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Great record. Could do without the screaming in Tame and Crackity Jones but other than that, pretty darn flawless.
great songwriting and lyrics, fast paced and doesn’t linger on one idea for too long which works very well and keeps you engaged effortlessly
I can really appreciate what the pixies mean and how influential they were, but when it comes to the music there’s something I’m missing. I’m hoping that I come around eventually but for now I’ll just say they’re fine.
Buen albúm, bastante progresivo y con notas algo fuera de época 7/10
I always felt a little embarrassed that I described myself as a big Pixies fan, but I'd only listened to "Death to the Pixies," their 1997 best-of. But I think I was right - some of the tracks here just aren't that great. Having said that, a bad Pixies song is still better than most songs. The perfect Pixies song is goth-rock, very short, and features Kim Deal.
1989, this must've been a real game changer. Some hits on here that I was gifted in my youth, I hope the next generations don't lose what this gave.
I wanted it to be a 4, and it was close, but it didn't quite lock in for me ,
Fun. Messy. Very varied and lively. I really enjoyed this, but it's too unrefined to be a 5.
iconic 90’s weirdo rock. some truly timeless songs on this record. the lyrics seem like they don’t make sense, but they do. amazing idk what to say.
Doolittle by the Pixies is a seminal alternative rock album that continues to inspire and influence musicians to this day. Released in 1989, it showcases the band's unique blend of loud-quiet dynamics, infectious melodies, and offbeat lyrics. Tracks like "Debaser," "Here Comes Your Man," and "Monkey Gone to Heaven" are standout moments, displaying the band's knack for crafting catchy hooks and juxtaposing dark subject matter with pop sensibilities. The album's production is crisp, enhancing the impact of the band's distinctive sound. While some tracks may not reach the same heights as the standouts, Doolittle remains a must-listen for fans of alternative rock and a testament to the Pixies' enduring legacy.
Not a lot of distinctive stuff but I can see why they're a influence on a lot of alt-rock music today.
Some people call this accessible, suggesting the accessibility is a bug instead of a feature. Those people are wrong. The Cobain/Corgan influence is strong with this one. This is also the album featuring "Here Comes Your Man". As a rule, that alone means it's 5 star worthy.
I've listened to this one before. God, the guitar sound on this is so good. Definitely an all-time cool kids' record. How the hell are the songs on this shorter than the Sex Pistols? Brevity is wit, Sid. Take notes. Overall, a great album for a slick summer day. Sometimes the classics are classic for a reason.
My grampa listened to this record a ton right after my dad was born in 1989. My dad listened to this a lot right after I was born in 2002. I'm about to have my first kid in about 6 months; you better believe I'm going to be rocking out to this shit the first few days after he's born. Thanks gramps, this is a killer record. And in our family, it's the daddiest of dadrock albums.
Lo amo y el tema 13 (Hey) tuvo un video YouTube que fue suceso y llevo en mi recuerdo
Gran álbum, tiene unos temazos. Te lleva directo a la adolescencia y bailar y gritar en la habitación cual película yanqui. No le pongo 5 porque ahora me aburre escucharlo entero. Me re gusta que griten.
Muy representativo de una época, y de una bronca de esa época. Pero sin tanto cinismo desde lo musical. Una forma de cantar única, música manija, una linda mezcla de estilos. Cortito y al pie, sin tiempo que perder. Muy bueno para convertir un día de mal humor en algo más soportable. O estar en un trabajo corporativo y acordarte que tenés alma.
Un discazo, mi segundo prefe de pixies. El que más hits tiene. No le pongo 5 porque suena como el orto, esa cosa lo fi uacala, y no me vengan con que la época porque misma época hay discos que suenan increíble. Le debemos a este disco, the bends, el mató, nevermind y tantos otros, así que gracias. No es una banda que me guste mucho pero es mucho muy importante si existencia. Claramente un disco que hay escuchar antes de morir
Un buen disco, sale del rock más clásico y mete cosas innovadoras. Y además los Pixies fueron influencia de grandes bandas de la época. Solo creo que le falta definir qué hacer con tanto ruido. Un 3 porque aunque me gustó hay cosas del estilo mucho mejores
Gritan mucho
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-It’s starting off rock-ish -the album cover is very cryptic -A lot of yelling -It doesn’t feel that dated in my opinion -The drums in wave of mutilation are cool Here comes your man fav song No 13 baby least fav Solid outro It’s around 40 minutes which in my opinion is the best album length
Here comes your man was definitely my favorite, but I had at the very least heard that tune before. Good album but some of the songs felt a little out of place
Not a fan tbh, maybe 2 good songs.
A rightful classic. Even the lesser tracks are solid.
Fucking perfect. Pixies figured out how to play real loud, then real quiet, then real loud again, and the world forever changed.
Easily one of the greatest rock albums of the 80’s. Pixies really mastered their dynamic songwriting on this milestone of an album. love how they play really quite AND THEN REALLY FUCKING LOUD!
2 out of the best 1001 albums of all time are by the pixies??? ok sure
This album is really great. Pixies were one of those bands I heard up growing up but had just missed - instead listening to their later projects like the Breeders. I was really introduced to them around 2000 and kind of shrugged my shoulders at it. But in the last 20+ years I've really come to see how incredible they were.
It's fine.
great album. will come back to this for sure
I enjoyed this for the most part but just didn't quite get into it, like a car with a big engine the just won't turn over to start, lots of potental but never did it for me
Fantastic album
Saw Pixies live (with Mercury Rev as support) the same month this album was released. 34 years on it's still a treat to listen to this album and it sends this monkey to heaven every time.
Great - already liked Pixies but full album was better than expected.
Very good. It’s a struggle to say what genre this is other than Pixies. It’s got a little of everything and is never boring.
One of the few CDs I kept in my car back in the day
Killer bass, killer lyrics
классный альбом очень приятно и легко слушается не могу сказать, что что-то сильно удивило, просто приятненько и вкусненько
очень много странных точечных экспериментов, которые больше бесят чем радуют в остальном, приятно
А это точно Pixies?))) Что-то я большей мелодичности ожидал, памятуя их два чудесных хита Where Is My Mind? и All I Think About You Now. А здесь... это похоже на гаражный рок, но местами звучит как-то уж слишком плохо. Как-то тяжело слушать было. Был по-моему один классный риф где-то, но один... в остальном же — как-то совсем не впечатлило. Here Comes Your Man, пожалуй, самая приличная композиция.
Беру от коли аргументы про бэк вокал и тихо-громко, от Феди – все остальное, ну и коэффициент моей душности при выставлении оценок дает 3
Debaser kan vara top 10 bästa låtar någonsin. Resten kommer inte upp i samma nivå
I, in an incredible lapse of judgement, failed to write notes as I go along, so I'll just keep this short and sweet. Wow, what an interesting pick right out the gate. This kind of album can be a hit or a miss to me. I'm picky about vocal quality and dark lyrics. Sometimes the stuff hits and sometimes it misses. It wasn't until Wave of Mutilation until I felt it. That it really hit. In the end, there were more hits for me than misses, and even when the songs don't land, I still can find something to appreciate from them. And I feel like upon subsequent listens my enjoyment of Doolittle can only grow, now that I know what to expect from it. As an aside, I wish that you can give half points to albums, my correct rating would probably be 3 1/2 stars, to be perfectly honest. I kept hovering between the 3 and the 4 ...
