Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins is a compilation album by Pavement released on October 26, 2004. It contains the band's 1994 album, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, in its entirety, as well as outtakes and other rarities from that era, some of which had previously been unreleased.
Release
LA's Desert Origins was released on October 26, 2004, by Matador Records. The album contains a 62-page booklet of liner notes, which contain photographs, artwork, accounts from vocalist/guitarist Stephen Malkmus and guitarist Scott Kannberg (a.k.a. "Spiral Stairs"), and notes Malkmus wrote for Melody Maker about each of the songs on the original album.
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| rev3 = Christgau's Consumer Guide
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| rev4 = Cokemachineglow
| rev4score = 96%
| rev5 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev5score = B+
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6score = 10/10
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| rev8 = Spin
| rev8score = A+
| rev9 = Tom Hull
| rev9Score = A−
LA's Desert Origins received very positive reviews from critics with Spin highlighting the consistency of the extra tracks.