Doolittle

I forgot how relatively mellow Pixies actually are compared to how I keep remembering them. I generally like them, and they clearly had some influence on later bands I like more. Doolittle dragged at parts, but overall pretty good.

NERRRRDS!

In yesterday's review of Jesus and Mary Chain I said they generated some excitement but not enough to get to the next level. This Pixes album has the level of excitement that JMC did not have. This album is also better than their first.

To help me decipher the lyrics to the first song, I tracked down the short film from 1929 it refers to, Un Chien Andalou, and watched it to the end, not deterred by the slitting eyeballs scene. This led me to looking for literary references in the other songs, and there are many, especially old testament references. This led me to reading the lyrics as I listened to every song and, on a few, visiting SongMeanings and reading the #1 most-liked interpretation. This, I think, would lead me to giving higher scores to most albums (excluding ACDC and the like). Musically, there's a chasm between the quasi-hardcore, less accessible songs and a handful of hits and pop-oriented tracks like La La Love You. I'm now convinced of the genius of Black Francis. Kim Deal is also talented, as is their singing drummer. And of course, the guitars are great. I deduct 1 point since I haven't done a full lyrical deep dive on the other 369 bands we've listened to.

Pretty good! Heard it before but nice going back to it!

Nice rock album.

Pretty great example of alternative rock. One of those albums though that I'd rather remember listening to than actually listen to.

Tiptop!

zum ersten mal ein pixies album ganz gehört. debaser catchy, erstaunlich voll produzierter sound, dafür dass sie die kings of alternative und indie sein sollen ein erstaunlich geschliffener sound. jetzt weiß man wo weezer abgeschaut haben, aber auch fucked up. probably nirvana irgendwie. whoa plötzlich tame - elektroschock für die gehörgänge. wave of mutilation mit dem geilsten Reim (mutilation - crustacean). kann ich glauben dass die den indie / grundge usw erfunden haben. kling auch immer bissl ironisch, sonic youth auf easy hörbar. so frühe 90er wie nur geht, obwohls aus den 80ern ist.

Awesome vibes. Liked it Very much. Dabaser, tame,silver,hey were the best.

A good alt rock album, probably the best work by pixies.

Like, one too many songs. Otherwise tops.

20th December 2021 Listened mainly while getting ready to leave Vancouver! Finished on the plane when landing in LA to come visit guy! Really great. Grungy, hardcore whilst being melodic and sensitive.

Klassísk Pixies plata í alla staði

Seminal album from a pioneering band.

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Almost. 4.5 out of 5. Great memories of seeing them tour this album.

Classic, heard a lot before. Good to great

Not as excellent as their first two releases, from the perspective of a kid who got their first album when it came out at Newbury Comics and then hero-worshipped the graphic designers of 4AD, and who then got to see Throwing Muses opening for the Pixies at the Paradise, and felt goosebumps

Enjoyed it. But no songs stayed with me after listening

Big fan of this one. Only song of theirs missing from this album that I really like is Where Is My Mind. Sad we missed them at RF

4/5

Muy buen disco de rock con estilo un tanto grunge, algo de garage y con guitarras contundentes y en ocasiones, pesadas. Algunas canciones melodiosas.

I've been hearing that this is almost universally beloved for a long time. Nice to finally make the time to listen. Considering how totally disappointing was Surfer Rosa, this is WAY better. A decent producer seems to make a big difference, and it sounds like someone made them rehearse everything at least a couple times. The sound of every instrument is vastly better. The subjects are weird and wonderful and make me think. It's still quite rough and grating, it's not love at first sight, but I'll definitely be able to give this a few more tries and I think it'll grow on me.

I quite like the fact that Ken Norton produced both The Pixies and Busted. (Wikipedia quite charmingly describes Busted a a punk band. O tempora, o mores...)

The songs on this that I like I REALLY like. Wave of Mutilation, Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone to Heaven, Hey

its a lot but gonna try it? 2-3 stars maybe. kinda catchy. 3.5!

Lolz is o people who bought it for here r comes your man

Good album. Some really good songs on this one.

Their high point, four or five classics and only the fact that it tails off a little towards the end stops it from getting five stars

Enjoyed this album! Had some recognizable hits on it as well

It was "Debaser" that instantly dragged me in. One of those songs that could wake the dead by introducing in stages its taut, hitting-every-quaver bassline, fizzing lead, frenzied tambourine, searing rhythm guitar, and the deranged vocal with its battle cry of "I am un... CHIEN Andalusia!" Perfection which I've been returning to again and again, until it became my most played song on Spotify in 2020. The rest either hooked me just as quickly (I'm a sucker for strong melodic refrains like "Here Comes Your Man" and "Wave of Mutilation"), took a while for me to warm up to (the long cascading outro of "No 13 Baby", the slow burn of "Hey") or is still something I struggle with (the abrasive screaming all over "Tame", the tuneless chaos of "Dead"). The record strikes a great run in its mid section, filling up most of the second half with great variety, before sadly ending on a fairly shrugging note with "Silver" and "Gouge Away". Honourable mention to the underrated gem "Mr Grieves", one of my favourites for the way it restlessly jumps around in tempo and rhythm. On a first listen this would have been a 3*. It's now pushing 5, but to be fairer on some of the ones I'm hearing for the first time I'm rounding out to a 4.

Альбом понравился, аж захотелось пиксис больше послушать

Wow, the tracks on this are so short! It's a great vibe - I only knew Here Comes Your Man/Monkey Gone To Heaven before. I'm gutted that I missed out on grunge/alt while it was happening but at least I rode the Britpop wagon for all it was worth.

How is this so good?

Shaggy and cool

The last great Pixies album.

Brilliant little album with more than a handful of great tunes.

