ALBUM REACTION: Pixies - Doolittle

[@AlexHaitz]

More PIXIES Reactions: Come On Pilgrim EP: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqPFoo17gbF0p5o Surfer Rosa: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inzTlYaQeLKcpbc Bossanova: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJqTdoehmKybgsU Trompe le Monde: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roS6enakZ6urh5Y

[@goldenboy140]

Gouge Away, Monkey Gone To Heaven and Here Comes Your Man are my favorites here. Whole album is a masterpiece

[@demetridabum]

Mr Grieves!!

[@stephenhouse5129]

Tame is not filler, it’s outstanding. You can’t analyze Pixies without understanding the humor or you will be lost

[@justinl7711]

Gouge Away is the best song on this album - don't care what anyone says!

[@blondymonk1535]

Hey if my favorite, but Gouge Away is close second.

[@TimothyLafreniere]

No. DEAD IS.

[@sydhamelin1265]

Right here, this opinion - yes. Gouge Away is the best of the best. Possibly my favorite Pixies song.

[@berzerkaun88]

Number 13 baby 😉

[@funkyradbomtrack]

@@berzerkaun88 The more you get into the Pixes the more obscure your fav song becomes We really are in the weeds with No.13 Baby! I 100% agree with that choice!!

[@kevinmassey1164]

This album is a masterpiece

[@ropersf]

I would really like to see you react to Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime. Minutemen were one of my favorite bands as I transitioned from punk/hardcore to post punk around 1983/84. They are kinda jazzy/funky with punk energy and poetic lyrics. All their songs are very short many are a minute or less. Their philosophy was called "Econo" reflected in how each song gets to the point quickly.so if you don't like the song you don't have to wait long till another one comes along. Double Nickels on the Dime is definitely in my all time top 100. Robert Christgau wrote Re. DNOTD ...."Eleven of the titles are over 2:00 and thirteen more over 1:40, but structures are still so abbreviated that the way one riff-song segues into the next changes both. This is poetry-with-jazz as it always should have been, and while D. Boon may be a somewhat limited singer, he's a hell of a reader, with a guitar that rhymes. A- "

[@happiness8535]

On my top ten albums of all times. I remember buying the album at the Navy Exchange in Newport when I was 15 and listened to it probably 50 straight times.

[@LAKELAND3330]

What are the other 9 ???

[@happiness8535]

@@LAKELAND3330 my thumb doesn’t want to type. When I get to a desktop I’ll let you know.

[@LAKELAND3330]

@@happiness8535 When you make the great reveal I will reply with either a thumbs up or a thumbs down, and that is the last you will ever hear from me, but we will always have the memory my dear friend

[@LAKELAND3330]

???

[@wozaow]

legend says he still hasn’t gotten to a desktop

[@franko6677]

I think you would enjoy the Frank Black album “Teenager of the Year.”

[@mana3735]

Love the bass sound on this album.

[@lauce3998]

The bass is amazing in this band, very tension! .

[@Askemanden]

The bass on Here Comes Your Man and Monkey Gone To Heaven is absolutely amazing

[@Brassneck77]

Personally, I think Surfer Rosa is their best, mostly for how much Kim there is (she has less and less vocal presence as they go on) and how both aggressive and pretty it is (kind of like Isn't Anything). Definitely go back to it if you can! Also, you can't do a Pixies thread without Come On Pilgrim! If you like Bossanova and TLM, listen to their B-Sides, which are all great, and even their BBC sessions are better than most other band's best stuff.

[@brandonburroughs7128]

Trompe Le Monde is my fave pixies LP

[@lauce3998]

Great, but I prefer Bossanova.

[@gregorysanchez6903]

Pixies are my favorite band. Some songs did take a while to grow on me like "Hey" sometimes one has to listen to each instrument isolated to really appreciate the songs.

[@jemxs]

Oh Hey is one of my all time favorites. Instantly loved it.

[@paulolapa3040]

"Hey" is the best song in the album. I loved it on the first listen

[@chaosmos24]

This album and Surfer Rosa are incredible. Ahead of their time.

[@Askemanden]

@Le pain est sur la table But who’s more sorry now?

[@gregorymoalic2253]

Hi from France ! There are two very good songs that you can't found in a LP : "Manta Ray" (and not "Do the manta ray" which is another song) and "In Heaven". I've been listening to this band since I'm 18 (I'm 50 now) and it's still my favourite band. Best songs for me : Where is my mind? (not a surprise) - Gouge away - Levitate Me - Caribou - Gigantic - Velouria - Monkey gone to heaven - Debaser - Manta Ray - In Heaven. As you can see, I prefer the early Pixies.

[@trogdortheburninator3621]

Great album. Monkey gone to heaven is my personal fav. It's like a cozy stoned conversation with a random stranger.

[@MojoPin1983]

It was a playsure to hear you say “mishellaneous” (2:39).

[@thoru4367]

So, if you really like this album i would recommend you Violent Femmes - S/T album this one is on the same lvl

[@coletain5626]

I don't think people quite understand Pixies. These "filler/transition" songs as you may call them are not in fact fillers or transitions. They are what Pixies are all about : a whole bunch of little crazy energetic punches in your stomach, and if you're looking for big stand outs such as their most popular songs throughout the whole album, you're not gonna get what you want. There are stand outs obviously, they're too good not to write hit songs, but I don't think that this is the main point of the Pixies. That's what make them so special and avant-garde to me and what many bands tryna do the same thing later didn't quite catch.

