PIXIES Poll: The best track on Doolittle

I can't believe how wrong you are on that, man. You usually have such good taste! ;)

i basically think of come on pilgrim as their debut album. it's officially a "mini LP" not an EP right? whatever that means. Seems a couple songs too long to be an EP anyway.

the whole "doolittle" is their worst album thing is mystifying to me. though I don't know what i'd pick as their worst, I guess.

I remember at the time it came out, Bossanova came across to me like a Pixies album for people who didn't really like the band

Bossanova was orginally conceived as a Black Francis solo album wasn't it? Or am I making that up.

tbh i havent listened to a pixies album as a whole in years theyre def a trax band for me trompe is just the one the fewest tracks i like (xp to enbb)

it's officially a "mini LP" not an EP right? whatever that means

Yeah, I guess. idk what that means either though. Whatever it is, it sure is good.

Lamp - that makes sense. I think that its place as my fave probably owes a lot to the circumstances under which I first heard it and really fond memories of that time in my life.

Caribou is definitely an ace way to begin a recording career amirite!

trompe le monde was my first pixies album, making it a rare instance in which my first is not my favorite.

i don't remember what i voted for four years ago, but i'd vote for 'gouge away' now.

(when did polls start on ilx?)

I remember at the time it came out, Bossanova came across to me like a Pixies album for people who didn't really like the band

― dense macabre (DJP), Wednesday, November 9, 2011 11:40 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol this might explain my weird Pixies challops; Bossanova was the first album of theirs I'd heard.

(also lamp otm abt Pixies being a traxx band)(cept for Surfer Rosa)

also Johnny Fever OTM about Caribou

Hmm. I can't get on board with the whole 'Doolittle is the worst album' thing either. For me, 'Surfer Rosa', 'Doolittle' and 'Trompe Le Monde' are equally great. Just that in the general scheme of things 'Doolittle' tends to get more praise than 'Trompe Le Monde' does. I couldn't really say any one of those albums is better than the other, even if I am more likely to listen to 'Surfer Rosa' and 'Trompe Le Monde' over 'Doolittle'.

Trompe is the best-sequenced Pixies album. It hits you with a burst of short, fast tunes out of the gate, changes it up a bit in the middle, and then closes strong. I think it works better as an album-listening experience rather than as an assortment of individual tracks.

the only single I like from Trompe is U-Mass

didn't we have this conversation like 3 weeks ago?

pixies rule, my feelings are best summed up thusly:
caribooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

The title track of 'Trompe Le Monde' is one of my favourite Pixies songs ever. Custom-built for air drumming, that one.

pixies rule, my feelings are best summed up thusly:
caribooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

― the MMMM cult (La Lechera), Wednesday, November 9, 2011 4:51 PM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-PEEEEEEEEEEENNTTTT!!!!!

actually this is more accurate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn0f5s-aas

TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME
TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME

xp lol LL I was just thinking I had thought Pixies had fallen from grace round these parts so it does my heart good to know that they are still reliable conversation-starters

even tho I don't really like them

This thread has just reminded me that I once worked with a guy called Jefrey.... with one F! First thing I asked him when I found out was "have you heard 'Space (I Believe In)' by Pixies!?!?"

Trompe is the best-sequenced Pixies album. It hits you with a burst of short, fast tunes out of the gate, changes it up a bit in the middle, and then closes strong. I think it works better as an album-listening experience rather than as an assortment of individual tracks.

― o. nate, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 4:49 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah, I would agree with it being the best-sequenced Pixies album. Definitely.

Slightly OT, but Pixies fans should check out the one-disc version of The Golem - Black Francis is reunited with Eric Drew Feldman (keyboardist on Trompe). Nice batch of songs!

TLM loses its way in the middle but the start and the end are great. bossanova is kind of a muddle the whole way through, never less than good but rarely much more than that either. and i don't like how it sounds. but surfer rosa and doolittle are a level above. if 80s pixies and 90s pixies were 2 different bands, the first one would still be iconic, the second one would be a good band.

Roberto, which songs does 'Trompe Le Monde' lose it and get it back on for you, out of curiosity?

"Space (I Believe In)" sucks a lot of energy out of TLM, imo

That song is funny!

yeah it's funny, but it's self awareness about being filler doesn't make it not filler

I like that one. The weakest point for me is "Subbacultcha".

"Planet of Sound" might be my least favorite Pixies song

i might agree with that.

JEFREY! (JEFREY!) WITH ONE! F! JEF! REY!
JEFREY! (JEFREY!) WITH ONE! F! JEF! REY!
JEFREY! (JEFREY!) WITH ONE! F! JEF! REY!

spaaaaaaaaaaace! i belieeeeeeeeve in spaaaaaaaace!

(and now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8LMdPmvYK4&feature=related

i believe in (swinging at) spaaaaace

Planet of Sound is a paint-peeler! I crank it when I'm driving.

Yeah, I don't get the dislike for "Planet of Sound" - maybe not a typical Pixies song, but it moves!

lol I love both Planet Of Sound and Subbacultcha

yeah i'd put subbacultcha up there in my top 10 pixies songs i think.

I liked Subbaculcha more when it had the Distance Equals Rate Times Time part embedded in it

i don't even hate Planet of Sound (can't think of a single Pixies song that I really hate) it's just that it comes between the hugely awesome title track and alec eiffel. prefer the sad punk for a screamer.

Sad Punk is awesome!

i too consider Doolittle to be the worst pixies album and Bossanova the best. I bought D first followed closely by the two earlier records then B as soon as it came out. my pref is probably Bossa>Pilgrim>Surfer with the other two vying for last place.

sigh

i'm listening to Trompe rigth now and i'm pretty sure it's better than Doolittle.

i still love both it's just that the other three are better. actually Trompe is awesome.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo64ouJUSh1qa8xyfo1_500.gif

ok full disclosure - i haven't listened to TLM in probably...15 years? i remember the songs vaguely but i have it on cassette and never really felt super compelled to hear it again.

Head On: Mary Chain original vs. Pixies version

in a place they say is dead
in a lake that is not an ocean
i count about a million head
all the tiiiiiiiiiiiime
there's a mo-tion

would have voted for Debaser or Gouge Away. It figures that one of the two songs on this album I always skip won the poll (the other being the overplayed at the time 'Here Comes Your Man')

if I had the rank the albums it would be Doolittle >>> Surfer Rosa > Bossanova > Trompe Le Monde >>> Come On Pilgrim

I can't fathom people rating Trompe Le Monde #1... it seems like such a pieced together and incomplete album, and wasn't received well by anyone I knew at the time.

I'm relistening to all of their stuff on Spotify now, ha. I haven't listened to this stuff in years.

I've loved Trompe since the day it came out - sometimes I feel like it might be my fave Pixies album, but I think that's more down to what other people have noted above...it's their best-sequenced album, and to me that almost makes it feel like their most consistent.

FWIW I'll never understand why people consider "Space (I Believe In)" to be filler. It's odd, sure, but it still seems far too strong to me to be considered filler.