Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal - an exhaustive 45-track reissue of Pavement’s much-loved fifth and final album. This special edition compiles the remastered original album, B-sides, home demos, rehearsal tapes, era-appropriate live recordings, and even the rough tracks from Pavement’s scrapped session at Sonic Youth’s Echo Canyon studio. Altogether, it features 28 unreleased tracks.
Originally released in 1999, Terror Twilight marked a departure from Pavement’s established operating methods. Which is to say that it was recorded with a big-time producer in an expensive studio. However, for all the talk of “polish” and “precision” it’s still very much a Pavement record. And a great one. Like every Pavement album that preceded it, Terror Twilight thrills and confounds. Often at the same time. Over two decades later, the songs remain moody, strange, and eminently deserving of re-celebration.
The 4xLP and 2xCD editions include a book with never-before-seen photos and commentary/context from band members Mark Ibold, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, Spiral Stairs, and Steve West as well as producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck).
1-1. Spit On A Stranger
1-2. Folk Jam
1-3. You Are A Light
1-4. Cream Of Gold
1-5. Major Leagues
1-6. Platform Blues
1-7. Ann Don't Cry
1-8. Billie
1-9. Speak, See, Remember
1-10. The Hexx
1-11. Carrot Rope
1-12. Shagbag
1-13. Be The Hook
1-14. Spit On A Stranger (Echo Canyon)
1-15. Folk Jam (Echo Canyon)
1-16. You Are A Light (Echo Canyon)
1-17. Jesus In Harlem [Cream Of Gold] (Echo Canyon)
1-18. Ground Beefheart [Platform Blues] (Echo Canyon)
1-19. The Porpoise And The Hand Grenade (Echo Canyon)
1-20. Rooftop Gambler (Jessamine)
1-21. Terror Twilight [Speak, See, Remember] (RPM)
2-1. Folk Jam Moog (SM Demo)
2-2. Rooftop Gambler
2-3. Billy (SM Demo)
2-4. Spit On A Stranger (SM Demo)
2-5. You Are A Light (SM Demo)
2-6. Carrot Rope (SM Demo)
2-7. Decouvert de Soleil
2-8. Cream Of Gold Intro (Jessamine)
2-9. Cream Of Gold (SM Demo)
2-10. Major Leagues (Demo Version)
2-11. Terror Twilight [Speak, See, Remember] (SM Demo)
2-12. Folk Jam Guitar (SM Demo)
2-13. The Porpoise And The Hand Grenade
2-14. You Are A Light (Jackpot!)
2-15. Stub Your Toe
2-16. Your Time To Change
2-17. For Sale! The Preston School Of Industry (Jessamine)
2-18. Frontwards (Live)
2-19. Platform Blues (Live)
2-20. The Hexx (Live)
2-21. You Are A Light (Live)
2-22. Folk Jam (Live)
2-23. Sinister Purpose (Live)