Board 8 > Rank the Tracks Week 14: Pixies' Doolittle (plus Pink Floyd's The Wall results)

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Previous results can be seen here:
https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_the_Tracks

The rules:
1. Listen to the album in full
2. Rank every track on the album
3. For the results, there will be a curve at the top of each list; two additional points between #1 and #2, and one additional point for the next two ranks. This way, the songs that really stick out to someone get an edge that is not immediately negated by someone else putting it lower. In the case of Demon Days, someone's 15th track will get 1 point, 14th 2 points, 4th 12 points, 3rd 14 points, 2nd 16 points, and 1st 19 points
4. If you want to include comments for individual songs, I will compile them in the results
5. The results will be posted at the beginning of the next topic
6. The deadline to vote is Sunday, June 13 at 8:00 AM EST - though if you are for whatever reason listening to the album around that time, just say so in the topic and I can delay a bit
7. You can sign up to be added to a user cycle for after we finish the queue; once we get through the last planned album, the next person on the list will choose 3 albums which the other users will vote on for the next topic.
7a. To ensure people are being given an actual choice, the three nominated albums must be by different artists. You can otherwise stick to a similar sound or era.
7b. The tiebreaker for these polls will be whichever is listed first in the poll options - make sure to deliver the results in order of your own preference (which will hopefully have the added benefit of influencing people toward your first choice if they can't decide).
7c. The order of the user cycle will be randomly determined, but users will first be sorted into tiers by how many of their nominations have been covered during the early nominations period.

Pixies' Doolittle:
1. Debaser
2. Tame
3. Wave of Mutilation
4. I Bleed
5. Here Comes Your Man
6. Dead
7. Monkey Gone to Heaven
8. Mr. Grieves
9. Crackity Jones
10. La La Love You
11. No. 13 Baby
12. There Goes My Gun
13. Hey
14. Silver
15. Gouge Away

Schedule:
6/13: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb)
6/20: Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City (Start the Machine)
6/27: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (Seanchan)
7/4: Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton (TomNook)
7/11: Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid (TheArkOfTurus)
7/18: The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141)
7/25: Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos)
8/1: Massive Attack - Mezzanine (Giggsalot)
8/8: The Killers - Hot Fuss (Seanchan)
8/15: Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107)
8/22: Air - Moon Safari (ZaziGuado)
8/29: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (Johnbobb)
9/5: Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (Steiner)
9/12: The Knife - Silent Shout (CasanovaZelos)
9/19: Billy Joel - The Stranger (Seanchan)
9/26: Spice Girls - Spice (SpikeSetsFire)
10/3: Iron Maiden - Powerslave (TheArkOfTurus)
10/10: Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555)
10/17: OutKast - Aquemini (Giggsalot)
10/24: Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin (Jesse_Custer)
10/31: Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555)
11/7: The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire)
11/14: Moby - Play (SpikeSetsFire)
11/21: Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill (Seginustemple)

User Cycle sign-ups:
11/28: MetalmindStats
12/5: TheArkOfTurus
12/12: Snake5555555555
12/19: Jesse_Custer
12/26: ZaziGuado
1/2: SpikeSetsFire
1/9: Johnbobb
1/16: VeryInsane
1/23: CasanovaZelos
1/30: Seanchan
2/6: Giggsalot

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Pink Floyd - The Wall results

First, the list of participants (no deviation this time)
CasanovaZelos
ChainLTTP
darkx
Evillordexdeath
firefdr
HBJDubs
Johnbobb
neonreaper
Raetsel_Lapin
Seanchan
Snake5555555555
SpikeSetsFire
TheArkOfTurus
VeryInsane

General album comments:

neonreaper: I

Snake5555555555: This album is at time more akin to listening to an audio drama than a musical album. To me, this is the peak of concept album storytelling, and to not listen to it in the order intended is downright detrimental to the listening experience. The Wall proved progressive rock can be fun and accessible to the average listener while still providing a deep experience of complex instrumentality and passionate, meaningful lyrics with catchy hooks. The Wall flows so seamlessly from one track to the next that the feature length run-time feels like a drop in the bucket as you become immersed in a dystopian, epic world of terrible teachers, the sins of parents, wartime tragedies, and ultimately, self-doubt and extreme separation and isolation from everyone and everything in the world as you become a shell of your former shelf, beaten down by the world's cruel tendencies. It's a lot to take in, but the intense autobiographical nature gives it a whole layer of relatability to many listeners, and Pink Floyd lulls you into security, grooving between hard rock riffs and even some more popular genres at the same like disco & funk while often pulling the rug out on the listener with screamed vocals and jarring musical transitions that make you constantly pay attention to every note being played and every line being sung.