-generally solid alternative rock -nothing really stood out, but very nice -will probably give it another listen

Great band and great album!

Great album that I come back to every now and again. Standouts are Debaser, Here Comes Your Man and Monkey Gone to Heaven

Really good, nothing more to say.

Great album

Decent

Ich ziehe es bossa nova vor, welches ich gestern gehört habe, werde aber trotzdem nur 4 Sterne geben, weil einige Songs dabei waren, die nicht hängengeblieben sind. Dennoch geiles Alben, Tame, Here comes your man, monkey gone to heaven und Hey sind meine faves und könnten alle nicht unterschiedlicher klingen hahaha

Não é mau, começa de uma forma consistente e quanto mais avancei no álbum mais desinteressante este pareceu-me. Não é algo que fosse ouvir, contundo é um bom album. Nota: 6/10

Fun!

Heard it. Great.

Closest we have had to a 5 star album so far, some fantastic songs but a little drop in quality in the second half.

While the other Pixies album was a solid 8, this is more of a 7.5. It had more tunes that I knew on it, but preferred the last. Still, my roundup rule keeps it at 4/5.

Great tunes - I prefer Surfer Rosa but this is excellent.

"Don't know about you But I am un chien andalusia" (Debaser) "What's that floatin' in the water? Oh, Neptune's only daughter" (Mr. Grieves) El resto del disco sin más, pero Debaser es tan locurote que le voy a poner cuatro estrellas igualmente.

its pretty good

Fint album dette! Høydepunkter: debaser (fantastisk førstelåt på et album!) og wave of mutilation. Kan kanskje bli bittelitt "masete" etterhvert. Hadde nok kommet opp på en 4,5 hvis halve poeng hadde vært mulig.

No se si sea edición. Pero es de esos discos que te llenan en cada instrumento. Y debe ser así porque así transcurrió la vida de pixies, sin pretensiones.

Better than I remember

'Debaser' - absoluter BÄNGÄ, sondtrack von SKATE3. Außerdem liebt auch Stingo "the voice of AEV" diesen song (#Qualitätssiegel) Insgesamt ne runde Sache. A weng gschrei, bissi punkig und geht ins Ohr. Gehard Abfahrt!

Ah damn, da wollt ich noch ne Bewertung schreiben. Habe es aber sehr genossen. Pixies holen so ein Möchtegern-edgy-Girl wie mich immer überall ab.

4.5 | Creo que es el primer disco que toca que tenía en físico. Entre este disco y su disco anterior a mi parecer fueron los Pixies quienes dieron forma a la verdadera escena del rock alternativo que dominaría en los 90s, incluyendo a la formación del grunge, que sin tocarlo como tal si pusieron la base de cómo iba a sonar. Si bien contemporáneos como Sonic Youth o Jane's Addiction ya estaban a estas alturas y no se puede tampoco decir que fueran unos genios innovadores, no hay sonido más "puente" que el de ellos; todas las canciones, en su variedad de ritmos demuestran sonidos arrastrados de rock, con el atisbo de nuevas formas de interpretarlos. Nirvana podría haber existido sin ellos pero el sonido del Nevermind en muchos aspectos parece sacado directo de este disco y ese tipo de influencia se puede llegar a ver hasta en bandas que no suenan tan similares entre sí como Radiohead o Weezer. Desde la producción escueta de su música, las líneas de bajo simples, los temas macabros y a veces crudos, el humor y una voz salvaje que grita a garage. Es un disco errático, gracioso, perturbador, emocionante y que vive en el momento. Quizá es más recordado Surfer Rosa por ser el primero pero en este proyecto es cuando los siento en su apogeo. No podemos tampoco dejar de pasar por alto que es reconocida mundialmente como una de las bandas más facilmente tarareables del mundo... Creo fue Mike Portnoy quien dijo "Solo un pelele no podría tararear a los Pixies"

Love it!

Original 80s/90s garage sound. Not for everyone but lead the way for modern artsy/need rock/alternative

an awesome album

This is the punk I was expecting, since the early 70s stuff was way too obtuse and angry for me! Or maybe this is early 70s, and I just like the Pixies a lot more? It's calmer, at least.

Fuck yeah

Nostalgia jam

A transformative alt-rock album; sound is very ahead of its time and the future bands that were influenced by it are so palpable.

Really enjoyed it. Quite varied sounds and nice funky beats. Was going to five stars but the last couple tracks were a bit meh

closer to a 4.5

Obviously inspired and inspirational, and no doubt a nailed-on 5 to many. But I don't really connect to this as much as similar-ish indie bands from that era. Give me Pavement or Dinosaur Jr instead!

I quite like the pixies after seeing them in concert last year. A good album, guitar is amazing, lyrics are both dark and fun, excellent riffs. Didn’t reach the absolute heights but still pretty good.

one of the more important indie rock albums of its time, for sure. i've made comments about Dinosaur Jr's late 80s work sounding pretty 90s but this goes even further. other than a few moments like the Smiths-esque Here Comes Your Man, at least. i like the influence of hardcore on the songwriting. a bunch of short bursts of energy is a nice album structure. i enjoyed this album more than i used to, but i'm still far from a Pixies devotee. deserves to be one of the 1001? this one absolutely does yeah

Svak 3. Noen kule, mye slitsomt.

Karret seg så vidt opp

Decent album, enjoyable however some songs I felt were a lot of noise pollution or just the same thing repeatedly without much sustenance. A few songs are in rotation now and a few I want to never come across again.

Really liked this album. Variety of sounds and rhythms.

I know they are critically acclaimed, but this is my second Pixies album and I can't seem to get the band.

