Bossanova

As a Pixies fan this is an album I´m always curious about, because it has the band spirit, but on its own way. It starts with an amazing instrumental song (Cecilia Ann), and then with one of the heaviest songs of this band (ironically called "Rock Music"), making a weird, but amazing experience. During the whole record the band knows to continue with the energy that represents them. Even if its not their best album, anyway, I just love this band. Fav Tracks: Cecilia Ann, All over the word, Down to the well, The Happening.

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Pixies at their best! Great album

Great album, even though the constant dynamic puts me to sleep at some points

There wasn’t a moment where my foot wasn’t tapping.

Some hints of The Saints, but a very fresh, original sound. "Is She Weird" is the earworm song of the day. The rest of this album was terrific from start to finish. Definitely one that I'm happy made this list.

I think I have to rate this 5 stars because I can't find anything wrong with it. Who knew?!

The kind of album I came here for. And the kind of album I wish I was aware of when it came out. The question is, would 12 year old me have appreciated it at the time? Probably not. It’s a 5 now though. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

This album is just banger after banger! Love it!

Great album, seriously enjoyed it. SO many good songs. Saved tracks: Cecilia Ann, Allison, All Over the World, The Happening

My first trip through Bossanova had me thinking: "This sounds like Pixies but its not weird enough! Two stars." I had to listen to the album twice before I understood how weird it is and I like it very much.

Classic. Perhaps not their best, but up there with them.

Really great album, interesting sound and vocals.

Velouria, Ana, Allison

A journey of an album

FAntastic

Maybe a few songs are unnecessary, but what's good is so good

Gangbusters

Great stuff incredible that it was made in 1990

Nice album. I loved how there was some 'heavy' tracks and some that are associated with pixies in my head. Atmospheric, light&heavy. I really love style of Pixies. Reverbing guitar, strange in a good way lyrics. Sometimes a had a feeling that I wasn't listening to same group, but at the same time all tracks compliment each other well.

Love the pixies!

so bon

my favorite Pixies album. The production might be a bit polished for some but the songs are really great (and Gil Norton rules anyway). Fantastic

beautiful. every song is a masterpiece. would be a crime to rate this less than a 5.

Just matchless. A classic test of a great album is that different songs reveal themselves over time. On this listen the vocals and guitar on The Happening are just amazing.

I don't know how the pixies do it. Not necessarily always melodic or approachable, it is entirely engaging... with a variety that covers anger & energy as well songs with an ethereal quality. Fantastic.

First Pixies record I ever bought. Played the hell out of it, but as I started collecting the rest of their records this one became the least favorite of them all as a teenager. Listening to this now; I don't know why this ever fell to the bottom. The reverbed out guitar, the super clean vocal harmonies, Black Francis' range from velvety smooth to gnarly growls, experimenting with the spacey dissonant melodies that made Trompe Le Monde such a great album. Easily a 5/5 album.

Great album. Already loved it. 5/5

The last great Pixies album.

This is real nice ! Can be listened very easily.

the only pixies album i had listened to before this one was Doolittle, and to be quite frank i think i like this one more. the best song of ever shows up here (rock music), and cuts like allison, is she weird, dig for fire, and hang wire are some fantastic songs. no misses on this, genuinely a perfect piece in the pixies discography.

"I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it." - Kurt Cobain. Pixies are arguably my favorite and most influential band to my taste in music. If you enjoy this, check out Surfer Rosa and Doolittle - their best albums.

GOAT

This was my favourite Pixies album for many years - in my memory it was quite a big thing when it got released - Pixies were relatively popular in the Netherlands (see the VPRO Onrust en Pinkpop '89 videos on Youtube - especially the VPRO recordings are as great as ever). Of course the previous albums are just as good. All 5 stars.

Still very good throughout.

What a band! This may not be their best but still 5 stars easily.

The third best Pixies album by a distance and still a solid 5. Says it all about how utterly incredible they were in their heyday. They were more consistent than SHACK's weekly Tesco big shop. N.B. For those interested the weekly Tesco big shop consists of 24 chicken breasts (reduced value only), 64 large eggs (each carefully checked for damage before purchase), 6 packets of bacon (lovingly referred to as "that ham you eat hot"), as many lamb chops as his meaty arms can carry and 1 carrot (to help him see in the dark). He goes to Marks & Spencer for his bits.

It's surf rock meets punk meets indie rock meets pop meets sci-fi obsession meets teenage lust. Or, should I say, it's Dick Dale meets Hüsker Dü meets REM meets Ed Wood meets The Shangri-Las. It's those explosive chord changes and barks by Black Francis. It's those spacey solos by Joey Santiago. It's those straightfaced background vocals and straightforward basslines by Kim Deal. It's those metronomic gated drums by David Lowering. It's Gil Norton's streamlined production. It's that stellar songwriting all around, minus a very few patchy songs here and there (4.5/5 would be my exact score for this particular record, but let's not split hairs, there's enough great stuff in it to justify its presence on the list). It's a good memory, but not only that: I must have listened to the first four albums from this legendary band a thousand times, but everytime this app points me to one of them, I bob my head to it just like I did during the nineties. It's cinematic AND musical. It's wild AND melodic. It's definitely from the nineties as I said, but it also has that late fifties/early sixties mood and atmosphere to it. It's like no other band. It's the apex of early indie rock, one that would reshuffle all cards in the decade to come. It's lively. It's catchy. It's terrific. It's the frigging Pixies in their heyday. Enough said. Oh, I almost forgot. As I'm spinning "Bossanova" in my living room right now, my 16-year old stepson just told me how much he loves this band too. He definitely comes from another day and age, musically speaking. But he can recognize truly awesome stuff when he stumbles upon it. A timeless record. One of the very few you can find out there. Keep them coming, Dimery and co. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 882 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 63 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 29 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 27

Harder pixies album. All about it

Class Pixies. Brilliant originals.

The Pixies are a band that gave the world everything good about 90s indie rock. Without their loud-quiet-loudagain style there would have been no Nirvana either. A band to cherish.

The slick noise of postpunk. The wooshy riffs of grunge. And the irresistible grooves of alt-rock as a whole. It has everything that I love about '90s rock. Whether it's a wild experimental rock album or an early catalyst in the '90s alt-rock tsunami (released a year before Nirvana's "Nevermind"!), this album is an adventure from start to finish.

