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Okay, but didn’t wow me.
Love parts of the album, can’t handle the screaming
First of all, let me say that this is actually really good. It also feels like a gen X final boss album. You can hear traces of The Stone Roses or Sonic Youth, but you can also hear things that would later inspire My Bloody Valentine and the entire shoegaze genre. It's dark and effortlessly cool. Highly recommended.
wasn't really my scene couldnt get into it
I forgot how weird parts of this album are. Don't get me wrong it has some absolutely great music on here. There is a reason why Wave of Mutilation and Here Comes your Man are still played and show up in movies to set the time period. There are a couple of other songs I've always been surprised weren't hits. Either way the Pixies have to be related to Sonic Youth in spirt. Some of the tunes are weird and out there. Like they had fun making them and no one said maybe don't lead with Debaser. If you like to listen to experimental stuff then Debaser is for you, if your a fan of more straightforward stuff skip it. Overall it was fun to revel in nostalgia. I swear a quarter of the school had owned this or had a bootleg of it.
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.
I AM UN- CHEN! ANDALUSIA!
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
su mejor obra sin discusión.
The album wasn't that bad, there was some good ones, and some shit ones. I don't think I rock with rock, but wasn't bad. I liked the beats a lot ngl but everything else was a meh.
Really well balanced era defining rock.
debase her!? i hardly know her! pretty good though. it's all over the place stylistically and sonically, but i enjoyed it. "monkey gone to heaven", "crackity jones", "gouge away", and "i bleed" are some of favourites off this album. i had to listen to this one twice to get a good read on it but i think it benefited heavily from the second listen. it's a little funny how much this inspired kurt cobain with nirvana because you REALLY hear it. this struck a nice balance between sounding rough and aggressive but still having the clarity to carry its energy. not all of it hits for me but where it does, it definitely does.
Now this is my kind of weird. I simultaneously totally see how this was so influential and find it baffling that something SO alternative got so big and hit mainstream appeal. I think that's partially because its pulling from so many different sources and style and doing it all good enough that Debaser hooked me immediately and the rest of the album just kept me throughout. For a 40 minute album it is trying and nailing so much, its an album that never sits still. The delivery on I Bleed is incredible and you can hear the proto-grunge sound coming through so much. Then you get to the next track with "Here Comes Your Man" and you hear the early influences of REM's Out of Time. I rank albums on enjoyment more then historical importance but here the two are so intertwined. It simultaneously holds its own as an album experience whilst feeling like your listening to the roots of the entirity of 90s music. This 40 minutes flew by so fast I listened to the album 2 and a half times, I really should've listened to this before. I cannot be more glowing with my praise.
Great album, need a lot of time to digest.
the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of numerological cosmology
first listen its okay
Debaser was such an awesome, powerful intro to this album! Pure, solid, punk fun. Tame was also so solid! I loved that it then slowed down for Wave of Mutilation. I Bleed had some different ideas, but I ended up really enjoying it. Here comes your man is such a great track. A pleasure to listen to it again. Monkey gone to heaven was an interesting time. Mr Grieves and Crackity jones were fun short little tracks. La la love you was decent. Hey was quite enjoyable as well. Silver had its moments as a mostly instrumental! Gouge away was an awesome closer! A great album. 3.5/5 ⭐️ 103/1089
It's Doolittle. It's an immediate five stars. Great bass, great guitar, great vocals, great drums, great lyrics. Founded a genre. Been listening to it for thirty years, will probably listen to it for thirty more.
Such a great album. This was so different than anything else when it came out. Love the Pixies.
Not my type
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.
i’ve heard this album plenty of times before. but i don’t know if ive ever really paid close attention to it. i remember being slightly disappointed by my pixies deep dive a while back. i think it was just surfer rosa not being as good as i remember. i have revisited this one a couple times more often since, i like it. monkey gone to heaven gets stuck in my head pretty often. it’s good. i can’t tell if it’s necessarily filler but i found myself just wading through most of the songs, waiting for the really good tracks most of the time. four seems too high, but three seems too low, so i did a four.
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
This album is not horrible, but compared to Surfer Rosa it’s low key an embarrassment. Songwriting-wise its just ok. There's some standout moments in "Gouge Away," "Debaser" and maybe "There Goes My Gun." There is certainly nothing on this album that even comes close to "Where's My Mind?" Kim Deal is the best part of this band but she's the backup vocalist. If only she had her own band oh wait she does and their debut album shreds this record to pieces. Additionally, this album is so thoroughly productionmogged by Surfer Rosa, an album that cost THIRTY THOUSAND LESS dollars and took 1/3 of the time to produce, that you have to wonder if they were just sat around in the studio wiping their asses with 100 dollar bills and hunting around for the most expensive piece of equipment to do lines of blow off of. Why is everything so smoothed over with fake reverb and compression? The guitars on Surfer Rosa sound RAW AS FUCK! Why does the kick drum sound like one of those rubber pop-up toys? "Where's My Mind?" has one of the fattest drum sounds OF ALL TIME! Isn't this a punk band?? I cannot even imagine the pain that Steve Albini felt hearing this album for the first time, may his soul rest in eternal peace. Anyway this is a 5/10 I spent too much time malding while reading the Wiki page for this album at work today.
first five tracks are all time. the rest is also pretty good
SIX SEVEN. SIX SEVEN. SIX SEVEN. SIX SEVEN. SIX SEVEN. SIX SEVEN. SIX SEVEN. ----------- unfortunately a classic. 4.4-5. thanks skate 3. fuck you francis (unfortunately teenager of the year is a banger). this m- [REDACTED]'s going t- (nvm not finishing that one) (related but unrelated) if there's one thing i'll give butch vig credit for on nevermind {i give him credit for a lot actually. he's had to spend years being yelled at by just. the worst kinds of music guy™️.} he got to the dynamic heart of the loud quiet loud song structure. steve albini's too anal to have committed to that. rip him tho. (actually related) gouge away top 100 album closers of all time
Really good album with some amazing bangers. I really like Pixies and this will make them go back to my playlists.
