Pavement’s second album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was released in 1994. The record was more indebted to the classic rock tradition than their debut. The single ” Cut Your Hair ” was the most successful song, and briefly enjoyed airplay on alternative rock radio and MTV . Pavement performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . Additionally, the video aired on “Career Day”, a season five episode of Beavis and Butt-head , who termed it “buttwipe music” and also wanted the band to “try harder.” The song was also featured briefly in the movie A Very Brady Sequel . Like its predecessor, the album received widespread acclaim, including being listed on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time .
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