Bossanova

Hoop herrie, nogal onsamenhangend, paar vette nummers

Three albums in, two "I really don't care about this band" albums in a row. This one started with a couple of solid songs, but halfway in I was fully reminded of why I don't listen to The Pixies.

More metal-influenced than I remember. Not their strongest album, but second half is definitely better. Hasn't aged particularly well. No real bangers, aside from maybe Hang Wire

This may be one of the most influential bands of the 90s, but it doesn't mean I have to enjoy their music.

It felt like pretty standard alternative rock. No real standouts on the album for me, though it wasn't difficult to listen to. Made good background music.

This is the second Pixies album I have gotten for this project. I think the last one was better. This album just doesn't have the standout tracks that some of the others do. This album feels very cohesive, just missing the hooks.

The Pixies have released a couple of game changers but this isnt one of them. Its actually quite forgettable.

I was going to say something but I don’t know where my mind went . Ah well

It's a solid 90s alternative rock album I suppose. I enjoyed some of the instrumentals of the songs itself, but wasn't really vibing with the vocals at all for the majority of the album. Not something I really see myself bothering to go back to honestly. Might just not be my cup of tea.

Eh, didn't grab me in the first few songs. Was too in between indie rock and punk?

This album got the 40 second skip treatment. 40 seconds of each track was more than any normal human being should have to endure. I had great expectations for the album... but bitterly disappointed.

Highlights: "Ana," "Rock Music," "Velouria" As hugely influential as they were, Pixies gave what they had to give with Doolittle. This might have better production, more reverb and modulation gloss, but it's much more meandering and slogging with minimal payoff. The modal wonkiness feels wayward, and the punchy repetitions reliably overstay their welcome -- the back-to-back "Hang Wire" and "Stormy Weather" are especially obnoxious. Whatever tightrope they walked before has been lost here.

2/5 Sounds a bit boring and does not really stand out to me at all. ‘Down the well’ and ‘Digging for fire’ did sound better, however. I would not listen again unfortunately.

Pleasant enough musical base, but it didn't seem to go anywhere. Listening to this album felt like eating a tasty soup that was all broth. I kept looking for the mushrooms (etc) but all I got was more of the broth.

Vähän parempi kuin Doolittle, mutta en tiiä oliko tämäkään nyt niin hyvä

2.5/5 I didn't really enjoy this album much. It felt angsty and a bit annoying if I'm honest. The thing I liked the most was the name of one song, which does not a good album make.

I just don't like the Pixies at all. Or Pixies is it? I gave this a chance but ... "Rock Music" might be the worst song I have ever heard. w t f Once we get by that one - I'll be fair, I don't dislike it as much as their earlier albums - in many ways it's absolutely more accessible (for this band at least). Still - I just don't like the band much and will never get by it; they have a style and I accept why ppl of my generation like them. Sorta. But dammit - most of these are half-baked or half-formed ideas rather than finished tunes; the songwriting is just goddamn lazy and I'm probably retroactively applying it to the decade but so typical of the "whatever" 90s that I lived through. Ugh. Also please: these vocals are a goddamn travesty. ...They were better than Nirvana though. Low bar. 3/10 2 stars

nothing punk

All sounded a bit flat and nondescript.

Broody, didn't have as much variety as some of the other pixies albums this list has provided

Punk rock

Love the first (instrumental) track. Is she weird? Yes. I feel no need to relisten.

I can feel the lack of Kim Deal in this album and find it less deserving to be on this list than previous releases. Maybe they rushed this one a little too much. It's not terrible. I wouldn't reach for it again though like I would with albums like Doolittle.

Despite repeated listenings, this has just not done it for me. Cannot think of one track that has lodged in my head.

Never really got the appeal of the Pixies. They’re fun, but so what?

I can imagine myself playing an air guitar along to the Down to the Well song. The vocal attitude reminds me of Alice Cooper. 2.5/5

Enough of this kind of music. Worst pixies album we have heard so far and I think we heard 3.

Had some interesting stuff going on in the middle but the beginning and end had too many stinkers that dragged down the whole album

Extremely jarring album when you think Pixies are a female rock group….anyways, I felt like i was being yelled out and it made me uncomfortable. Some good rock guitar sound at times though.

Over and over, I keep asking myself the question - why did I think that I loved The Pixies so much. I had their albums years ago, but I probably haven’t listened to one start to finish for a long, long time. I would have sworn blind that I really liked them. However, nothing really stood out for me here. There were a couple of decent enough tracks but nothing that I could say I loved. I recognised ‘Velouria’ and ‘All over the world’ from way back but I’m left feeling very nonplussed. Perhaps they slotted into a particular time of my life. But that time is not now.