Geweldige plaat, misschien dat ik Doolittle nog iets beter vind, maar sowieso krijgen alle Pixies platen 5 sterren

Pixies is altijd goed! De platen uit de 90's welteverstaan. Dig For Fire van deze plaat is echt een van hun beste tracks (naar mijn bescheiden mening)

I wrote a one act about this band

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A confession from someone who considers themselves a Pixies fan: I only ever had their "Death to the Pixies" compilation, and I always thought it was enough. Then I saw them live in Cardiff in 2016 and did not enjoy them one bit, there was no audience engagement or energy. But this album has reaffirmed my love of Pixies; it's nice to hear the classics from "Death to..." alongside some songs I've never heard before, all of which are good.

Your mouth’s a mile away - Rock music My velouria, my velouria Even I’ll adore you, my velouria Even I’ll adore you, my velouria Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah - Velouria When the planets hit the sun I saw the face of Allison -Allison Is she weird Is she white Is she promised to the night And her head has no room - is she weird

Good. Seems basic but probably only because they influenced so much

Very cool

Some good songs on here

WAT EEN BEGIN goeie variatie production 🤌🏻 love this shit

Can see why this is considered so influential. I’ve never really given them a shot, but this was quite a ride. Loved it!!

It's like listening to an alt punk version of the Beatles...quick songs that hit and then move you on to the next...my wife love Velouria and its quickly become one of my favs on this album as well

Fantastic

Sóc poc objectiu amb aquest disc, perquè el vaig descobrir molt jove i des de la primera escolta em va semblar una obra maestra. Ja no és que no tingui temes fluixos, és que tots i cada un d'ells és una joia a disfrutar cada vegada que s'escolta. Un dels discos que mai em canso de sentir, i un dels pocs que em fan sentir orgullós de l'edat que tinc

Brutal. Clásico.

One of my favorite bands, a really good album by them, not my favorite. nice mix of sounds.. i love ana, all over the world, is she weird

Best Pixies album, blends alt-rock with wildly experimental tones and just a perfect touch of surf

ITS A FIVE

Ahhhh the pixies!

this was a great album. a couple of songs lacked a bit of OOMF but honestly it was all really incredible music 🥡

my favourite album at the moment love it <3

Great album and great band that I only knew from "Where is my mind". Also their bassist is from Dayton

Ok

So good!

Influence of The Damned in this? Really like this energy and sound. Will be investigating more!

The Pixies are cool, man. Good songs, not just noisy for the sake of it, fun energy

This is not quite as excellent as Surfer Rosa as an album goes but I quite enjoyed it. This is the kind of upbeat 90s alternative that I like so much more than grunge

Nice album. I especially liked “The Happening”

First Listen Favorites: Cecelia Ann Dig for Fire The Happening Honorable Mentions: Havalina Ana

Another Pixies album! This time their third, guessing that means Doolittle will be in this list of albums too. I like the song structures and the dichotomy between the choruses/verses in that traditional Pixies quiet/loud thing. Doesn't quite hit as hard as Surfer Rosa IMO.

The quiet parts are where this record lives — the dreamy, surf-inflected textures that Black Francis was pursuing alongside the sci-fi imagery and space obsessions that make Bossanova the Pixies' most internally coherent and most peculiar record simultaneously. Joey Santiago's guitar work is more melodic and less abrasive than the band's reputation suggests, and Gil Norton's production gives everything a cleaner sheen that suits the record's more atmospheric ambitions. "Velouria" is the centerpiece and the best argument for what the band was reaching for — hypnotic, patient, the quiet-loud dynamic deployed with genuine emotional purpose rather than pure aggression. The louder moments like "Rock Music" are where the connection is less complete, the noise doing less interesting work than the spaces around it. Genuine respect for a band operating at a high level within a specific aesthetic world — really good at what it does is an honest assessment that lands above the respectful threes that have populated the recent listening run. The four is earned by the craft and the moments where the atmospheric ambitions fully land, with the honest qualifier that this isn't a record worth seeking out so much as one worth appreciating when it finds you.

Great album with some of their best songs in their catalog, only a few fillers but otherwise a solid album

I really like this!

Great album.

Sometimes a really aggressively 80s synth pop album just really hits the spot. It ends with a banger that I can sing to any day of the week.

This was a fun, easy to digest rock album. I wasn't aware of this facet of the Pixies, since I only ever heard Where Is My Mind? which is completely different from the sound of this album. It was a nice listen, but now I really want to listen to Doolittle to explore more of their music.

I've listened to Doolittle and Surfer Rosa a number of times, but I've only heard a couple of tracks off of this one before. Not to be too glib but my review of this one is along the lines of: Yep, more Pixies, and that's a good thing. It doesn't quite have the same intensity of... emotional chiaroscuro?... as, say, Doolittle, and I think the songwriting is not quite as strong, but it's still Pixies and it's still very good.

I like the Pixies and wasn’t familiar with this album. It was enjoyable. I didn’t really feel a stand out on this listen, but it wasn’t bad by any means. 4/5

1990 innovando con ese rock alternativo tan genial. La rompen. Son excéntricos, con melodía pop. Flashean. Muy buen álbum. 8/10

Bossanova Pixies 1990 Genres: Rock Styles: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock 1. Cecilia Ann (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Instrumental surf que abre el disco y establece una atmósfera costera, nocturna y cinematográfica. 2. Rock Music (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Explosión breve y ruidosa que juega con la energía del rock extremo entre la celebración y la parodia. 3. Velouria (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Retrato onírico de una figura femenina misteriosa, casi sobrenatural, envuelta en deseo y extrañeza. -Fav 4. Allison (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Canción pop mínima sobre una chica idealizada, con humor y fascinación adolescente. 5. Is She Weird (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Obsesión amorosa mezclada con desconcierto; el narrador intenta comprender a alguien cuya rareza lo atrae. 6. Ana (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Paisaje marino y melancólico donde el mar, la arena y el viento funcionan como metáforas de una presencia inalcanzable. -Fav 7. All Over the World (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Visión expansiva y casi apocalíptica de algo extraño que parece propagarse por todo el planeta. -Fav 8. Dig for Fire (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Búsqueda de sentido, pasión o revelación interior simbolizada por la idea de cavar hasta encontrar fuego. 9. Down to the Well (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Descenso físico y psicológico hacia un pozo que representa lo oculto, el inconsciente o una verdad enterrada. 10. The Happening (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Relato de un encuentro extraterrestre contado como una escena de ciencia ficción entre fascinación y temor. 11. Blown Away (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Sensación de ser arrastrado por fuerzas externas, con imágenes de viento, viaje y pérdida de control. -Fav 12. Hang Wire (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Escenas fragmentadas de carretera, tensión y peligro que sugieren un viaje nocturno inquietante. 13. Stormy Weather (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Tormenta emocional asociada a relaciones inestables y a un clima amenazante y cambiante. 14. Havalina (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Cierre desértico y soñador sobre soledad, distancia y carretera al atardecer, con una sensación de final abierto. -TOTAL = ★★★⯨☆ (3,64)

It’s pretty good, maybe my least favorite from their golden era but still a great sound. Hear a lot of Modest Mouse in this one

3.75. Pixies are growing on me through this endeavor.

Although I've been aware of the Pixies for a while now and even saw the reunited band live once, I've never really listened to there records beyond a few of the singles. Unsurprisingly, this is a really good album. I really like the opening surfy instrumental and that element throughout the record is a positive. This is a strong college rock album within a broader post-punk horizon and lives up to the hype. At times quirky and at time moody songwriting. It rocks. Not much else to say.