'No 13 Baby' is the best song here. I didn't find much value in anything else, unfortunately.

just aight

Good, solid album with fun beats. Pixies are one of my dad’s favorite bands and I had listened to this album before. Not his favorite of the Pixies, though, so I’m excited when those pop up in the generator.

A bit of a mixed bag. To me it sounds like a Jack White album, even though this is of course quite a bit older. There is a bit of everything in it, lots of it good but also some misses. 3/5

Grunge Herbstmusik fragwürdiger Text nice Background Singers build-ups

I wasn't feeling this album at first but then I got more and more into it as it went along. There's a handful of really iconic tracks here and the rest, overall, contribute a lot to the Pixies sound. I probably can't go any higher than three stars on this album due to that slow start, but aside from a few edges which are left just a little too rough it is a pretty solid album. Favorite track: "Monkey Gone to Heaven," although "Wave of Mutilation" and "Silver" stood out as new-to-me tracks as well.

I love the first 5 songs. Wave of Mutilation is a personal favorite of mine. The shift starting with dead really leaves me wanting.

This feels like a bunch of songs that belong on different albums. I want to love it because it inspired so many of my fav bands and artists but it's not quiiiiite four stars for me.

Really into the feel of this. Makes me want to go do a crossword at my local low-lit haunt with the sticky floors and cheap deals on draft. People are definitely smoking indoors in this fantasy too. Obsessed with any lead singer who likes to scream and get real silly with it.

Started half listening to this on the train home yesterday and debaser had me immediately locked in, put it both earbuds, big respect, felt like someone was singing to me from cupped hands, after that the songs were a bit hit or miss but it was a really neat listen as a band that you can tell has been the source material for a bunch of other bands. Did not realize they were the band that sang "here comes your man" and got some whiplash from them going into a doo wop song. They Have the Range! shoutout too to Silver for its twang. Likelihood that the members of this band have lezzed out IMO: 3/5 im kinda getting some vibes from these guys and I can't explain it but i'm seeing something here

enjoyed it, bit heavy for me in places but enjoyed the more mellow tracks

cool cool me gusto

3 sterne

C'était plutôt sympathique ! Le rock qualifié d'indépendant ou d'alternatif ne me parle pas, généralement. Mais ceci était plutôt jovial, avec souvent un côté un peu punk fort agréable. Contrairement à certains groupes de ces genres que je trouve trop propres ou trop gentillet, les Pixies n'hésitent pas à régulièrement envoyer la purée. Donc ouais, c'était pas franchement mon truc, mais j'ai pas passé un mauvais moment.

Pixies were another of those bands I’d always heard about but never gotten around to listening to. I really enjoyed Doolittle, it felt just like listening to 1990s alternative-rock radio and I regret not checking them out sooner. They would fit perfectly alongside other ’90s bands like Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana.

good

2026.08.18.

Good album. A few classics and some nice surprises.

❤️ Dragged on a bit, but good. Thx ❤️

I can understand liking this, it's just not my cup of tea

First listen to this album. Enjoyable.

A good album, i liked I Bleed and Mr Grieves the most.

Not my cup of tea

It was okay. I feel like I should have liked it more.

Solid noise rock album that does not ignore hooks or melodies. “Here Come Your Man” is an all-timer.

A little frenetic at times but I enjoyed it more than the last one. Sadly will not revisit but was listenable.

Like it 3/5

good early Pixies! No dust here!

Fuuuck. My second Pixies pull, their second studio album, and the release I have absolutely hated until now. I listened to Doolittle five years ago and thought it was complete horseshit. Terrible music, terrible vocals and aggravatingly shitty, airheaded songwriting. That being said, "Where Is My Mind?" from their previous album was pretty neat, so these guys could have it in em to redeem themselves. I have nothing else to say, so I might as well get into this one. Here goes. I gave this album a 1/10 out on my music cataloguing profile. Right up there with Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors and TPaB. I really fucking hated this thing, huh? I hate not longer, fortunately. The slacker style of Pixies still bugs me, though I'm capable of seeing the merit in this album. The guitars have a nice, humming sound to them during the quiet parts and I favour the rough, jittery sounds during the livelier stretches. Frank Black is an adept vocalist, though I'm still not sold on his lyrical style or songwriting chops. A lot of his lyrics and vocal melodies sound AI generated in how scattershot and directionless they are, which adds an insipid element to the music that pushes me away. The album also does that annoying thing where it jams a bunch of songs into a relatively short runtime, making the listening experience fatiguing despite its 38-minute duration. All in all, I thought this album was an adept, albeit tiresome listen. I don't really feel tempted to revisit it, however. I know this album is a big deal, so I'm not going to go scrounging around the book and Wikipedia for reasons as to why this album is in here. I cosign this inclusion.

very garage rock, punky, and beautiful melodies

Short sharp songs, dynamic and varied

2,8 Highlights: Debaser, Here Comes Your Man

Enjoyed this much more than Bossanova. Some good tunes on here and worth another listen.

cool

Here Comes Your Man is the first real banger from the album, but Mr. Grieves goes to an interesting sound that leads well into the drums at the beginning of La La Love You. Hey is the next hit song

I felt like the second half of it was better for some reason. I want to like this album but wasn’t really feeling it. I appreciate it for its influence on other incredible musicians but i think it’s just not my favorite. Really nice musicianship and mixing on this!

I can see their appeal and it's not that I don't like it. But it doesn't exite me, maybe due to its age.

a little too emo for me, but I like the guitar. Here comes your man is my favorite song on the album. Would continue to listen to it. A lot of the other songs sound pretty similar to each other.

a bit annoying but some good ones

decent

Some rock, some pop, some junk.

decent vibes

7 / 10

Yeah it was good. Well played. Little too grungy for me though.

