Wowee Zowee (1995)

If there's a coherent statement being made on Pavement's extra-long third record, it's that the band thinks it can borrow a style from just about any genre, chew it up, and spit it out all whiny. Fortunately, catchy numbers like ''Brinks Job,'' a zany statement on success, wake you up just as you start to drift off from irony and exhaustion. And is it my imagination, or has Pavement been listening to labelmates Guided By Voices (''Best Friend's Arm'') and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (''Rattled by the Rush'')?