Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition

{{Infobox album

| name = Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition

| type = compilation

| artist = Pavement

| cover = Pavement - Wowee Zowee Sordid Sentinels CD Cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 7, 2006

| recorded = March 3, 1994 – March 15, 1995

| studio =

| genre = Indie rock

| length = 156:15

| label = Matador

| producer =

| prev_title = Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition

| next_year = 2008

}}

Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition is a compilation album by Pavement released on November 7, 2006. It contains the band's 1995 album, Wowee Zowee, in its entirety, as well as outtakes and other rarities from that era, some of which had previously been unreleased.

Promotion and release

Sordid Sentinels Edition was released on November 7, 2006.{{Cite web |access-date=August 8, 2021 |url=https://www.matadorrecords.com/pavement |title=Pavement |website=Matador Records |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723071031/https://www.matadorrecords.com/pavement |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |url-status=live}} Matador Records offered extra items to people who pre-ordered the reissue. Those who chose to pre-order the album received a code redeemable on the Sordid Sentinels Edition website for a rare recording of a live Pavement show at the Palace in Los Angeles on April 21, 1994. Also included in the pre-order deal was a free 7-inch record which included previously unreleased studio versions of the songs "Black Out" and "Extradition" and a poster based on a painting that artist Steve Keene originally contributed for the original release of Wowee Zowee in 1995.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Blender

| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4330 |title=Pavement: Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition |magazine=Blender |access-date=May 11, 2020 |last=Sinagra |first=Laura |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070624030927/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4330 |archive-date=June 24, 2007}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/888/reviews/1390985-|title=Wowee Zowee (Sordid Sentinels Edition)|date=December 4, 2006|access-date=July 29, 2021|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729173620/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/888/reviews/1390985-|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/dec/01/popandrock8 |title=Pavement, Wowee Zowee |work=The Guardian |date=December 1, 2006 |access-date=May 11, 2020 |last=Costa |first=Maddy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729172637/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/dec/01/popandrock8 |archive-date=July 29, 2018}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 9.3/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9591-wowee-zowee-sordid-sentinels-edition/ |title=Pavement: Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition |work=Pitchfork |date=November 6, 2006 |access-date=May 11, 2020 |last=Richardson |first=Mark |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513121146/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9591-wowee-zowee-sordid-sentinels-edition/ |archive-date=May 13, 2017}}

| rev5 = Record Collector

| rev5score= {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/wowee-zowee-sordid-sentinels-edition|title=Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition|date=November 22, 2007}}

| rev6 = The Skinny

| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/pavement-wowee-zowee-sordid-sentinals|title=Pavement: Wowee Zowee - Sordid Sentinals|date=December 12, 2006}}

| rev7 = Slant Magazine

| rev7score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/pavement-wowee-zowee-sordid-sentinels-edition/ |title=Pavement: Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition |work=Slant Magazine |date=November 11, 2006 |access-date=May 11, 2020 |last=Newlin |first=Jimmy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165627/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1009 |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}

| rev8 = Spin

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhpEiwR_cZAC&pg=PA103 |title=Reissues |magazine=Spin |volume=22 |issue=12 |date=December 2006 |access-date=May 11, 2020 |last=Dolan |first=Jon |page=103}}

| rev9 = Stylus Magazine

| rev9score = A+{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/pavement/wowee-zowee-sordid-sentinels-edition.htm |title=Pavement – Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition – Review |work=Stylus Magazine |date=November 9, 2006 |access-date=May 11, 2020 |last=Rosenberg |first=Tal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509190205/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/pavement/wowee-zowee-sordid-sentinels-edition.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2012}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/pavement/reviews/9167 |title=Pavement – Wowee Zowee |magazine=Uncut |date=December 12, 2006 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |last=Robinson |first=John |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517161330/http://www.uncut.co.uk:80/music/pavement/reviews/9167 |archive-date=May 17, 2008}}

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Sordid Sentinels Edition received very positive reviews from critics, with Stylus Magazine describing it as "a large-scale painting of the best that the 90s rock underground had to offer." In contrast, The Guardian did not consider the album's extra tracks essential listenings.

As of 2010, Sordid Sentinels Edition had sold 32,000 copies.33 1/3 Series: Wowee Zowee by Bryan Charles, 2010. P. 141.