Pixies are in my top 5 favorite bands and one of the groups I've seen more than most. I don't really listen past their 5th album, and as such, Bossa is the 4th in line and with rank. It's a strong album, but not a masterpiece like the first 3 albums. The songwriting is still stellar, the playing is killer, but the production is more dated than its predecessors. Best songs are Velouria and Dig for Fire. Skip The Happening

Overall Rating - 3.61/5 (7.21/10). Solid Alt-Rock album.

10. avgust 2026. 14.26h nice little album, beautiful little album best: cecilia ann, ana, havalina

8/10

Love these guys

Very pixies

I actually liked this album better than both the other Pixies albums on this list. Lots of really catchy songs and didn't overstay it's welcome. Positively surprised.

un ritmo distinto a lo que esperaba, me gustó bastante la verdad, pero no sé si sería un álbum que agregaría a mi día a día

Bello, non il più famoso dei Pixies ma comunque un grande album, loro sono rivoluzionari

This one can sometimes feel like a bit of surreal mess. I've spent about 7 years trying to understand the Pixies and what makes them so beloved outside of Doolittle but I've come up short most of the time (and this is after I managed to find their entire original run on CD and grab it just because, not realizing that I'd mainly prefer one record and a handful of songs otherwise). Surfer Rosa suffers from a weird abstract disjointedness and an Albini-production job that is so dry that I can visualize the dust clouds coming off the walls in the studio when I listen to it (I usually love his style, but wow that album is painful to listen to sometimes), and this album feels like more of a scrapbook for ideas without the potential to bring them to life fully. "Velouria" is one of the best Pixies songs, though, and it's almost enough to lift this record to a higher plane.

I really like Pixies' sound. Unique, grungey and draws me into the sound

Not one song stood out to me but this really holds up as an overall listening experience

Always considered this the runt of the Pixies peak era litter, to the extent that I didn't get round to hearing Trompe le Monde for about a decade. I still think the latter has better developed space rock themes, and this really isn't on the level of their two earlier classics, but I do like this quite a bit more than I used to - the surf rock throughout, theremin on Velouria, Kims backing on Down To The Well - still most likely to dip into this for the Happening as a 1-2 alien double with Trompes Motorway To Roswell, or Allisons "when the planet hits the sun..." conclusion whenever Becker pulls off another, sadly now less common, worldie, or heads a last minute winner..

Great record. I like Doolittle and Surfer Rosa a lot more, but this is very worthy to stand along those albums.

I liked it. I could see myself being really into it when it came out.

You can’t go wrong with Pixies. While this didn’t pack the same punch as Doolittle, it was still a consistently engaging listen from front to back.

Wasn’t familiar with them but really enjoyed this

I've listened to Doolite and Surfer Rosa an awful lot. I've only spun this one up a couple of times. Although I don't think this hits the high points that those previous albums do, it's still a really good album. I especially like Stormy Weather - which is a super simple song but just grabbed me for some reason.

Fun. Like pixies. This seemed softer than their other albums I’ve heard but in a good way.

Veo la visión, pero se me ha hecho un poco largo y ninguna canción se me ha quedado particularmente marcada. Está guay.

This was never my favorite Pixies album but I find myself enjoying it a lot more this time around. Sure, the songwriting isn’t quite as sharp as Surfer Rosa or Doolittle, but they’ve carried over those excellent tones and textures from the latter into some new, twisted if simple forms. A fun ride, but probably not where I’d recommend somebody start with this band.

cool. I don't like that some songs feel like filler due to many of them are like 2 min long, but still, it was a fun listen, I enjoyed this quite a lot.

Cecilia Ann - 4/5 Rock Music - 3.5/5 Velouria - 4.5/5 Allison - 4/5 Is She Weird - 3.5/5 Ana - 3.5/5 All Over the World - 4/5 Dig for Fire - 4/5 Down to the Well - 4/5 The Happening - 4/5 Blown Away - 3.5/5 Hang Wire - 4/5 Stormy Weather - 3.5/5 Havalina - 3.5/5 On its own, this album is a pretty solid one for the early 90s indie rock scene. But seeing how this is coming off of two of the "better" albums from the Pixies, this can be seen as a bit of a let down. This has that mix of 80s and 90s weirdness that haven't yet fully meshed together, resulting in something that ultimately while still good is definitely below their earlier works. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Velouria

Pixies walked so Weezer could run. It is apparent on this record. The drums, the clean-dirty-clean guitars, the emotionally vulnerable lyrics...while no Surfer Rosa or Doolittle, Bossanova is an important step in The Pixies' sonic journey.

Very good alvum by the Pixies. A band which don't appear on my radar normally. But I need to check them more often

Super solid. Not my favorite from Pixies, but a few really incredible songs and a lot of pretty good ones. A bit half-baked I guess. 4 but rounding up from 3.5 because even meh Pixies is bangin.

8/10

Good stuff here. Chill but also brings a bit of edge at the same time.

B+

Very good, very nice.

Pretty fun reverb, sometimes post-punky, always melodic alt rock

Post punk

I really like the pixies but this is not my favorite album by them.

I enjoyed this! Interesting sound, will revisit

Only 35 albums in and this is already my 2nd Pixies album. I have to say I enjoyed Doolittle a little bit more as it had more standout tracks. Although this album played more fluidly and almost felt like one giant track, but in a good way. 3.75* rounded up to 4*

​The Surf & Sci-Fi Aesthetic: Moving away from the biblical and gory themes of Doolittle, Black Francis leaned heavily into UFOs, aliens, and classic 1960s surf-rock instrumentals. The opening cover of "Cecilia Ann" and the gorgeous, dream-like closer "Havalina" frame the album perfectly. ​The middle run of this album is spectacular. "Velouria" is one of the most hauntingly beautiful love songs of the alternative era (elevated by a eerie theremin-like synth), while "Dig for Fire" acts as a brilliant, choppy nod to Talking Heads.