Noisy and teenage frustration bing bang
Too rowdy for me
Meh
Mooi!
Dit album staat met gemak in mijn all-time top 10 van beste plaatjes. Veel gedraaid en boeit me nog steeds van begin tot einde. Kim Deal was de reden om een basgitaar aan te schaffen.
Nooit helemaal mijn band geweest, maar dit was goed te pruimen
Toen ik dit lang-lang geleden voor het eerst hoorde, was ik echt meteen enorm onder de indruk. En nu nog steeds. Wat een energie, gekte en puntigheid. Helden!
Second listen. I can’t believe that the first day I missed an album, I got this one! This might be my favorite Pixies album (or Bossanova). Not sure what to say about it; most of the songs are just really good. Favorite song: “I Bleed”.
Pretty artsy. Very very based. Good work pixies. Super cool. I like it. It was good. Have a nice one. David Bowie rip off.
Never been a big fan, but also never actively hated the Pixies. I knew a lot of these songs and found it bearable.
Decent instrumentals and playing (for the most part, some beats were real real awful) but I just could not get past the singing/vocals. Honestly grating
I regret i was too young when this one came out, this one would definitely be a staple of my record collection
A good little album, something different
A very enjoyable listen. Accessible.
Brilliant album, quite heavy and dark at times, enjoyable all the way through. Many favourite tracks, but the best probably is “Here comes your man”, “Monkey gone to heaven” or “Gouge Away”. 9/10
5. This is one of the albums that taught me what a bassist can bring to a band. It's quirky in the right amounts. It rocks.
A wild ride of an album the whole way through - the tracks switch things up from one another such that I never knew what to expect next. Really enjoyed the variety. Favorite tracks: I Bleed, Here Comes Your Man, Hey, Silver.
Little hit or miss but the hits are great. Really love Mr Grieves.
This is a great album. I had heard most of it at various times over the year, so it's nice to listen to it all the way through. Helps me get more of a feel for it. I've recently found some of Kim Deal's more current music, and she's still phenomenal. This band was, in a way, ahead of their time, or at least seem to me to be pushing into new styles in the 80s when they wrote and recorded this album. A lot of grunge that followed seems somewhat rooted in what the Pixies did in the 80s.
love this album so much wow so raw n funny n just sick
YASSSSS! I can listen to this all day long.
Celui la c'est facile
Not my favorite album by them. I don't like several songs. I love how unique the pixie sound.
Lots of pieces I likes lots of pieces I didn’t.
Listened to this one a few weeks ago. So fun, diverse, and heavily 90s. Near 10/10 for me. 4.5/5
I was a couple of years behind the curve on the Pixies when they came out, so when I finally heard them I was listening to their first three albums all at the same time. What great days those were, to discover this band who sounded like nothing else, and had all these albums out in the span of like three years. It would turn out that this band would abruptly fall apart after their first four albums and we wouldn't hear a new album for years. It would also turn out that this band would be acknowledged as one of the most groundbreaking and influential of an entire genre and era. You don't hear albums like this anymore. The album is less rough-edged than its predecessor, Surfer Rosa, with an emerging pop sensibility and some surprisingly catchy melodies. Make no mistake though, this album is all Pixies - the menacing guitars, the twisted and cryptic lyricism, the off-kilter harmonies, Black Francis' quiet-to-raging vocal style. It all adds up to a sound that just pulls you in and doesn't let go. The band burns through 15 tracks in 38 minutes like a freaking brush fire. Doolittle isn't a flawless album. Some of the songs sound almost like fragments that needed to be fleshed out more. But it's an album that embraces that fragmentation to create something really vital and haunting. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone to Heaven, Wave of Mutilation, Debaser, Gouge Away, Hey, Silver, I Bleed, Dead, Tame, La La Love You, Crackity Jones, There Goes My Gun, No. 13 Baby, Mr. Grieves
Pixies have an amazing discography, and seeing the spinoffs through Frank Black's solo work or the Breeders just shows how much each member is able to contribute. We have the noisy distorted guitar riffs that do whatever they want, but doesn't overtake everyone else like you see in other noise rock or shoegaze albums (Dinosaur Jr comes to mind). This allows the bass to really shine. In most tracks, the guitar stays quiet for many parts to highlight that dark deep bass, which when combined with the punchy drums remind me of many gothic and post-punk records earlier in the 80s. And of course we can't forget Black's vocal style, flawlessly alternating between soothing, anger, and pure screaming chaos. Kim Deal's dreamy vocals compliment Black's incredibly well, adding a catchiness to sing along to for many songs. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" showcases all of these points. Just like with their other albums, we get a ton of really short tracks. But for some reason, each one feels complete despite only 3 of them being longer than 3 minutes. It's their most accessible record, with a level of order and groove to compliment the pure chaos in the noisy riffs and screaming vocals. There are tons of catchy pop tracks here like "Hey" and "Here Comes Your Mind" to pull in most audiences, but even tracks like "Debaser" fuse the two seemingly opposite styles so well. Not only are there so many tracks that could argue to be the best song on here, and thus among the best songs of the 80s, but most of the deep cuts stand out for some reason. "Mr Grieves" reminds me of Violent Femmes, with a southern gothic sound and an incredible bridge. "Crackity Jones" has mindblowing energy that caused me to accidentally speed up to 90mph on the highway. "No 13 Baby" has a killer guitar solo near the end. "There Goes My Gun" is a really fun punk song with a cool beat, surf rock riffs, and vocals that go all over the place. Hard to find a single song I don't really like. "Silver" is very divisive, but I'm on the supporting side.
"Debaser" is heat "Tame" anything but tame (Kurt quoted them as being the direct inspiration for Nevermind and I hear it here) "Wave of Mutilation" classic guitar hero Anharmonic vocal backing in "I Bleed" that makes more sense with the ending "Here Comes Your Man" classic 500 days of summer. So much range with this band. "Dead" such a change from the last song. Casual punk rock biblical allusion. "This Monkey's Gone to Heaven" is an environmental song. Never noticed that before (but I'm not the lyric guy). Some really rocking parts on this track. "Then GOOOOOD IS SEVEN" "Mr. Grieves" has some super catchy stuff. I felt some sort of comfort in this track. "Crackity Jones" just solidifies the idea that to me this band was/is a huge ball of creativity. How do you have so many genres in one album but make it work? "La La Love You" see above comment. How does this come after the previous track? How? And how am I okay with this? Fascinating. They just asked drummer Dave to sing on this one because why not? "No. 13 Baby" I truly love the ending instrumental of this song. It's so cool. I am seeing where bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre and Dandy Warhols got their style. "There Goes My Gun" surfing punk rock cowboy abstract story about gun go boom. "Hey" feels Stonesy. I'm so surprised that I love Black Francis's super frenetic silly delivery. But maybe I shouldn't be surprised. "Silver" another cowboy. Honestly this one kinda feels like a B-side track but I ain't complaining. "Gouge Away" is another biblical reference through a punk rock lens. I dig it. That little palm muted guitar lick is very very sick. Cathartic, explosive, creative bite-sized vignettes of crazy. Silly, satirical, but cool. Truly a unique record and band.