Cool. Short, disjointed, but well-produced and a couple of real bangers.

All this time I swore the band's name was THE Pixies. Egg on my face, bro

This is good, but won’t listen to it again.

Liked here comes your man song

Certainly an influential record for those in the 90s alternative music scene as well as people inspired by it. From Nirvana to Olivia Rodrigo, the Pixies have left their mark across generations with their first few records. It's not quite what I'm after personally, but there's absolutely no denying the impact Doolittle's had, and while I may prefer to listen to one of the bands the Pixies had inspired, this one's still pretty goooooood. Standouts: Debaser, Wave of Mutilation, Gouge Away

Had a good time with this but it was too many days ago and I forgot to put any notes down at that time. I liked it more than Surfer Rosa though (complimentary in both cases)

I think I liked this a little more than Surfer Rosa, but maybe that's recency bias. Still just something good to listen to for me but not too much to stand out either.

Wasn't a stand out.

tuve la oportunidad de verlos en vivo y me encantó! <3 me gusta mucho “hey”.

This album doesn’t live up to my teenage memories of it, but it’s got its moments (and Gouge Away)

Repetitive, atonal, cryptic, whiny...all words that reappear in reviews of albums I don't care for, and this is one of them. A few tracks (like "Crackity Jones" and "La La Love You") add a little variety to the mix, but overall it's just Not My Thing.

Se me hizo monótono pero bien.

it's a standard pixies album that mostly sounds okay, has some shiny highlights, but is not that much above the average of many other noise alt rock bands' output.

Amazing

A bit monotonous. Just okay.

3.1

3.5. Not really my type of music with the way Francis sings, but it has very high highs. I guess, being honest, i liked the “radio-friendly” songs more like La La Love You and Here Comes Your Man. I do see why people love it so much, though - it’s just not something I would listen to again, minus a few songs

liked - hey, monkey gone to heaven, here comes your man

pretty cool album. a lot of the vocals and instrumentals are out there, and while i'm not a huge fan of every song, for the most part doolittle is an enjoyable listen. favorite track: wave of mutilation

Neither great nor terrible. Good rock. Didn’t know they did “Here Comes Your Man,” but all the other songs were easy to listen to. Solid music for driving.

not my kind of jam but still listenable

Here comes your man is a fun track the rest don’t really match its tone though

Ganske fornuftigt. Synes det holder niveauet rimeligt fornuftigt, men er aldrig helt oppe at støde.

*55 Det siger mig ikke rigtig noget, men det var mere godt end dårligt - derfor 3 og ikke 2.

Det er en rutsjebanetur Der er flere ting, jeg rigtig godt kan lide, og noget jeg ikke er helt ligeså vild med, men det er overordnet set rigtig fint 3.6

They certainly have an amazing talent for writing songs that are a catchy as f*ck, and those guitars rock hard Many a sweaty nightclub evening in the 90's was spent jumping around to Pixies tunes But hearing the lyrics again now, why should I care about the Monkey? And wtf is Andalusia? Wave of Mutilation - really? I think I've moved on . . .

okay

Here Comes Your Man elevated this a full point for me.

Daha cok punk seviyorum bunlar benim tarzım değil

felt very experimental, like a mix of every genre and their take on it. certainly good but it wasn't my cup of tea

The last of the 3 Pixies albums on this list. With nearly 500 albums I've heard since my last Pixies album, my opinion hasn't changed. Still no fan, still doesn't do much for me.

war nice bissle punkkk

Lots of screaming, haha. Background noise, not very thought provoking. Leah - 4/7 Leprechauns Austin - 3.5/7 Leprechauns

Really wanted to like this more than I did because I know it's a pretty iconic album. Some of the songs had good beats, but some were pretty grating on me. Debaser & Here Comes Your Man were standouts. (3)

One of the few bands that I listened to and purchased before their Replacements-Big Star-V.U. like rise in popularity as non-stars who influenced bigger bands. My coolness quotient will take a hit when I say their impact is greater than my enjoyment. They distill a number of styles into a fairly original blend, although I often prefer their influences. I hear The Cure’s guitars on “Debaser.” Whenever Black Francis launches into a near scream, it recalls Pere Ubu. The bouncy songs like “Here Comes Your Man” mirror The Velvet Underground’s Motown meets NYC grime. Unfortunately, not a single song is highly pleasurable, nor memorable. They exist in my mind from particular moments when I heard them, not because I was ever totally into the group. On the less conventional songs, Black Francis’ voice is shrill rather than the scary abrasiveness of similar singers. The guitar sounds lack strength in a similar manner. When The Pixies play more crafted songs, I started comparing them to The Breeders, and I could see why Kim Deal’s next band had the bigger hits. The Breeders’ riffs, singing and lyrics pack more punch and fun than anything here. Standards and expectations impact reviews. Doolittle is a fine record, but does not sit high in my canon.

I had mixed feelings about this one and it was hard figuring out how to rate it. I admired their revolutionary and experimental style but I am not sure it worked for me. It was hard figuring out their point of view. Some of their songs had a very hard metal vibe, but then they would do something that felt 70’s rock. If I had to describe them I would call it Folk Rock Metal. It was an interesting concept but I am not sure it really came together.

I feel like I need to give this one a more focused listen, but I thought it was just okay. Nothing wrong with it, just nothing to get me terribly excited about either.

Buen álbum, rock puro y duro.

It's got exactly 4 good songs, and the rest of the album is filler.

It was good

i liked some songs a lot, some songs not at all. they all had a very similar vibe.

Was pretty good I would give it a 3 out of 5, but nothing really stands out, I drive to it to work.

