Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Cecilia Ann
2. Planet of Sound
3. Tame
4. Here Comes Your Man
5. Debaser
6. Wave of Mutilation
7. Dig For Fire
8. Caribou
9. Holiday Song
10. Nimrod's Son
11. U-Mass
12. Bone Machine
13. Gigantic
14. Where Is My Mind?
15. Velouria
16. Gouge Away
17. Monkey Gone to Heaven
DISC 2:
1. Debaser
2. Rock Music
3. Broken Face
4. Isla de Encanta - (Spanish)
5. Hangwire
6. Dead
7. Into the White
8. Monkey Gone to Heaven
9. Gouge Away
10. Here Comes Your Man
11. Allison
12. Hey
13. Gigantic
14. Crackity Jones
15. Something Against You
16. Tame
17. Wave of Mutilation
18. Where Is My Mind?
19. Ed Is Dead
20. Vamos
21. Tony's Theme
| Details | | Producer: | Gary Smith, Gil Norton | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Disc 2 of DEATH TO THE PIXIES contains a previously unreleased 50-minute live concert recorded in Holland in 1990.
Pixies: Black Francis (vocals, guitar); Kim Deal (vocals, bass); Joey Santiago (guitar); David Lovering (drums).
Engineers: Paul Q. Kolderie, Steve Albini, Al Clay, Gil Norton, Steve Haigler.
Includes liner notes by Gary Smith.
DEATH TO THE PIXIES is a two-disc set, featuring one disc devoted to the band's singles and a second containing a previously unreleased live European performance. The Pixies have rightfully earned a place among pioneering indie rock gods with an approach typified by monstrous guitars and hyena-like screaming, with enough adrenaline to kill a "Caribou." At the same time, the Pixies knew how to employ sweet pop progressions and lush effects for a gentler sound.
While the band's career spanned only the late 1980s to early '90s, DEATH TO THE PIXIES displays the breadth of their music, filled with anguish, frustration and poignancy. The second disc offers an insight as to what Pixies' live performances were like at the group's prime. Joey Santiago's guitar screams, Black Francis's vocals are desperate but cool, moving back and forth between Spanish and English, while Kim Deal's background vocals add warmth to the songs. DEATH TO THE PIXIES will appeal to both the neophyte and the dedicated fan who owns every Pixies seven-inch.
Editorial Reviews
...Listening to Black Francis spit caustic vocals about God or UFOs, while Joey Santiago furiously tortures his guitar and future Breeder Kim Deal thumps out the heartbeat on her bass, is like shoving your eardrums through a cheese grater. The resulting echo never fades. - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (12/12/1997)
...The Pixies never even tried to draw in fans. The irony is that their music now sounds the most expansive. Its very severity kept it current....Listening to DEATH TO THE PIXIES with Everclear ringing in your ears and you'll hear one hit after another...
Spin (12/01/1997)
...Divinely warped tunes, wormy melodies exhumed from Brian Wilson's sandpit....you get 17 of their best songs in one high powered blast....oh, what songs, what a man, what a woman, what a band.
Melody Maker (10/11/1997)
...The Pixies gleefully push your buttons; they shuffle the deck just enough to keep listeners stimulated...
Rolling Stone (11/27/1997)
10 (out of 10) - ...Undoubtedly the best and simultaneously the most frustrating album to be released this year....every single note on DEATH... is perfect. If you only buy two albums this year, buy this one. Twice.
NME
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