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.
no es mi onda
un poco gritones pero hay algún que otro temazo
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.
🙂
Something bothers me about this album. It's too simple, but not in a perfect or passionate way... more out of laziness, like they had to write all the songs in a weekend.
No me gustó para nada, aburrido
longest 38 minutes of my life lowkey but i did end up liking 6/15 of the songs so a win is a win
Not my thing, but I respect it. Also I listened to this in traffic so that didn’t help.
couple songs keep it from a 5
Instrumentals were good but the vocals weren’t it for me
I love the Pixies!
Pixies – Doolittle (1989) On Day 107, I was completely surprised by this album. While Bossanova felt flat to me early in the challenge, Doolittle is a total "W." It has a structured, grunginess that I definitely recognize from Nirvana, especially on tracks like "Hey" and "Gouge Away." "Here Comes Your Man" was a low-key favorite, along with "Hey," "Gouge Away," and the sleeper hit "No. 13 Baby." The production is consistent and this unique sound of the loud-quiet dynamics kept me engaged the entire time. I know for sure I’ll find even more to love on a relisten. This is a definitive 5/5 experience that gets the second century of this challenge back on track.
This stuff is GREAT
A perfect album.
Lowkey punchy.
nice
gud sup probby like it more than rolling stones which was today right before
Me gusto mucho la canción de Hey
Its okay, like I get it but its a pass from me.
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.
Yeah! Now this is an album. I knew a few Pixies tracks before but not familiar with this album. The through line to grunge is clear here. And bonus marks because Kim Deal is superb.
Perfect album
Entre lo críptico y lo expansivo. Brillante.
Hits scattered through the album. Enjoyable pace. Low 5
Great start to finish
For an album that’s this listenable and acceptable in a public setting there is a surprising amount of rough and tumble. It gets intense and screamy with heightened occasionally violent lyrics without ever tipping into anything even vaguely anti-social. The focus on delivering a big melody with every song means that there are hooks that give the listener a route through the noise, but the abrasiveness then enhances everything around it, upping the excitement. An all time classic.
I’m going back to Doolittle and giving Pixies a low 5, this albums has hit me over the head and surprised me in all the right ways, nobody told me how heavy they were, how interesting they were, it’s been a minor revalation
"Doolittle" is the second studio album by American alternative rock band the Pixies. Alternative rock is the sole Wiki-listed genre. Gil Norton produced the album which resulted in a much polished sound than the Steve Albini-produced debut "Surfer Rosa." The bandmembers included Black Francis (vocals, guitars), Kim Deal (bass, vocals, guitar), Joey Santiago (lead guitar, backing vocals) and David Lovering (drums, vocals, bass). This was their breakthrough album reaching #8 in the UK and #98 in the US but has continued to sell well after its released and over time. The album was an instant critical success especially in Europe and has been cited as one of the key alternative rock albums of the 1980's. A thumping bass, melodic guitar and drums open "Debaser." Forceful lead vocals by Black and whispering echoing vocals by Deal. Layered guitars. Black wants to grew up to be a debaser. Why not? A screeching guitar end in this classic alternative rock song. Drums, a pounding bass and Bkack whispering begin "Tame." Loud guitar strikes and the song goes soft/loud/soft. Nirvana was taking notes and has admitted as much. "Wave of Multitation" also has that same soft/loud/soft dynamic to a lesser extent. A more melodic guitar hook. The song was inspired (so to say) by Japanese businessmen committing murder/suicide by driving their families into the ocean after their business failures. I did not know that. "Here Comes Your Man" is the most pop song on the album. That twangy and familiar guitar. It's not all that happy as the music would lead you to believe as Black sings about the inevitability of a natural disaster like an earthquake. A song that also builds and speeds up. Guitar, drums and bass introduces us to "Monkey Gone to Heaven." Bass-driven with drums. Strings are added. Overlayed guitars. Echoing backing vocals by Deal. And, yes, Joey does rock us with a guitar solo. A song that climaxes as we find out that the devil is six and God is seven. Drummer David Lovering takes over lead vocals in a crooning-Elvis style in "La La Love You." Funky drums. Santiago really rockin' the surf guitar in this one. The album closes with "Gouge Away." A forefront bass and beat. Edgy guitar riffs. It's appropriate they go back to and end with a soft/loud/soft dynamic song. Black with evil vocals in a song about betrayal and Samson and Delilah. Crunchy and melodic guitar riffs, mostly bass driven in two-to-three minute-long songs , layered guitars, tht surf guitar sound, the soft-loud-soft dynamic and surrealistic and weird lyrics. This album is a lot more clear sounding than their debut and is what "the Pixies" sound is to me. Its influences are obvious on the alternative music scene of the 1990's and beyond. It's aged really well and sounded wonderful today. A must have and must listen-to album.