15 songs The songs being so short they all kind of blend into one another. Quite a good listen as an album, but I don't know how much I would enjoy each individual song otherwise

Intressanter souind, der mich weiter zum hören animiert

It's the pixies

These uncs in their mid 40s complaining about trap and mumble rap while listening to this. Some songs do go hard though. Favorite Songs: Hear Comes your Man, Monkey Gone to Heaven, La La Love You.

Standouts Mr. Grieves

vocals weren't really my thing, nor the lyrics. but damn the atmosphere is pretty good, some of the songs were still pretty fun too ! like I Bleed, i really liked the backing vocals and guitar for that one. dead too, that one's fun overall, not something i'd listen to regularly, but im reasonably content with trying it anyways

Not my favorite Pixies’ album but a good record nonetheless. Lots of classics here.

kinda repetitive but i liked it 3.9/5

Familiar with this, listened to it before. Not my favourite but I do like some of the moments in this album. Debaser is probably my favourite. I just find it hard to imagine a moment where I would choose to put this album on

Low 3, the early stuff just sounds like noise, but it improved as you went through the album, with the back 1/3 in particular being quite enjoyable

There are sounds I like especially noisier ones but they barely add up to songs. Liked Songs: Gouge Away, Monkey Gone to Heaven & Here Comes Your Man

6.5

3/5

3.5 / 5 Best Song: Here Comes Your Man Worst Song: Silver Weirdest Song: Tame Honorable Mention: Wave of Mutilation Pretty weird but ultimately a fun album with a great mixture of genres from punk, grunge, surf rock, and reggae.

#14 I was excited to give this a listen, knowing how revered Pixies are and having only heard a couple of their big hits before. To be honest though, it fell kind of flat for me. It wasn't bad, but after two listens it just kind of ran together and nothing was memorable. There are a few good songs, but nothing wowed me. I can definitely see the influence this had on the alt rock scene that evolved in the years following, and it does sound ahead of its time for a 1989 release. 3.5/5

Si bien hay temazos con here comes your man, honestamente no me copó como album, los pixies no son lo mio

I liked it. My personal favorite think about Pixies is that they influenced Nirvana. If the day ever comes when I want to explore this genre and era more I’ll remember to come back to Pixies.

meh.

Silver

Enkele bangers omgeven door mid.

Doolittle was definitely an enjoyable album but it would easily get surpassed by Bossanova a year later. It definitely does feel like these guys influenced a lot of what The Smashing Pumpkins would go on to do especially with Black Francis having a very similar voice to Billy Corgan and that is one aspect i quite liked alongside the heavy sounding music. There are definitely a lot of really strong tracks on offer but at the same time, there are some pretty lame ones here as well. I still think it went at a decent pace even if not all the songs here were winners. I still definitely had an enjoyable time with this album and would definitely give it a high 3 but i'm just not feeling it the same way i did with Bossanova Best Song: Gouge Away Worst Song: Mr. Grieves

Fun punk.

pretty good, I'm not really into rock but I liked Doolittle. Fav songs, Wave of Mutilation, and I Bleed.

One song is pretty fast and fine, but others are just bad. Sounds like those country classics, but not in country music. This is just like cheerfulcore, that makes it boring and basic. Don't hate it, but wouldn't listen even as background, maybe some time, not too much.

I’m not a Pixies fan. A couple of iconic songs, but not much more.

Good album, certain songs just dawned on me. I like here comes your man, crackity jones, and i bleed, and la la love you. This more like a 3.5.

Day 36 — Pixies — Doolittle (1989) Listened: May 7–9, 2026 Genre: Alternative Rock / Indie Rock / Post-Punk Vibe: Visceral and dynamic — quiet intimacy exploding into noise, hooks buried in chaos, Black Francis screaming poetry over Kim Deal's locked-in bass. Highlights: ★ Here Comes Your Man • Monkey Gone to Heaven • La La Love You • No. 13 Baby Impression: A massive step up from Bossanova — easier to get into and more rewarding throughout. The punk and surf energy with a sixties pop melodic sensibility clicked immediately. Here Comes Your Man sounds like a direct ancestor of Rancid. The whispering-to-screaming dynamic is striking and you can hear exactly where Nirvana borrowed from. This is the Pixies album that makes sense to me. Rating: 3.0/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

Pretty decent, good length and some nice sounding tunes

there's something suss about black francis. seems like he's trying to hide his affluent background and he's more of a tourist. He's not downtrodden, his real name is Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV. His dad was friends with captain beefheart. this is a kid trying so hard to live up to expectations, who is talented and hard working. But this is not a kid who knows whereof he speaks.

3/5

Alright. Seemed like it should have been from the early 70s not the late 80s. Quite liked it but don’t think there was a lot of variation or depth in it.

I tried to give this album a chance but I have always hated the pixies and I guess I always will. just a bunch of sound pollution. 3/10 rating

Kan dit wel waarderen. Muziek erg vet, zanger soms een beetje schreeuwerig.

A diverse musical approach of power driven music and minimalistic lyrical notings.

É bom, mas não me prendeu.

It was alright, but half the songs actively made me so angry that I had to skip them. The other half was good 👍. My favorites were Wave of Mutilation, Here Comes Your Man, and There Goes My Gun. Overall, I would give it a 3.3/5!

It's fun! Very 2000s rock without being too dad rock.

I appreciate that stylistically this album was hugely important for those indie bands that came after and rode the wave of mainstream in the early 90s. I can hear a lot of Nirvana Nevermind and others but Doolittle itself didn’t quite grab me with the exception of the excellent monkey gone to heaven It just didn’t a hook song to elevate the album such as a teen spirit/ come as you are.

Quite good. Songs from No 13 Baby and under are way better and pretty interesting. Very nice guitars! The guitar in Hey is heavenly.