- What a ripper of an opening. I love when a musician knows when they made a great melody and doesn't bother to add vocals to it (Choke by The Cardigans being another example of this).

undeniably catchy, some good guitar work, but it's a bit samey and the vocals occasionally tip over into indie rock flatness.

Doolittle is one of my favorite albums but for some reason I just never bothered to find out what came after. When I first got into Pixies in the mid-aughts I feel like this album was less well regarded. Surely compared to the latter day Pixies releases, this feels distinctly like The Real Thing, so it was a joy to sort of hear where the voices I loved on Doolittle ended up: in LA, on the beach, wearing too many clothes.

Great album. Not perfect. From a band that was innovative.

Elegant and heavy. So much more musical than most alt rock/grunge contemporaries 4.4

I’ve always had a soft spot for this record. It is a good record even when it’s a bit out there. It just happened at a time in my life and reminds me of that time.

Last Pixies album for my group, and this is certainly one album to go out on. 4.5 bumped down to 4.

I’m at a 4. It’s nice. I think it’s a little more than the sum of its parts in terms of just being enjoyable overall; there’s not too many super standout tracks that lifted my brain past “that was cool” or “I liked that”, but this album just exists as its own little world, written under Frank Black’s rules. It’s occasionally manic, often rather weird, a bit unpolished, generally reliant on its choruses, and if we were going entirely from those standpoints, I’d probably only be at a 3. The thing that pushes this album up to a 4 is just in its instrumental charm & how earnestly it plays itself. This is a “fuck it” album, both in creation & in practice. You wanna make that track? Sure, fuck it, go ahead. You wanna listen to this album? Yeah, ok, fuck it, it’s probably alright. It sounds like I’m saying this was made without care, but the intentionality put into making these sound good while being as nonchalantly made as possible & giving an overall air of slight musical defiance is a talent. It’s a talent I don’t think I appreciated when we got either “Surfer Rosa” or “Doolittle”, both of which I need to critically revisit. It’s a talent I’d like to appreciate here, but the reason I’m trapped at a 4 instead of going up any higher is because occasionally, that “fuck it” attitude does rear its head in much less engaging ways. Specifically, I think the album loses some of its potency by “The Happening”. The previous 9 tracks leading up to that point feel more purposeful, & the vibe around them is weird, but it’s the good kind of weird that’s appealing because it’s weird. When you lean into that a bit too much & push the boundaries of ‘weird’, it can make or break a track. I think it breaks a lot of the final 5 tracks, with “The Happening” having an unappealing wall of sound, with “Hang Wire” not feeling super engaging, & with “Stormy Weather” not bringing enough energy to cover up its repetition. Both “Blown Away” & “Havalina” are nice, though. Combine those 3 tracks with just a bit of lingering iffiness from that manic, unpolished, energy that underlines a lot of this album, along with the lack of really standout stuff, and I’m stuck at a 4. A fun 4 if you can allow yourself to accept Frank’s weird world, but a 4 nonetheless. It’s a weird world, but it’s one I wouldn’t mind sitting in a few more times. I’m a little hesitant to say this had to be on the list, if only because “Surfer Rosa” & “Doolittle” feel like a more proper representation of why the Pixies got as big as they did, but I do think it’s important to understanding who they are as a band. I definitely think I needed this, at least in terms of making me want to critically revisit those prior 2 albums, which I only gave a 3 & 4 respectively. I gave Frank Black’s album a 5, but shh. If nothing else, “Surfer Rosa” as a 3 feels wrong as hell, because I probably just didn’t get the appeal of it back then at a technical level. It was the 91st album we’ve got, and this is our 921st, so 830 albums later… yeah, I gotta hear that one again.

A genuinely cool and different rock album from the 90s. It builds on itself quite well, with a unique, though still very much 90s sound. The harsher and slightly more punk influences work quite well with the 80s roots that can be heard in this album. It does start to fall of a little bit through the middle as it does become quite a lot of the same. Later in the album it does pick itself up again.

No misses. There’s something to Pixies I can’t identify that makes what should be conventionally catchy cheese sound great. I feel weird giving a 5, but it could get there.

Great album. More familiar with their other stuff, but add this to my future spins.

Nirvana like and raw. Starts out like 'teen spirit' then tranforms into something 20 years ahead of it's time. Great.

Even mediocre Pixies is better than most music

It’s not really necessary for this to be on the list. It is a clear step below Doolittle in quality and not that different musically or historically important. Good album though.

definitivamente para escuchar con auris y el volumen al palo. con el tema Alison arranque a mover la cabeza y no paré. divertido, me costó enganchar al principio

I was pleasantly surprised at how good this was. I didn't know what to expect but my only disappointment was that it was only 40 min long.

3.86 for Bossanova. One of my favorite Pixies albums. Songs are fast and furious and that infamous Pixies Wall of Sound just hits you on this one. Really well put together harmonies and hooks. This one is a keeper. Can't say anything bad about an album that ends with a beautiful ode to a wild pig.

#369 I should really have delved into Pixies more than I have because I’ve only really focused on the greatest hits. I must have listened to an album or two at one stage but not this one. It doesn’t really contain any of the big hits yet it’s still a very good album which feels greater than the sum of its parts. Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ✅ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): Cecilia Ann; Velouria Rating: 8/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

fuck yesssss.... i've been waiting for a pixies album to come up and this doesn't disappoint! i'd only heard surfer rosa before this so im really hearing how much their sound matured between albums. like, the rawness of their earlier stuff still comes through on tracks like "rock music", "dig for fire" and "the happening" (my favourite track), but then songs like "ana" and "velouria" feel much more focused, like they managed to control the energy. it's a cleaner feel, which isn't necessarily a good thing, but it's not really a bad thing either.... and in any case, it's still unmistakably pixies. its close, but as much as i still love the sound i do find myself missing the frantic energy of their earlier stuff, especially in the vocals. i'll revisit this i think.....

Ahead of their time I suppose, I can hear the influence on the grunge scene.

4/5 Favorite Songs: Cecilia Ann Velouria Is She Weird All Over the World Dig for Fire

i knew i would love this album. it made me want to listen to pixies more.

For how difficult their music should be, the Pixies make them feel easy

Classic Pixies

nice

Yeeeees! Ful mam rada Pixies. Ampak ta njihov album nism še neki preposlušala, poznam pa kr neki komadov. "Cecilia Ann" je kul. "Is She Weird" mi je ful nepoznan, a ga prvič slišim? Hm. Mi je pa všeč. "Ana" mi je od nekdaj ljub. Glede na to, da hengam na balkonu, upam da ni cajt za "Stormy Weather". (Spoiler: totalno je bil.)

