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Pixies - "Doolittle"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_(album)
-From Wikipedia
Released April 18, 1989
Recorded October 31, 1988 – November 23, 1988 at Downtown Recorders in Boston, Massachusetts and Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut
Producer: Gil Norton
Professional reviews:
Track listing:
All tracks were written by Black Francis, except where noted.
1. "Debaser" – 2:52
2. "Tame" – 1:55
3. "Wave of Mutilation" – 2:04
4. "I Bleed" – 2:34
5. "Here Comes Your Man" – 3:21
6. "Dead" – 2:21
7. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" – 2:56
8. "Mr. Grieves" – 2:05
9. "Crackity Jones" – 1:24
10. "La La Love You" – 2:43
11. "No. 13 Baby" – 3:51
12. "There Goes My Gun" – 1:49
13. "Hey" – 3:31
14. "Silver" (Francis, Kim Deal) – 2:25
15. "Gouge Away" – 2:45
Doolittle is the second studio album from the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in April 1989 on 4AD. The album's offbeat and dark subject material, featuring references to surrealism, Biblical violence, torture and death, contrasts with the clean production sound achieved by the then newly hired producer Gil Norton. Doolittle was the Pixies' first international release, with Elektra Records acting as the album's distributor in the United States.
The Pixies released two singles from Doolittle, "Here Comes Your Man" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven," both of which were chart successes on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album itself reached #8 on the UK Albums Chart; an unexpected success for the band. In retrospect, album tracks such as "Debaser," "Wave of Mutilation," and "Hey" are highly acclaimed by critics, while the album, along with Surfer Rosa, is seen as the band's strongest work.
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Doolittle appeared on several end-of-year "Best Album" lists; both Rolling Stone and The Village Voice placed the album tenth, and independent music magazines Sounds and Melody Maker both ranked the album as the second best of the year. NME also ranked the album highly, placing it fourth in their end-of-year list.[44]
Legacy:
The loud/quiet dynamic present on Doolittle, most notably in "Tame", has been very influential on alternative rock and grunge. After writing "Smells Like Teen Spirit," both Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana thought: "this really sounds like the Pixies. People are really going to nail us for this."[46] Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha described Doolittle as less raw than Surfer Rosa but "more listenable" and "Here Comes Your Man" as a "classic pop record." Fellow alternative musician PJ Harvey was "in awe" of "I Bleed" and "Tame," and described Francis' writing as "amazing".[40]
Doolittle has continued to sell consistently well in the nineteen years since its release, and in 1995 was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album has been cited as inspirational by many alternative artists, while numerous music publications have ranked it as one of the most influential albums ever. A 2003 poll of NME writers ranked Doolittle as the second greatest album of all time.[2]
In Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list from 2003, Doolittle is ranked #226.
In a Rolling Stone interview, Francis later recalled that "this record is him (producer Gil Norton) trying to make us, shall I say, commercial, and us trying to remain somewhat grungy."[15]
What it amounted to, is Pixies' equivalent to The Beatles' "Rubber Soul", or Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic"---a popular-sounding commercial record that belied its depth and substantive lyrics.
Youtubeness:
Debaser
First American TV performance "Night Music"- Pixies perform
Monkey Gone to Heaven/Tame
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Doolittle" by The Pixies (Full Album) - Rock Band DLC (3rd album of DLC. June 24th, 2008)
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