I was around when the Pixies came out but they somehow got by me and I never realized how popular they were until just before they broke up. Once again it was probably a case of them being more of a college rock band and never being able to hear them on mainstream radio. By the time I got to them I had heard a multitude of other bands and ended up finding the Pixies to be a bit tame compared to where my tastes had gone by that point. Listening to it now I do still find this a bit tame but now in my later years it seems that there’s some sort of a maturity to their sound and that it seems to be well formed from the beginning. I do enjoy this but it doesn’t get me totally pumped however I have a feeling this might be one of those slow burn bands where things start clicking after many listens. Definitely not offended by them and I don’t mind that I’ll be listening to a couple more albums by them coming up on this project.

Listened to the whole album. I liked some songs like "Hey" a lot.

It’s a decent album, I like some of the songs on here but the vocals in some parts just sound weird to me and it’s kinda off-putting. I would’ve enjoyed this album more if the vocals didn’t sound so strange. Most enjoyable part of the album was the instrumentals. Was honestly expecting more, I thought it’d be at least a 4/5 but I’m gonna have to give it a solid 3/5.

Okay, but didn’t wow me.

Love parts of the album, can’t handle the screaming

This band will never be my cup of tea, but great to get exposed to this complete album since I only knew the hits previously.

Doctor.

- not the most cohesive to me . but maybe i just need more time with it - favorites: here comes your man, hey - rating: 2.5/5

first listen its okay

i guess this type of screaming just isn’t my vibe

Damn, this was worse than I expected, only liked 2 of the songs. I never had listened to the actual album, So I was suprised to hear so much screaming

Nice.

beginning track, debaser, sounds something to segway into a indie film. very loud. makes me wanna do a disney channel knee dance. beginning hi hat pattern off on tame reminds me of 70s funk (see dave grohl talking about gap band here). i bleed. chick sound like she's underwater. really like it. these boys are alright. Here comes to your man. A little Beatles, rockabilly esque. shout out to bands who do this (the muffs, love kim shattuck) the section 1:21 mins in dead. that's it there was a guy... who ate shawarma (lullaby by Shawn queued in). strings, definitely a big budget mr grieves. the beginning sounds like sublime take psychedelic when listening to la la love you

Debaser just feels like a rant but he's really going for it in his lyrical shouting. I think he'd be really good on broadway. Makes me feel like Pixies were heavily inspired by David Bowie. As we get further down the album it feels a bit more hard rock than anything until we get to Here Comes Your Man which just reminds me of nothing but driving down to the beach with my family listening to classic rock radio. Also there's something about a dead monkey (pictured). It's alright. Not my favorite but not the worst thing 1001albums has thrown at me. Solid 3/5 IMO.

Here’s another band that I probably would have really liked if I heard them at the time. Now, it’s too abrasive and frenetic for me, though in general I appreciated the music and vocals. I read Black Francis is known for his lyrics but, as usual, I really didn’t catch them on a first - and not especially close - listen.

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couple songs keep it from a 5

Lowkey punchy.

One of those albums that no-one speak poorly about. Or that people are scared to say anything about. It's an icon of modern serious guitar post-rock. And I just don't get it. I don't actively hate it, I just find it it unfocused and rushed. There, I said it. Oh, the taste-police are now hammering on my door.

First few tracks were enjoyed

Buen álbum

Wel prima album, maar ik zou sommige nummers wel skippen

Ok

Decent album but not quite up my street. Here Comes Your Man was definitely the best and my favourite on the album

Your favorite band's favorite band, as they say. Never really gave them a proper listen until now, but I can see where this reputation comes from. This record sounds like it was recorded in 1994 instead of 1989, and a million bands from the 90s and beyond sound like them. Obviously Kurt Cobain was a fan. I also hear some Mother Mother here and there? Unfortunately I'm not rating on the influence a record had, but how much I enjoyed it personally. I liked it, but didn’t love it.

en general me gustó, pero no es el tipo de música que suelo escuchar + con los pixies me pasa q todas las canciones me suenan muuuy similares so 3 estrellas van bien

Ενδιαφέρον πανκο-κατάσταση. Μου άρεσαν αρκετά κομμάτια ωστόσο για κάποιο λόγω η φωνή του τραγουδιστή δεν μου έκανε κλικ. Νιώθω ότι αν είχα ακούσει pixies πιο παλιά και το είχα συνηθίσει θα μου άρεζε πολύ περρισότερο αυτό το αλμπουμ Monkey Gone to Heaven

Not bad

good for a dissociation walk in the fall or chill gym sesh Faves: Monkey Gone to Heaven, Here Comes Your Man, Mr. Grieves, There Goes My Gun

pretty good

This was a really weird experimental album that wasn’t totally for me but I like how werid it is so I’m giving it a low 3.

mostly noisy, not very much to my tastes, but not the worst. The tracks "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and "There Goes My Gun" aren't so bad.

Me gusta que retome el sonido del rock de los años 80´s. Sin dudas voy a seguir escuchando su discografía a ver que más descubro.

This album was fun; his vocals are very expressive. Debaser and Gouge Away were my standouts. Overall, a 6.4/10. Solid but I dont know if I'd listen to it again.

No es el estilo de música que me gusta

me gustaron algunos temas no conocia la banda

Always a little surprised at how heavy the Pixies music is. Amazing instrumentals and great song writing, but I'm still a tiny bit dissapointed. Monkey Gone to Heaven still stands out.