First few tracks were enjoyed
Pusieron el mismo tema unas 7 veces
Buen álbum
Wel prima album, maar ik zou sommige nummers wel skippen
Gouge away +1
Ok
Normally not that into alternative, but this album rocks. Favorite songs: Debaser, Monkey Gone to Heaven
Iconic.
Well, that went hard.
Decent album but not quite up my street. Here Comes Your Man was definitely the best and my favourite on the album
4.8 3x SMF to ATL. 4/2. Old favorite and still classic
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
Like it a Lot!
4/7
Ahhh yes, monkey album
not 80sist just don't like it
This album is solidly in my top 10. spent countless hours listening to this on repeat. And then Hey, is one of my favourite songs. It's just so visceral and dark.
in my personal opinion this fucks hard 👍
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
Holy nineties indie. You can hear it all in here. Clearly influenced it’s next decade
7/10
pretty good
banger!
Classic.
I saw a lot of passionate fans in the comments for this album. I enjoyed La La Love You, No 13 Baby, There Goes My Gun, Hey, and Gouge Away the most of the album. The rest definitely has its charm and grime that I enjoyed to a certain degree, but I couldn't really fall in love with this album. Which is a shame because usually I love Pixies. The instrumentation is sick, and I'd enjoy listening to some of this album again. I just couldn't find enjoyment out of some of the tracks.
Such an influential album. It was a good listen. Album 32, March 30, 2024
Quite enjoyed this one. Better than the other Pixies album and a few more songs I recognised.
Fantastic start, that started to slow towards the end, but I'm on holiday so why not
What a phenomenal piece. Didn't know punk alt rock punk could be this good, not how many influences this band had. It's not perfect, but boy is it groundbreaking.
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.
Worst song: "Tame" What was with all the screaming? Best song: "Here Comes Your Man". The album was okay.
El unico tema que me gustó es Here Comes Your Man, temon igual.
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.
Classic.
3.75. I dig this one more than Surfer Rosa.
All these years and I just learned that The Pixies are not the band I thought they were. I'm in my 40's and am still hearing songs for the first time and saying "Oh yea, Weird Al does a parody of this one." I also hear some songs that sound like heavily influenced Weezer. This album is nearly 40 years old and still sounds fresh and original.
4.25 - I should have listened to this a long time ago.
I was already familiar with Pixies, and I already knew the track Here Comes Your Man from this album. This is a pretty good album overall. Here Comes Your Man is probably the most pop-oriented track on the album, as it almost seems like a 60s throwback. The rest of the album is a bit darker, and very solid overall. I would listen again.
Not my type
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.
Favorite pixies album.
That’ll do
I like the instrumentals almost as much as I dislike the vocals. hey was okay but all the other songs kinda bled together on the trog scale I would give it a 2/5
Great album
This is really close to 5 stars. Extremely influential. Short, direct, and distinct songs. As far as personal taste is concerned, I really like: Debaser, Monkey gone to heaven, Here comes your man, Mr Grieves, La la love you, Hey, Gouge Away...
Holy shit
Orígenes del grunge Y a la vez otros estilos muy variados Un recorrido muy entretenido
Doolittle es una obra maestra del rock, me encanta.
This is an album that popularised quiet and calm verses with loud and energetic choruses. It's quite a noisy one at times though it is complimented heavily by pop-leaning hooks. One of the most obvious thing someone listens to a Pixies record or song is the charming frontman of the band Black Francis, who is a lot of the reason for the oddities very much present here, like the macabre lyrics, weird singing styles, and just general un-hingedness littered throughout this album. It's quite scattered with different styles, and some songs are so short which are closer to fragments but all in all it's still very rewarding to listen to. Highlight Song/s: "Debaser", "Wave Of Mutilation", "I Bleed" and "Here Comes Your Man"
Excelente disco para comenzar !!! ❤️
No me encantó.
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
C'est un style que j'aime, juste dommage que j'ai "perdu" mon temps a écouter les démos. 4*
Always wondered if I'd like them. I do.
One of the greatest albums of all time.
Who knew there was more to The Pixies than Orange Cassidy’s entrance theme?
Much harder than I expected. This album will stick with me.
Goated. One or two mediocre people in my life have really enjoyed this one.
7.5/10
Overall the album has good grooves, something I would jam out to for a Fourth of July party. The lyrics and subject matter are a little dark but worth a listen Top songs: Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone to Heaven, Gouge Away Worst songs: No 13 Baby
Doo doo
Vielleicht ist es nicht fair gegenüber genau diesem Album, aber meine Pixies Toleranz ist erschöpft! Kein Musik-Kritiker kann mir glaubhaft erklären, dass ich drei Alben (plus solo Auskopplungen) brauche, um zu wissen, dass die Pixies scheiße sind Konnte diesmal nur die ersten 30 Sekunden von Song 1 und 2 hören - Geistige Erschöpfung ist eingetreten; ich will die Pixies endgültig nie wieder hören
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.
One of those albums that was a direct precursor to the alt rock movement explosion. It's a classic for a reason!
Some bangers! Great sound all around
unc music
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.
Incredible album, all songs are great, the feel of pre-grunge alternative rock is cemented by their legacy, the energy and chemistry is unmatched. Amazing.
