for different reasons." In 1997, Nastanovich stated that Wowee Zowee is his favorite Pavement record. Retrospectively, Wowee Zowee has been reappraised in highly positive terms and is frequently viewed by many "diehard" Pavement fans as the band's best work. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that repeated listenings reveal the album to be "a dense collage of '90s rock & roll that recasts the past and present into one rich, kaleidoscopic, and blissfully cryptic world view". Nina Corcoran of Consequence said that Wowee Zowee has become "the beloved oddball in Pavement's discography", and assumed that the band "knew what they were doing all along, even if we were reluctant to believe them at first". In 2006, Matador released Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition, a compilation containing Wowee Zowee in its entirety, as well as B-sides, outtakes, radio shots, live songs, and compilation tracks from the same era. According to Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield, Wowee Zowee has come to be widely viewed as a "masterpiece". Sheffield explained that people started to appreciate Wowee Zowee after the band released Brighten the Corners, a radical departure that put the album's eclectic nature into perspective. He also remarked that the former was overshadowed by other successful Matador releases, such as Alien Lanes by Guided by Voices and Electr-O-Pura by Yo La Tengo. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album 265th in its updated list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time—ahead of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain and behind Pavement's 1992 debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, which were ranked 434th and 199th, respectively. Several musicians, including American pianist Johnny Iguana, American multi-instrumentalist Jeff Rosenstock, and Filipino-British singer-songwriter Beabadoobee, cited the album as having a profound impact on them. Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Pavement Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar, mixing Scott Kannberg – guitar, vocals Mark Ibold – bass Bob Nastanovich – percussion, vocals Steve West – drums, percussion Additional musicians Doug Easley – pedal steel guitar on "Father to a Sister of Thought", engineer Sibel Firat – cello on "Fight This Generation" Technical Davis McCain – engineer Mark Venezia – engineer Bryce Goggin – mixing Jan BL – mixing Rich Costey – mixing Gregory Hull – mastering Charts References External links 1995 albums Big Cat Records albums Domino Recording Company albums King Records (Japan) albums Matador Records albums Pavement (band) albums Pony Canyon albums