It was decent. Pixies music all kind of starts to sound the same to me after a few tracks, but I don't dislike it.

ok

There's nothing that really excites me about the album. There are some okay tracks that I enjoyed listening to, but I wouldn't say any specific standouts... nothing that I think 'wow, this is an insanely influential album'. However, saying this, it also isn't my usual taste in music, so maybe after listening to some more music of this genre, I may revisit this and see if there's any change within my opinion. Favourite Tracks: Here Comes Your Man Mr. Grieves There Goes My Gun

In a move that would horrify my Pixies loving partner of 20 years if I were to tell him, which I won't, I am fairly indifferent to the Pixies. I really like Here Comes Your Man, and enjoy a number of other tracks, but in general I find it hard to get too excited about them. To my ears, this was perfectly fine. Not poor, not great. Good. 3/5

Not all bad but it felt all samey and eh

Pretty nice.

Honestly was hoping for better. The good was great but the fine was meh. Some classics in this for sure but other songs make me want to skip

Punk rock records that feels quite monotonous at the start but adds more fun in the second part. I'd highlight Dead, No 13 Baby, and Gouge Away. The latter is the only track I'd known prior to listening, and in many ways it's the brightest. I liked the guitar at times, while generally speaking, the album has a lot of tracks that were not too bright. That's why three: a decent listen, but by no means a GOAT album.

Way too loud

I liked elements of it, but felt I'd seen the elements I liked done better elsewhere

This album is not bad and I liked it better than Bossanova. Like most Pixies music it just does not click for me at all.

Some of this is really good but some of it needed to Doolittle more

Good album, traditional rock sound. 6.3/10

I kind of wish I enjoyed this more. Feels like an album cool people would enjoy. But there is a lot of moments that just don't grab me, honestly. It's often messy and not in a very flattering way, feels cluttered instrumentally. The vocalist is also kind of annoying on the opener or other songs like I Bleed. In Dead the vocals are way too buried in the mix and don't sound good at all. The song Silver feels really sloppy and awkward and is a weird detour for the band. There is some songs that I like, be that Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone to Heaven or Hey, but overall the album is way too inconsistent and flawed.

This is a great record, and one of the first that allowed me (a devoted ROCKER) to enjoy pop without feeling guilty. Mostly solid songs, with too much credit given to Frank Black. The Breeders showed how much Kim Deal was bringing to the party.

mid

Loud and proud. Wasn’t into the Pixies too much back then, but I see the appeal and enjoyed this one.

Quite sporadic but a few good tunes in it

I Enjoyed it, more interesting, continius whitout my style, but this one was better

rock alt gwer années 80 c'est pas mal en vrai jv jamais réécouter 6,5/10 Mr grieves banger pas mon dél de rock mais en vrai belek

Wasn’t entirely my style. So it was OK. The later songs I think we’re better. I’ll give you like a three out of five

Great beats and grungy tone. Kept 1 song

A solid alternative rock album that was a clear jumping off point for so many other artists. The cleaner production style to earlier Pixie's albums works especially well in the singles. The "loud/quiet/loud" style is something I've enjoyed, and I'm happy to have a name for it now. Such a simple and effective way to add dynamics to a song. Here Comes Your Man Monkey Gone To Heaven Hey

Ik vind het frustrerend dat je de hele tijd in het album veel potentie hoort om het een steengoed alternative rock album te laten zijn. Ik hoor ook wel dat arcade fire en fleet foxes zich hebben laten inspireren door deze band. De potentie hoor je het hele album, alleen ze kiezen er voor om van een goed nummer een mosh pit nummer te maken. Live lijkt het mij ook heel leuk. Ik ben er ook niet boos over, want als optreden mijn beroep zou zijn dan zou ik het wel leuk vinden met veel mosh-pits. Al vind ik 2 mosh pit nummers dan wel genoeg. Toch als album om te luisteren zou ik het liever de hele tijd nummers hebben zoals ‘hey’ . Waar de band eindelijk die potentie helemaal laat horen die er al in zit. 2,5 sterren. Ik rond het naar boven af, omdat het objectief goed is, maar niet mijn smaak.

Pixies zou nooit mijn favo band worden, ik kan er niets aan doen het is simpelweg mijn smaak niet, bij dit album heb ik wat meer muzikaliteit gehoord dan bij het vorige wat we hebben moeten luisteren, en ik begrijp dat er ook mensen zijn als Teun die dit de hele dag op kunnen zetten. Er zit energie in en verassende elementen en de teksten zijn ook best grappig. Over all is het geen slecht album.

I liked this album enough to probably keep it in my library. A couple songs made it to my favorites playlist. Basic punk rock stuff.

Well it’s not boring at least There are some really good songs on here (here comes your man, monkey gone to heaven), and the you have songs that are actually unlistenable (like tame). The vocals are absolutely not my cup of tea, ranging from just ok to ear bleeding. The instrumention’s actually really cool, love some of the baselines and I think they do a lot of cool stuff with tempo and volume (even if that comes at the cost of blowing out your eardrums since you’re using headphones) I can tell this influenced a TON of modern rock (especially smashing pumpkins and nirvana), and I do think they have such a unique sound, but I’m pretty confident I’ll never listen to this one again. I was really close to turning off the album after the second song because it really was that bad, so I’m glad I got through it at least

It's alright. I think there were some decent snippets in there, but ultimately, it's just a little too loud and rough for my ears.

?? mhh ja die pixies dunno...c

The Pixies go for more pop song craft on this release which I think works for them, from the catchy Debaser to the spaghetti western Silver there is quite a range on this album. Good fun.

Like it, but not as much as Surfa Rosa!

It’s Pixies—which means Doolittle turns warped instincts into near-pop perfection, bottling the band’s loud-quiet-loud dynamics into something sharp, sticky, and just unhinged enough. Black Francis yelps about surrealism and apocalypse like they’re Top 40 concerns, while Kim Deal’s buoyant bass and Joey Santiago’s jagged guitar keep everything hovering between melody and mayhem. “Debaser” and “Wave of Mutilation” are delightfully twisted earworms, “Here Comes Your Man” is cracked-mirror radio bait, and “Monkey Gone to Heaven” and “Gouge Away” lean into biblical grandeur with bite. Even “I Bleed,” all chunky crunch, hints at the power-pop blueprint Weezer would later polish on the Blue Album. The beauty of Doolittle isn’t perfection—it’s the friction.

