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Pixies - Surfer Rosa album flac Performer: Pixies
Title: Surfer Rosa
Style: Alternative Rock
Released: 1988
Country: UK
MP3 album: 1438 mb
FLAC album: 1241 mb
Rating: 4.8
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Genre: Rock

Surfer Rosa is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in March 1988 on the British label 4AD. It was produced by Steve Albini. Surfer Rosa contains many of the elements of Pixies' earlier output, including Spanish lyrics and references to Puerto Rico. It includes references to mutilation and voyeurism alongside experimental recording techniques and a distinctive drum sound.

Surfer Rosa is the debut album by the Pixies, released March 21, 1988. Surfer Rosa was produced by Steve Albini, the infamous noise rock musician behind bands like Big Black, Shellac and Rapeman (who later went on to produce albums for bands like Slint, Nirvana and Godspeed You! Black Emperor). This was Albini’s first commissioned engineering job – as in, none of his friends were involved – so, in his words, he went a bit overboard in terms of taking charge. Surfer Rosa was one of the first records I worked on where I didn’t know anybody involved before we got started. I was fairly green and I feel I was slightly overly ambitious in insinuating my own personality into that record.

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One album that fits the latter description is The Pixies' 'Surfer Rosa'. Released on 21st March 1988, 'Surfer Rosa' was the Pixies' debut album following their mini-LP 'Come On Pilgrim' the year before. Both records were released through London based label 4AD who had marked out their camp in guitar-based music from the early 1980s with bands such as Bauhaus and saw something in The Pixies that they were keen to encourage and promote.

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Album · 1988 · 13 Songs. Delivering on the promise of singer Black Francis’ classified ad seeking a bassist into Hüsker Dü and Peter, Paul and Mary, Surfer Rosa contrasted the visceral attack of punk and hardcore with the prettiness of pop and folk, resulting in songs ( Gigantic, River Euphrates, Where Is My Mind? ) as strange as they were pleasurable. Despite their arty slant, there was something scrappy, almost ordinary about the band that only made the mystery deeper: These weren’t the delicate transmissions of celestial beings but the weirdo racket of a nearby garage. What emerged was a new kind of American.

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Bone Machine 3:03
2 Break My Body 2:06
3 Something Against You 1:48
4 Broken Face 1:30
5 Gigantic
Written-By – Mrs. John Murphy
3:55
6 River Euphrates 2:32
7 Where Is My Mind? 3:53
8 Cactus 2:17
9 Tony's Theme 1:52
10 Oh My Golly! 1:47
11 Vamos 5:06
12 I'm Amazed 1:42
13 Brick Is Red 2:01

Credits

  • Art Direction [Sleeve], Design – 23 Envelope
  • Bass, Vocals – Mrs. John Murphy
  • Drums – David Lovering*
  • Lead Guitar – Joey Santiago
  • Photography By – Simon Larbalestier
  • Producer, Engineer – Steve Albini
  • Vocals, Guitar, Written-By – Black Francis

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 42283 47342 3 97

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
CAD 803 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(LP, Album, Rou) 4AD CAD 803 UK 1988
RTD 72, MD 7917 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(LP, Album) 4AD, 4AD, Rough Trade, Rough Trade RTD 72, MD 7917 Europe 1988
GA-232 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(LP, Album) Grabaciones Accidentales GA-232 Spain 1988
CAD 803, ROUGH US 38 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(LP, Album, W/Lbl) 4AD, Rough Trade CAD 803, ROUGH US 38 US 1988
07777 869542 4 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(Cass, Album) 4AD 07777 869542 4 Netherlands 1988

Tracklist

A1 Bone Machine 3:03
A2 Break My Body 2:06
A3 Something Against You 1:48
A4 Broken Face 1:30
A5 Gigantic 3:55
A6 River Euphrates 2:32
B1 Where Is My Mind? 3:53
B2 Cactus 2:17
B3 Tony's Theme 1:52
B4 Oh My Golly! 1:47
B5 Vamos 5:06
B6 I'm Amazed 1:42
B7 Brick Is Red 2:01

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 8001719101332

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
CAD 803 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(LP, Album, Rou) 4AD CAD 803 UK 1988
RTD 72, MD 7917 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(LP, Album) 4AD, 4AD, Rough Trade, Rough Trade RTD 72, MD 7917 Europe 1988
GA-232 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(LP, Album) Grabaciones Accidentales GA-232 Spain 1988
CAD 803, ROUGH US 38 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(LP, Album, W/Lbl) 4AD, Rough Trade CAD 803, ROUGH US 38 US 1988
07777 869542 4 Pixies Surfer Rosa ‎(Cass, Album) 4AD 07777 869542 4 Netherlands 1988


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This version includes Come on Pilgrim.