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albummaster
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Gender: Male
Location: Spain
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- #1
- Posted: 04/11/2014 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1235): Surfer Rosa by Pixies
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Today's album of the day
Surfer Rosa by Pixies (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1988.
Country: 
Overall rank: 77
Average rating: 84/100 (from 655 votes).
Tracks:
1. Bone Machine
2. Break My Body
3. Something Against You
4. Broken Face
5. Gigantic
6. River Euphrates
7. Where Is My Mind?
8. Cactus
9. Tony's Theme
10. Oh My Golly
11. You Fucking Die! I Said... [Hidden Track]
12. Vamos
13. I'm Amazed
14. Brick Is Red
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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HazeyTwilight
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Age: 26
Location: Elmo Knows Where You Live 
- #2
- Posted: 04/11/2014 20:06
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Such a visceral impact. Not as strong or as consistent as Doolittle but it's still has some of the greatest alternative tracks that almost anybody can enjoy.
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drakonium
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- #3
- Posted: 04/11/2014 20:57
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For some reason this never really managed to strike me as hard as Doolittle. I'd like to love it as much, it'd make me look cooler, but I just can't. Whatever, excellent album still, short and exciting.
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Mercury
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Location: St. Louis 
- #4
- Posted: 04/11/2014 22:39
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It's like Irishmusichead said, "visceral". That's the perfect word to describe this album. I mean the inevitable comparisons to Doolittle are, well, inevitable. But honestly these 2 albums are pretty close in their greatness as far as I am concerned. If I want something gritty, rabid , visceral, exciting I go here. I'd say Doolittle features better songs, better consistency, better variety and more absolutely awe-inspiring moments. But Rosa just can't be beat as a complete, bloody, invigorating 30 minute rock and roll experience. The Pixies just sound younger and hungrier here. And there seems to be this joyous excitement coming from the band like they're all thinking "Holy shit! We really have something great we're making here!".
Yeah, I really love it.
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-Ryan
ONLY 4% of people can understand this chart! Come try!
My Fave Metal - you won't believe #5!!!
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- Posted: 04/11/2014 22:43
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Honestly, I have always preferred this record to Doolittle. It's close though. They are both great albums but this one always had more of an anger filled edge. For lack of a better term, it's savage.
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Dingerbell
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Age: 27
- #6
- Posted: 04/11/2014 22:45
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One of three masterpieces by the Pixies and, although my least favourite of the three, it is still fucking incredible.
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- #7
- Posted: 04/12/2014 10:38
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Easily their best. Like, easily.
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TracyJacks
Gender: Female
- #8
- Posted: 04/12/2014 14:39
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It's also my favourite by them, I prefer Surfer Rosa to Doolittle.
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junodog4
Future Grumpy Old Man
Gender: Male
Location: Calgary 
- #9
- Posted: 04/12/2014 18:19
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| TracyJacks wrote: | | It's also my favourite by them, I prefer Surfer Rosa to Doolittle. |
Me too... especially when it's packaged with Come on Pilgrim.
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Finnegan was super bad-ass.
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WindowAbove
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Location: Iowa
- #10
- Posted: 04/12/2014 18:21
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A little inconsistent, still some amazing tracks. I prefer Doolittle though.
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