I really liked it. I was a little suprised, because I thought the vocals would put me off like they had before, but they really didn’t.
This is too weird. After being introduced to Throwing Muses earlier this week, I had naturally revisited that second American act 4AD signed in the mid-1980s, another New England-based, outsider alt band: Pixies. In particular, I revisited Doolittle, the band’s high watermark and imperfect masterpiece. To dissect Doolittle’s two album sides independently is a great way to understand the band as a whole. The A Side—“Debaser” through “This Monkey”—is somewhere on the shortlist of great, great album sides. It carefully alternates punk-ish, grinding noise for refinements on a power pop sound. Some songs—“I Bleed” and “Dead”—even make these trades between verses, which strikes me as a surprisingly successful feat. “This Monkey” even weaves strings into the mix which elevates an already strange spectacle into something quite otherworldly. That power pop sound Pixies exhibit so well on Doolittle is one they had only hinted at before with Surfer Rosa’s “Where is My Mind?” But if you were to listen to Surfer Rosa in its entirety, you would assume that magical pop number to be the result of sheer luck, for nothing else on that half-digested, slap-sticky, body-horror-obsessed record gives any indication that this band could record any pop masterpieces let alone 3 on one side of a disc. But they did just that with Doolittle’s “Debaser,” “Wave of Mutilation,” and “Here Comes Your Man.” And a side note on their penchant for b-movie, horror imagery and thematic content. Sometimes Pixies are just too balls-to-the-walls campy. More Joe Dante’s “The ‘Burbs” than Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead II.” Listening to the first two tracks on Surfer Rosa I am reminded of that “I Think You Should Leave” sketch where Tim Robinson attempts to improvise lyrics to a song but can only come up with stuff about skeletons coming out at night and using bones for money. Pixies often rival that comedy and honestly remind me of an act like 100 Gecs in their outsider-ness and pop-cultured tone. Other times—“Debaser,” “Gouged,” “Wave of Mutilation”—their lyrical content strikes a little closer to the absurdist macabre of the Bible or Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, which luckily elevates Doolittle as a whole to a place just beyond silly, alt nonsense. That said, the entire B Side of Doolittle is quite nearly all silly alt nonsense. This is apparent right away with that first sarcastic, faux-ska riff that opens the ridiculous death-obsessed “Mr. Grieves.” That faux-ska riff makes a little more sense in context, what with Pixies being a part of a Boston scene that also had a very active ska subsection (Mighty Mighty Bosstones), but it sounds ridiculous today nonetheless. “Mr. Grieves” goes straight into the absolutely-bonkers mosh-pit cut “Crackity Jones” (more bones references???) and that transition is so quick I had to check several times to see if the song had even changed. “Crackity” then goes into a song that another ska band, Smash Mouth, would very blatantly steal a riff from some 10 years later. Of this song, “La La Love You,” singer/songwriter Francis Black had to say it’s “like a comedy sketch. It’s very simple and sweet but also very ‘fucky-fucky,’ you know?” No. I don’t know, Francis. But I do like it. (And on the subject of future bands ripping off riffs from Doolittle, “I Bleed” will never not make me feel like I’m being Weezered. That song always builds exactly into a place where I’m conditioned to think the chorus from “Undone (The Sweater Song)” is about to drop). Doolittle’s low point is somewhere within the next two tracks, “No 13 Baby” and “There Goes My Gun.” They’re the only two songs that would have been at home on Surfer Rosa notably, in their half-digested nothingness. At best, they’re experiments in pop minimalism. At worst, they’re wannabe Butthole Surfers tracks without any satirical bite. Then, “Hey.” “Hey” is my favorite Pixies song and to me it encapsulates everything that they did so well. It is very much in line with what the Velvet Underground was doing some 20 years earlier with songs like “Heroin,” which is, it breaks down and apart—from the perspective of an outsider, a listener—what a pop song can be, what it means, and attempts to cobble those pieces back together again. “Hey” is the result of a very bizarre puzzle that draws on punk, noise, pop, body horror, death and R&B and congeals itself into a singular, stunning portrait. It’s a song I’ve always been surprised I liked so much and my affection for it has only grown deeper over the years. “Silver” is madcap and weird. Easily my least favorite little foray on Doolittle. But “Gouge” is a perfect closer. Not the high point, but very far from the low point, it surmises all that this record attempts to put together on both sides. And always makes me want to go back and kick things off with “Debaser” all over again. So yeah, not a perfect record, a lot of very weird songs, but some outright masterpieces and a testament to—as Mike Powell put it in his retrospective on the band’s catalogue for Pitchfork—the spark of liberated thinking that often lies behind a bad idea. I find Doolittle inspiring and essential. And I will always treasure it.
Wow I love this! It’s so fun, and off-kilter, in a head-not-screwed-on-tight kind of way. And so sticky. If I remember, this is an album where a garage, raw, imperfect band worked with a producer to get 10% more perfect, and I think they nailed the balance here. Nothing is ever too tacked down or “nice,” which suits the bad and the songs really well. And I love the lead singer… he brings the level of intensity that’s hard to look away from. Reminds me of another alternative album from last week— the lead singer can make or break a project like this. “Here comes your man” is so good, and so sticky. They are good at their craft! A lot of Beatles structures or progressions, but done their way. Overall, great fun, and I’ll definitely return to this album. 4/5
Punkahtavaa
Dont need to listen to this album to rate, I know it as well as i know some people. Shouting, swearing, weird sweaty lyrics. Dischordant poppy rock distorted melodies but still a little catchy. It takes you to the heights and back again. All music should be this good
This was an easy 5, classic album that defined and dominated the era for.me
Love this.
On a different day I might be overly critical and give it a 4, but not today, it's a 5 from me!
Didn’t love this, not going to seek them out again.
This album is fucking fantastic. It's an album that will completely change your mood in a good way. Paved the way for a lot of artists. Wonder if Nevermind would've had the sound it does without Doolittle? Get your headphones on and listen to this in any environment and it will just work. Just fucking have it!
It's OK. Nothing ground breaking but an alright album.
Not really into it at this time. But I did appreciate the non-conformity of it all.
4.5
epic
Had never heard this one before. It was good. I will listen to it again.
One of the best things any band has ever done. On "Doolittle", the Pixies took that fervent punk rock-driven energy they had been refining on "Come On Pilgrim" and "Surfer Rosa", refined it ever-so slightly, and packaged it into 15 incredible songs that would go on to profoundly influence the landscape of alternative and indie rock, and for good reason - these songs kick so much ass.