A personal highlight for me is found in the hypnotic chants of "run" in Run Like Hell accompanying two short but sweet verses that say more about humanity than most 500-page epics, at once a twisted teenage love song and a rally cry to submit to fascist control and totalitarian dictatorship. And my limited understanding of music theory can't even begin to approach the amazing riff and complex guitar work that permeates the entire song, with outstanding production across the board. The whole "Brick in the Wall" saga is a timeless classic, and I can't imagine not at least listening to The Happiest Days of Our Lives before Part 2; it's one of the best song pairings of all time, as it builds up a steady funk while having some of best lyrics in the album, a total disparaging of every teacher who ever got you in trouble or yelled at you in class while offering a brief glimpse into what their lives are like at home too. Like this and so many songs on the album, there's always a sense of horror and the uncanny behind everything we think is normal and just in our society, always a twist of the status quo lying just beyond the horizons of our eyesight. The screaming transition into Part 2 is as bone-chilling as the shift from Parabol to Parabola in Tool's Lateralus. Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 is maybe the most famous to come from this album, which I know is a bold statement with Comfortably Numb sitting right there, but tell me what kid, teen, or adult in the world can't get behind a song both thrashing institutionalized education and losing your personal identity as you're battered processed like cattle in a meat processing factory.

This album is obviously incredible. Sure, I could see some people finding the short interludes pretentious and pointless, but personally I find every song on this album immersive and atmospheric, while having its moments of pure rock fun that you don't necessarily have to worry about The Wall being too dark of a listen to just pull out and play. Pink Floyd always uses their trademark sense of humor to belay getting too bogged down in self-seriousness, and I think that does wonders for the album, putting attention on the music while still getting the gravitas of the words across in a way that's not over-bearing or ironically, not hammering you over the head with obvious and repetitive theming. It's an album I think everyone should listen to at least point in their lives, and it's album you will better for for doing so.

ChainLTTP: I've heard most of the traditional "songs" before, but listening to this straight through, I noticed something interesting.

Dark Side of the Moon, to me, is the quintessential album that bridged psychedelic 60s rock with the sounds of the 70s. And now The Wall is sonically bridging what I think of as "70s rock" with the sounds of the 80s. It's hard for me to explain, but this feels like a weird transitional time capsule.

Johnbobb: I disagree with the people saying The Wall can't really be ranked individually by song. I understand the opinion, and obviously a big part of The Wall's appeal is how well it cohesively forms its story, but part of what makes The Wall a perfect album (and make no mistake, The Wall is about as perfect of an album as any band could ever hope to put out) is both how well everything works together as well as how everything stands distinct on its own. Songs differ drastically in mood, style, voice, instrumentation, etc., reflecting the story's plot-points as well as the perspective of its lead character at that moment of his life. It's the concept album to end all concept albums.

darkx: This is my second-favorite album of all time, and while some of those short little snippet songs are kinda nice I couldn't justify putting any of them above those top 9.

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The Wall track ranking

26. Goodbye Cruel World (Track #13)
Score: 2
Biggest Fan(s): Evillordexdeath (#14)

Johnbobb: By all means, this should be part of Another Brick, Pt. 3, but who am I to criticize the greatest songwriters of their time?

25. Stop (Track #24)
Score: 3
Biggest Fan(s): darkx (#13)

Johnbobb: This isn't ranked so low because it's 30 seconds long, it's ranked this low because I'm upset that Waiting for the Worms ended.

24. Vera (Track #17)
Score: 5
Biggest Fan(s): ChainLTTP (#12)

Johnbobb: I didn't know who Vera Lynn was before this song! And by the time it was done I still didn't!

23. Bring the Boys Back Home (Track #18)
Score: 6
Biggest Fan(s): ChainLTTP, HBJDubs (#13)

Johnbobb: it's not much of a song on its own, admittedly, but it exists as the holy shit moment of Pink psychosis breaking into the dreary nothing he has left.