4.5/5
love the instruemtnals. hate the vocals. it just makes the songs uglier if that makes sense. 3/10
Excellent album
Loved this
This album feels so ahead of its time like mid 90s rock in the 80s. I usually hate albums with a lot of short songs because they’re unable to fully express each song before moving on but this album with like 15 songs in 38 minutes keeps the pace pushing with each song sounding unique and fully developed which I was shocked by.
Equally amazing and inspirational. Best alternative rock album of the 80s.
This one has some of my favourites, but also some fillers.
ok
The Pixies have never had the same impact on me as they have had on many other listeners. I am not entirely sure why; it isn’t the production or the vocals that miss the mark. While the music can be somewhat dissonant and abrasive at times, I enjoy other artists who utilize a similar style. The Pixies are certainly a fine band, and "Doolittle" is a fine album, but for me, neither feels essential. As for a rating, "Doolittle" just achieves four stars - it's not an album I reach for despite owning a copy for many years. 1 "Debaser" (4/5) 2 "Tame" (3/5) 3 "Wave of Mutilation" (3/5) 4 "I Bleed" (3/5) 5 "Here Comes Your Man" (4/5) 6 "Dead" (3/5) 7 "Monkey Gone to Heaven" (5/5) 8 "Mr. Grieves" (3/5) 9 "Crackity Jones" (3/5) 10 "La La Love You" (3/5) 11 "No. 13 Baby" (4/5) 12 "There Goes My Gun" (3/5) 13 "Hey" (4/5) 14 "Silver" (4/5) 15 "Gouge Away" (5/5) Total - 54 Average - 3.60 276/1001 148/276 albums reviewed were new to me
This grew on me the more I listened and Here Comes Your Man is an immensely fun track. High 3/low 4
Felt like I was immersed in another universe
Since it’s all been said and I can’t justify its brilliance with any new review, here’s just a few random thoughts: More bands should embrace shorter songs. They may have been wary of the production but much as I love their previous records, I think they wear the extra polish well. Doolittle is just one of the most fun albums I own.
cool album even if the only Pixies song i know is not on it
Nice, but not too memorable
Competent rock and roll and songwriting. Competent to marginal musicianship. Not enough to grab my interest or give me a reason to listen to them again. I do understand why so many people love them. They brought something new to the game.
It was 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
Great fuckin album
Fifteen good tracks in 39 minutes, what’s not to like. Here Comes the Man is a great song and stands out but the rest of the album is far from filler
I stil don’t like Pixies, but this at least has got “Here Comes Your Man” and “Monkey Gone to Heaven” on it. A 2.5* really, but definitely not a 3*.
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
Føltes som om jeg ikke rigtig har lyttet til det her, selvom jeg satte det på 4 gange i går i baggrunden. Jeg har også gemt nogle sange men idk. de havde et loud quiet loud princip, som blev populært i i 90’ernes alternative rock. Det var dog for melodisk til at være undergrund, som man sagtens kan høre på nogle af sangene. Jeg synes egentlig det virker som et velproduceret post-punk album med massere af attitude, divers lyd som gør det spændende og sjovt at lytte til. Jeg tror dog jeg skal vende tilbage til det på et senere tidspunkt.
Frank Black’s vocals definitely take a bit of acclimatising — that yelp is an acquired taste — but once you settle into it, the personality becomes part of the charm. There are genuine classics scattered throughout: “Debaser” kicks the door in, “Wave of Mutilation” is effortless alt‑rock perfection, and “Here Comes Your Man” brings a jangle‑pop sweetness that balances the chaos elsewhere. Even the weirder cuts feel like they’re pushing the edges in interesting ways. Not every track is essential, but the highs are so influential and so fun that it’s easy to see why Doolittle is a cornerstone of alternative rock.
Not all bad but it felt all samey and eh
First heard debaser while playing skate 3 and then eventually listened to the full album. Changed my fucking life
Pretty nice.
this is simply the best fucking album of all time. No excuses.
Obviously I knew a few songs on here, but I was quite unfamiliar with the Pixies. What a shame! This is an album, cohesive, loud, personal, hit after hit. One of my favorite discoveries so far.
I’ve almost entirely got 5 star albums this week. I’ve always liked Debaser and the other singles on here but I really should have listened to the rest of their stuff because this has made me realise I do really like them
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
Znam to! Pixies przedstawil mi moj kolega z Arabii, a czasami z Bangladeszu. A do tego sa z Massachueueuets jak Ben Affleck. czego chciec wiecej? szkoda, ze moja dziewczyna chce mi zrobic przykrosc i nie lubi tego. Bardziej przystepna od Surfer Rosa, bardziej melodyjna. Here comes your man - pamietacie ze Tom spiewa to w 500 days of Summer? ja pamietam, a to jeden z najlepszych filmow. Swietna na silownie, do pracy, w autobusie i samochodzie. LUBIE!