Love these guys

Хороший альбом

Missed them in my youth. Pleased to make the acquaintance. 4

Solid addition to the Pixies catalog. I wouldn't personally put this ahead of either Doolittle or Surfer Rosa but it's still a great album. Contains some of the Pixies prettier moments with The Happening in particular being a fantastic track. Havalina has some great melodies and acts as a great closer. Velouria and Dig for Fire settle into their greatest hits. I've always found Allison to be kind of annoying but other than that, got no issues with this album. 4 stars

what can i really say, bossa nova is really very good to me. listen for yourself! favorites: - rock music - velouria - allison - is she weird - ana - the happening - hang wire - stormy weather - havalina

It’s kinda autopilot pixies but it still rips

I like that they let the songs get kind of weird on this. Not as high highs as other albums of theirs but still solid.

I forgot some of these songs existed, truly some bangers on here. Pixies will always deliver

Was good

Today is a day of contrasts. First, the generator gives us the worst of the four original Pixies LPs. Now, let's be clear that I call this “the worst,” because it is, but it is not BAD. The Pixies didn't put out a bad album during the Kim Deal era. But this is the one that feels the most rudderless, the least essential. It feels like a weird album to include in this book unless all three of the others are, too. While Surfer Rosa and Doolittle feel like Revelations from the future, this feels more like a reversal deep into the 80s. Look at all that sheen on “Velouria,” for example. It is a flawless 5* song as far as I am concerned, but it's a very different band. That's kind of what I mean here. Even Trompe le Monde, which is nearly Dealless, feels more cut from the same cloth as the first few. But you have the almost surf inflected trio of ladies: Cecelia Ann, Allison, and Ana. You have “Is She Weird,” which approaches the old stuff conceptually, and Dig for Fire, which doesn't but is still a minor classic. It's an album I have come around to quite a bit since I first heard it, but it still doesn't carry the weight of the others (and it has that kinda dead area between Dig for Fire and Stormy Weather). Again, I want to make it clear, this is a 4* album without a doubt. But it's more of a 4.11 while the others range closer to 4.5 to 5. Always nice to hear it, but a weird choice for the project.

Tenía los anteriores en vinilo y este fue el primero en CD. Qué grandes músicos. Para guardar: Velouria, Allison, All over the world y Dig for fire.

Not as good as the first pixies album we listened to but still too enjoyable to be a 3 star album for me

Yippee! My second Pixies album. Cecilia Ann was a nice intro, and Rock Music was a very interesting heavier track! I thought it carried itself well. I thought that Velouria was a very solid track and Allison, while short was very catchy! I quite liked Digging for Fire! I really enjoyed the mix of track lengths on this album. Nothing really seemed to overstay its welcome at all. I adored Stormy weather!! Such a nice melancholic track. Havalina was a nice way to end things off. I did like this album! 4/5 ⭐️ 162/1089

Great album, showcasing the diversity of the Pixies’ sound

V-E-L-O-U-R-I-A

I liked this album a lot. I couldn’t tell you what song was what, but there were a lot of really cool moments throughout. I love the sound of this band.

Velouria, Ana (surfer acronym), The Happening, Havalina. Awesome, understandable why they are considered one of the great bands of their generation. Excited to explore more. I guess I heard a little surf rock in there, something I largely associate with ‘50s ‘60s, but am excited to hear more of its ‘80s ‘90s revival.

Fav song: Ana

The first six or so songs were a little hit or miss but it ends strongly, especially with Havalina

I had a university prof in linguistics who worked under Chomsky. I took the course by VHS. I would have to go the university library and take out each session and play it at home. Every class opened with a Pixies' song played on a portable cassette player. That was my introduction to the the Pixies aside from a few playing at the alternative night at bars aimed at students. I volunteered at the local university radio station and the Pixies sounded like a better college radio band. This was music made by "smarter" people who still wanted to keep the energy of punk but wanted to say something else. This band definitely helped define the alternative sound before it matured and became a million different pieces and sub-genres. I had not listened to any of their records as a record before. I recognized a few songs off this one. If I try to pick a standout, I end up listing almost half the album but no one song says that it is a must listen. Maybe that is a sign of good album. There are a couple of songs that remind me of talking heads and a few tracks that point to followers, especially Smashing Pumpkin. Anyway, to put this in perspective, I am not going to pull out songs and give a blow by blow. I did end up laying in a dark room with headphones and staring at the ceiling. This 90s sound reminded me of late teens and early twenties of just listening to music. That's a nostalgic moment. It does sound better than most late 80s or early 90s music. I'll give this a 4.

3.5/5

Not my favorite Pixies, but it’s still very good.

"velouria", "allison", and "dig for fire" are great tunes. but this album is not as good as the first two - "bossanova" and "surfer rosa".

Grear sound - reminded me of Talking Heads

Not Bossanova! First half was fine, second half I thoroughly enjoyed. Could have been 5* if side A was as good. Slowly becoming a Pixies fan.

i had to listen to this album like 3 times, due to errors in my scrobbling. and what i come to think after all that is that Pixies sound like nothing else. it's funny to me that in the wiki it says that this album is space rock. Not because it's inaccurate, but because to me, it sounds like other Pixies music. And that says all about this. If you like them, it's really cool. If you don't, you will despise this. I like them. I find this one appropriately abstract, comfortably disjointed, like a sunny day in the beach filtered trough nostalgia, anger and a drugged-out-colored-glasses. Is chill, has some nice songs. Maybe it's not as interesting as other albums from them and i must admit, i don't like the mixing in this one. The songs sound really compressed and not as differentiated and expansive as i could wish. Maybe a remixed/remastered could do it favors to the sound of this one.

The pixies are way cooler than I thought. I only knew "where is my mind" before listening to this album. This album is exactly why I started this journey, excellent album.

Kul!

The first three Pixies releases are unimpeachable indie rock perfection to my ears, manic and weird and enticing and propulsive and unique and influential and incredible. Bossanova marks the moment that Pixies albums became just very good, as opposed to all legendary masterpieces.

Gotta love the pixies.

Bossanova is my personal favourite Pixies album, even among their more favoured two. More polished rather than raw, and melodic rather than rhythmic, it leans heavier into more a mellow sound which I find preferable.

From what I’ve heard of the Pixies, this is probably their most consistent album. It keeps that heavier alternative rock sound going the whole way through without too many dips. Just a really solid listen from start to finish.

o nome do album é clickbait, não tem tom jobim. som bem sólido e legal, é uma boa continuação de doolittle

Os gritos dele vem direto do inferno

du très bon

Des vibes de Muse sur le premier son. En fait c'était pas de la Bossanova mais c'était très sympa

There's a lot of action here - 14 tracks in 39 minutes! Not sure I was familiar with any of these but there are some great tracks here - sound is what I'd expect based on what I've listened to from them. Lot of driving distorted guitar, but also some dreamy, melodic rock (Havalina).

