Pixies at the BBC is the second of three posthumous releases for the Pixies, and is made up of tracks recorded between 1988 and 1991 on various BBC appearances. As an album, it shows what the Pixies can do in a more acoustic manner, with some of their less well known tracks taking centre stage ... Read review
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Pixies at the BBC - Pixies
Released shortly after the Pixies' legacy had been reappraised with the Death To The
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Pixies boxset, Pixies At The BBC offers a number of alternative takes and a few rarities culled from radio sessions between 1988 and 1991. Most interesting are the rar...
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Released shortly after the Pixies' legacy had been reappraised with theDeath To The
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Pixiesboxset,Pixies At The BBCoffers a number of alternative takes and a few rarities culled from radio sessions between 1988 and 1991. Most interesting are the raritie...
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Pixies at the BBC is the second of three posthumous releases for the Pixies, and is made up of tracks recorded between 1988 and 1991 on various BBC appearances. As an album, it shows what the Pixies can do in a more acoustic manner, with some of their less well known tracks taking centre stage at the expense of the favourites of the masses, such as 'Debaser'. This is something of a good thing...Of the 15 tracks on the album, only three appeared on ... ...that the Pixies definitely compiled this album for their own ears.
The overall tone of this album is something sombre, with the use of acoustic sets, more sparsity, a general slowing down of the mood, and a fantastic arrangement on all tracks.
Outstanding tracks on this album include a version of 'Letter to Memphis', probably one of the most outstanding tracks on Trompe Le Monde; an even more sparse version of the Doolittle track 'Hey'; 'Wave of ...
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Album Notes: PIXIES AT THE BBC is a collection of 15 previously unavailable performances that were taped for John Peel and Mark Goodier's radio programs between May 3, 1988 & June 23, 1991.
Titles on disc 1
1.: Wild Honey Pie
2.: There Goes My Gun
3.: Dead
4.: Subbaculture
5.: Manta Ray
6.: Is She Weird
7.: Ana
8.: Down To The Well
9.: Wave Of Mutilation
10.: Letter To Memphis
11.: Levitate
12.: Caribou
13.: Monkey Gone To Heaven
14.: Hey
15.: Lady In The Radiator Song (In Heaven)
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