5 / 5 stars
What a nice surprise! I don't think I've ever listened to them before, but I really enjoyed this album.
One of those albums that I listened to and didn't even know it until the next album came on. Just basically one long song.
Probably their best record an easy 5 stars
savršenstvo. top 3 albuma 80ih. zapravo teško je odrediti top 3 albuma iz 80e.
Some classic rock sounds to this album, I particularly like the energy in the vocalists voice on tracks like ‘Tame’ and ‘Crackity Jones’. Not an album I would really return to for a casual listen but overall some nice sounds and a good mix of tracks which I think the shorter song lengths help with
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Flawless. And yet, compared to the breeders, sounds terribly dated. Why is that?
My fucking jam
Excellent. Could be released today and still sound new
This album has a ton of elements to it and its 15 songs in 40 minutes covers a lot of differing sounds and styles. It’s pretty impressive and I’ve never really listened to the Pixies before. This was an album that has good replay value and I would revisit it. It sounds like it had influence in weeper, smashing pumpkins and similar artists. 7.2/10
OMGOMGOMG All I'm saying, pretty baby... la la love you, don't mean maybe... This album is gold dust back to front, its gorgeous, it's raw, its fun, its everything. it's just a masterpiece.
A fine alt-rock album, emblematic of a certain era, though I'm not quite as estatically into this band as some.
Some real bangers but way too inconsistent to give top marks ⭐⭐⭐
Suenan extraño y lo saben, por lo que aprovechan las guitarras para sonar aún más extraño y, en vez de hacer un rock ruidoso o distorsionado como amagan, hacer un rock guiado por hooks pop y un espíritu irónico.
no conozco la banda. Cuando escuché "Here Comes Your Man" dije seee este es el hit del disco. El disco me parece bastante punk y tiene un vibe muy the queen is dead de smiths.
Buenardo
me encanto nunca lo habia escuchado entero
hay algo para decir de este disco que no se haya dicho antes? no, sin este disco no existiria ni el grunge como lo conocemos, ni el indie como lo conocemos. biblico.
Catchy, dissonant en schizofreen. Top album
Definitely a good album just not totally my thing. Can hear how influential it was though
Can't say this is the weirdest album I've listened to but its up there. I actually like the voice cracks in the singing but the lyrics are too confusing for me.
(generally i thought i LIKED Pixies... but...) Likes: 1) the DRUMS on every track are great.... and gets me bopping to the the drums start and reckon it's gonna by a 4... her voice. DISLIKES but his yelling was a bit much ... oo a Debaser.... best tracks : I bleed (for the bass line and slow build , slow liscious drums laid on..) .
A tad formulaic, tendency to get Kim to lead off with a low key riff and then "we all join in". Surprising how piss weak the rhythm section is, terrible drumming. Blackie has some good moments here, I love Waves of Mutilation, a great song that points to what they could do, Here Comes is a nice pop song. I think I like Kim more, that's my problem with the Pixies, The Breeders are just much better, she found herself there, maybe needed the twin to make it all happen. I dont think the Pixies hold up, at all.
Didn’t listen fully, but based on what I heard, 2.5 stars
Dear friend Simon & I saw Pixies at the Opera House in 2014 as part of the Livid Festival. According to a set-list I found on the net, they played 9 of the 15 songs on Doolittle, &, even without Kim Deal, did a great job. And when I mentioned to Simon that my vinyl of the album had gone with my ex, he also gifted me a spare copy that he had. Now this is a mate. I therefore have many reasons to love this album. Here Comes Your Man is one of the great, great singles. Debaser & Monkey Gone To Heaven are also among the band’s greatest songs. Gouge Away & La La Love You - there’s so much to love here. Thanks so much, Simon.
Hard to think of a more influential or better alternative album than Doolittle. Peter from Scratches put me onto this album when it came out. I loved it then, and I love it now. I have listened to this so many times that every song is imprinted on me. This is an album that I could listen to every day and hear something new in it. It has all the things I like: noise and aggression, energy and space, anger and melancholy. They really wrote the book on the loud/quiet/loud thing. And the songs are short and punchy, and there are some great tunes on here. Debaser, Wave of Mutilation, Monkey Gone to Heaven and Here Comes Your Man are all classic tunes, plus I have a real soft spot for Hey. To quote Mark Moody in Soundblab: "Whereas so many albums of that era sound tinny and dated, Doolittle, by relying on tried and true instrumentation, pop’s structures and melodies with punk’s energy, along with sweet/salty harmonies, remains as fresh sounding today as it was bracingly college rock ready upon its release. For sheer crank up the volume enjoyment, setting aside whatever might be going on lyrically, Doolittle has to be right at the top of the heap of any indie rock collection." If I had to pick one alternative album to give someone to listen to, I would pick this. A deadset classic. [Peter and I saw the Pixies at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in the 2014. It was professional and tight and loud, but not as raucous as I would have thought they were in their initial hey-day. Kim Deal was notable in her absence, and there just wasn't the life in it that I was expecting. Not that I begrudge them the right to cash in on their legacy, and they certainly weren't terrible, but it didn't have the spark that this album has. Not a terribly sympathetic venue, perhaps. Might have been better to see them somewhere like the Hordern Pavillion. Or get in the way-back machine to 1989 when they were touring this record at the height of their powers.]
I dont even need to listen to this for the who knows how many-th time to rate this as a 5 star album. It's great from beginning to end. Best Pixies album, just a audio treat. I absolutely love it.
Practically a perfect album. Masterpiece front to back and and a huge influence for some of the greatest bands of the 90s and going forward. Easy 5 stars
A couple things to start, if you have never seen the Pixies live, do yourself a favor and go see. You will not be disappointed. My cousin David and his wife are big Pixie fans and tried to turn me on them a long time ago. For whatever reason, just didn't click me at the time. Saw them live about 5-6 years ago and now all the Shank's are Pixie fans. Great album. Starts off with my favorite Pixie song, Debaser. And I have to be honest, I call myself a Pixie fan, but this may have the first time I have listened to this album from start to finish. Shame on me..... Very good songs throughout entire album. I know my beautiful wife really likes Here comes my man and I do too, but probably their most "popish" song off the album. Different than all the other songs, but still good. Gouge, Hey, Monkey goes to Heaven are other songs that seem to stand out to me. But again, not a bad song off this album. Can't believe this was one their earliest albums. Solid I am know inspired to go back and listen to all their albums, start to finish. I can't quite get to that magical 5, but damn near close. 4.5 Go see these guys live!
