Bossanova

#292 Heard Before? Countless times. Notes: - i must love Pixies songs, because I hate how all their albums sound. The drums especially, but also the vocals drowned by shit guitar tone. - i had a dear friend who was a great musician and also a compulsive liar. he briefly convinced a few of us that he had written "Velouria". i told him it was his best song by far. - try learning to play any of these songs. they are fascinating. Verdict: In my imagination, there's an album between this one and Trompe Le Monde where Frank Black and Kim Deal agreed to share songwriting and lead vocals, and then hired a better producer, and it's my favorite album ever. Listen Again? Of course, but not soon.

The best thing this exercise has done is get me into The Pixies.

Not Bossanova smh

Follow up of Doolittle which was my introduction into alternative rock. Maybe a bit more polished as it starts with a gentle guitar/surfrock instrumental, but typical pixies elements of hard/soft are present as well. I have this album on cd, vinyl and saw them touring this album few years ago and got their RSD live release of that tour in 2024. Pixies will remain one of my favourite bands and this album is definitely another 5.

Puro clickbait, puro chucu

This is a culmination of their previous work, resulting in a more refined and approachable album. They still lean into the loud-quiet formula they created, which remains heavily influential for future alternative bands. Black Francis can belt, croon, and scream with the best of them, and I love when Kim gets to sing; they also create some great harmonies together. Joey never fails to produce fantastic guitar tones and killer leads, while Kim's bass drives a cool rhythm section. It features a couple of my favorite Pixies songs, like "Digging For Fire," but overall I prefer their earlier works—for me, this is not one of their albums I would have included on the list. They are a hugely influential band, and if you like alternative music from the '90s and '00s, then you should listen to this and their earlier albums. But it's the Pixies and it sounds cool as hell, so it still gets 4 stars!

Generique de film. J'aime bien . Je vois bien cette chanson dans une boom - allison . C’est cool en vrai.

Bonne surprise. La 1ere chanson tu crois partir sauver le monde; tu vas juste a la défense.

На удивление хороший, разнообразный, интересный и динамичный альбом Тихонечко слушать самое то Может осталось у меня воспоминание об альбоме pixies из этого списка ранее. Думаю его как-нибудь переслушать И может пересмотреть отношение к группе в целом 3.6

Alors vu le nom du groupe (que je connaissais déjà) et de l'album, je ne m'attendais pas tout à fait à ça. Je m'attendais à du pop rock peut-être un peu sympathique, mais surtout osef, mais finalement, c'était bien plus énervé que ce à quoi je m'attendais, ce qui n'est pas plus mal. Alors ça commence assez fort avec une intro simple, mais plutôt efficace, suivi d'un titre assez agressif, encore une fois, j'en étais très étonné. Le reste retombe un peu ensuite, mais globalement, c'est quand même une écoute fort agréable. Pas forcément un truc sur lequel j'aurais super envie de revenir, mais je suis quand même content. PS : j'ai pas remarqué tout de suite, mais c'est en fait le deuxième album du groupe sur lequel je tombe.

not a big punk fan, but i enjoyed this

Not my favourite Pixies album, but still, it's the Pixies.

Not bad.

Good melodies with a touch of punk!

Listened

Its pretty good, its not the best Pixies album. It does have some of their best songs, but roughly half of it is filler.

A little too grungy for me.

Too old. Boring. Remastered sounds way better than original.

Fun little album. Feels generic today but probably didn't back then.

i like how alternative it is. i love the bones, i love the instruments and the sounds they make and how they play different sounds at the same time, and at different times too. some of the songs are junk but like half of these songs *really* hit. favorite song is Dig for Fire or Stormy Weather. very soft 4

I'm gonna level with you guys, I kinda zoned out halfway through this. This is the first full Pixies album I've heard, but I heard a good handful of songs (and have seen them live even!) and know their deal (womp womp). Like, this was fine, I probably could learn to appreciate it more over time, but it just slightly hit today.

kind of formulaic. still some bangers

I don't know the Pixies' oeuvre all that well, so enjoying this more than Surfer Rosa might be a bad take that gets you executed by a firing squad of proper fans. But I had fun! 🌞 The review describing it as "surf rock for goth kids" feels really right – it's a fun, kooky, Cramps-ish vibe that I like.

Really must try to give every day's album more than 1 hearing. On second play of this one I recognised plenty of catchy tunes. A bit short on lyrics though - q.v. "Stormy Weather" - but I quite liked all the tracks except "Rock Music". An extraordinary noise for that one but mercifully short. But then most of the tracks were quite short...well they are pixies after all!