22. The Show Must Go On (Track #20)
Score: 9
Biggest Fan(s): SpikeSetsFire (#13)

Johnbobb: There are quite a few songs on the album <2 minutes long, and it's easy to just dump them all at the bottom (which I'm doing, to an extent), but it's never because they're bad, and short tunes like this could easily be standouts on a weaker album.

21. Outside the Wall (Track #26)
Score: 11
Biggest Fan(s): Evillordexdeath (#6)

Johnbobb: isn't this where...

20. Don't Leave Me Now (Track #11)
Score: 12
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#11)

Johnbobb: Please don't CTRL-F the word "ominous" because I know I'm using it too much. It's just so damn sad, as you see Pink desperately pleading to not be left behind, as he knows how close he is to lose everything, including his own sense of self.

19. Empty Spaces (Track #8)
Score: 27
Biggest Fan(s): HBJDubs (#4)

Johnbobb: Are there filler songs on The Wall? No. Fuck you.

18. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3 (Track #12)
Score: 31
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#8)

Johnbobb: And there it is. He's broken. He's given up. His last plea was ignored, and he has nothing left but a killer guitar track.

17. Is There Anybody Out There? (Track #15)
Score: 32
Biggest Fan(s): ChainLTTP (#7)

Johnbobb: it wouldn't be a proper Pink Floyd concept album without a track mostly make up of bizarre screeching and creepy noises overtop sad acoustic guitar.

16. The Thin Ice (Track #2)
Score: 36
Biggest Fan(s): VeryInsane (#9)

Johnbobb: If In the Flesh? is the intro to the album's pure power and style, The Thin Ice is the intro to the album's pure scope, opening its concept album with both a literal and metaphorical baby, a character that is both unprepared for and terrified of his future.

15. Nobody Home (Track #16)
Score: 39
Biggest Fan(s): SpikeSetsFire (#5)

Johnbobb: The time has passed, he's trapped within the Wall, and he accepts what little, forgettable bits of his life are still remaining from everything he's locked out of reach of himself. Waters sounds legitimately broken here, and the fuzzy sounds of the TV in the background only amplify the dread as helplessly hopes for something he can't have.

14. The Happiest Days of Our Lives (Track #4)
Score: 43
Biggest Fan(s): Snake5555555555 (#2)

Johnbobb: It's short, and it's often combined with the following Another Brick Pt. 2, and to be honest, I'm sad that most radio versions of Another Brick 2 don't include Happiest Days, because its haunting warning of teachers who hate and abuse students, combined with sounds of helicopters and war, lays a terrible ground for the much more upbeat track to follow.

13. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 (Track #3)
Score: 51
Biggest Fan(s): SpikeSetsFire, neonreaper, HBJDubs (#7)

Johnbobb: I can see the argument for combining Another Brick 1, Happiest Days, and Another Brick 2 into one track. They flow seamlessly, both in concept and sound, to make what is an incredible 9 minute song. However, Brick 1 stands on its own just fine too, ominous and solid.

12. One of My Turns (Track #10)
Score: 73
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#1)

Johnbobb: Oh look at this, a calmdown after Young Lust, something to settle you into the midpoint of th--NOPE FUCK YOU YOU THINK YOU'RE SO GREAT WITH YOUR HAPPY LIFE AND YOUR LACK OF CARES SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST STICK AROUND AND WATCH ME DESTROY MYSELF FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT. Chills everytime.

11. Goodbye Blue Sky (Track #7)
Score: 77
Biggest Fan(s): SpikeSetsFire (#3)

Johnbobb: I'll probably mention how haunting this album is several times in its writeups, but this is something Pink Floyd's always been great at; they use soft, melodic vocals with dark lyrics and subtle, low-toned instrumentals to creating a sinking sense of dread. It's basically the entirety of Wish You Were Here.

10. In the Flesh? (Track #1)
Score: 81
Biggest Fan(s): firefdr (#2)

Johnbobb: It's often easy to tell from the first 30 seconds of an album whether it'll be bad, good, or great, and In the Flesh? doesn't hesitate to throw its listener directly into the action with its opening grungy chords, before dropping down into an almost Beatles-like soft poppy vocal, and then back into grungy chords but now with terrifying sounds, screaming vocals, and a wailing keyboard. It's fucking incredible, and in 3 minutes, without so much as a chorus, cements this as an experience not to be missed.