[@HO-yc3pv]

Pure songwriting genius. And as you said I love how the songs are so simple and short. Zero fat imo.

[@mariomanno1]

What an album. I feel like vocally it's a bit on the wild side for me at times with the grating tone on some tracks but it seems to only add to the overall sound and the fun of the album itself. I remember the first time I listened to this one of the main things I said was that I don't even care what they're singing about because the music is so fun. That being said, I haven't returned to it anywhere near as much as I should have by now because I think there's a lot more replay value here than I've given it personally.

[@noseeyou]

Similar to any protests from AOR radio (or pop radio, for that matter) at the time it was released. Their unpolished, "weird" tracks were part of the appeal for early fans who didn't want produced pop or unchallenging music. This was truly their last 'live' sounding album.

[@adamharris3520]

I love checking out albums with you and we align a fair amount on most songs but it always seems that the ones I’m most excited to listen to with you are your least favorite…maybe they are just the growers

[@jemxs]

Fair breakdown, had for me to to say I don't love any of these songs since I have listened to them so much. Part of what I like about PIXIES is not knowing why they do some this...just makes it more interesting to me. Just an all round great album that allows the mainstream to appreciate the subaculture!

[@scottstambaugh8473]

Amazing album. Music with a sense of humor - not the lyrics mind you, the actual music. LaLa LOVE it.

[@j.r.a.f.t.m.]

Great reaction Alex, probably my favourite Pixies along with Bosanova close behind. That album has more of a surf rock and dreamy vibe on some of the tracks. As for R.E.M. at the start they are more close to early post punk, jangle pop then they progress with a more folk and country blend, by Life's Rich Pageant in 85 they pretty much evolve into the quintessential 'alt rock' band.

[@berzerkaun88]

Amazing album man! Than you

[@brandonburroughs7128]

LaLa Love You is so underrated

[@devenscience8894]

Speaking of sounding like a totally different band... well, you'll see when you get to Bossanova.

[@lauce3998]

This band is fron another planet

[@Askemanden]

Bruh :(( Please listen to Monkey Gone To Heaven again

[@jsik69x]

Pretty sure Gouge Away was Cobain’s inspiration for Smells Like Teen Spirit fyi

[@Richaud89]

Crackity Jones is not a great song, I agree. But it works really well as setup for the beginning of La La Love You if you listen straight through. I guess it's hard to appreciate those dynamics when you're pausing between tracks.

[@PhilippeDumont73]

A good example of a perfect album, for me at least !

[@sydhamelin1265]

La La Love You is totally the Ringo song. Was there some contractual obligation there?

[@miguelcosta4405]

Almost perfect album. It always amazes me how Frank Black could scream at least back in the day. When i need a bit of adrenaline i watch this live performance of Tame. Frank screams like a banshee and the crowd is wild and almost scared. And who didnt have a crush on Kim Deal? kzbin.info/www/bejne/apqZm6epeNV8o9E

[@gerbilpmc]

Monkey gone to heaven is their best by far

[@Coxy-b34]

I was surpsrised he didn't seem too impressed by it.Maybe a few more listens required.

[@lauce3998]

It is his best song without a doubt ever, although my favor as a child was Here comes your man. Now I'm from Debaser!.

[@alexandra4334]

Take is filler or transitionary? Omg no way.

[@SpiralMantis]

Christ. Those dead eyes while listening to one of the best indie rock albums.

[@Kevvinm]

A classic! Monkey Gone to Heaven was a huge song on alternative rock radio. Silver probably my least favorite on the album.

[@thoru4367]

Yeah, Surfer Rosa is overrated but it's still freakin good

[@dr.zacking2097]

Relisten Alex svp......the non tracks make more sense in the whole, Gouge Away would be surprised if that didn't grow.....Surfer Rosa needs more listens too ;) thanks for the review though.....enjoy them man.

[@cowabungadude7408]

oh lord you called Tame a transition track. noooo. it's one of their best songs of all time. ahhahaha

[@lauce3998]

Debaser is my favorite now.

[@dextercool]

All killer - no filler!

[@andreyandreyovich5454]

Thanks, like your reviews) greetings from Ukraine

[@AdamF90]

To be fair, many bands’ first albums are really rough around the edges. Bleach by Nirvana is literally unlistenable for me. Some exceptions exist though, Swervedriver’s first album Raise is amazing

[@SpiralMantis]

This wasn't their first album mate....

[@AdamF90]

@@SpiralMantis I know it isn’t, but he mentions in this video that he wasn’t a big fan of Surfer Rosa, so I was responding to his remarks about that. And Surfer Rosa, though great, is really rough around the edges, similar to Pavement’s first album.

[@SpiralMantis]

@@AdamF90 I get you.

[@bimbooliveros7468]

Joey santiago❤mabuhay kabayan🇵🇭 Filipino the guitarist of Pixies❤️

[@smorr139]

the goats

[@adampepin9944]

Who is this guy and why is does his opinion matter?

[@AlexHaitz]

I’m a non-practicing comedian, and my opinion matters about as much as a dark beige sack of innocent Hawaiian babies.

[@Richaud89]

Sounds like you have a baby infestation

[@Coxy-b34]

*The British Sitcom analogy was perfect.

[@Coxy-b34]

Didnt realise you hadn't reacted to Pixies.Should be well worth watching all ytou reactions on their albums. You're not wrong Doolittle is superior to Surfer Rosa. Then again Bossanova is my favourite favourite Pixies album so what do I know?