Not my favourite Pixies record but I would say possibly the most listenable (I could be wrong here) ans still amazing. I just love the Americana, UFO, weirdo vibes to this album. Dig for Fire and Veloria are absolute bangers.

I'm glad this record has less shrieking, but instead I found a lot of it dull, and I miss Kim Deal being more involved. 'Velouria' is a fantastic song, though.

Great album. Frank's voice is so versatile, sometimes it gets you thinking, 'is this still the pixies?'.

1. Where is my goil my pumpkin pieeeee ? sweetttyyyyyy? rodeo rodeo 4.5/5 2. nothing special 2/5 3. noice 3/5 4. that was sopuer noice 3.5/5 5. skipped it, im a businesswoman 1/5 6. not my style 2.5/5 7. okay but boring over time 3/5 8 idk what to say 2.5/5 9. i think i liked it 3.5/5 10. really nice 4/5 11. makes your limbs heavy 3/5 12. okayyn 2.5/5 13. not a fan of 2/5 14.nice 2.5/5 16/10/2026 15:20 its a nice album nut not really my style nut i see why people may find it good, i liked the instruments 2.89

Bon album des pixies, je m'attendais à qqch de trop industriel et sale mais c'était pile ce qu'il fallait !

3.2

I loved "Doolittle" when I first heard it early this year ("No.13 Baby" pops in my head frequently). It's something about the abrasiveness, messy guitars, and groovy prominent bass parts that seem to attract me to the Pixies. The music is of a grunge-y punk variety. This album adds in more eeriness and some space rock elements (but not enough to take away from the Pixies sound). I think I like "Doolittle" better, but this was excellent just the same. I enjoyed "Velouria" and "Is She Weird" the most.

Not the best Pixies album I would not have included it on the list but hey not my list not my book, just my opinion.

A very good alt rock album that only pales in comparision to the two game changers that came before it.

Weird but kinda fun

Pixies have ten albums, fourty seven of them are in this list. Anyway, this is the first I actually like.

Seems like they're getting tamed but still incredible stuff.

This is the third album released by the Pixies in 1990 and is classified as alternative rock and grunge. This still has Pixie's quirky pop post punk rock with surf characteristics but less so. Instead, it is more produced/engineered than the first album and is more rock/grunge oriented with big guitars and slower tempos. It was clearly an influence on grunge and Nirvana in particular. Black Francis (guitar) and Kim Deal (bass) sing (but noticeably less of her) and Joey Santiago plays lead guitar (he's great). Top songs: Rock Music Velouria Is She Weird All Over the World Down to the Well Blown Away This is a really good album but I prefer the first because it was quirkier and more punk oriented and had more of Kim Deal.

Turns out that I quite enjoy Pixies afterall Not too shouty and pretty straightforward. It’ll do

Ihan perus rockilta tuntuvaa, taustalla menevää mutta vähän unohdettavaa

That's the 3rd Pixies album that has appeared on here, and I always forget how good this one is. It doesn't utilise as much garagy noise as the other ones but it makes up for it with plenty of catchy riffs and some top tier bass playing from the talented Kim Deal. This album felt like it was over in half an hour. This is definitely one of my favourite alternative rock bands.

Rock

It's good but a little disappointing after Doolittle, the whole thing feels rushed and Kim seems sidelined which is again disappointing after her vocals on Doolittle. Still as Surf rock goes its good just not brilliant

fun stuff

The Pixies have two albums on this list and that's two too many.

Det är defenetivt mitt favorit än så länge, jag tycker om musiken jättemycket men sången är inte lika bra som när Stevie wonder sjunger i talking book, jag har faktiskt fortsatt lyssna på vissa låtar på talking book albumet. Jag kommer nog också fortsätta lyssna på det här albumet, och en av mina favoritlåtar i det här albumet är nog velouria

Not a big fan, most songs sounded similar

tfw they have pixies on the list but its not even one of their better ones. please tell me there's other pixies on here

Meh

I prefer Surfer Rosa and Doolittle, but this is still good.

Nothing wrong with it. Didn't listen super closely

ni fu ni fa

Meh. Paar missers paar prima nummers. Niet heel bijzonder

Normal

Not my favourite of theirs but still a classic

i felt so edgy listening to this at the train station

great!

70

Just noise

Not particularly good, but not particularly bad either. Two stars...