8 (tie). In the Flesh (Track #21)
Score: 84
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin, Evillordexdeath (#3)

Johnbobb: "In The Flesh/Run Like Hell/Waiting for the Worms" is one of the most thrilling, shocking, and inspired album chunks I've ever heard. Each of the three is excellent on its own, and they're that much better together. Here is where it begins, and after the cracks in Pink's psyche began to show a few songs earlier, here is where they fucking shatter into teeny bits and he goes what could borderline be considered "full on crazy," completely losing track of who he is, lost in guilt over his own actions and the brutal authoritarianism of the people in his past.

8 (tie). Waiting for the Worms (Track #23)
Score: 84
Biggest Fan(s): HBJDubs (#2)

Johnbobb: I already did a whole write-up on this song for the villain rankings (this came in 2nd or 3rd place I believe?) and I'm tired after all of this, so just know this song is creative (both conceptually and musically) and excellent.

7. Mother (Track #6)
Score: 93
Biggest Fan(s): neonreaper (#3)

Johnbobb: Right after the cheery, upbeat horror that is Another Brick, Pt. 2, we get one of the most emotionally devastating songs Pink Floyd has ever written. I'll fully admit to having sobbed in the car while hearing this song. It juggles the overprotective strictness of the mother with the son's legitimate need for love and acceptance, and on top of that it's still a great song.

6. The Trial (Track #25)
Score: 119
Biggest Fan(s): Evillordexdeath (#1)

Johnbobb: I've always said The Wall needs to be made as a full Broadway rock opera, and maybe someday I'll end up doing it myself because goddamn if this isn't just a perfect climax, complete with constant character switching (all done in their own voices), instrumental variety, sound effects... just tell me you can't perfectly imagine this on stage with the choir in the back, the judge and his defendants surrounding the stage, each getting their moment in the spotlight while Pink mumbles the chorus, ending with the physical wall getting destroyed in the middle of the stage as the choir and audience chant. Wait, was this still an album? What kind of crazy motherfuckers think they can just throw a whole damn stageplay into their shit like that's just a normal thing to do?

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5. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 (Track #5)
Score: 146
Biggest Fan(s): CasanovaZelos (#1)

Johnbobb: This song is almost too popular for it's own good. Taken out of the context of the album, as it far too often is, Another Brick Pt. 2 is almost cheery despite its dark undertones. It's a fun song. Chipper guitarwork and rants about pudding and singing children drowning Roger Waters' own vocals. Then that legendary guitar solo comes in, and it's sends chills down my spine. I highly recommend seeing the film's version if you can, because the darkness of the song definitely isn't overlooked.

4. Young Lust (Track #9)
Score: 151
Biggest Fan(s): HBJDubs (#1)

Johnbobb: I'm less than halfway through the album and already running out of ways to describe how fucking incredible it is from start to finish. I've sung this song in the shower maybe a dozen times, including the mumbly voice recordings at the end. It's one of the most straight rock songs on the album, which could've dragged it down from some of the more conceptual stuff if it wasn't just so fucking good.

3. Run Like Hell (Track #22)
Score: 178
Biggest Fan(s): Snake5555555555, Johnbobb, firefdr (#1)

Johnbobb: Perfect on its own, perfect in context, just altogether so so good.

2. Hey You (Track #14)
Score: 179
Biggest Fan(s): VeryInsane, Seanchan (#1)

Johnbobb: Underrated as far as Pink Floyd singles go! I feel like the big go-tos of this album are always Comfortably Numb and Another Brick Pt. 2 (Hey You getting cut from the film version might have something to do with it), but something about Hey You's comparable softness just really hits me, but what really brings this song together is 2 minutes in. No band can make a guitar solo have the same emotional hit like Pink Floyd. This is the first track that takes place within the wall, and it jumps around from calls, to pleas, to sudden realization.

1. Comfortably Numb (Track #19)
Score: 206
Biggest Fan(s): SpikeSetsFire, TheArkOfTurus, neonreaper, ChainLTTP, darkx (#1)

Johnbobb: I'm really torn on this. It's not as emotionally or thematically complex as many of the songs surrounding it, but it's also an incredible song musically, with multiple excellent guitar solos and vocal changes. It's also a little difficult to view it in the context of the rest of the album given just how huge this song became on its own.

