"Carrot Rope" is a song from Pavement's 1999 album '' Terror Twilight''. It is erroneously known as "...and Carrot Rope", the ''"...and"'' was added to the stylized track listing on the back of '' Terror 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 the

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. Elsewhere, "

Spit on a Stranger "Spit on a Stranger" is a song by American indie rock band Pavement, released as a single on June 22, 1999, from their final record ''Terror Twilight''. It includes the song "Harness Your Hopes", which would become the band's most listened song ...

" was released instead. On the commentary track to the group's ''

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'' DVD, Stephen Malkmus explained that this single release was at the specific request of the group's UK label, Domino Records following significant playtime on

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's Radio 1 show. The single was Pavement's highest charting single on the

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, 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 on '' Quarantine 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

"Carrot Rope Pt. 1" is the first of three different formats of the

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, all of which were released on May 16, 1999. All 3 formats carry the album version of the song. This one of 2

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editions. The two B-sides accompanying the title track are both found on the contemporaneous US release of "

". The catalogue number for the CD version is RUG90CD1.

Track listing

# "Carrot Rope" 3:52 # "Harness Your Hopes" 3:28 # "Roll With The Wind" 3:17

Carrot Rope Pt. 2

"Carrot Rope Pt. 2" is the second format of the

, again on

. Once again, the two B-sides accompanying the title track were both also released on the US "

" single. The catalogue number for the CD version is RUG90CD2.

Track listing

#"Carrot Rope" 3:55 #"The Porpoise & The Hand Grenade" 2:47 #"Rooftop Gambler" 3:20

Carrot Rope 7"

''Carrot Rope 7"'' is the last of three different forms of the

this time issued on 7" vinyl. The B-side, "And Then" is actually an early version of "The Hexx" from '' Terror Twilight'' recorded several years earlier; it was also issued on the US "

" 7" single. The catalogue number for the single is RUG90.

Track listing

# "Carrot Rope" 3:52 # "And Then" 5:06

External links

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