I liked elements of it, but felt I'd seen the elements I liked done better elsewhere
I listened to this album at the security desk as my coworker listened to political podcasts very loudly right next to me. Based solely on Where Is My Mind?, I had a very different expectation as to what kind of band the Pixies were. I had been envisioning a lighter and lower tempo sound, only for Doolittle to lean heavily into screaming punk aesthetics that absolutely floored me. The sound of the Pixies varies from one song to the next, hitting different facets of this gruff and fuzzy rock sound they're doing for, and while certain songs connect with me more, the entire album flows together like one chaotic mass of energy. Typically it is the choruses and hooks which pull me out of certain songs, as some of these moments don't quite hit the songwriting highs that I experienced across the rest of the album; however, everything around these moments is still more than enough to buoy the entire album and keep it afloat. Like a lot of punk rock, it suffers from the natural conclusion of complete creative freedom: some of your weird creative swings get really really weird to the point of being a little inaccessible. There is a looseness to all the songs here, moving back and forth between emotional rawness and silly lyrical concepts, united by a clear ethos to create whatever the band wanted to create no matter what; this tracklist will shift from a heavy near-emo moment like I Bleed to an almost-pastiche of early surf rock with Here Comes Your Man. Through all these different, sounds Doolittle is a beautiful and varied sampler of what magic the Pixies are capable of. Highlights: Debaser, Tame, Here Comes Your Man, Dead, Mr. Grieves, La La Love You, No 13 Baby, Hey, Gouge Away
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.
Both poppy and heavy as hell, Pixies laid out out the formula for every big alternative hit that would come out in the decade after Doolittle's release. The heaviest cut on here is 'Tame' which sounds like a Nirvana song, with Black Francis' pained howls mirroring Cobain's. The most radio-friendly song is 'Here Comes Your Man', which features a surf guitar riff combined with a happy melody that made the song a hit. The bass playing throughout the album is sublime, even if it isn't all that technical. Kim Deal's basslines are memorable and I'm sure she encouraged many kids to pick up the instrument. 'Debaser' wouldn't be as much of a earworm if it didn't feature Deal's bassline leading the song. This record isn't afraid to get a bit weird, with Francis' yowling delivery and all the surreal lyrics and themes you can find here. Alternative music wouldn't be the same without this album.
ass im sry i really disliked it i didnt even finish it 💀 definitely not my music taste only like 2-3 NOT EVEN good songs
Great album, makes you feel like you’re in an introduction sequence of a 2002 comedy/feel good movie, while also feeling like you’re at the end of the school year and you’re starting a new life
I’ve always liked the opening track Debaser the most. 38 minute run time is a sweet spot. This album rules. Easy 5/5
Pixies, not everyone believes in them, I always knew they were real but I'd never seen or heard them until now. Or at least I hadnt realised I had. Of course "Here Comes Your Man" had not escaped my cultural education, but I didnt know who i was hearing. That oversite has been remedied now thank goodness. These guys are know for their Loud Quiet Loud song structures, they ooze 90s alt rock but they also sound more mature than that in some ways, tons of influence from earlier decades. But the vocal approach is pure 90s, really experimental. 'Tame' has whispers and explosions, 'Debaser' snarles and yowls. Both incredible songs by the way. Later in the record 'Silver' creaks, crows and sirens, in a not altogether experiment which one has to assume was deliberately off-putting. This one did have me checking the tracklisting to see how much of the album was left. Thankfully 'Gouge Away' kicks away those misgivings with an atmospheric and cool as fuck closer to the album right after. Silver aside i do have a vague feeling that I preferred the first half of the record, I think they frontloaded the bangers a little. But I liked it so much that I'll be putting it on again right away to really examine that. This is a fucking cool album. The most familiar reference point for the record musically and lyrically has got to be The White Stripes. The influences are so baked in, they obviously owe the Pixies a debt. Vocally, thematically and most explicitly texturally with the guitar arrangments and general textures used throughout the songs and album. In terms of vocal delivery i hear it in Jack White, and in Win Butler of Arcade Fire, who you can also tell must have been Pixies fans. It's so nice to discover the influences of your own musical foundations.
The Pixies are one of those bands that all of my favorite bands cite as a major influence. Listening through this album, I can definitely understand why. They may not be a personal favorite of mine, but their influence on 90s and 00s rock is undeniable.
Solid 90's album! This album always reminds me of college radio in the late 80's and early 90's. It was a precursor of what was to come, which I loved.
Favorite tracks: Gouge Away
Pretty average album. Too heavy
Fav Songs: Debaser, Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone To Heaven, Hey, Gouge Away Least Fav: Silver 9.4/10
I want to really like it. It’s just ok.
Two Pixies in a row? This one is fucking straight up uncut mainline plasma energy freaky awesome. Imagine the scene for just one song, "Tame" 'Okay, we need more tiny breathy baby doll laugh noises...great great, now, Frank, scream like your soul is being removed by a sadistic dentist...nice, nice, now hit the drums as hard as possible while we turn the guitars to 11; perfect, that's Tame'
Back to back Pixies was a generator surprise. This is pretty great all the way through—and to my ears, pushing the boundaries of what pop was at that time.
You can definitely feel the influence this album had on the genre. I’ve listened to this once before and wasn’t crazy on it the first time but I preferred this listen for sure
Some of this is really good but some of it needed to Doolittle more
The big songs on here are a way above some of the lesser known ones, but there’s plenty of big songs on here, so it’s class
It's taken about 8 years but I finally get it
Good album, traditional rock sound. 6.3/10
eh. wasn’t my speed so i didn’t finish
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.
An incredible album - one of my all-time favourites!!
Not as great as my first time listening but still very good. The heavy hitters are amazing and Hey is one of my favorite songs ever. But theres a few I dont really care for. 8.