You cannot go wrong with Pixes. Not their finest, but great.

Am I ever going to listen to the Pixies regularly? Naw. Does this still rule? Yup

This is a great album. While listening I felt it might actually be the heaviest Pixies record in a certain way — not necessarily the loudest or most aggressive, but the one with the deepest, most hypnotic weight to it. The rhythms are really interesting and addictive, mixing that classic Pixies loud-quiet dynamic with strong surf rock and psychedelic influences. The instrumentals are excellent throughout — those huge, dreamy guitar tones, killer bass lines, and tight drumming create such a rich atmosphere. Black Francis’ vocals fit perfectly, going from smooth and seductive to unhinged when needed, and Kim Deal’s backing vocals add that extra magic. Songs like “Velouria,” “Dig for Fire,” “All Over the World,” “Havalina,” and “Down to the Well” all stand out with their own distinct vibe. The whole record feels more mature and atmospheric than their earlier work, while still keeping that weird, dark edge the band is known for. Bossanova is seriously underrated. For me it’s one of their strongest and most consistent albums. Really enjoyable from start to finish.

Is she weird? Is she white? Is she promised to the night? This record doesn’t really stand out for me the way Pixies’ earlier stuff does, but I’d rather listen to Pixies than a vast array of other rock bands, so it had that going for it at least. And hey, starting off with surf music is always a good idea. “Is She Weird” is fun, “Havalina” is a great closing song, and there’s sufficient sonic weirdness here and there to keep my attention. So yeah, that was fun. 4 stars

Me paso algo de lo mas loco y solo por eso van 5 estrellas mi amorr Con la primera cancion deje dou re parece banda sonora de una película de los 2000' Despues me pongo a ver una serie y era una esena melancolica donde se ve que el personaje le pone play a una canción y el Spotify no pauso este álbum y 100% pensé q la cancion era de parte de la esena pero era la canción Ana

It’s good. Not as good as their other albums, so doesn’t really need to be on the list.

Second pixies album of the project. Pretty cool album, some songs and lyrics were really interesting. Definitely music you have to concentrate on.

This is the Pixies so I do really like this. Quite - loud- quiet. They have by this stage ( their third album?) found their groove. But to me, while their other earlier albums on the list Doolittle and Surfer Rosa, are standout 5 star albums, this is more in the 4 star category.

This is a great album. The Pixies are one of those ‘cool’ bands that I never got into cause I wasn’t that cool as a kid. Now I am in my 50’s I must be cool as I really enjoyed this album. Looking forward to hearing more.

all were highkey nice and not rlly like the typical more generic rock songs

i like pixies

More Pixies! Yum! Second half is better than the first. Does not contain any of the hits so this is one for you if you really liked the stuff between the hits on the other pixies albums. This concluded all pixies albums for this list. Loved my time with their work. Eclectic, chaotic, thought provoking and a delightfull weird that tickles my brain in a good way.

Fkn love pixies

Can you yell at me a little louder alt rock daddy?

Somewhat disappointing to me upon it’s release, still not as impactful as Doolittle or Surfer Rosa, but sounds better now than I remembered.

Light 4

Me gusta muchisimo el sonido de los Pixies, un buen disco

Best pixies album imo, atmospheric sci-fi surfer rock is always sick and the album isn’t too long. It’s really catchy and charm-full witch I think gives it a really nice especially compared to the pixies other brutal albums.

first 10 seconds already far better than rolling stones.

I greatly enjoyed this album. I much prefer it over the more popular Pixes album, Dolittle. I likes the guitar tones, and the general production. Is she weird also stuck out to me. 4/5

Someone once described Pixies as “surf music for goths”, and Bossanova is probably the album that makes that description make the most sense. All woozy reverb, spacey twang and alienated cool, it drifts away from the snarling chaos people usually associate with the band and leans into a strange, sun-bleached atmosphere. It feels less like a punch to the face and more like being quietly abducted from a Californian beach. I preferred this to Doolittle. The songs are looser, moodier, and more confident in their weirdness. Tracks like “Velouria” and “Dig for Fire” glide rather than explode, while Black Francis sounds oddly restrained, letting the textures do most of the talking. Kim Deal’s basslines are rubbery and hypnotic, and Joey Santiago’s surf-inflected guitar gives the whole record a detached, otherworldly sheen. It’s not wall-to-wall classics, and it does drift a bit in the middle, but that’s part of its charm. Bossanova feels like a band deliberately stepping sideways instead of trying to outdo themselves. I might even give it another listen at some point — but don’t hold me to it!!

Really enjoyed this quite a lot. Good vibes all round

Listened to it during run, good album to have on in the background. Love the harsher sound while still sounding clean and refined. Definitely a relisten.

I've never listened to Pixies before. This was a great intro to the group. I'm not the most knowledgeable of 90s rock/alternative music, and I'm hoping to explore more of that now.

Really enjoyable listen. “Ana” and “Havalina” were my favourites. Was a little hit or miss for me sometimes, I don’t really enjoy “Rock Music” as much as the other songs, though I still had a pretty fun experience

Noisy, melodic, fast, slow.

What a great soundtrack to my Monday morning - definitely woke me up. Was really nice to listen to this one properly; Bossanova gets overshadowed by Doolittle and Surfer Rosa. But it's a really great album, comes at you hard an fast with great riffs. The album as a whole is very good I do think what stops it from reaching the heights of those other albums is that for me, there aren't any massive hits. It's missing the 'Debaser' or 'Gigantic'. But still brilliant. Favourites: Velouria Ana All Over The World Down To The Well

Awesome

I'm a big pixies fan. One of the best gigs I've ever been to was one of theirs. They just hit harder than other bands. This album had lots that was surprisingly unfamiliar to me. Needs a few more listens to properly judge. It's unrelentingly great though.

Twas really good.

Enjoyed this. Probably never love them as much as you all do though

Velouria, Dig for Fire and Allison all top tier but the rest of the album is unreal too. My thrid fav by them (4.5)

Delicious, Pixies are so underrated

i like rock music :) thats what my profile says, thats what i say. It's a happening that i also like the longer songs since many are short, like all over the world, the happening. oh and is she weird. The intrumentals really remind me of big alternative bands, but the lyrics are a little out of synch for me.

classic 90s alternative and excellent reminder of where bands like Nirvana, Foo Fighters and others got their inspiration. Definitely a great addition to this list.

