PIXIES
INTO THE WHITE
(1986-1993)
The Pixies started out as a college band, releasing early material on a purple demo tape. Each album got a little bigger than the previous one but they disintegrated just as they were getting famous -- pulled into fame by groups inspired by them, citing them as an influence, notably David Bowie covered them and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain said "Smells Like Teen Spirit" had taken it's use of loud/quiet dynamics from The Pixies. There aren't any "bad" pixies albums, but rather ones you like more than others -- latter records are more polished, early stuff is more raw and Doolittle is the middle point where it all sort of meets together. This Baistophe is a little difficult to make because although the Pixies only put out 4 albums and 2 EPs, almost everything they did was excellent. Even their B-sides album only has one or two weak songs.
After Doolittle, tensions between Black Francis and Kim Deal brought the band to a hiatus, but they got back together to record a few more records before breaking up for good in 1990. They recently reformed and have toured, finally earning money they missed out on during the "grunge" or "alternative" hey-day due to their break-up.
-THE REAL ANONYMOUS-
Extracts :
Here Comes Your Man
(from Doolittle, 1989)
Gigantic
(from Surfer Rosa, 1988)
THE REAL ANONYMOUS' Pixies TOP3 :
1. Doolittle (1989)
2. Surfer Rosa (1988)
3. Come On Pilgrim (1987)
THE REAL ANONYMOUS' Pixies BOTTOM3 :
1. Bossanova (1990)
2. Trompe Le Monde (1991)
3. Complete B-Sides (2001)
1 comment:
today, i just want to trully thank you for introducing me, a few years ago, to gil scott-heron. the man was a really positive influence for me!
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