FREE THE PIXIES DOOLITTLE PDF Ben Sisario | 144 pages | 20 Apr 2006 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9780826417749 | English | London, United Kingdom Pixies (band) - Wikipedia Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. Music Box Sets. Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. Overview After 's brilliant but abrasive Surfer Rosathe Pixies' sound couldn't get much more extreme. On Doolittlethey reined in The Pixies Doolittle noise in favor of pop songcraft and accessibility. Producer Gil Norton 's sonic sheen adds some polish, but Black Francis' tighter songwriting focuses the group's attack. Doolittle 's most ferocious moments, like "Dead," a visceral retelling of David and Bathsheba's affair -- are more stylized than the group's past outbursts. Though The Pixies Doolittle 's sound is cleaner and smoother than The Pixies Doolittle Pixies' earlier albums, there are still plenty of weird, abrasive vignettes: the blankly psychotic "There Goes My Gun," "Crackity Jones," a song about a crazy roommate Francis had in Puerto Rico, and the nihilistic finale "Gouge Away. But the album doesn't just refine the Pixies' sound; they also expand their range on the The Pixies Doolittle, wannabe spaghetti Western theme "Silver" and the strangely theatrical "Mr. Their most accessible album, Doolittle 's wide-ranging moods and sounds make it one of their most eclectic and ambitious. The Pixies Doolittle fun, freaky alternative to most other late-'80s college rock, it's easy to see why the album made the Pixies into underground rock stars. While many of the extra tracks here were available either on The Pixies Doolittle or on previous official releases, the way Doolittle 25 collects them makes it a fascinating, satisfying listen for Pixies geeks. Product Details Tracks Album Credits. Show More. Related Searches. The follow-up to St. Vincent's Annie Clark's first album Marry Me features eleven new Vincent's Annie Clark's first album Marry Me features eleven new songs, all written and arranged by Clark. The arrangements are more masterful, the songwriting grander, the performances ever more confident and inspired. Clark toured extensively View Product. Another Eternity. After the surge of ethereal electronic bands that arrived in the wake of Shrines, Purity After the surge of ethereal electronic bands that arrived in the wake of Shrines, Purity Ring's Megan James and Corin Roddick wanted their second album to stand out from the The Pixies Doolittle. On Another Eternity, they do just that -- by Art Angels [Bonus Track]. Grimes already defied easy classification on Visions, a collection of dreamy electronic collages that The Pixies Doolittle Grimes already defied easy classification on Visions, a collection of dreamy electronic collages that resembled pop just enough to make it one of 's most acclaimed albums. When she returned three years later with Art Angels, her music was even Boxer: Live in Brussels. The National present Boxer: Live in Brussels, a recording of their fourth album performed in The National present Boxer: Live in Brussels, a recording of their fourth album performed in its entirety. The live set was The Pixies Doolittle in November in the Belgian The Pixies Doolittle, and features Fake Empire, which was used in Barack Obama's presidential Heaven or Las Vegas. Deciding The Pixies Doolittle scale back the overly pretty sound on Blue Bell Knoll while experimenting with Deciding to scale back the overly pretty sound on Blue Bell Knoll while experimenting with more accessibility -- -- the Twins ended up creating their best album since The Pixies Doolittle. From the start, Heaven Heretic Pride. The Mountain Goats are, for all practical purposes, the endlessly clever and prolific John Darnielle The Mountain Goats are, for all practical purposes, the endlessly clever and prolific John Darnielle and whatever musicians he surrounds himself with, which means that while the soundscape may change from project The Pixies Doolittle project, the overall tone and feel of Last Splash. Thanks to good timing and some great singles, the Breeders' second album, Last Splash, turned Thanks to good timing and some great singles, the Breeders' second album, Last Splash, turned them into the alternative rock stars that The Pixies Doolittle Deal's former band, the Pixies, always seemed on the verge of becoming. Joined by Deal's twin sister A project that began as a commissioned work by the Muziekgebouw The Pixies Doolittle for composer Nico A project that began as a commissioned work by the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven for composer Nico Muhly, Planetarium premiered in but was transformed by the arrival of this collaborative recording five years later. The Pixies' Doolittle by Ben Sisario Doolittle is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixiesreleased in April on 4AD. The album's offbeat and dark subject material, featuring references to surrealismBiblical violence, torture and death, contrasts with the clean production sound achieved by the newly hired producer Gil Norton. The album itself reached number eight on the UK Albums Chartan unexpected success for the band. In retrospect, album tracks such as " Debaser ", "Monkey Gone to Heaven", and "Hey" are highly acclaimed The Pixies Doolittle critics, while the album, along with debut LP Surfer Rosais often seen as the band's strongest work. Doolittle has continued to sell consistently well in the years since its release, and in was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album has been cited as inspirational by many alternative artists, while numerous music The Pixies Doolittle have ranked it as one of the most influential albums ever. Following their highly regarded but commercially unsuccessful album Surfer Rosa[5] the band embarked on a The Pixies Doolittle tour with fellow Bostonians Throwing Musesbefore beginning a tour of North American states. During this time Black Francisthe group's frontman and principal songwriter, began to write new material The Pixies Doolittle a future album, with songs such as "Dead", "Hey", "Tame", and "There Goes My Gun" emerging through the course of the year. In mid, the Pixies began to record demo sessions while on breaks from touring. The band headed to the Boston recording studio Eden Sound, which at the time comprised a small room in the basement of a hair The Pixies Doolittle. They recorded at the studio for a week, The Pixies Doolittle circumstances similar to the previous year's the Purple Tape sessions. Francis gave the demo tape and upcoming album the provisional title of Whorethough he later claimed his natural father had originally suggested the name. Francis has clarified that he was thinking of the word "in the more traditional sense The band had previously worked with Norton while recording the single version of " Gigantic " in May Francis had no preference, although Ivo Watts-Russellhead of the band's label 4ADwanted Norton to produce the next album. Norton was hired as producer, with Stasium not even approached for the position. Norton arrived in Boston on October 31,and first visited Francis' apartment to review the album's demos. The two talked about arrangements, and spent two days intensively analyzing the album's songs. Norton learned to gauge Francis' reaction to changing arrangements, and later observed that the frontman "doesn't The Pixies Doolittle to do anything twice". Norton spent a further two weeks in pre-production to familiarise himself with the Pixies' sound. Recording sessions for the album began on October 31,at Downtown Recorders in Boston, Massachusetts, at the The Pixies Doolittle a professional track studio. This was a modest sum for a s major label album; however, it quadrupled the amount spent on the band's previous album, Surfer Rosa. Along with Norton, two assistant recording engineers and two second assistants were assigned to the project. The sessions lasted three weeks, concluding on November 23, [11] with "nearly a song a day" being recorded. Production and mixing began on November The band relocated to Carriage House Studiosa residential studio in Stamford, Connecticutto oversee production and record further tracks. During production, Haigler and Norton added layers of guitars and vocals to songs, including overdubbed guitars on " Debaser " and double tracking The Pixies Doolittle on The Pixies Doolittle of Mutilation". However, at Norton's advice, Francis slowed down the tempo. Norton's suggestions were not always welcome, and several instances of advice to add verses and increase track length contributed to the front man's building frustration. Eventually, Francis took Norton to a record store, where he handed him a copy of Buddy Holly 's Greatest Hitsin which most of the songs are about two minutes long. The master tapes were then sent for final post-production later that month. Doolittle features an eclectic mix of musical styles. While tracks such as "Tame" and " Crackity Jones " are fast and aggressive, and incorporate the band's trademark loud—quiet dynamic, [18] other songs such as "Silver", "I Bleed", and "Here Comes Your Man" reveal a quieter, slower and more melodic temperament. The lyrical themes explored on Doolittle range from the surrealism of " Debaser ", to the environmental catastrophe of " Monkey Gone to Heaven ". The prostitutes of "Mr. Black Francis often The Pixies Doolittle that Doolittle' s lyrics were words which The Pixies Doolittle "fit together nicely", and that "the point [of the album] is to experience it, to enjoy it, to be entertained by it". The album's opening track "Debaser" references surrealisma theme that runs throughout the album.