The title "Slanted and Enchanted" is taken from the title of a cartoon made by the late Silver Jews frontman David Berman. Its cover art was created by appropriating that of an existing album, Ferrante & Teicher's "Keyboard Kapers". "Slanted and Enchanted" was officially released on 20 April 1992 to critical acclaim, originally reaching a peak of number 72 on the UK Albums Chart. A two-disc expanded version of the album, "", was released in 2002. In 2003, the album was ranked number 134 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and number 135 in the 2012 update of the list. As of 2007, the album has sold 150,000 copies.