Fairly fun for the first half, but they just don't impress me the way PJ Harvey did (which feels kind of wild to say as Pixies are definitely more accessible). Did love the sweet 60s feel to Here Comes Your Man. Second half was particularly boring - can't believe teh whole album is LESS THAT 40 minutes?! Felt like a lifetime.
Yeah this is an excellent record I would say, aside from a couple skips which is why I would not give it the full five stars, but like I said, I love this record, I mean how could I not! I would give it 4.5 stars if I could though. Yeah from the catchy and sometimes soothing melodies to the screaming and aggression this record does nothing but keep me intrigued and fuelling me with dopamine. I mean slicing up eyeballs is a line I can’t get enough of! I love Black Francis as a front man on this and I like the bass playing a lot, partly why some songs are so catchy and groovy. Yes the raw energy and enjoyabilty can’t be denied. Kind of grungeish icl. But for indie rock that is. It’s also entertaining. Even some of the filler is catchy and enjoyable to me🤷♂️It seems like there’s a variety of stuff going on too, just to add to the maintaining my interest strength that this thing has.
Head and shoulders above everything else in the alternative rock-a-verse.
So weird, so fucking good
I've already heard the album before coming into this and had already thought it was a little overrated, so after my relisten I still had some similar feelings. I think the highlights of the album like Debaser and Here Comes Your Man are some of the best songs I've ever heard, however asides from the highs the rest of the album is sort of just mediocre indie rock and nosier rock fusion. The influence is unspoken but the album itself sounds a bit outdated to me, so I have to give this a 3.5 stars.
Part of the soundtrack of my life!! Love this band & everything they do. This is a absolute classic!
Mood lifter
Weird but oddly good vocals I really like here your man
Has real highlights. A mate loved Pixies at school but I never really got it. Enjoyed this now though.
OK. This is just a perfect album, ahead of it's time. Sound of the 90s but made in the 80s. Probably the most accessible of their albums as well. Frank's deranged surf rock lyrics and acoustic guitar, Joey's distorted Les Paul sings and screams , Kim Deals sweet voice and thumping bass and Loverings crisp drums. Great combo, but it's elevated by the songcraft. The loud/quiet thing is obvious and a key driver for the alternative revolution to follow. Probably less obvious is the bar phrasing that just shakes up everything. 99.999999% of rock music is based around 4/4 beats in a 4/8/12/16 phrasing sequence. Pixies just shake that up. Gouge Away is based around a 5 bar phrase, Tame a 3 bar phrase, etc. Wave of Mutilation is 4 bar, except when it isn't. M Some truly great songs too - Wave of Mutilation, Gouge Away, Monkey Gone to Heaven.
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.
Stone cold classic
Punk rock just isn't my jam, more like a 2.5 rating
Great mix of catchy alt rock with weird angry proto grunge. Great songwriting and production. Classic.
One of my all-time favorites. I've listened to this for over a decade and it always fits just right. Frank Black's vocals mixed over Kim Deals; the insane instrumentation on the punkier ones; La La Love You; Monkey's Gone To Heaven; mf' Here Comes Your Man! Good God, Steve Albini and Pixies mixed for a perfect combination here. No Pixies album quite lives up for me. RIP Albini. RIP Pixies.
Feels like typical rock. Favourite track: Here comes your man
Not sure which is the better album, this or Surfer Rosa. But I do wish the Pixies hadn’t flown under my radar back in the day. They maintain a grittiness without sounding sloppy. It’s a finished product, but not an overly polished mass marketed stuff. Kim Diehl’s vocals elevate it so much over a lot of the other heavy-ish alternative rock of the era. Just a fantastic piece of work.
this is almost too close to a generic rock album that i would disparage but pixies have a solidly unique sound. some great songs here! but maybe i'm saying this because it's pixies
I was excited through the first half as I was enjoying just about every song. Is this going to be the Pixies album that I finally enjoy almost completely? Then the second half hits and the fun stops. Ah yes, classic Pixies. Real great songs and real dreck. That first half puts it up there as my favorite Pixies album on this list. Of the three albums listed you could probably get one really great album from this band. So it goes
mid
Loud and proud. Wasn’t into the Pixies too much back then, but I see the appeal and enjoyed this one.
The perfect 90s indie rock album. Hooky, catchy, and addictive, but rough and raw with jangly edges. So great.
Simply one of the very greatest, most influential albums ever.
The best to do it.
Contains only great ideas and only for exactly as long as they remain fully great. An alt-rock miracle
I'm always listening to this album. it's seismic. every piece of it is etched so hard into my brain. When we listened to Surfer Rosa literally yesterday I talked about how much it establishes that great pop songwriting can always be inches away from plunging into more anguished, "ugly" (for lack of a better word, since this is one of the most beautiful albums ever) wells of human expression. I think about how "No. 13 Baby" kicks off with this discordant construction where every element of the song seems to be fighting each other with explosive energy and how it just floats off into the most gorgeous ride off into the sunset. I think about how the delicacy of Frank's vocals on "Wave of Mutilation" are underlined by these sludgy clouds of guitar chords. I think about one of my all time favorite drum parts on "I Bleed", with a tight rhythm section as Kim + Frank fall in and out of sync with each other. The modulation of "Mr. Grieves" from this weird ska skeleton into a jumpy sing-songy jaunt into a swinging barn burner. I simultaneously have these songs burned into my memory and I'm constantly discovering new angles to them. Everything is this insane product of the alchemy between these four musicians. There are many albums out there that I've had the luck of falling in love with, but year on year Doolittle separates more and more from the pack as something increasingly singular and significant. The most annoying thing I've ever done is watch Un Chien Andalou synced with this and be cosmically moved. Gouge Away is the name of one of my favorite bands of these days, just one of the many pieces of shrapnel from this explosive masterpiece.