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Doolittle is my sixth favorite album of all time. This album really exemplifies a lot of what would come during the 1990s in alternative rock, but this towers over what followed. This is one of those rare albums where every track is great while also sounding nothing alike.

Debaser What better way to kick off one of my favorite albums than a song about one of my favorite films? The guitar suggests surf rock while Black Franciss vocals lend a more aggressive edge. Surrealist lyrics are common in the bands that followed in their footsteps, and giving homage to Un chien andalou makes this a manifesto of sorts for this particular brand of alt rock.

Tame The most aggressive track on Doolittle, with the lyrics again emphasizing the surrealist angle. While Black Francis screams his heart out, his words reveal he is merely complaining about a boringly average woman.

Wave of Mutilation Forms a perfect pair with Tame as its inverse this is pure surf rock bliss, as long as you ignore the lyrics about intentionally driving off a cliff for a watery grave.

I Bleed Certainly one of the lesser tracks here, but I love Black Franciss delivery. Part of what makes this album work as a whole is the jarring transitions, and this works as a visceral divider between the lighter Wave of Mutilation and Here Comes Your Man.

Here Comes Your Man Even the most esoteric rock albums need that one song that can hook an ordinary audience. But this is not a band selling out or anything like that Pixies do pop rock justice here. The bridge sends me to another level.

Dead Another element I love about Doolittle is how few of the tracks stretch beyond three minutes. Pixies stumble across a unique sound, do just enough to make it memorable, then move on to the next. This is aggressive, but in a way very unlike the aggression found on Tame.

Monkey Gone to Heaven Probably the definite track off Doolittle in the grand scheme of things, and its hard to argue against that perception. It captures the weirdness of the Pixies while managing to be outright beautiful. Black Franciss impassioned shouting at the end of verse three might be the best single moment on the album.

Mr. Grieves This covers a lot of ground in two minutes, starting off sounding like some twisted version of a song by The Police before ramping up the pace, only to dial it down into something else entirely. A Pixies version of the Happiness is a Warm Gun model.

Crackity Jones Really short songs sometimes feel designed to be overlooked, but Crackity Jones is a perfect example of a song that packs a whole lot into one short burst this could easily be a standout for those looking for a harsher sound.

La La Love You Black Francis apparently referred to this song as a comedic break, but on an album so strange, it fits right in as a standard tune. An intentionally shallow love song, and I love the intro.

No. 13 Baby A stray observation, but the longest song on Doolittle is shorter than the shortest on Sound of Silver. This feels like one of the best pure rockers on the album, and it easily earns its length due to a strong instrumental break.

There Goes My Gun This is the only song on Doolittle that doesnt really stand on its own to me, but its still a fun tune. Its a short burst of energy that does a lot to set up for the slower sound of Hey.

Hey This has always been the standout to me, and it feels like people are slowly catching on to its immense power. This feels like the Pixies at their slowest and most introspective, with a simple yet killer chorus Were chained repeated over and over, but with a revolution of delivery styles and Kim Deal eventually joining in to echo the second word. And then theres the second verse, which contrasts an intimate encounter with raw sexual relief and finally the pains of birth. Rarely has a song about sex sounded so desperate and isolating.

Silver A perfect penultimate track, coming off as the backing theme of two cowboys walking through the center of town ready to duel, a standoff scene for a bizarro western.

Gouge Away Doolittle closes out with what first sounds like a moment of cathartic release. The singer encourages the audience to gouge away, but only because his revenge is already planned. Black Francis certainly hits the right notes for emotional relief, but then the song continues, the anxiety lingering. A phenomenal closer because it refuses to let the listener off easy.

Track ranking:
1. Hey (redacted)
2. Debaser (redacted)
3. Monkey Gone to Heaven (#353 all-time)
4. Tame (#1432)
5. Here Comes Your Man (#1869)
6. Wave of Mutilation (#1939)
7. Gouge Away (#2402)
8. No. 13 Baby
9. Crackity Jones
10. Mr. Grieves
11. Silver
12. I Bleed
13. Dead
14. La La Love You
15. There Goes My Gun

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oh cool, an album i like again, it's been a while!

didn't want to spoil the love-in for recent albums with my negativity, but i'll do this one for sure.