Man, this is a good one. It would be perfect if it also had "Where is my Mind" on it as well but alas... This is another must have if you're at all interested in 90's music. I'd argue that Doolittle is more important than Surfer Rosa (not a dig - just saying). This album has songs that still routinely show up in popular culture. In fact, I've been recently going through the Forza Horizon series and Debaser features as one of the most well-known songs in that game. Sometimes the lyrics are a little cringe but I don't think there is a single band that isn't guilty of being cringy. Don't regret seeing them. Good stuff. 4.5
5 Another good segue from Joy Division - if that band influenced post-punk, new wave, and modern indie, Pixies influenced probably every band you like from the 90s (and even the ones you don’t). In particular, Nirvana and Weezer have cited the band as their primary influences, with Kurt Cobain even admitting Smells Like Teen Spirit was his attempt at writing a Pixies song… and Undone - The Sweater Song pretty much just being I Bleed off this album. So, it’s a shame Pixies generally aren’t widely as known as the bands they influenced - though admittedly their raw production and surreal lyrics may be a hurdle for some people. Like, what does any of it mean? Slicing up eyeballs, monkeys in heaven, whores in my head, hips like Cinderella? Idk man it’s Pixies, and it’s badass. For anyone new to the band, this is the place to start. While I think an argument can be made for either Doolittle or Surfer Rosa as their best album, this one admittedly has a bit higher of production quality and pop structure to it (though yeah the Fight Club song is on the other one). A lot of their best and most iconic songs are here as well, including Debaser, Wave of Mutilation, Monkey Gone to Heaven, and Gouge Away, though I’ve always found the more pop-oriented tracks Here Comes Your Man and Hey to be a little overrated. Still enjoyable though, as is everything else here. My only complaint is that they made the song No. 13 Baby the 11th track for some reason. Otherwise, near-perfect album. Great band to see live too - If you ever get a chance to see them (especially in a smaller venue), do it. They sound great, still have tons of energy, and since they’re not really a band with radio hits, you get a little bit of everything. One of my all-time favorite concert memories is jumping up and down to Debaser along with the pit around me, shouting the “Hey!”s and throwing our firsts up in unison. Anyway, to wrap up - important band and album for any alt rock fans out there. You really can’t go wrong with anything they put out pre-initial breakup.
Not as weird as I expected but definitely angry at times. Angry surf vibes
The trifecta of Hey, Silver, and Gouge Away right at the end hit pretty hard but otherwise I wasn't crazy about this one.
One of my favourite albums, I listen to it every few years. I don’t recall there being a single bad song on this record. I remember hearing Debaser on the campus radio station in my first year of university and thinking it was the catchiest riff ever. Immediately checked out the rest of the album, and was hooked. I remember checking out their other albums at the time but nothing hooked me quite as much as this one. This album is foundational alternative rock - set the stage for so much that came after it. Standout tracks: Debaser, Wave of Mutilation, I Bleed, This Monkey’s Gone To Heaven, Mr. Grieves, There Goes My Gun 4.5/5
Good punk rock.
It feels like all 90s rock kinda evolved from the music by Pixies
Rimelig fedt. Der er flere nummer der ikke siger mig super meget, men stilen er fed hele vejen igennem. 4/5
Yeah, yeah, I get it.
I didn’t know what to expect going into this one. I had heard of Pixies, but always thought it was some punk band I wouldn’t be interested in. Was very surprised when the first song came on, and I realized quickly how similar to the grunge/rock music I like, this was. You can definitely tell that 90s music was heavily influenced by this stuff, and I’m surprised it wasn’t more “mainstream”. Really enjoyed this album and will likely add it to my vinyl collection down the road.
Не очень. Не в моём вкусе. Неплохо, но не то. 3,5/5
Just gotta be honest. Never listened to the Pixies all the way through. It's hard to imagine that this was released in 1989. For me, this is a timeless sound. Good lord. There Goes My Gun! An internal parody of their most well-known track on the same album!
eh 2 affected the greatest bands.
Love this album.
I was wondering if the Pixies would ever show up on here.
It’s ok
Strong two, weak three. I can't really get on board with the Pixies, but have tried. Wave of mutilation, here comes your man, monkey gone to heaven, and hey are OK songs...but just OK. The rest are flat out junk.
Never been a huge Pixies fan. Still not
Some songs were better than others. It wasn't bad.
A staple of my late teens. Pixies make music that both rocks *and* is weird. It’s viscerally and cerebrally interesting. I don’t love them as much as I did then, but I do love them. This album has the hits - Monkey, Debaser, Here Comes Your Man, Gouge Away - and also Hey, which is such a bizarrely lovely song. Oh it’s a great album.
Bands as diverse as Drive Like Jehu and Weezer wouldn't be the same without this album. And Nirvana wouldn't either. It all sounds very simple, but it isn't. The rhythms don't stick to the normal multiples of 4 all the time. A lot of dissonance. The guitar and bass patterns are sometimes intentionally out of sync. The singer is not that great, but he's perfect for the music. Favorite song: Wave of mutilation.
8.5/10 el mejor album de pixies sos. no tiene ninguna cancion mala pero hay algunas q son maomeno. igual es de mis favs.
That’s hour he’ll of an Album
Fucking great!
Some great songs and strong album.
I'm very conflicted about this album. Obviously it's great but I can't stop myself from feeling a little "off" about it. Past me who loved this genre more than I do now wouldn't have liked this album as much as I wasn't really able to appreciate truly good music back then. But present me is a little burned out on alternative rock so even though I can see what makes this album great I don't enjoy it as much as I feel I could. Oh well... I'll probably revisit this particular review in a couple of years thinking how stupid I was when I wrote it.
My favourite Pixies album. Opening with Debaser and continuing on with songs like Here Comes Your Man and Monkey Gone to Heaven. Great songs and decent sound.
My favourite of the Pixies, hands down. Listened to it again and again, and just for the list's sake, have it playing again, But Debaser, Wave of Mutilation, Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone to Heaven, La La Love You, Hey, and all the songs I didn't mention. 5 stars for me.
An absolute classic. Debased is one of my favorite album openers of all time. The sheer energy sets the tone for the rest of the album. The iconic bass line in Here Comes Your Man also deserves mention.
here comes my ass
- Debaser: Nice opener to the album. Instrumentals was great and not over the top. 7/10 - Tame: I like the bass line; very catchy. Overall not bad song. 7/10 - Wave of Mutilation: Gutiars sound great. Melody and notes sound great. 7/10 - I Bleed: Bass and drums are great and carry the song through. 6/10 - Here Comes Your Man: Decent song overall. 5/10 - Dead: Okay. 5/10 - Monkey Gone to Heaven: Rhythm is great. Bass and guitar and drums are really nice. Vocals are great and chorus is as well. 8/10 - Mr. Grieves: Reggae vibes in the beginning was cool. Rest of the sing was okay. 5/10 - Crackity Jones: Okay. Kinda like the chaotic sound of it. 5/10 - La La Love You: Beginning was good. The guitar line was good. Wish they did more with this track. 6/10 - No 13 Baby: I like the vocal style in this track. Guitar was good towards the end. 6/10 - There Goes My Gun: Chorus melody is good, catchy. Simple but good. 8/10 - Hey: Mid section was groovy and chill. We're chained part sounds nice. 6/10 - Silver: 3/4 is nice. Pretty good overall. Like the sound. 8/10 - Gouge Away: Bass carries great. Good to close the album. 6/10
One of the reasons I love this project and this site is the encouragement to revisit stuff like this, as well as the exposure to so many other sounds that this time around I feel my ears and my brain were much more ready and on board for this. For the first (second and third) time ever I've very much enjoyed this album. I don't know that I'm gonna rush out and buy myself a copy tomorrow or anything, but I also no longer think it doesn't need to be on my shelf. I may not be one of the cool kids yet, but at least they're less likely to stuff me in a garbage can! (I've also pretty much always been twice their size, so it would be very hard for the cool kids to even be able to stuff me in a garbage can if they wanted to!) I'm looking forward to seeing how this newfound enjoyment carries over to other albums in their catalogue.