Pretty groovy, pretty heavy. I like Anna, All Over the World, The Happening, and Havalina the most. I think the album flow gets pretty bad after the first few tracks, there's a lot of very short songs.

Classic Pixies. I love everything about them. Frank Black is one of the most effortlessly inventive and prolific artists around.

I sorta liked it but sometimes I did not. Idk probably needed to give it more attention than I did

I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would. There were a couple good songs on there, but honestly, I wouldn’t even think about it one more time in my life. I feel like I have heard some other pixie songs that I’ve liked, but they were just on a different album?

I like it. If you want to know more feel free to reach out and ask me about it yourself

This was a very solid album. The highs are super high, like 4-5 star range, but some bad tracks bring down the rating a bit

This is a pretty good album that has one fatal flaw - it is not Doolittle. It is really hard to follow up an album that is essentially a masterpiece. Still any Pixies is still pretty good. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I prefer the debut. No need for extra on this list.

several screamy song on here, did not like these. A few more what I expect from the Pixies which I liked a lot. overall a mixed bag of songs, still a solid 3 stars

Love the Pixies, love this album, all the songs are amazing and my day is made :) (4.8)

Noise with not much to cling to but that's their schtick

was expecting bossa nova

man what a disappointment this one was. i’ve heard great things about Bossanova for a while now, and it starts off promising with the first couple tracks, but almost immediately it devolves into an irritating soup of never ending, constantly repeating “hooks” that somehow aren’t even catchy. the lyrics are also consistently terrible, which isn’t always a dealbreaker, but the delivery is so annoying that it becomes the final nail in the coffin. not the worst thing i’ve ever heard, but not one i’m ever going to revisit either. Favorite tracks: Cecelia Ann

Rated the same as Doolittle but probably prefer the sound of this release

A great listen

Minns inte så mycket, måste ju va ett inte så bra intryck

Väldigt likt deras tidigare album Doolittle, fast inte lika bra.

Ändå typ bra! Men förtjänar den en 4?? Svårt att säga. 3/5

1078 - "Here's your juice box and orange slice. Thanks for coming."

4/5

alt rock, with a bit of an odd twist . One of the odd twists is it does not really get started to Velouria.

instrumentals are fire but the full songs are just not for me

Its always the same shut

not for me

Decent album not something I would revisit impressive moments with guitar other than that not an overall standout album

Pixies - Bossanova (1990) Ah this took me back. I bought this on vinyl and then CD at the time. Went to see them at Brixton Academy. Album still holds up. Good, but not as good as Doolittle Best tracks: All Over The World Dig For Fire The Happening ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(Slow clap initiated) What an album?! So many hits and so hard to believe it was an early nineties album. Loved the heavy riffs and the unique sound. Knew Allison, Velouria, and Havalina before I listened to the album. Fell in love with Rock Music, Allison, Is She Weird, Ana, and Dig For Fire

Nothing productive to say though I’m mildly confused about enjoying this one a fair bit more more than I did Doolittle…

I liked this a lot. First two tracks were brilliant, rest didnt quite live up to the strong start but so it was a really good album.

I liked this. Cool and edgy!

good

De 88 a 91 o Pixies teve uma sequência foda de ótimos álbuns. Me impressiona um pouco que o Bossanova tenha entrado na lista, porque os mais famosos são realmente o Doolittle e o Surfer Rosa. Eu particularmente acho que o Trompe Le Monde é mais legal que o Bossanova, mas são todos muito bons

For some reason Pixies fluctuate between being all time and insufferable for me. This mostly falls in the latter camp. RYM: N Saved a song: N

Interessant. Schon cool. Nette Ideen. Aber nicht meine Musik. Hab mich ein bisschen gelangweilt...

I like this less than Surfer Rosa and Doolittle, but it’s still a good album.

I love the first four Pixies albums (all the reunion stuff can miss me). This one's really good. Hadn't thought about "Dig For Fire" in a minute but it gives me a lot of joy.

I'd just gotten to like 'Doolittle' and they drop this on me. Not ready for it and goes back to sounding like their noisy phases. Maybe one day but this wasn't doing it for me now .

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I wouldn't say "one of my favorite Pixies albums" because Surfer Rosa and Doolittle are even better and the other albums I just don’t like much. Let’s just say it’s great, almost perfect, filled with not enough known micro classics, and underrated.

Grating or whiny. Sometimes both

Really liked first and last songs