Holy crap! "Hey" won. I voted for it to make sure that its greatness was at least acknowledged, but I figured that "Debaser", "Here Comes Your Man", "Gouuge Away", and "Monkey Gone to Heaven" would have beaten it easily.
― j-rock, Thursday, 9 August 2007 04:52 (seventeen years ago) link
at least the two worst songs on the record came last.
and the top four is actually about right.
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 9 August 2007 05:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Debaser is not that good!
― mizzell, Thursday, 9 August 2007 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link
And Silver! It makes me mad when people complain about the later albums being just bf solo albums and i'm like yeah what bossanova needs is a snoozer like Silver. No thanks.
― mizzell, Thursday, 9 August 2007 14:31 (seventeen years ago) link
Bam Thwok is better than at least half of these songs.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 9 August 2007 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link
"Hey"?? Strange decision, not even in the best ten songs of the album.
― zeus, Thursday, 9 August 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link
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― special guest stars mark bronson, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
man, looking at that song list reminds me that this is probably one of the ten best albums I own
― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
A little surprised by the margin of victory here seeing as I never got into Hey when I was listening to this album regularly (ie about 12 years ago at least).
― Holy Suffering Gobi Desert Clit Nun (Matt DC), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
took me some distance and time, but it's definitely surpassed apparent fan favorite Surfa Rosa for me.
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
wow. i saw this thread and logged in so i could vote for "Hey" and whaddya know..
i always loved the beginning it was like some kind of ghost version of the rolling stones
― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
really surprised at this outcome. hey? really?
― goole, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
this should be a yearly poll. gouge away would win for me x99999999
― bnw, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
it's all about no. 13 baby
Dan I want to personally thank you for carrying the Kim Deal torch in this thread...anybody who's heard the Pod Demos knows that Sliver was utterly immolated out of spite by Mr. Black Francis...
― my brain hurts a lot (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 5 February 2009 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
alright I still really love No. 13 Baby, but I am starting to see how maybe Hey is the best song off this album...
― the soft boy of karate (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
How is this album so perfect.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
It's incomprehensible.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
i honestly rate it as the worst of their albums. and this is a band i find extremely overrated btw
― charlie h, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
charlie otm
― some dude, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
for me the only album that really works is Bossanova.
But what a collection of songs here!! The 7 also-rans are a litany of awesome.
― virginia is for losers (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
some dude totally incorrect.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
thermo otm
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
dayo itt
― some dude, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
some dude otm
― charlie h, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
the circle is complete.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
some dude and charlie h completely and utterly wrong
― (Algerian Goalkeeper) Vs (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
curious what these 'no way is doolittle their worst album' ppl think is the actual worst pixies album.
― balls, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
trompe le monde
― so solaris (Lamp), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
sb
― balls, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
I couldn't handle Bossanova back when I bought it and I haven't given it a second chance. My Pixies album ranking:
1. Trompe le Monde2. Surfer Rosa3. Doolittle4. Come On Pilgrim5. Bossanova
― rustic italian flatbread, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 07:04 (twelve years ago) link
pixies 87-89 >>>>>>> bossanova/trompe le monde
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 08:10 (twelve years ago) link
am with ship & charlie here, except that I think Trompe might be worse...Doolittle imo is the classic whole-is-less-than-the-sum-of-its-parts album; I like a ton of the songs, and feel overwhelmed when I try to rank them, but there's something about the context--the pacing, or maybe Gil Norton's production--that makes them sound impossibly stiff and pretentious, like some gallery exhibit for Black Francis's abstract song-sculptures.
Whereas, Surfer Rosa's audio-verite production makes that album sound like rock music as a form is undergoing some wrenching transformation as we're listening...
― stay tuned for more BLAHBLAHBLAH I'M A PEDANT (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
naw u crazy
― flopson, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
1. Surfer Rosa2. Trompe Le Monde3. Doolittle4. Bossanova
― Turrican, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
Come On Pilgrim≥Surfer>Doolittle>Bossanova>Trompe Le Monde
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
That's a trap. There is no 'worst' Pixies album.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
except for Bossanova
― dense macabre (DJP), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Bossanova is filler-riddled, but totally owns
― stay tuned for more BLAHBLAHBLAH I'M A PEDANT (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Bossanova gets my vote as well. But only so far as it's not quite as good as the others, I still love it.
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
.Doolittle imo is the classic whole-is-less-than-the-sum-of-its-parts album
This is key. All of those songs are so great, but they don't hang together very well. They all feel like they're sort of neatly placed on shelves, whereas Trompe le Monde they all feel like they're in orbit around one another, related to some extent.
― rustic italian flatbread, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
That is the exact opposite of how I hear Doolittle, which is basically an ebb-and-flow album to me.
― dense macabre (DJP), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
1. Bossanova2. Trompe Le Monde3. Doolittle4. Come on Pilgrim5. Surfer Rosa
I've pretty much accepted that my opinions on the pixies are totally out of step with everyone else, but would like to know which songs on Bossanova are thought to be filler.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
I have to check the Big Orange SPIN Book for Eric Weisbard's suggested running order; he also complained that the sequencing was a problem.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
xp I'm with you on the 4 + 5.
― ceci n'est pas un nom d'affichage (ledge), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
Filler:
"Ana""Blown Away""Hang Wire"
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
No, maybe, yeah.
― ceci n'est pas un nom d'affichage (ledge), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
^rong as hell (xp)
― stay tuned for more BLAHBLAHBLAH I'M A PEDANT (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
Ana and Blown Away are two of my favorites on the album...
All Over the World, Hang Wire, Stormy Weather, Is she Weird & Hang Wire are sometimes awesome, sometimes wearying
― stay tuned for more BLAHBLAHBLAH I'M A PEDANT (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
can maybe see the case for blown away and hang wire, but i love both of them, ana is great
― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
"sometimes-awesome, sometimes-wearying" refers to Hang Wire and Is She Weird...
the first Hang Wire was meant to be Down to the Well, which I actually like a lot but more in its Purple Tape form, with the odd Kim Deal background chant & stuff...
― stay tuned for more BLAHBLAHBLAH I'M A PEDANT (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link