Artist - Pixies
Title - Doolittle
Format - 1 LP 180- Gram Vinyl
Label - 4Ad
After 1988's brilliant but abrasive Surver Rose, The Pixies sound couldn't get much more extreme. Their Elektra debut, Doolittle, reins in the noise in favor of pop songcraft and accessibility.
Their poppy side surfaces on the irresistible single "Here Comes Your Man" and the sweetly surreal love song "La La Love You." The Pixies arty, noisy weirdness mix with just enough hooks to produce gleefully demented singles like "Debaser," -- inspired by Bunuel's classic surrealist short Un Chien Andalou -- and "Wave of Mutilation," their surfy ode to driving a car into the sea.
Though Doolittle's sound is cleaner and smoother than the PIxies earlier albums, there are still plenty of weird, abrasive vignettes: the blankly psychotic "There Goes My Gun," "Crackity Jones," a song about a crazy roommate Francia had in Puerto Rico, and the nihilistic finale "Gouge Away." Meanwhile, "Tame," and "I Bleed" continue the Pixies penchant for cryptic kink.
But the album doesn't just refine the Pixies sound; they also expand their range on the brooding, wannabe spaghetti western theme "Silver" and the strangely theatrical "Mr. Grieves." "Hey" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven.
Their most accessible album, Doolittle's wide-ranging moods and sounds make it one of their most eclectic and ambitious. A fun, freaky alternative to most other late-'80s college rock, it's easy to see why the album made the Pixies into underground rock stars.
| A1 |
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Debaser |
2:52 |
| A2 |
|
Tame |
1:55 |
| A3 |
|
Wave Of Mutilation |
2:04 |
| A4 |
|
I Bleed |
2:34 |
| A5 |
|
Here Comes Your Man |
3:21 |
| A6 |
|
Dead |
2:21 |
| A7 |
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Monkey Gone To Heave
|
2:57 |
| B1 |
|
Mr. Grieves |
2:05 |
| B2 |
|
Crackity Jones |
1:24 |
| B3 |
|
La La Love You
|
2:43 |
| B4 |
|
Number 13 Baby |
3:51 |
| B5 |
|
There Goes My Gun |
1:49 |
| B6 |
|
Hey |
3:31 |
| B7 |
|
Silver
|
2:25 |
| B8 |
|
Gouge Away |
2:45 |
