Surfer Rosa - Pixies > Reviews

Advantages: Two albums in one...
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Once again, I can't believe that state this op was in, but it was one of my first. Anyways, how can I inspire a Pixies revival if I don't write a good op on their albums? Well, here comes the re-vamped version... Surfer Rosa... an influential piece made even better with the addition of Come on Pilgrim on the CD version sold over here in Britain. This was the first full-length album to be released by Frank and his motley crew, and is seen by many ... Read review

Advantages: Grrrrrreat! (said tony)'s theme
Disadvantages: None really, except they split up!

Actually there's not much to say. I couldn't beleive they split up to be honest. Very sad day... Anyway Surfa Rosa (inc Come on Pilgrim on CD) is one of their best to be sure! Although I prefer Trompe Le Monde (Alec Eiffel!!) who could live without the Holiday Song? hmm? Seriously (yeah right) The Pixies were (and still are to their fans) one of the most interesting things to happen to alternative music in recent years. Their mixture of Hispanic ... Read review

Advantages: This album may change your life.... forever.
Disadvantages: None.

Music critics hate art. That is a fact. The Pixies were a very artistic band, and that is why they had so little success. They were not commercial. At all. Surfer Rosa was a great album that marked a whole generation of sensitive and artistic teenagers. Kurt Cobain, for example, referred many times of "Smells like teen spirit" as "a Pixies rip-off". And, while that would be stretching the true too much, there is an obvious influence of the Pixies ... Read review

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...with the band’s second album, Surfer Rosa. This is a set that chronicles the band’s early years, and provides a cross-section of much of the Pixies’ musical styles. This record includes many songs that are considered by die-hard Pixies fans as the best Pixies material. “Gigantic”, written, not by Black Francis, but by Kim Deal’s alias. This song was released as a single (a re-recorded version), but sadly did not reach a chart position to match ... Read review

Advantages: Great songs, great melodies
Disadvantages: 1 or 2 weaker tracks

...guitar licks. The highlights of Surfer Rosa are certainly the melodic Where is my Mind?, Gigantic, with Deal on lead vocals, River Euphrates, Break my Body with its beautiful chorus and the insane Vamos, with Spanish singing and Joey's most insane guitar ever. I highly recommend this cd for anyone with a bit of balls! ... Read review