Based on other bands I listen to I should love this band. I should know all their songs and their history and have seen them live. But I don’t. And I haven’t. I know the names Black Francis and Kim Deal. I recognize and like a few of their songs but that’s as far as my relationship with the Pixies has gotten. I liked the songs sung by Kim more than the ones by Frank.

Bossanova always sounded like a band doing a pretty good Pixies imitation but lacking the songwriting chops of the actual Pixies. How they have this album and not Surfer Rosa on this list is ridiculous.

Didn't enjoy it that much. I noticed I prefered to do something else, than listen to this

Yeah, ok.

Enjoyed teh first song, not much else

5/10

Not a fan of this album and it was tough getting through it.

2 Boring

Good band but I don't like very much.

Some nice songs, but also some terrible songs

Not much too say about this one, just didn't like it all that much :)

I get the vibe, but it’s not for me

Decent beats, nothing clicked for me.

A few positive moments, but not many

Meh. I preferred it when Spotify rolled into the Breeders Cannonball when this album ended.

Decent indy vibes. Pretty boring though

listened to it all the way through while I was working and can't remember any of the songs. That's about it for this one. Nothing stood out to me, nothing was outright skippable, but as I've said, that type of album doesn't need to be on this list.

Good album, not a must hear, not the top of the Pixies discography. Best songs; Cecilia Ann, All Over the World, The Happening

The machine's creators have fell victim to the grinding, crushing gears of what they had once designed. 1990's "Bossanova" is the sound of a now exhausted and highly irritable band watering their sound down so they can chase trends that they were once lightyears ahead of. Pixies would have one last minor -and boy, do I mean minor- hurrah with "Trompe Le Monde" before breaking up, allegedly via Fax message from bandleader/megalomaniac Black Francis (showing that even when the band attempts to 'phone it in' that they are much too interesting to do straight), but "Bossanova" stands as testament to when legitimate innovators lose their spark and aim for something far far less.

A dark album that had songs that were angry or weird.

Best Song: Rock Music. Maybe it is a product of my low expectations coming in, but the visceral, aggressive sound of this song took me my surprise. Worst Song: Blown Away. Not spectacularly worse than the other songs in the album, but just a kid of dull, plodding track. Overall: My opinion of the album generally was reduced by the difference between the song "Rock Music" and all the other tracks. I would have loved an album full of "Rock Music", and knowing that they could produce that style of music, what was on offer felt lukewarm, without that same punch and passion. Overall:

I know they were influential or whatever, but the Pixies just bore me terribly.

Bit disappointing, considering Surfer Rosa... Just a blur in the background. Shannah - 1 Bill - 2 Conor - 2 (1.67/5)

Meh

I liked it. I think I need to hear it again though. 2.5 / 5 for now.

No me ha dicho nada

First few tracks of Bossanova are loud and interesting, then it sort of settles down and loses me. Probably doesn't get to a 3 because of it.

thought i'd like this - not so much. expected where is my mind like songs, didn't get it.

Not offensively bad, but definitely none of the catchy Pixies tracks I love from their early albums. Nothing to return to on this really.

Great band, crap album. The best song 'Dig for Fire' on the album holds a small candle to the great classics this band wrote in other albums. Quite a disappointment.

the song "Rock Music" sums it up; it's rock music defined.

2/5 too hard for my taste

Ugh.

Okay.

Bila sam u dosta nadrkanom moodu jučer pa možda mi se zato nije toliko svidilo. A MOŽDA mi se oni nikad nisu svidili, možda sam samo uvijek mislila da mi se sviđaju. Od ove druge pjesme "rock music" mi je doslo da se bacim pred tramvaj kad je krenula. Al bilo je i nekih dobrih trenutaka. Al ne.

Assumed I wouldn't like it, and *really* didn't like the first couple songs. After that the album settles into kind of less catch Nirvana territory. Meh but not the absolute worst.

Rätt medelmåttig upplevelse, inte jätteförtjust i denna lite monotiniska 'grunge:iga-proto-metal' (?) som tyvärr verkar vara Pixies sound. Börjar rätt starkt men blir sen snabbt rätt trist och trillar in i 'Rock Songs The Album' med några undantag. De låter som de flesta grunge-rockgrupper från 90-talet. Mycket möjligt att de va Pixies som va pionjärer inom denna genre och de är de andra som låter som Pixies men jag får ingen känsla av att bryta ny mark. Kompentent ljudkvalitativt men inget som imponerar heller. Dig for Fire är den mest efterblivna låten som någonsin har skrivits. De är duktiga musiker och fattar varför folk gillar dem.

jag önskar verkligen att jag skulle tycka om albumet men det var alldeles för ojämt och tråkgit i slutändan, även om det fanns en del guldkorn.