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bump

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This one Im gonna do a full write up for, its been the one constant album in my top ten since Ive listened to it like fifteen years ago. It was my gateway album to looking at music in greater depth, back then I primarily only liked ones with catchy tunes. This one not only had that, but matched it with witty yet deep lyrics. Its constant shifting tones show the range of the band perfectly. One song will be fast, aggressive, almost like a hardcore punk sound, and then the other will be more melodic, like a classic pop rock song. And yet it all fits perfectly.

It is a little weird that although I love this album, none of their other stuff really clicked for me as much. I guess my second favorite is Trompe Le Monde? Maybe its all just underplayed and I should give it more attention

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My first listen to Doolittle was mixed. I hadn't heard any of these songs before other than Waves of Mutilation, which I think was part of Rock Band or one of those music games. I just kind of didn't connect to anything. We'll see what happens with some more listens. It's a pretty quick listen (<39 minutes) for having 15 tracks.

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I'll be ranking this one. While I only know half the album or so, the Pixies were one of my fav's in my college years.

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Here comes the bump

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My only knowledge of The Pixies is Where Is My Mind? (Because of Fight Club). And I loved it.
Can't wait to listen to this!

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My comment for the Wall was something like "In my circle of friends and family, The Wall is huuuuge with older Gen X and boomers, and Dark Side/WYWH (particularly WYWH) are bigger with the younger Gen X and millennial crowd. I like The Wall but I really know it mostly from all the singles being played on ROCK 101 as opposed to the album experience."

but I didn't even make it through the first word (I was passing a kidney stone so lucky I even ranked anything!)


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1. Monkey Gone to Heaven
Probably a top 3 Pixies track.

2. Tame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i6jtsCpImo
says it all doesn't it

3. Hey
It feels very unlike Pixies, with the track being slower and overall more quiet, but everything about it works from the opening HEY to the UH to the we're chained.

4. Dead
URIAH HIT THE CRAPPER!!!! Such a fun track.

5. Wave of Mutilation

6. Debaser
This is one of the songs I absolutely adored and where the love has kinda waned over time. I still think it's a great track, but I wouldn't rush to it anymore if I wanted to hear Pixies.

7. Gouge Away
it's ya boy Samson, gouging out eyes. Great energetic closer.

8. Mr. Grieves

9. Here Comes Your Man
I was never too fond of this on. I just kinda feel like it's there, but it doesn't do anything special for me, even though it's a fun track.

10. I Bleed

11. Crackity Jones

12. Silver

13. La La Love You
There was a time where I listened to this track a lot but I don't really get the hook anymore.

14. No 13 Baby
More like No 14 Baby amirite guys lolz

15. There Goes My Gun

Also I wouldn't mind being added to the nomination queue.

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So a couple years ago, I sat down and decided to try and get to know some bands that I only really knew a tiny bit of, so I downloaded the Best Of albums of The Smiths, The Cure and Pixies.

Didn't care for The Smiths beyond a song or two, thought The Cure was decent enough, and loved the Pixies. If I had known they were basically just early grunge I would've listened to them a lot sooner.

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There goes the bump

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Whoever nominated and supported this album. Thank you.
I've been playing it all week! It's so good!!
This is why I love this topic. Discovering gems like this!


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Boston's Pixies were a big part of the late 80s transition to alternative music. Everyone points out Nirvana, but I'll mention Toadies. I like Toadies more than Pixies, but listen to Doolittle and it's like, "ah that's where this came from". There's plenty of 90s music that snaps into place once you listen to Pixies - I admit I didn't really listen to them until the 90s were over.

I Bleed
Debaser
Hey
Wave of Mutilation
Monkey Gone To Heaven
Here Comes Your Man
No 13 Baby
Tame
La La Love You
Gouge Away
Dead
Mr Grieves
Crackity Jones
There Goes My Gun
Silver

Given my love for Toadies, it's not a shock that I Bleed is my favorite track here.