Enjoyed this far more than I thought I would.

cecilia ann great instrumental song all over the world or hang wire = fave did become background music but in a very good way

DE 100!!

3.5/5 velouria

Enjoyed a lot more than their previous album, no songs in particular stuck with me, but as a whole I really enjoyed it. Was in a bit of a pissy mood today and this kinda accentuated and softened it at the same time.

This album really surprised me. I have barely listened to the Pixies so I was pretty skeptical considering this album did not have that many listens for songs on Spotify. Velouria is not my favorite, it seems to be the most hyped song on the album but it bored me. Allison however is probably my favorite minute of the album, I really wish it was longer. Allison-Dig for Fire is my favorite section of the album but after that I was bored until Hang Wire. The last three songs round out the album well and are the reason I am rating 4 stars instead of 3. Once again this album surprised me and I loved that about it.

I like this album more than Doolittle.

My favorite so far

Seen the Pixies perform this one live! Is this their best album? Well, no: not in a world where Doolittle and tromp Le Monde both exist. But comparing anybody to the best of the Pixies discography, even the Pixies, is an admittedly unfair juxtaposition. It's uneven in parts, though the singles (Velouria!) shine brightly throughout. Smartly Kim 'The Real' Deal's basslines, those iconic tone-rich chugs are as always the standout, are given enough room in the sometimes crowded mix to be ass buzzy and badass as they need to be, and they really carry the whole album forward with their richness. Black Francis' usual angsty vocals are paired with a strong lyrical confidence, though again not as strong as their previous outing on the outstanding Doolittle. Bossanova, for better or worse, has always been to me the weakest of the golden-era Pixies records unfortunately. As above, it's a perfectly great album, but it's just not them at their best. "I'm not black, like Barry White, no, I am white, like Frank Black is" - Bloodhound Gang, Fire Water Burn Fav tracks: Cecilia Ann, Velouria, Blown Away

Dope album but this was NOT bossanova. Fav song: Is She Weird

Album rips. Super ahead of its time, certainly feels like it influenced most of the rock aesthetics that would emerge in the 90s. Nothing critical to say about this album. Favorite track: Is She Weird

banco, me gustó

Underrated

How many pixies albums will be on this list?

Sitting somewhere between The Fall and garage rock it's right up my alley. As a proud member of the shoewave community, my 18-year-old self finds the title offensive. Otherwise, this is good shit.

Aaaaaallisoooon

Cecilia Ann Rock Music Velouria All Over the World Dig for Fire Down to the Well

8/10 So apparently I "love" the Pixies, but have never even heard this album. Wow, big fan. More polished and well realised than Doolittle, I guess it lacks some of the really inspired moments of that album. But still excellent and one I will revisit

4/5. Bossanova often gets overshadowed in discussions by the first two Pixies albums, which is a shame because this one is also really good. I’d put it on the same level of quality as Surfer Rosa, though not quite on the level of Doolittle. It manages to strike a good balance of being more accessible while not sacrificing the bands edge and personality, which you can hear on songs like “Velouria” or “Is she weird.” Really enjoyed my time coming back to this one.

I was annoyed by their minimalistic approach at first, and I don't liked the production much... But by the middle of the record I was sold. There's just something infectious in them

I’m a huge fan of the Pixies. This album was more mainstream and commercial, and I felt it unjustly got some disappointing reviews in the press. Yes it isn’t noisy and abrasive, but I think this was a natural progression for any band.

Masterpiece. Timeless. Second best selling debut album of all time.

Love the pixies

It’s the beginning of the 90’s and Nirvana, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice and Chains have not broken through. I can hear the influence in all those bands in this record. No memorable tracks or good singles, but they definitely forged the way

Really smooth and nice album, amongst all the boring soft rock I've gotten recently. Pixies don't disappoint.

easy listen.

Good album to run to

Hinting at the greatness that will come, Pixies first album is a fun listen. It's not their greatest but it shows that they knew they were on to something.

Identifying as a 'Middle Aged White Man,' I am required to enjoy this album.

Love the Pixies!

Saving "Doolittle" for last, huh? Don't think I've listened to this album in its entirety. A very spacey and surf rock-like sound, fitting given the album cover I guess. I always found the Pixies to be more entertaining/tolerable when they focused on producing creative/weird, yet cohesive jams as opposed to being noisy and abrasive (yeah, I didn't care for "Surfer Rosa" if that wasn't obvious...) These tracks don't really overstay their welcome, yet each still provides a clean & contained punch of sound.

Man, if I would have known a Pixies album sounded like this, I would have been listening years ago. Very good album. I really dug the music and energy throughout.

Are the Pixies the original Grunge band? A always liked their music for the most part but the lyrics were so corny. The first album I heard was Trompe Le Monde. I didn’t really like it and I didn’t understand why everyone else was so into this band. This album is really good though. I'm kind of embarrassed that I was so dismissive of this band I love the harmonies.

Awesome

Love this

I wasn't excited to see another Pixies album on the list, but they won me over anyways.

While it certainly doesn't have the same hits as the other Pixies albums from the time, it is well worth a listen, finely blending surf rock with punk sounds and sensibilities to create an endlessly listenable album. Not the first Pixies album I'd recommend, but still fantastic to listen to. Highlights include Rock Music, Velouria, and Hang Wire.

Not as strong as Surfer Rosa or Doolittle, but still a really good Pixies album. Dig For Fire might be my favourite song from them. 4 Stars.

As Pixies albums go I think this is the worst one we did, it doesn’t quite have the hit power. It is still a base level of good and enjoyable alt rock though.

Another great Pixies album, but not quite as strong as most of their other early era albums. Still an undeniable classic.

I reckon this is the last evidence of a balanced and happy Pixies as a band. As much as Trompe Le Monde is also great, it plays much more like a Frank Black solo album than this one. The hits are there - Velouria, Dig for Fire, Allison. And the pop and noise elements are still pretty perfectly balanced. As an album though, it's not quite up there with Doolittle. But what is, really?

Not my fav Pixies, but not bad Pixies.

This is my least favorite kind of rating decision to make, the cusp between a 4 and a 5. On the one hand, there are so many great songs on this album and I think the effort to make the Pixies sound more accessible really works. If we were rating songs, “Velouria” is one of my favs Pixies or otherwise. But I just don’t think the album is anything near the bold artistic statement of Doolittle. Doolittle is its own sick world with its own sick aesthetic. Surfer Rosa isn’t as good, but there is so much in it that points the way — plus Where Is My Mind — that I gave it a 5 too. Bossanova tho… it feels a lot like most Frank Black albums, an enjoyable collection of songs by a clever guy. Really good, but not essential in the way I imagine a 5 album to be.