First listen. Need to hear this again. 2/5 for now.

I wasn't a fan of the first few tracks, but it picked up after a while. Rating relatively to the rest of this list, not in general.

Good sound .

Fan undrar om inte mina förväntningar inte riktigt bemöttes? Jag blev väldigt glad när jag såg att det var Pixies för det är ett band jag känt att jag lyssnat för lite på. Det kan bara ha varit att jag inte var uppmärksam nog eller inte nog sugen att lyssna på ett album vid genomlyssning, men det var inte riktigt vad jag tänkte mig. Det var absolut inte dåligt, men heller inte som lämnar några stora spår. Olyckligt, kanske nästa gång Pixies dyker upp för mig blir en slam dunk? Jag hoppas det.

Not a fan

Too edgy for my liking

nah

Not my cup of tea

These albums are just getting worse and worse

Pretty meh to be honest. Some really bad songs, some decent songs but nothing special overall in my opinion.

It is a rock album that combines hard electric-guitars sound and tenor man's vocals.

Just like me determined! to walk past the bakery welcome in the Lidle..It started off so well

Real tough to judge. I really liked the first instrumental song but almost everything else was somewhat forgettable. It wasn't as much of a drag as that Blue Cheer album and it grew on me a bit, but not really all that exciting. I think I could return to this one Saved: Cecilia Ann, Ana, The Happening

- punk, thank you - like Horkyze Slize but not funny

Solid album, bit more straightforward than some of their other work. Gotta say I love the album artwork. Computer graphics were just starting to become more of a mainstream thing, and this art direction totally defined my youth. From Wargames to Hackers to browsing the magazine section at Barnes and Noble in search of the latest issue of 2600. The early 90s must have been such a wild time to be an adult, seeing a mass migration of life from analog to digital, creating digital work while stuck in an analog episteme. There were so many opportunities through the 90s, 00s, and 10s to shed the shackles of an analog past, yet still we click on a floppy disk icon to save our documents, still arrange the same alphanumeric keys in the same layout on our phones. Clearly our technology advances more rapidly than our understanding of it. I give this album 2 stars; I give my nostalgia 3.

Was ok but not my jam

Bueno, no está mal...

Couldn't get through it, maybe it was just the wrong mood for the day.

Pixies has never really clicked for me. It's fine, just a combination of sounds that isn't *magic* to me.

not my cup of tea.

interesting album, wouldnt listen again but pretty okay

Had some good songs but overall not a huge fan

Just not for me.

Too cool for me.

Very innovative for its time, as it sounds much more modern than its release date implies. However, it does not contain many memorable moments throughout its runtime (to me, at least). The vocals are at times unintelligible however the instrumentals are good throughout. The last two songs contain a significant shift in mood though, to be fair.

nothing really caught the ear, not feeling it

Not a big fan of the Pixies. Not my kind of music. Too abrasive.

Pixies again. Rhythm guitar very basic, supposed incongruities of counter-melodies that are unsatisfying drones, some occasional pop sensibilities. I am not impressed to read about lack of preparation for recording - why did they think they should record - just because they could? I listen to the album, it seems very slight, nothing pleasing, nothing that makes me want to hear it again. Closing song Havalina seems particularly insulting because there is almost nothing to it, so much repeating of song title as though that meant something…. This is not for me, I find it hard to get why anyone likes it, this is Bad, 1/10.

Not my cup of tea

Honestly, I've never liked the Pixies and struggled to understand what others like about their music. Every time one of their songs starts to get tuneful, some out of place distorted guitar tears up the sound or Black Francis screams something weird. I hadn't heard Bossanova before, but it didn't help.

Shite

+suckd

Unfortunately, this was not my type of music.

well, in al honesty i didn’t like this album much because it was two hardcore for me. there were a few slower songs, like my favorite on the album; “havalina” but over all this wasn’t my favorite.

Just no

the bulls**** doesn't get better when it is displayed for the 4th time.

Just Awful

"Velouria" was the only song that really stood out to me on this album. I know they inspired super influential bands, but they do not inspire me. You can definitely tell that the band members did not like each other. Each instrument seems to be its own unique sound and none of the music sounds like a cooperative effort. I'd skip them if they ever popped up in my playlist. 3/10

Lamentablemente vacío

Completamente misleading el titulo. Me aburrió. Completamente aburrido, literal. Onda, es rock y whatever pero me emboló, no lo pude ni terminar del embole, nada, ni lyrics, ni melodías, ni instrumentos, nada. Puro embole.

