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Death to the Pixies
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Track Listing
- Cecilia Ann
- Planet Of Sound
- Tame
- Here Comes Your Man
- Debaser
- Wave Of Mutilation
- Dig For Fire
- Caribou
- Holiday Song
- Nimrod's Son
- U-Mass
- Bone Machine
- Gigantic
- Where Is My Mind ?
- Velouria
- Gouge Away
- Monkey Gone To Heaven
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #41862 in Music
- Released on: 1997-10-06
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
From death Nirvana was born
Like Van Gough, many bands dont get the recognition they deserve, but hey presto! when they split or die they become cool and everyone begins to say they were influenced by them. The Pixies are such an act, during their 4 year existence from 1987 to 1991 (in which this compilation covers) they were mostly ignored but they did manage to create a new sound that would become grunge (Kurt Cobain was a big fan). This compilation is an excellent introduction to this inovative band; containing no filler, the songs compiled here are tight 4 minute wonders such as U-Mass and Bone Machine. Each song going down a completely different path to the last. If there is one fault, the pace does not change and there is often a lack of subtlety in the songwriting which results in in a collection of very different but one-dimensional songs but this is a minor niggle as the quality is so strong.
The rarest sound....
All I can say that the Pixies will be the rarest sounds you will ever hear, definitely like none other before them. I only got into the Pixies recently and I went all out and brought all there albums so that I could hear their sound.
My advice to anyone is not to waste time with the best of albums and buy their main albums, Dolittle being my favourite, but Surfer Rosa comes close second to that.
Pure brilliance
As the great Bono once said "the pixies are the best band America has ever produced" i couldn't agree more. I first heard this album when i rented it from the library, it was the best 70p i've ever spent and it was the best £70 i ever spent on buying the rest of their albums. I'll say no more...