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1. No. 13 Baby
2. Monkey Gone to Heaven
3. Gouge Away
4. La La Love You
5. There Goes My Gun
6. Hey
7. Here Comes Your Man
8. Wave of Mutilation
9. Debaser
10. Tame
11. I Bleed
12. Dead
13. Mr. Grieves
14. Crackity Jones
15. Silver


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1: Monkey Gone to Heaven
2: Wave of Mutilation
3: Debaser
4: Gouge Away
5: La La Love You
6: Silver
7: There Goes My Gun
8: Hey
9: Here Comes Your Man
10: No. 13 Baby
11: Mr. Grieves
12: Tame
13: I Bleed
14: Crackity Jones
15: Dead
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hey

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1. Debaser
2. Hey
3. Gouge Away
4. Wave of Mutilation
5. Mr. Grieves
6. Monkey Gone to Heaven
7. Silver
8. No 13 Baby
9. Tame
10. Dead
11. I Bleed
12. Crackity Jones
13. La La Love You
14. There Goes My Gun
15. Here Comes Your Man

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Bump

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I like this album a lot. My high school physics teacher originally told me to check it out, around 13 years ago.

1. Debaser
2. Gouge Away
3. Wave of Mutilation
4. Here Comes Your Man
5. Hey
6. Mr. Grieves
7. Crackity Jones
8. La La Love You
9. Tame
10. I Bleed
11. Monkey Gone To Heaven
12. Silver
13. No 13 Baby
14. There Goes My Gun
15. Dead

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Bump

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1. Here Comes Your Man
2. Hey
3. Mr Grieves
4. Wave of Mutilation
5. Crackity Jones
6. Monkey Gone to Heaven
7. Debaser
8. I Bleed
9. There Goes My Gun
10. No. 13 Baby
11. La La Love You
12. Silver
13. Gouge Away
14. Dead
15. Tame

I didn't really care for this album at all. Just didn't feel any connection.

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I have my ranking set in stone except for one song in particular.

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backlog first:

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - All Of The Lights is my #1, Runaway is my biggest detraction (#1 on final, #9 on mine)

now, Doolittle:

1. Dead
2. Wave Of Mutilation
3. No. 13 Baby
4. Here Comes Your Man
5. Silver
6. Gouge Away
7. Monkey Gone To Heaven
8. There Goes My Gun
9. La La Love You
10. Hey
11. Mr. Grieves
12. I Bleed
13. Crackity Jones
14. Tame
15. Debaser

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I've listened to this like 3 times at least this week, note to self to post tonight because I won't be around tomorrow

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Seanchan posted...

I didn't really care for this album at all. Just didn't feel any connection.

Same. I didnt want to skip another week, but I feel like any ranking Id do of this one would be arbitrary.

my cat interrupted my first attempt at ranking

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1. Monkey Gone to Heaven
2. Gouge Away
3. Wave of Mutilation
4. Hey
5. Debaser
6. Mr. Grieves
7. La La Love You
8. Tame
9. Here Comes Your Man
10. There Goes My Gun
11. Silver
12. I Bleed
13. No. 13 Baby
14. Crackity Jones
15. Dead

Can we call this a grunge album? Like I know Pixies aren't usually considered grunge because they didn't come out of early 90s Seattle, but labelling them as just "alternative" just seems really limiting. If this came out like 4 years later it would've been considered part of the height of the grunge movement, and stylistically it draws from the same sound that inspired Nirvana and a lot of the lesser-known, garage-punk grunge bands of the era.

Regardless of what you call it, the album is fantastic. It's the kind of thing I wish I'd listened to as a teenager instead of like a year or two ago because this was exactly what angsty teenage me wanted to hear and jam the fuck out to. It's what late-20s me still wants to jam the fuck out too. Ranking is difficult because every song is so damn good.

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If the Stooges can be "proto-punk" then the Pixies can be "proto-grunge"

Last day to vote

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Bleh my writeup got deleted, bleh.

Gouge Away
Hey
Debaser
Mr. Grieves
Monkey Gone to Heaven
No. 13 Baby
Wave of Mutilation
Tame
Here Comes Your Man
Silver
La La Love You
I Bleed
Crackity Jones
Dead
There Goes My Gun

I'll talk about some specific songs.

Gouge Away - This is my personal favorite, I just like the delivery and the ending is karmic. I know it's the obvious Samson bible thing, but it works. Perfect Closer to go with Debaser.