I can see why people like them The catchier songs I found myself liking and jamming with more than the heavier ones Not too bad

Yeh some good tunes, most my favourites aren't on this though

a lil alt rock album, recognized the song “here comes your man”; a good listen.

After Surfer Rosa and now Doolittle I feel like it's safe to say that I enjoy, but I don't love Pixies. There's some really fantastic songs scattered across these albums and I'll definitely be revisiting so maybe it'll grow on me more

A pretty decent listen some good songs on here and so I didn't like so much so probably a low 3 star overall, standout songs 'here comes your man' and 'monkey gone to heaven'

Slightly chaotic.

I liked it more than I thought I would....closer to a 4 than a 2.

2.5 Stars - Just not into it. A few good songs, but nothing I'm necessarily drawn back to.

I really liked Here Comes Your Man, Wave of Mutilation, and Monkey Gone To Heaven. These songs made it onto my playlist. This album is very abstract with theme. Some songs are about a mixture of things. This album may need a second listen from me so I can fully understand it.

Doolittle offers an interesting alternative sound, based on the contrast between accessible melodies and more aggressive moments, sometimes more intense than my personal taste. The album is reminiscent of the influence that the Pixies had on the later alternative scene, especially on the band Nirvana, through the dynamic between silence and sonic explosion. "Here Comes Your Man" and "La La Love You" stand out for their accessibility and melody, being the most memorable songs on the album. Overall, the album has a distinct and influential style, even if some moments may seem overly aggressive to listeners more oriented to the melody. 6.5/10

Album is ok. doesnt move the needle either way for me.

What a bizarre band! U didn't know what to do with this. The drums r great. The guitar is unique. The bass is pronounced and different. The singing, if I can call it at, is so off the wall. This band is so different that they deserve to be in the list, this just isn't something I would listen to often. It does give me better perspective on Weird Al's "First World Problems" which parodies the Pixies haha.

Average

I’ve heard some of their stuff before and there are some songs I do like. However, the only good song on this one that I like is here comes the man. All in all a very average album.

The first album of the week...alright then. It was a bunch of yelling for me, and I usually like songs like that but it just...wasn't hitting for me. I loved Silver so much though because it reminded me of Fleet Foxes.

7.5 / 10

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I was pretty good. I enjoyed the variety of types of musics and sounds. I probably found 2-3 songs I would add to a playlist. Good first album and I might look more into the pixies in the future

Starts out a bit eh, improves as the album goes on. The last few songs are what elevate this album from a 2 to a 3 I understand that this is one of those "influential" albums that led to a number of grungey offshoots in the 90s (nirvana, pearl jam, etc), however it doesn't hold up well in the 2020s, particularly because all of those bands in the 90s emulated the pixies's sound and were a step better

I've listened to this album I don't know how many times over the past couple of decades, and it doesn't do it for me. I understand the importance and the influence of it, I can appreciate how effortlessly the Pixies move between styles, the dark humour and absurdity of the lyrics, their competence as songwriters and musicians, but I don't connect with it. I wasn't excited seeing Doolittle come up as today's pick; while listening to it, other than Monkey Gone to Heaven, there was nothing that I was super excited to hear, nothing that I wanted to put on repeat. I've given The Pixies more than a fair shake over the years, their music just isn't for me.

What a start to an album! Not sure the rest matched up but songs and music were interesting at least and raw.

it was fine enough grew on me kinda like 7/10

I definitely liked this more than Surfer Rosa, but to be honest I just think Frank Black is kind of annoying. He has his moments to be sure, but there's so much that he's doing that I just don't enjoy at all, and it kinda drags the music down for me. Favorites: Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone to Heaven, Mr. Grieves

tame gefällt mir. die instrumentals ähneln dem beat von indie rider von fliggsy. here comes your man ist der meistgehörte song, ergibt sinn, aber der sound holt mich gar nicht ab und löst nicht viel in mir aus, gibt mir sitcom outro vibes. monkey gone to heaven hat mich ab der zweiten hälfte richtig abgeholt, die aufzählung von 5 bis 7 und der darauffolgende refrain haben etwas sehr pures an sich. das ist der einzige song, der wirklich emotionen in mir auslöst. absoluter banger. crackity jones ist ein richtiger tweaker, tism brain gefällt das. insgesamt macht das album spaß, aber der sound kann mich nicht an allen stellen überzeugen. inhaltlich hab' ich nicht viel mitgenommen, stellenweise, zum beispiel am anfang von no 13 baby, wurden ein paar bilder in meinem kopf gezeichnet, aber all in all gibt mir der inhalt auch tweaker energy, die simpel sein kann. die erste hälfte des albums gefällt mir wesentlich besser (glaub ich, vielleicht hab ich auch die lust verloren). tame und monkey gone to heaven hab ich mir gespeichert, aber das album werd' ich mir wahrscheinlich nie wieder komplett anhören.

Rating 6/10

Me gustó mucho para trabajar o para disfrutarlo when you’re just chilling. TENGO QUE ESCUCHARLO MÁS VECES PARA ENAMORARME COMPLETAMENTE. Mi canción favorita del álbum es Monkey Gone to Heaven.

Not my thing - I get why people like it but i wouldn’t re listen

Какие-то песни прикольные, какие-то вообще мрак, целиком бы слушать не стала, ставлю оценку посередине ровно