Fav songs: - Tame - No 13 Baby
One of best albums ever
If asked, I would describe this ad 'shouty punk', bordering on tbrash metal vocal styke. Horrible - hate it.
Its okay! The sound hasn’t aged very well to my ears but not a bad album.
Great rock album
Busy old album that, lots of different styles and influences packaged up together. Some I like a lot, some less so. Good overall.
Never heard much of the Pixies before (although we've had Bossanova a while ago on this which I didn't enjoy that much), but I was pleasantly surprised by this. Still a bit angry, shouty, and tuneless in places, but there's an amazing energy to it, a huge amount of variety without losing a common thread, and it's just a good fun listen. 4/5.
This album, to me, resonates cool. Some punk (with more polish than hardcore stuff from the same era and early punk), some blues, some folky/country stuff, some foundation for the 90's alt rock titans. I suppose the feelings I have listening to this album contextualize some of the choices for this book -- you don't realize how much nostalgia you can have for a time before you were even born until you *really* hear it and recognize how much of the sounds you grew up were drawn from this. Of course I'd heard the popular songs off this album dozens of times - Debaser, Wave of Mutilation, Here Comes Your Man, Hey, Monkey Gone to Heaven. I'm sure that many of those times were before I knew the prestige of this album or who I was even listening to...but they still made an impression on me as the type of music I (still) enjoyed these songs, and also found myself re-listening to hear even some of the harder to like/less pop-y songs like Crackity Jones. 4 leaning 5 for me.
Very interesting album! A bit crazy and noisy at times, but some amazingly catchy indie bangers in here. Never really listened to Pixies before but it seems they had massive influence on some huge bands that came after them. And I will say it doesn't sound like an 80s album at all. There is that real 90s alternative sound to the album that got reflected in a lot of later bands. I can always appreciate a trailblazer. Regardless though, really decent album, and while not every song on here appealed to me completely, it was still brilliant. Favourite: Monkey Gone to Heaven
Already a favourite
One of the best albums I've heard in my whole godforsaken life.
Enjoyed this. I've never owned, nor even felt particularly compelled to own, a single album by the Pixies. My experience has always been that the ones I've heard were too much of a mixed bag for my tastes; the good stuff is real good and the stuff that didn't grab me didn't seem like it would EVER grab me, not even on repeat listens. Well, I know I've heard this one before and you know what? I probably indeed liked it more than the last time I listened to it. But gosh darnit, it still feels too long with too many songs that aren't "Here Comes Your Man." But I enjoyed "Debaser" and "Tame" and a few others, so who knows? Maybe there's hope for me yet, Craig. (I think he's on vacation, so I could probably say ANYTHING right now. Eat farts, Craig!) But there's no way this album is only 38 minutes long. That doesn't track with my brain. Felt longer than that, but math is math. I'll give this another listen.
Debaser, Here comes your man … need I say anymore … terrific record !
Perfect from start to finish.
Lost count of the times I thought "that bit sounds like [a band I love]", unbelievably influential. Les Savy Fav in particular are a couple of steps away from being a Pixies cover band. Great album on its own merits though and definitely has a sound of its own. Only knew the hits before this, will listen to more Pixies.
Never really listened to anything by the Pixies before. I like their sound.
Not listened to the Pixies before but I enjoyed it more than I expected, they have an interesting style for the late 80s. The lyrics are not the strongest aspect of the album. A lot of them just end up repeat the same lines over and over again. Highlights were "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and "Debaser".
I missed the pixies growing up. Actually listened to this album for the first time last year and it's great! Would've loved it as a teenager. Full of great tracks but my favourites are debaser, here comes your man, monkey gone to heaven and crackity Jones
A really awesome album that was ahead of it's time. Not much more to say about it for me. It doesn't quite hit the 5 star mark because a few songs aren't all that notable for me, but it's short, sweet, and a really high four star. We're talking super high four star.
Very good album top to bottom. It feels so modern, considering it came out in 1989!
Still can't tell if it's the punkiest sort of pop or poppiest sort of punk. Either way it works and it's not hard to remember how (or why) this was all the cool kids' favorite band back in the day.
I really liked this album had a lot of really good songs and was only like 4p minutes long
revolutionary— best song here comes your man
Call me a heretic … never loved them Not down on it but never got what others seemed to get Preferred brit punk pop sounds (Well I am a Brit) Prefer Bob Mould as a songwriter
Bit too shouty
I enjoyed it.
For something coming out of the 80s, this is such a breath of fresh air. This is a band that I was aware of but was not familiar with their music. You can hear the influence they must have had on future bands in every song. Loved every moment. Cannot wait to hear more of their stuff now…
This is not aging well. I get it. But man. It sounds tinny and loud.
Pretty solid
a fever dream punk pop sweet and sour fermented surf sandwich on a sliced eyeball
Album has a lot of range from pop to experimental. They all worked well not only on their own, but also within the album. A fun and enjoyable album. 4/5
Amazing guitar riffs throughout but some songs fall short of the rest but is refreshing with different styles across the album. The strangeness of “Monkey goes to heaven” was surprising and very entertaining musically.
Still on my playlist today. Timeless.
3.5 Some great tracks. Standouts: Here Comes Your Man, Others: Monkey Gone to Heaven, La La Love You, Debaser, Gouge Away
Not bad
Nothing really grabbed me from this album, but a few songs were nice to hear. I didn’t give this one much thought but I can see where it shines.
It's weird, I think we started with Surfer Rosa, which I loved, and every other Pixies album that we've gotten has been less interesting than the last. It's just fine grunge-y rock music, without much bite to me. Still decent, but slipped out of my consciousness almost immediately. Favorite tracks: Wave of Mutilation, Gouge Away. Album art: Funny monke. 3/5
Great
I think I really like the pixies, I really digged this album
I enjoyed this from start to finish. What I find fascinating is the contrast between most of the album—raw, unpolished, with at least slightly distorted vocals—and "Here Comes Your Man." Next to songs like "Debaser" and "Tame," it sticks out like a sore thumb, all polished and radio-friendly. Personally, it's a sore thumb I enjoy, but it's especially interesting because I feel like "Where Is My Mind?" was also a bit of an outlier. Maybe each album has one? I don't know, but after listening to their first two albums I can definitely say that I'm a fan, regardless of fingers and their relative soreness.