Just one of the great albums of all time. Absolute gold from start to finish
Musical genius to make these erratic songs work.
good
This is my first time listening to the Pixies (kinda nervous) and honestly? My younger self would have enjoyed this so much. I would have been so damn annoying and pretentious about the Pixies because they feel kinda edgy. This goes for her, cheers. 7/10.
Timeless in my opinion
Here Comes Your Man is soso good. I love that song the most but I've heard it previously. I really enjoyed this album fully.
Great listen! I've already heard this album before cause my band cover "Hey". I've heard that song to death. Some really nice classics exist in the album too! Pretty nice. Short and pacey!
A classic, some great raw moments. Love a good raging screaming breakdown. Second half kind of becomes a bit repetitive to me, but so many strong points. The first half of the album is no-skips for me.
Yeah, it's a 5 star album. No one else like the Pixies and that run from Come On Pilgrim to Trope Le Monde is a thing of beauty.
I just couldn’t get into it.
Aunque ya la escuche, me parece increible
Frank Black needs his dick sucked for this album
The IndieCore Blueprint!
Great album, listened before many times, lived seeing them live a few years back. 4 all time classics (imo) on it in debaser, WofMutiluation, HCYM and Hey
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
Very good, was surprised how many of the tracks I knew already
I love this album. So influential - the use of dynamics, the tone, the performances are all outstanding. And excellent songwriting as well.
I * love* this album. Doolittle is a lot of things: the blueprint for the 90's, a successful commercial break-through, even a punk album (kind of). Doolittle is a like a 2D spectrum defined by points at "alternative", "pop", and "punk". And over the course of 15 incredible songs, throughout a brisk, and incredibly aesthetically pleasing, 38 minutes and 38 seconds, this entire spectrum is pretty much fully explored. Debaser, Wave Of Mutilation and Monkey Gone To Heaven are alt-rock perfection. Here Comes Your Man and La La Love You are delightfully catchy, sugar-coated pop songs. And Tame and Crackity Jones are jangle punk explosions. And a lot of the spaces in-between end up as anxious art-pop on songs like No. 13 Baby and There Goes My Gun. Honestly, some of the coolest songs here are where Pixies find weird little nooks of their sound that really hit out of no-where and tie in super nicely. Mr. Grieves pulls off some dub influence, and Silver pulls off some noisy acid country. As a whole, the disparate sounds here work as a coherent sound. And it's because of a couple things. Firstly, the performances here are amazing. These songs are carried by a real manic energy. And the song lengths generally keep low, which leaves you wanting more. And then, the vital completion of this hat trick is that each song gives you a *little* of what the previous song did. Until, at the end of things, when Gouge Away grinds along just long enough to leave you satisfied. This whole album is pretty much perfect. There's pop sugar, alt jangle, and punk fire. And Pixies have the finesse to take their sound to the stratosphere and execute everything here to an *incredible* level.
Laced with something, fucking incredible
3/5 kind of all samey to me
Me recordó a mi ex.
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
Meh. A few OK songs and the rest was boring
I'm a massive pixies fan so my opinion is as subjective as it can be: it's legendary.
This really itched something in my brain. Really good, liked it a lot.
No skips, all bangers
A noisy alternative rock landmark. I think I'd forgotten how much fun this one is, but when "Debaser" kicks off I get pretty quickly swept up into its unhinged energy. Some other standouts are "Wave of Mutilation" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven." Just a good time, and apparently pretty influential on the decade that followed it.
Great album. At the time this was a top 5 all timer. Probably top 20 now
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
ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
Obviously 5 stars
Another album I was familiar with, and its banger after banger. Favourite track: a tough choice, but I love Monkey Gone to Heaven.
Great album, definitely needs to be on this list.
brillant!
Weird and noisy
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.
Een van mijn favoriete albums ooit. Lastig kiezen welk pixes album mijn favoriete is deze of surfer rosa, gelukkig hoef ik niet te kiezen maar dit album is iets gepolijster. Moeilijk uit te leggen hoe iets een zachte vibe kan hebben terwijl het hard word gespeeld. De continue shifts in tempo en sfeer triggerd mij. Hou van de baslijnen en de nummers waar Kim bij zingt geeft altijd weer een extra dementie. Leuke teksten, interessante boodschappen, lijpe stem, gitarist die met weinig veel dynamiek en sfeer toevoegt. Meer dan alleen maar leuke muziek. Blijf dit luisteren repeat. Kan er misschien veel langer over schrijven maar moet weer aan het werk.
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.
yeah it was okay 3.5
Every song on this album felt extremely repetitive. Which is very surprising considering each song is only about two minutes long.
I liked some songs, the overall sound is messy and sometimes it is too messy for me.
5/5. This album is peak early indie rock. takes everything established on Surfer Rosa and just runs with it to make some great songs. Banger after banger.
