VINYL FORMAT. After 1988's brilliant but abrasive Surfer Rosa, The Pixies' sound couldn't get much more extreme. Their Elektra debut, Doolittle, reins in the noise in favor of pop songcraft and accessibility. Producer Gil Norton's sonic sheen adds some polish, but Black Francis' tighter songwriting focuses the group's attack. Doolittle's most ferocious moments, like "Dead," a visceral retelling of David and Bathsheba's affair -- are more stylized than the group's past outbursts. Meanwhi   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. One of the most compulsively listenable college rock albums of the '80s, The Pixies' 1988 full-length debut Surfer Rosa fulfilled the promise of Come On Pilgrim and, thanks to Steve Albini's production, added a muscular edge that made their harshest moments seem even more menacing and perverse. On songs like "Something Against You," Black Francis' cryptic shrieks and non-sequiturs are backed by David Lovering and Kim Deal's punchy rhythms, which are so visceral that they'd overwh   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. This classic album is available on vinyl for the first time in years. Pressed on audiophile quality 180-gram vinyl.

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VINYL FORMAT. This classic album is available on vinyl for the first time in years. Pressed on audiophile quality 180-gram vinyl. "...Gil Norton's spacious, reverb-heavy production makes the Pixies sound like a Martian bar band, which fits the cover of the Surftones' 'Cecilia Ann' and the glorious, shimmering closer 'Havalina' perfectly. On the theremin-driven 'Velouria,' science fiction imagery displaces Francis' penchant for fetishistic lyrics; next to the token kinky song 'Down to the Well''s    [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Amazingly, The Pixies' 1987 debut EP, Come On Pilgrim, was compiled from the quickly, inexpensively made demo tape -- paid for by Black Francis' dad -- the band made at Boston's legendary Fort Apache studio soon after they formed. 4AD was so taken with the tape that they released eight of the songs as this mini-album. It's easy to see why they were so impressed: The Pixies' essential sound -- Francis' unearthly shriek of a voice, David Lovering's propulsive drumming, Joey Santiago's ins   [ read more ]

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