Good with a couple of favorites. I've yet to listen to a Pixies album & be completely moved.
This was my introduction to The Pixies, way back in the day. It was my cool Aunt and Uncle that got me into groups like The Pixies and The Smiths, and The Clash. The album will forever be a favourite of mine. So many great Pixies songs on this album.
Good melodies, loved the vibe, found the vocal was a bit annoying at points.
I'm not a huge fan of the Pixies, but I actually thought this was alright. It's not my type of music, but I did not (overly) dislike this album.
Great album
Amazing album. Although Pixies is a quite famous/influential band, I hadn't paid much attention to them until now, but this album was right up my alley. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" was a highlight.
kinda reminds me of 90s sitcom rock lol
Not my style.
So very 1989. Only recognizable was Here Comes Your Man.
this sounds like something that would be playing in my friends college dorm while we’re smoking some weed and talking about whatever wacky topic our minds could think of
Here comes your man
Hey! I have heard this record so many times I cannot hear it new again. These are now the songs a grandma brought back from the shore. But the Pixies hit me at an impressionable time. I can remember seeing the video for Here Comes Your Man on MTV at 15. Not too long after that I had both Surfer Rosa and Doolittle. Bossonova would come a little later to grow on me. I remember hearing that they might break up and being shook when it happened after Trompe le Monde despite thinking that album was already weak by comparison. I moved on pretty quickly what with it being my teenage years but those first few records stayed in rotation and really never fell out of it. From Debaser to Gouge Away you'll get no complaints. Rock me, Joe.
Classic jams
A great rock album, although very frontloaded with some weird ass songs in the back.
Not sure why I haven't listened to a Pixies album before. Equally I wasn't overly wowed, just fine? I can imagine if you loved them being at a sweaty gig shouting along to the lyrics.
This is the second Pixies album that I've gotten and I only am really familiar with their "Where is My Mind" song. I am enjoying this album much more than the other, it still isn't something that I'd listen to regularly.
this is my third pixies album as part of this project, and i suppose my third album cements the fact that i consider them just okay. i can, however, see some influence: they sound like an early version of green day in some of their songs. they've also got a late seventies/early eighties punk vibe, like the clash. some of the songs could be snappy and carry a good tune, but then some of the lyrics just fell flat. also, noise pop is apparently just uninteresting to me; making loud noises for the sake of being loud? no thank you. 2.5.
I really love the just out of punk/just entering post-punk sound of this album, combined with the touches of grunge, surf rock, and other alt rock genres. Speaking of, you can especially hear the beginnings of 90s alternative sounds here. While this band has plenty of alternative content, this particular album, released in 1989, is so apparently influential, firmly lays the soundscape for so many phenomenal 90s alt bands to come, across many different 90s alternative sub-genres. This album is a noise rock album as well, so it bears mentioning that it is a very tolerable amount of noise and that label is not being used here to avoid actually making something cohesive and melodic. At 38 minutes, this album seemed to just fly by, and each song being great only made it go by faster. This album has some of my favorite Pixies songs, including "Debaser", "Here Comes Your Man", and "Monkey Gone To Heaven". But really, I'm not disappointed with a single song on this album.
Banda súper infravalorada. Álbum para volver a escuchar con más detenimiento. Temazo Here comes your man.
One of the Great alternative rock masterpieces. So influential on the 90’s bands that would follow Nirvana and Radiohead to name a few. Not only that it’s just such a great listen and mix of music.
Cet album semble avoir été la principale source d'inspiration de Lomepal pour son dernier album de hard rock / trash metal.
RAS, cet album s'est bien emparé de la vague médiocre présente depuis maintenant 16 albums, la série morbide peut continuer.
Solid - never listened to the Pixies before but really liked it!
Did not find it that special when it came out. But it has grown on me since. The weirdness I did not get initially I really like today. Not an easy listen here, but give it a chance!
A couple good songs, but I've never been a big Pixies fan.
This is good stuff, I really liked the entirety of the album. Stand outs: I Bleed, Tame, Wave of Mutilation, `no 13 Baby, Hey
May give it a few more listens. Enjoyed a couple of the tracks, and appreciate how they defined the music scene in Boston in the 80’s
Grungey goodness
TAAAAAAAAAAMMMEEEEE
This album has two the greatest Pixies songs “Hey” and “Monkey gone to heaven”
S’alright. Not totally my thing but I did not shudder at the thought of listening to it like some albums.
Loved it
Decent album liked the different song styles.
I had only heard Where is my Mind before now but I knew that Pixies are said to have inspired many alt rock bands of the 90's and 00's and I can tell why after this. I think this would have blown my mind were I alive in 1989, but it's fun to retrospectively hear shades of different bands I like throughout this album.
Pretty basic garage rock
Lots of great songs. A few unlistenable thrashers.
My favorite record by one of my favorite bands. No skips. Rips at any volume and in any setting. Kim Deal is the absolute best and her singing and playing are the soul of the record to me. But all the parts are great. On this, which must be way past my 100th listen, I’m really listening to the drums the most. So tasty, but with so much variety to them. Listen to the tom tom madness and weird fills on Dead and then the straight ahead snare/tambourine On Monkey Gone to Heaven. Totally different and you can’t imagine either song having the same impact without them.
Iconic album. Doesn't put a foot wrong
Like a greatest hits. It remains my life goal to shout Debaser at karaoke.
It was alright.
Denna apa är i himlen när jag lyssnar på dethär eller nå idk
Wow…
Classic of indie classics. Gonna say this one is a banger
Klassiker
Brilliant, both for its influence and in its own right. I recognised more songs than I expected, and really enjoyed the ones I hadn't heard before.
Listens: 1 Enjoyed: not really Just not for me, one or two tracks were okay but I weren't feeling it enough for a second listen
Not really my thing, but understand the reputation
Just a really solid and unique album
Decent. Monkey Gone to Heaven is a tune
What an album!
Listened Before? N Oh this was a good one! I can hear the outgoing influence for every 90s alternative band ever. This makes me feel like I'm dating an alt-girl in 1992, in a good way. Fun times. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Wave of Mutilation
This was unexpectedly great! The word "unapologetic" comes to mind: truly a band writing and playing exactly what they feel like, diving head first into the sounds and textures they want to explore. I found a lot of the guitar work to be very interesting. It was reminiscent of early Modest Mouse and reminded me a little of Silversun Pickups (who were obviously very influenced by Pixies). Great record, I get why it gets the praise it gets!
Прослушано! Средний альбом, не зацепило ни чем.
good
One of my favourite albums from a favourite band
Classic.
It’s Pixies
Hadn't realized how many of these songs I've heard. They're all pretty good and enjoyable. Not sure if this is an essential album, though. High 3, but not quite 4 level.
I can hear the roots of all of my favorite music in this and the other Pixies releases. This is an amazing missing link to find in my music appreciation history.
Not bad that
Why are there three Pixies albums on this list? Honestly, all you need is this one and folks get the point. The Pixies are the consummate artist's artist for the whole grunge era of musicians and this album was the inspirational darling of the bunch. It also represents their greatest commercial success. So, you've got to give them credit for that.
