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Major Leagues is the final EP by American indie rock band Pavement. It was released on October 12, 1999, on Matador Records. To date, it is their final release of original material excluding reissues.

Major Leagues EP
EP by Pavement
Released	October 12, 1999
Recorded	1997–1999
Studio	Vista St. Clair (Unknown location) Louder Than You Think Studios (Stockton, California)
Genre	Indie rock lo-fi
Length	22:41
Label	Matador
Producer	Stephen Malkmus Gary Young Nigel Godrich Miti Adhikari
Pavement chronology
Terror Twilight (1999) Major Leagues EP (1999) Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
Pitchfork	6.2/10[3]

Background

The EP contains seven tracks: A radio edit of the Terror Twilight version of "Major Leagues." Two "Spiral Stairs" songs: "Your Time to Change," and "Stub Your Toe," which were recorded by Pavement's original drummer, Gary Young (lead singer Stephen Malkmus most likely did not attend these sessions due to his feud with Young). A demo of "Major Leagues" recorded alone by Malkmus. "Decouvert de Soleil," which features Stephen Malkmus switching back between English and French. The sound and instrumentation of the song is very similar to that of the "Major Leagues" demo, so it could be safe to assume that the singer recorded this track alone as well. (One CD version contains the information that both these songs were recorded "in vista st. clair by s.m.", Malkmus' alias).[4] Covers of Echo & the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" and The Fall's "The Classical" from a 1997 BBC session. The latter is introduced as "an old family favorite."

Track listing

Personnel

Pavement

• Stephen Malkmus – lead vocals, guitar
• Scott Kannberg – lead vocals, guitar
• Mark Ibold – bass guitar
• Steve West – drums
• Bob Nastanovich – percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Gary Young – drums

References

External links

• Major Leagues at Discogs (list of releases)

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