Gangsters & Pranksters"

27. "Saganaw"

28. "I Love Perth"

Wowee Zowee session outtake:

29. "Sentinel"

Disc Two

I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrack:

1. "Sensitive Euro Man"

Wowee Zowee session outtake:

2. "Stray Fire"

Recorded March 3, 1994 at Hilversum, Netherlands

3. "Fight This Generation"

4. "Easily Fooled"

Wowee Zowee session with Doug Easley on piano

5. "Soul Food"

Homage to Descendents tribute album:

6. "It’s a Hectic World"

Steve Lamacq Evening Session (March 15, 1995):

7. "Kris Kraft"

8. "Golden Boys/Serpentine Pad"

9. "Painted Soldiers"

10. "I Love Perth"

Medusa Cyclone/Pavement split 7":

11. "Dancing with the Elders"

Recorded live at Wireless

Live at the Wireless

Live at the Wireless is a radio show, and now a long standing tradition, of Triple J, an Australian radio station. Live music is one of the central philosophies of the station....

 JJJ Radio

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

 in Australia (July 7, 1994):

12. "Half a Canyon"

13. "Best Friend’s Arm"

14. "Brink of the Clouds/Candylad"

15. "Unfair"

16. "Easily Fooled"

17. "Heaven Is a Truck"

18. "Box Elder"

Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks

Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks

Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks is a tribute album based on the Emmy Award-winning animated TV series, Schoolhouse Rock!. It was released by Atlantic/Hollywood Records in 1996 and contains 15 tracks, the original "Schoolhouse Rocky" theme and covers of 14 songs from the series performed by popular music...

compilation:

19. "No More Kings"

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy soundtrack:

20. "Painted Soldiers"

Wowee Zowee session outtake:

21. "We Dance" (alternate mix)