Pixies, The - 1997 - Death to The Pixies [TQMP]

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| Pixies, The - 1997 - Death to the Pixies [1987 to 1991] |::
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| Type / Quantity _________ CD (Compact Disc) (* 1) |
| Date Released ___________ October 6th, 1997 |
| User Rating _____________ A- (from review below) |
| Genre(s) ________________ Alternative / Rock |
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| Kurt Cobain did not hide his love for the Pixies in any way. Had it not |
| been for this band, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" may never have been |
| recorded. Another college rock favorite, Bob Mould, made a deliberate |
| Pixies rip off song with "A Good Idea," off of his watershedding Copper |
| Blue CD. |
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| For as influential as the Pixies were, they never really had an album |
| that fully realized their talents. They came close with Doolittle, but |
| there wasn't a classic album in their collection, like Daydream Nation |
| or New Day Rising. |
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| Thank god for "greatest hits" collections. Sure they can be cheap ways |
| to pour a little more dough into a band's band accounts, but in the |
| Pixies case, it's also the perfect starter for anyone who was facinated |
| by the influence that the Pixies had on other bands, but were not old |
| enough to catch the band live or hear them on college radio stations. |
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| Death To The Pixies his you square in the face with the first song, |
| "Cecilia Ann." Between Joey Santiago's dynamic guitar skills and Black |
| Francis' (formerly Charles Thompson, now Frank Black) backup guitar |
| attack, it's fair to say that the Pixies were not content with remaining |
| a cult band. Their sound was big, and they had the songs to make it |
| big. |
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| The furious assault of each of the musicians were matched by the stern |
| sense of melody. As pulverizing as "Planet Of Sound" is, the bass line |
| by Kim Deal throbs clear as a Beatles bass line. If there was a perfect |
| "Pixies" song, it would have to be "Wave Of Mutilation"; in under three |
| minutes, you get a towering guitar intro and a chorus that's practically |
| impossible to shun off after the first listen. |
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| After the breathless "Wave," a pretty spring-like song, "Dig For Fire" |
| comes on. It's a nice contrast that shows the strong songwriting skills |
| of the band. And it also marks a turning point in Death To The Pixies. |
| From then on, the songs grow more experimental, to the point of where |
| you can tell what songs were Kim Deal-influenced and what songs were all |
| about Black Francis. |
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| That's not to say that the earlier songs had their creative warzones. |
| Thankfully, Death To The Pixies does not follow a strict chronological |
| order. The second has many of the songs on the first disc, but instead |
| the live versions of the songs are performed. The live versions of some |
| of the songs are radically different than the studio recordings, not so |
| much as the sound quality, but the tangents the band hit when they were |
| playing these songs took them on different roads. |
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| With such a talented lineup, it was inevitable that each member wanted |
| to go their seperate directions. Unfortunately, each of the artists made |
| that one great solo album or solo project album and then either faded |
| into obscurity (Breeders anyone?) or were in bands that basically let |
| the musician have their own say(Frank Black). And as history shows, it's |
| usually nice to have a Keith Richards or John Lennon to keep the Mick |
| Jagger and Paul McCartney's of the world in check and vice versa. |
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| For anyone who is interested in how college rock evolved into what is |
| was in the early '90s, there is no closer necessity than Death To The |
| Pixies to purchase. Find out what songs you like the best and pick up |
| the album that has most of those songs on them. Be cautioned however, |
| you'll never look at Nirvana in the same light again. [Sean McCarthy, |
| The Daily Vault] |
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| No. | Title | Duration |
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| 001 | Cecilia Ann .......................................... | 00h02m06s |
| 002 | Planet of Sound ...................................... | 00h02m06s |
| 003 | Tame ................................................. | 00h01m56s |
| 004 | Here Comes Your Man .................................. | 00h03m21s |
| 005 | Debaser .............................................. | 00h02m52s |
| 006 | Wave of Mutilation ................................... | 00h02m04s |
| 007 | Dig for Fire ......................................... | 00h03m02s |
| 008 | Caribou .............................................. | 00h03m14s |
| 009 | Holiday Song ......................................... | 00h02m14s |
| 010 | Nimrod's Son ......................................... | 00h02m17s |
| 011 | U-Mass ............................................... | 00h03m01s |
| 012 | Bone Machine ......................................... | 00h03m06s |
| 013 | Gigantic ............................................. | 00h03m08s |
| 014 | Where is My Mind ..................................... | 00h03m52s |
| 015 | Velouria ............................................. | 00h03m40s |
| 016 | Gouge Away ........................................... | 00h02m44s |
| 017 | Monkey Gone to Heaven ................................ | 00h02m57s |
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| Total Length ____________ 00h47m40s |
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| Includes Artwork? _______ Yes |
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| Includes Rip .CUE? ______ Yes |
| Includes Playlist? ______ Yes |
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