I was about to comment on how I liked Doolittle and then one year they make this garbage but then I looked up my ratings for Pixies on this site and found out I misremember liking Doolittle and that they always sucked

I'd rather listen to The Breeders.

Not great.

I did not like it

Trying too hard. Sounds like a mixed up tribute band to me

Not really for me. Just kinda passed me by

Jesus Christ, the Pixies are not for me.

I’d actively skip all the songs in this album if they came on shuffle

Rock vibes

Fruktansvärd produktion, låter som valfri ABF-hårdrocksproduktion för en egenpressad cd 1990. Det här måste va den värsta avarten av amerikansk alternativrock, jag tycker det här är hemskt. 14 låtar långt är det också, det är minst 15 (!) för mycket. Jävla pissband!

80's metal not for me

Horrible 2/10 Best song cecillian Ann

Minimal fan

Nah!

This is the 3rd album by The Pixies that I've listened to, and it's comfortably the worst - the other two got 2 stars, so that's a low bar to begin with. I couldn't even make it to the end of this one, so it's 1 star only.

Gar nicht meins

Nur laut! Reicht mir nicht!

not a fan

alternatieve rock. te vaag, paar aardige nummers

Why are the little pixies so angry? The first track was terrific. The last one was good, too. The middle…

Noisy

Awful. Well the 5th song was bearable. Only good news is I found a genre of music I hate as much as bad rap and bad country. Cd gets better. First two songs awful

Une tâche à écouter. C’était agressant, vraiment pas mon genre.

Not my thing :)

awful album

Not for me.

Opening track was the only good song. The rest was quite unbearable

Tremenda mierda de grupo. Otra de esas bandas para que los snobs sordos tengan ídolos. Parece que se están inventando las canciones sobre la marcha (y tampoco tienen mucha práctica). Esto es un grupo de barrio como mucho.

It’s ok

Really not a fan of this album. Pixies are hit and miss. Some label them as essential but to me are mediocre.

Two or three songs that are ok from this album. Otherwise, the sound is like a lot of grunge bands. Not my cup of tea.

I hated it

1. ann - 1 2. rock - 0 3. velouria - 1 4. allizon - 1 5. uueird - 1 6. ana - 1 7. uuorld - 1.5 8. fire - 1 9. uuell - 1 10. happening - 1.5 11. blouun - 1 12. uuire - 1 13. ztormy - 1 14. havalina - 1

Meh probably not gonna return to this

I gotta be honest, I would have much preferred if this album were actually bossa nova. I hope there is even a single bossa nova album here instead of just more of the same white boy 80s-90s brit pop punk grunge. Because that's what this pixies album was to me - more of that fade-into-the-background spoilt rich white adolescent 90s brit grunge. Doolittle is already on this list and absolutely no more Pixies are permitted on the list.

I don't hate it. I just didn't think any of the songs were very good for me.

This album was the epitome of dogshit and I never want to hear any of the songs from it again. None of it was unique, original, interesting, or just good quality in general. 0/5 terrible album. Actually gonna kms.

Like an assault on my eardrums. Truly awful.

Super fucking garbage

Some guitar. Some quiet/LOUD dynamics. Some screaming. Of its time, and influential I suppose just not for me.

It’s not that good 1001 album worthy - no - 61/113

Kauheaa sontaa

En kyllä tykännyt albumista. Edellinen Pixiesin albumi jonka kuuntelin oli 70-luvulta ja levynä ihan ok. Tämä kuulosti siltä kuin pojat olisivat sen 20 vuotta soittaneet autotallissa jonka seinillä on työkalujen sijaan eri sienilajitelmia. Jos tämä olisi demo jonka Pixies ojentaisi minulle sanoisin luultavasti että kannattaa myös muistaa hommata tasainen päivätyö.

Not for me

I'm actually good, thanks

Ugh

Alt rock. Not my thing. Thanks. Bye.

Pretty basic background music.

Хрень

Maybe it's my expectations speaking for me, but for an album with that name, I expected more, much more. The worst problem with "Bossanova" is not that it's the generic of the generic of the generic of the alt rock of its time, but the simple fact that its songs are completely forgettable. It pains me to say this because the album has a good production, but unfortunately that doesn't support the fact that 10 seconds later I had already forgotten what I heard. Regrettable.

Gylle

I get the album with the fight club song is on here and probably an early noise album of there so the creator can pretend he knew them before they were cool, but this is too much in the weeds for me. I'm done.

Nope.

Did not like

I also thought I liked the Pixies, but I really felt this album was best left to my 90s self. My 2020s self has moved on from what now seems like noise music gone to hell in the hands of musician wannabes.

a couple decent songs…some were way not my taste wouldn’t listen again though

Was shit

Not what I was expecting, given the name. The first song had promise. After that, it was just shouting. Not for me.

