| "Carrot Rope Pt. 1" | ||||
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| Single byPavement | ||||
| from the albumTerror Twilight | ||||
| Released | May 16, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–1999 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 10:37 | |||
| Label | Domino Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Stephen Malkmus. | |||
| Producer(s) | Nigel Godrich, ? | |||
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"Carrot Rope" is a song fromPavement's 1999 albumTerror Twilight. It is erroneously known as "...and Carrot Rope", the"...and" was added to the stylized track listing on the back ofTerror Twilight signifying that it is the final song on the album and not actually a part of the title. The song was released as a single in May 1999, exclusively in theUnited Kingdom. Elsewhere, "Spit on a Stranger" was released instead.
On the commentary track to the group'sSlow Century DVD,Stephen Malkmus explained that this single release was at the specific request of the group's UK label,Domino Records following significant playtime onJohn Peel's Radio 1 show.
The single was Pavement's highest charting single on theUK Singles Chart, and reached a peak of number 27. It was the group's second and final Top 40 single on the chart. Despite the single's success, it was not included onQuarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement, although it was included on a limited edition version of the album for Record Store Day, picked by Pavement as the "most imaginative" greatest hits track listing suggested by a fan.
"Carrot Rope Pt. 1" is the first of three different formats of thesingle, all of which were released on May 16, 1999. All 3 formats carry the album version of the song. This one of 2compact disc editions. The twoB-sides accompanying the title track are both found on the contemporaneous US release of "Spit on a Stranger". The catalogue number for the CD version is RUG90CD1.
| "Carrot Rope Pt. 2" | |
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| Single byPavement | |
| Released | May 16, 1999 |
| Recorded | 1996 - 1999 |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Length | 10:02 |
| Label | Domino Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Stephen Malkmus |
| Producer(s) | Nigel Godrich |
"Carrot Rope Pt. 2" is the second format of thesingle, again oncompact disc. Once again, the twoB-sides accompanying the title track were both also released on the US "Spit on a Stranger" single. The catalogue number for the CD version is RUG90CD2.
| "Carrot Rope 7"" | |
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| Single byPavement | |
| Released | May 16, 1999 |
| Recorded | 1996 - 1999 |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Length | 8:58 |
| Label | Domino Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Stephen Malkmus. |
| Producer(s) | Nigel Godrich |
Carrot Rope 7" is the last of three different forms of thesingle this time issued on7"vinyl. The B-side, "And Then" is actually an early version of "The Hexx" fromTerror Twilight recorded several years earlier; it was also issued on the US "Spit on a Stranger" 7" single. The catalogue number for the single is RUG90.
