Title: 5 stars, but beware of scant liner notes
Product review: although i had plenty of friends who thought this was Pavement's masterpiece, i always thought it was a bit of an over-reach, too ambitious. consequently, i felt there were several songs that sounded strangely out of place and/or just not that good. now, those songs seem to get lost among (or blend in with) all the b-sides, previously unreleased tracks, etc that are included on this reissue, some of which are really very good and interesting (ex. the alternative version of "Fight This Generation").the packaging is handsome, but not very durable. if you have the previous Pavement reissues then you know what I'm talking about. my big critique is a total lack of written text in the liner notes about the band and/or the making of Wowee Zoweee. there are only two measley blurbs (no longer than this review);one written by Malkmus and the other by the studio engineer.
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