More screaming... Another album that I won't finish listening to.

Grunge seems to feel like scratching a blackboard for me.

I’m gonna be a hater. Ik that’s predictable but, to me this sounds like an album that’s pretending to be a good album. Idk what is it but the tone/style of guitar I find ✨horrible✨ Obvs I don’t like this style of music but I have was willing to look past it, but it wasn’t enough for me :(

Yuck

Crap

HATE THIS ALBUM. Honestly. Such a pain to get through. Don't like.

Second album of the Pixies ... Bossanova was worse than Doolittle ... Stupid lyrics and mic screaming. Waste of time. 1/5

Early days grunge Not great but led the way

Not for me would be 0 star if I could

Unique sound. Rock, punk, metal?

No.

I'd like to like it. A lot of bands i like were inspired by them. And i don't even a little.

I want to like it, but I just can't like it. I had to force myself to listen, and the only thing going for me, is is was less than 45m long. *whew* Not for me.

Not my favourite

Überhaupt nicht meine Stilrichtung.

Meh

Not my vibe

stop shouting into my ears

ALtijd fijn als een album vol staat met van die lekker ontspannen Braziliaanse bossa nova, relaxte stemmen, geinige ritmes, mooi gitaargetokkel. Als een album alleen maar zo heet, dan is er natuurlijk een stuk minder aan. Met name als het weer van die baggermuziek is.

Not for me

Not my cup of tea - screechy vocals

Not for me

Not my style of music. Beginning of the album is hard to get into. The first song is the best for me. Unlucky

Pretty typical and ordinary for the time period (90s) - perhaps choosing 1001 albums was a stretch too far and landed into "what we know of", rather than "what is actually good".

Not my thing

This is not my cup o' tea

That’s a no for me, boss.

Edit: This is the 2nd album generated for me, and I gave it a 2 because I figured there would be things that are much worse than this. And there are, but this is still pretty bad. Downgrading to a 1. I hate the Pixies. This was okay. I think the Pixies just aren't really for me. I thought the latter half of the album was decent, but I just wasn't a fan overall. "Dig for Fire" and "Down to the Well" were the standouts for me.

noise

I don't like this, it's weird

Another yelly band that didnt do it for me

boring and a bit repetetive not my type

yikes- “rock music” has got to be THE worst song i’ve heard ever, and given some of the albums we’ve had that’s saying a lot. compared to that song the rest of the album was bad but not as bad as the previous album we’ve had. but i genuinely can’t say one good thing about this album? other than it’s not their worst? i cant decide between a 1 or 2 but i think given the fact nothing about this is good i’ll have to go with a 1. 1.5 at best. the length is good- one more minute and i might just hang myself 🙃🤓

Kattengejank. Hippe kut-rock

It’s an average pixies album. Doesn’t need to be on this list at all.

Oh no, why two Pixies in a row.? Loud and irritating and I just don't want to hear this music right now. It's the kind of thing that makes you feel unglued, unhinged, unhappy! Not a fan at this point in time.

扎实，硬核，带有一丝鬼诞的感觉。但我觉得有点过于普通，不会给我留下什么深刻印象，也不会让我有动力再点开一次。

Not that good

They really throw you for a curveball with the first three songs. It just switches genre so fast you can't recover. However, past that, its genre stays constant, but it's not a good genre. It's like more digestible noise, which isn't the worst thing? But I don't know who enjoys this mediocre stuff.

Pixies were actually one of the first bands I ever saw perform live. First it was The Wombats who were opening, and then Pixies then Weezer. I didn't know Pixies at the time, but their live performance sucked so bad that it has tainted my perception of this band. I barely even like "Where Is My Mind?" and usually, I listen to covers of it instead. The Pixies just ruined any chance they had of me liking them that night.

Noooo thank you :<

No thank you. Barb says it’s an awful lot of screamin’

Didn’t like very well

boring. Just don't get the appeal.

This album sound like a punk album recorded by someone who has no idea what punk is or was. It has no life

Awful

Not for me.

Really don't like the Pixies

Nothing interesting

Just mindless hard rock playing. It's not really my thing. 3/10.

Boring

First song sounds like cowboy surfer music, the second song immediatley turns into some grunge-punk scream Kinda dig it so far I spoke way too soon, couldn't even finish the album, hated every song except the first one which i liked enough to add to my playlist

Not a fan of punk to be honest. Don't listen to much if this.

Didn’t get through the whole album. Not my thing. Rock music with very simple lyrics.

trash

1/5