An album I’ve listened to before but it doesn’t get old, such a classic alt-rock album that really was one of the first in that genre. Some of the best rock songs of all time on here. Some songs are skips for me, but there are a lot of highs and some of my favorites. Great album! Top Songs: Here Comes Your Man, Hey, La La Love You, Debaser, Wave of Mutilation
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.
bangers; Here comes your man, Hey
Titties
Muy buen disco. Dicen que en Pixies nació el indie y se lo puede notar, aunque es más pesado e interesante. Por ahí una crítica sería lo repetitivo de las bases con la batería electrónica.
What can I say. The Pixies, along with the Melvins and a few others, invented 90s alternative music. Try to imagine a rock world where, say, Poison dominates. The Pixies wouldn’t make sense to the average listener. I’ve always admired the bravery and honesty of bands like the Pixies and their audience.
Not bad
That bass rhythm at the beginning of the album ("Debaser"), hooked me immediately (all of the other bass parts in the album are just as prominent). The whole album is so high energy and catchy with the right amount of dark undertones for me. I especially loved "Monkey Gone to Heaven". A lot of my favorite music has definitely been influenced by Pixies, so I love this.
Rv/g
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.
Finally can say I've listened to the Pixies. Finally can say why I didn't have any Pixies in my vinyl, CD, or iPod collections. Didn't grab me, maybe only a couple songs were interesting. Unlike a lot of the other blander stuff we've smoked, can't even say I would use this as background music to something.
High energy and good variety between songs. This kind of music isn’t normally my kind of thing, but I was really liking this album. I know I should write more for my review, but I have a lot of catching up to do.
I don't think this was the best Pixies could have done. not that there was anything wrong with their technique, but I feel like they could do better. A lot of these songs just sounded uncoordinated or clumsy in composition, as if they were still practicing their songwriting. Especially the first two songs and a couple of the later songs where they had some lackluster verses, simple strum patterns on basic chords, and then would just screamed the title of the song over and over again. They were still screaming Tame by the time we got to the track Hey. Gouge Away felt like the best performance while still maintaining the harsh sound they were going for on the rest of the album. I also enjoyed Monkey Gone to Heaven and the times they focused on lyrics such as in I Bleed. My favorite track was Here Comes Your Man for just being more musical. Did I need to hear this before I die? I wouldn’t say so
Sooooo fun, one of the best rock albums I've ever listened to.
Incredible record.. Honestly a no-skip situation, every song has it's unique and despite breaking a lot of rules, nothing sound obnoxious (something that happens often when artists try to be to avantgarde imo). A big part for me, is that the songs are nice and short, they don't overstay their welcome. So if you don't fuck with a particular song, it's not to long. Favorite songs: -Monkey Gone To Heaven -Tame -Mr. Grieves -Debaser
I prefer Surfer Rosa, but this album still gets the 5 star nod from me.
Not the biggest fan of pixies but i recognize their work!
?? mhh ja die pixies dunno...c
Debaser although questionable by today's standards lyrically is still an absolute work of art. There goes your man is loaded with sarcasm and wit. This monkeys gone to heaven is strange but magnificent. The rest of the album crackles along tremendously. Peak pixies!
I get some of that hype now
A legendary followup to what was already an impressive debut. A little catchier and more diverse than Surfer Rosa, it still manages to surprise yet balance the off-kilter and noisier elements well. Still just an absolute crazy joy to listen to. One of the finest records of the 80s and absolutely influenced the direction of the 90s.
Excellent album, I don’t play it enough nowadays, still prefer “Surfa Rosa”, and lucky enough to see Pixies in 1990 with Kim Deal
Really not for me
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
Already in my top 5 best albums of all time. Came out just before I got to college and I wore the album out repeatedly. For me there's before Doolittle and after Doolittle. After this album came out I don't believe I ever bought another Michael Jackson or Phil Collins record again (and I still love those artists, too!)
Yeh some good tunes, most my favourites aren't on this though
Y'ever notice how during the chorus of "Monkey Gone to Heaven" Kim is pretty clearly saying 'this much is going to happen,' re-framing Frank's metaphysical ramblings as inevitable apocalyptic prophecy?
I am not a big Pixies fan and find most of their music to be a wall of noise. Will take the Pogues any day.
I can kinda understand that it was important for what came after, but now it doesn't sound all that interesting
debaser is on the skate 3 soundtrack and wave of mutilation is on wakeboarding unleashed featuring shaun murray so i'm biased here song i went back to first after first full listen: debaser
I like the Pixies more than I like Green Day.
Really great album. Lots of experimental surfer inspired punk rock. Not too long. Punchy and grungy production. Some good hooks, too. Definitely an album ahead of its time. 5/5
a lil alt rock album, recognized the song “here comes your man”; a good listen.
This album is one of those that make you go "wait, this is allowed in music??" And indeed, it's tough to overestimate its impact: There's hardly a 90s rock band that didn't pick up a trick or two from this album. The songwriting is straight up genius. I don't use this word often in my reviews. A combination of catchy digestible structures combined with unique, bizzare experiment that work. There are more than a few songs in this album that are timeless, and even the worst songs are still interesting in some way. The music and the lyrics both kind of put a spell: They sound significant and unforgettable ("if man is 5, and the devil is 6..."), but then, they kind of slip away. My only gripe is the female back vocals that feels like it's pasted next to the mix rather than being a true part of it.
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