Perfect Sound Forever (EP)

Perfect Sound Forever is the third EP by American indie rock band Pavement, released on April 15, 1991 through Drag City. It was released as a 10" on Chicago's Drag City recording label. Its songs were later made available on the Drag City compilation Westing (by Musket & Sextant).

Perfect Sound Forever
EP by Pavement
Released	April 15, 1991
Recorded	December 29, 1989–December 30, 1989
Studio	Louder Than You Think Studios (Stockton, California)
Genre	Indie rock, lo-fi, noise pop
Length	11:12
Label	Drag City
Producer	Gary Young[1]
Pavement chronology
Demolition Plot J-7 (1990) Perfect Sound Forever (1991) Slanted and Enchanted (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[4]
The Village Voice	A−[5]

Background and recording

The EP was recorded over the course of two days at Louder Than You Think Studios in Stockton, California, and was self-produced by Pavement's own Gary Young.

The EP's name came from a line in Sony's 1982 advertising campaign for the first compact discs, which assured potential buyers of the ultimate in both fidelity and longevity.

Style

Village Voice writer Michaelangelo Matos noted Perfect Sound Forever and the band's 1990 EP, Demolition Plot J-7, as "epochal to ... sloppy early-'90s undergrads."^[6]

Track listing

All tracks were written by Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heckler Spray"	1:06
2.	"From Now On"	2:03
3.	"Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent"	2:30
4.	"Drive-by Fader"	0:28
5.	"Debris Slide"	1:56
6.	"Home"	2:23
7.	"Krell Vid-User"	1:26

Personnel

Pavement

• Stephen Malkmus – lead vocals, guitar
• Scott Kannberg – backing vocals, guitar, bass
• Gary Young – drums