Hey - Been trying to reach you! The hook on this guitar is simple, and yet it works so well. Great song.

Debaser - Great, Energetic opener to get the blood flowing. I feel like literally every 90s alt band that goes quiet verses loud chorus owes themselves to this song in particular on the album.

Mr. Grieves - secretly a big fan of this song! Love the skaish sound and it's so fast and energetic.

Monkey's Gone To Heaven - if this was a decade ago, I would say yeah. But I've just listened to this song too much. That being said, getting killed by ten million pounds of sludge from new york and new jersey gets me everytime.

Silver - This was the tough song for me to rank, largely because it's so different and slow to rank. That said, after listening to it a few times it started to click for me. Also, I guess one of the disappointments was less Kim in this album (Listened to Surfer again and she's the highlight there)

There Goes My Gun - This song's not bad, it just... doesn't have a whole of substance.

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ah shit, crazy week, forgot about this

this is a weird album for me because I feel like the first half alternates between all time classics and fairly unmemorable punk blasts (the only other album I can think of that does this so consistently is relationship of command). then it kind of hits a lull around track 10 and only picks up by Hey. or so I remember; honestly I haven't listened to this in full in years. oops.

oh, p.s. silver is a great track, screw the haters

anyway, some track rankings:

1. Debaser
2. Here Comes Your Man
3. Wave of Mutilation
4. Hey
5. Monkey Gone to Heaven
6. Gouge Away
7. Silver
8. I Bleed
9. Mr. Grieves
10. Dead
11. Tame
12. Crackity Jones
13. No. 13 Baby
14. La La Love You
15. There Goes My Gun


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HBJDubs posted...

15. Debaser

also, what on god's green earth is this

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Last bump

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1. Wave of Mutilation
2. Monkeys gone to heaven
3. Gouge away
4. Tame
5. Crackity Jones
6. Lala love you
7. Silver
8. Debaser
9. No 13 baby
10. Dead
11. I bleed
12. Here comes your man
13. Hey
14. There goes my gun
15. Mr. Grieves

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1. Hey
2. Wave of Mutilation
3. Gouge Away
4. Mr. Grieves
5. Here Comes Your Man
6. Monkey Gone To Heaven
7. La La Love You
8. Crackity Jones
9. Silver
10. No. 13 Baby
11. I Bleed
12. Debaser
13. There Goes My Gun
14. Dead
15. Tame

Fun album. There are a number of songs that sound very 'samey'...like lesser versions of other songs here. My #1-6 are all great ones. After that, it gets a bit more mixed. "Dead" and "Tame" are probably the only ones I'd say are kinda bad.

"Hey" is about as good as it gets with the Pixies; such a fantastic song with a lot of variety to it. It feels like the full album condensed into a single song.

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@CasanovaZelos Why redacted?

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MarkS222222222222222 posted...

@CasanovaZelos Why redacted?

He's got a topic where he's running down his top 250 songs. Redacted means it's in that top 250 but hasn't been revealed yet.

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Up and calculating the results

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Going back to The Wall, 13 of my top 15 made the topic's top 15. I had The Thin Ice and The Show Must Go On in, but instead, it was One of My Turns and Nobody Home.

I guess I'm somewhat surprised the percentage is so high but then again, maybe I shouldn't be. The top 7-9 songs were fairly obvious, order notwithstanding.

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1 Tame
The sheer energy. I am a sucker for that. Was the influencing song for a generation.

2 Debaser
NCAA Football 2006 was a GREAT game. It had an absolutely GOAT soundtrack. Pixies, Pietasters, Mother Love Bone, De La Soul etc? Doesn't get much better.

3 Hey
The two Jewish girls lip syncing on youtube made everything about 2005 youtube great. I want that youtube back. The song is one of their best.

4 Here comes your man
Not a typical Pixies song, but a classic. The video for this is right up there with Velouria.

5 Gouge Away
I think I heard this once or twice back in the day. Upon listening now, it hits harder. I like it, prob will go up in rankings with more listens.

6 Wave of Mutilation
7 Monkey Gone to Heaven
8 Mr. Grieves
9 Crackity Jones
10 There Goes My Gun
11 Dead
12 La La Love You
13 No. 13 Baby
14 I Bleed
15 Silver

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