Indie. Un megahit. Ni fu ni fa.
Este es uno de los álbumes que me demuestra que el rock en Estados Unidos es mucho mejor en la costa Este que del lado de California.
Du bon grunge! Pas leur meilleur album mais ça s'écoute bien.
Could be liked with attrition. Knew one song, the rest was ok.
Some fun variation within the punk-ey feel
Give it a rough 5/10. Quite an interesting listen with a few great stand out tracks, like really great, but a fair few tracks felt underbaked and like half of a song. Loved the vocals and bass guitar throughout. With a runtime of 39 mins it’s quite a short album but 15 tracks felt a bit much and made a short album feel slightly bloated. Would be much better with 11 or so tracks which were longer and padded out a bit more
Listening to this album reminded me of making out with boys who were too old for me and pretending to understand poetry. I actually really like Here Comes Your Man, There Goes My Gun, and Hey.
I have a love hate relationship with the Pixies, but most of this album was on the love side. Specifically enjoyed "Crackity Jones", and of course the hits "Wave of Mutilation" and "Debaser"
2/5. Doesn’t feel as amazing as I’ve heard it to be. Feels like a group of people who had fun playing but didn’t know how to play their instruments and then started a band. There are some catchy songs but most lean on the side of annoying.
Zalige plaat. Lekker stevige, kort maar krachtige nummers
Great album. Found it after fight club haha. Punk and grunge and rock. A great listen
klassikkohitit toimii, erityisesti Hey. Pixiesiä parhaimmillaan, tästä on suunta vain alaspäin. hieman kuuluu jo ysärin kolahtelut, hauskaa
Todella vaikea arvosteltava. Bändin esteettinen visio eroaa radikaalisti omastani, minkä vuoksi sen kappaleissa olisi parasta olla ideaa. Ja valitettavasti niissä on. Toisaalta ainakin juuri tältä levyltä puuttuu sellainen täysillä kolahtava raita, joka minun "täytyisi" kuulla uudelleen. Nyt soittaisin levyn toiseen kertaan vain mielessäni teoreettinen kysymys: voisinko oppia pitämään Pixiesin musiikista enemmän? Eikä tämä tyydytä.
un álbum realmente bueno, voy a escuchar más pixies, me gusta el sonido y hay algunas canciones del álbum que son realimentes buenas en especial: wave of mutilation ,i bleed, dead, no 13 baby, hey.
теперь я знаю как произносится ун! шьен! пятнадцать лет не знала о чём речь) а так, кроме знакомых песен, панком не прониклась
A great record, includes some of the the Pixies best and most fun songs. A good amount of Kim Deal as well: I'm a big Breeders man and it's notable how much better their comeback has been than the Pixies' recent stuff. Anyway, a 5 rating with lots of best song candidates but Debaser nudges it as a song that reminds me of jumping about at the Krazy (with a 'K') House in Liverpool as a studie.
JAMS
This was kind of surprising. I didn't realize there were so many influence on this album
My notes got deleted :( One of my favorites - really like debaser, hey, monkey gone to heaven. Enjoy it even when he’s basically just growling (taaaaaaame!)
How could you not give Doolittle 5 stars. There isn't a single moment on this album which isn't at the very least wildly entertaining. Its absolutely packed full of songs which not only set the template for decades of alternative rock. The fact that Here Comes Your Man, Wave of Mutilation, Hey, Monkey Gone To Heaven and the absolute monster of a song Debaser all appear on the same album is absolutely remarkable. Additionally a lot of modern music from Nirvana all the way through Pavement to the Strokes would probably sound very different. Dolittle deserves 5 stars and more.
Vild med det, giver det 4 ligesom Cash, og det betyder ikke at jeg vil høre det hele tiden, men jeg vil elske det når jeg sætter det på
Beginning of the album was chaotic in a bad way, tempo of vocal and instruments didn't line up at all. But after the first few songs the chaos works really well
Pretty interesting proto-alt/punk album that has aged pretty well
Decent seeds of indie rock
Pixies + Dolittle = 5 Stars. Best Tracks: Debaser; Tame; Monkey Gone To Heaven
I like it. Not my particular style of music but still a good listen. I'm notable I would listen to it again tho.
Not quite as revolutionary as I expected. Probably too late for me to listen to regularly. My tastes have moved on.
Fantastic album. One of the Pixies' best. A proto-grunge band who were very influential for Nirvana, and who are arguably more distinct than Nirvana in terms of their own sound.
leuk some bangers
Here comes your man wat een banger. Heel goed album, goede lengte en toffe liedjes.
My main takeaway from this album is that Pixies really didn't know who they were on this album. It's inconsistent and scattered. No two songs actually sound like they belong on the same album. It feels like they really WANTED to make something new but, rather than fabricating something actually new, they just used parts of songs from other bands. It's got bits of the punk sound but it lacks an understanding of the WHY of punk which is honestly kind of offensive. And not in the good way like punk is supposed to be. In the bad way like the kid who shows up at the show with a Ramones shirt but has never actually listened to a Ramones album. One year later, they dropped "Bossanova" which was a thousand times better. Somewhere in that year, they figured themselves out. I'm happy for them. Unfortunately, this album wasn't all that great. Ah well. They can't all be winners.
slayest album ever. saved my life. love
I have already listened to this album one billion times...
It was a really solid albums, it had a lot of quirks but this definitely help me understand why the pixies are so valued
Always liked Here Comes Your Man but nothing memorable about the rest of the cuts
When I was younger I hated this band. Now I kinds get it. Not a bad album
I wish I liked the pixies. I feel like I’m supposed to like the pixies. Why can’t I get into it? Is there something wrong with me, will I never find musical love?
Very enjoyable album. Favorite track: No 13 Baby
Awesome album. I like this one more than Surfer Rosa.
good
issa classic
Honestly not my favorite album. I was only able to get in half a listen though lol. It just felt a little too like a garage band. There’s a lot of spoken lyrics and it doesn’t seem to have anything really unique. In general: 6/10 My rating: 4/10
Badass
First two songs have a bass intro, that's kinda neat. I love that it sounds like it was recorded in someone's garage. Here Comes Your Man kind of sounds like an R.E.M. song Albums in the same genre released this year: Nirvana - Bleach Faith no More - The Real Thing Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood The Cult - Sonic Temple Not my preference in music but I definitely appreciate the half punk half rock garage band feel. Probably going to hit it with a 7 or 3.5 whatever the scale is. Favorite song: Hey or Wave of Mutilation
No e da masse bra her altså
Hadde bare hørt Wave of Mutilation før, som eg egentlig ikkje like så godt, men ikkje så dårlig heller forsåvidt
Pretty fun album, but not sure it lives up to the hype. I guess you had to be there.
Listened thru a couple times back to back
Another group I wasn't hugely familiar with but really liked. Sort of reminded me of white stripes. Then the spotify Playlist after album was over played white stripes justifying my thought.