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“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 tracklisting 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 United Kingdom. Elsewhere, “Spit on a Stranger” was released instead. On the commentary track to the group’s Slow Century 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 John Peel’s Radio 1 show. “Carrot Rope” would become the band’s second and final UK top 40 hit. Despite the single’s success, it was... Read on...