I usually quite like alternative rock so this was fine, but none of it screams "masterpiece" to me. Favourite two tracks: All Over the World and Blown Away

There's a lot about the Pixies that I should find irritating but they just aren't.. It's raw, driving melodies and ripping vocals and i just like it.

Straight up pop classics, but with surreal goth lyrics and raging quiet-loud-quiet abrasive guitars and singing. Such weird little geniuses. And this is like the third or fourth best Pixies album.

Good music, not quite my genre, but i liked it.

The Pixies were in a league of their own with the album Bossanova. This album is full of so many amazing space rock songs, and in my opinion this is one of the best releases from the early 90s. 4.8/5

This is a great album, an awesome follow up to Surfer Rosa and Doolittle

One of my favourite bands, but I haven't listened to this album that much. A 4 as it is not quite Doolittle or Surfer Rosa. I added Is She Weird and The Happening to my playlist

Not the best Pixies album, not the worst, but I'm always done for the show that the Pixies bring.

The Pixies are a modern classic band. I love their music and my children do too. I suspect they will have legs for generations. However, this album is not my favorite. Still great, but hardly peak Pixies.

I've always thought of any Pixies album other than the first two as lesser Pixies, and that's true. The loud-quiet-loud remains, along with the creeping menace. It's all quite enjoyable, just lacking the transcendence of, say, Doolittle. Some real bangers on here though, and maybe their best pop-type songs in "Alison" and "Dig for Fire." Good, not great.

Ahhhhh memories of hosting the overnight radio show at CFMU with Clarke and Ove makes my heart sing. This album is easy-listening Pixies. For those that don't like Frank when he gets a tad shouty. Still freaking great though. I'm reserving the five stars for Doolittle (obvs), but a solid four stars.

This is giving me Weezer by a lot! Maybe Weezer used them as a reference, I’m not sure! To be honest, there’s not really a song that I latched to! Not saying the record isn’t catchy (or that it matters tbh) but it’s not like something I would have continuously in my head (but tidbits of the last song is playing, so maybe I’m a liar)! That being said, it was a very enjoyable listen! I was bopping along to it and I felt it added a little spice to the rock genre! There were some chord changes I didn’t see coming at all! I had fun listening!

Increíble

Now this is what I'm talkin' about. Pixies have their own weird/unique sound, and it just works.

Definitely listen again

Some good songs, some too out there for us.

Much better than Surfa Rosa

All the songs made sense and it flowed really well. I have personally never listened to them so I was curious to what their sound would be but I’ve definitely enjoyed it.

Huge Pixies fan. I love this album. The combination of the songs and production works for me. Not perfect (to me) like Come on Pilgrim or Surfer Rosa, but excellent nonetheless.

Bossanova

Y que viva las lesbianas

Awesome as always

Et gjensyn med Pixies, og et album jeg har tidligere kjennskap til. Et album hvor halvparten av sangene er jentenavn. Ikke like fantastisk som Doolittle, men like fullt et dritkult prosjekt. En del intense rockelåter her, men totalt sett et roligere lydbilde enn på nevnte forgjenger. Ofte behagelig og nydelig. Solide greier. Top 3: Velouria, Is She Weird, The Happening

Fantastic work. The music is excellent and distracts From the fact that the album doesn't have much to say. Cecilia Ann is an incredible opener.

-Cecilia Ann a very fitting, atmospheric intro -Guitar tone very consistent -Vocals are not my favorite sonically but lyrical content is great -Song structure is unique and not adherent to standards -Is She Weird is the exact kind of personality I want injected on an alt album like this -Down to the Well definitely influenced a ton of future alt bands. You can Nirvana and Pearl Jam listened to this song. Riff is awesome and catchy, dope song -Front half of the album I was a bit underwhelmed but at the midway point it really picked up and felt like the personality of the album really shined through

This must be why people like the Pixies

I've had a few Bossa Nova albums in this project but this was a totally different vibe - may have been a naming error; they probably should've called it 'Alternativerock' instead, but that doesn't sound as interesting. Really enjoyed it, no further notes.

2/17/26. I didn't know Pixies rocked like this. 7/10

Being from Chicago I was fortunate to have WXRT as the radio on which I kept my dial set. This station to only played classic rock music from the 60's and 70's, but as the years went on, they would play new and emerging music. I became aware of the Pixies by listening to 'XRT and from the music my son liked as well.

This is my favourite Pixies best, substantially more melodic and slightly less freakish than their other efforts, while still retaining easily enough of their trademark weirdness in both music and lyrics to keep it fresh and interesting.

Quite a short, fun, punchy album that definitely has a mix of some really great songs and some that maybe needed a bit more work but overall I really enjoyed this and would come back again.

3.5/5 - Olin kuullu Pixiesilt vaan ne suosituimmat biisit ja tää ei ollu kyl yhtää sellane mitä odotin! Tän levyn rakenne oli kiva ja pituus just sopiva, tykkäsin myös täst soundista ja tähän tollane laulaminen sopi yllättävän hyvin. Tykkäsin myös et biisien väliset vaihdot oli pääasiassa seamless. Täs ei kuitenkaan ollu sellast wow-efektiä, minkä takii annoin tälle sen arvosanan minkä annoin.

Tykkään Pixiesistä ja luultavasti olin kuullut tämän levyn aikaisemmin. Bossanovaksi nimetty kolmas albumi on tyylillisesti jatkoa edeltäjälleen Doolittlelle, vaikka mielestäni tuo kyseinen kakkoslevy vetää pidemmän korren yksittäisillä huippukappaleilla. Bossanova on kuitenkin kokonaisuutena erittäin onnistunut ja varmasti tulen tätä vielä kuuntelemaan. Varsinkin kun viime viikkoina tämä haaste on tarjonnut kuunneltavaksi monta ei-niin-mielenkiintoista albumia, Pixiesin kuunteleminen tuntui helpottavalta. Jäin kuitenkin kaipaamaan enemmän Kim Dealin ääntä.

It feels more like straightforward alt rock than something like Doolittle maybe, but is still really good fun. I love the hard surfer rock instrumental intro, and from there you blast through a very consistent set of songs. I think this is probably a good Pixies record to give someone who isn't sure if they like them, even if it's not the pinnacle of their work.

Such a consistently nice atmosphere, but no bangers that perticularly stand out

This album did for me what Doolittle couldn't. I love this one. I really love the little touches of surf mixed in.

A couple of my fave Pixies songs inc Velouria and Dig for Fire, but prob slightly prefer Doolittle overall.

Not my favorite Pixies album, but still great.