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albummaster
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- Posted: 04/09/2013 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#875): 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: 75
Average rating: 84/100 (from 501 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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BasdeWit97
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- Posted: 04/09/2013 20:02
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One of the most overrated albums on this website.
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Cymro2011
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- Posted: 04/09/2013 20:02
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Awesome album. Sometimes better than Doolittle depending on what mood i'm in.
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ColumnatedRuins
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- Posted: 04/09/2013 20:08
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Very much prefer this album over Doolittle (which I believe is very overrated), and one of my favorite rock records released in the 80s. I don't know why, but Doolittle has always seemed a flatter, less-interesting take on this album.
Last edited by ColumnatedRuins on 04/09/2013 20:10; edited 2 times in total
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Jasonconfused
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- Posted: 04/09/2013 20:09
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| BasdeWit97 wrote: | | One of the most overrated albums on this website. |
This. Not bad, but nowhere near top 100 material. Doolittle is infinitely better.
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Mercury
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- Posted: 04/09/2013 20:16
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Thoughts:
The cover is sexy as hell and she has a perfect rack.
The music is raw and vibrant and incredible exciting! I don't think it's better than Doolittle, because it goes back and forth. I have both on my chart. Really love their early stuff. Hard to explain. I can see why someone may think it's overrated. I just feel the mix of the maniacal vocals and insane and crunchy guitar and just the speed and FEROCITY of the production and playing mixed with the wildly good hooks and melodies and the female vocals on here is something that I only can find in early Pixies and early Gun Club. I mean this certain definite feeling, obviously I can find similarly invigorating sounds in lots of other albums.
I think anyone who digs this will probably really dig the 1981 album "Fire of Love" by The Gun Club.
And did I mention the beautiful album cover?
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My Fave Metal - you won't believe #5!!!
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- Posted: 04/09/2013 20:24
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A masterpiece. I've never liked it more than Doolittle, but it's always been damn close. There's something so raw and energetic about this album that is irresistible. I will say, though, that the best songs on this album get little to no credit. "Where Is My Mind?" is, in my opinion, without a doubt the weakest track on the album (I'm excluding the spoken 10th track from consideration). However, this album is still chock-full of golden tunes, such as "Bone Machine", "Broken Face", "River Euphrates", and my personal favorite "Brick Is Red".
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- Posted: 04/09/2013 20:27
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where is my mind is good but it is a poor man's caribou
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Cymro2011
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- Posted: 04/09/2013 20:28
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| thursdayeno wrote: | | where is my mind is good but it is a poor man's caribou |
oh god, I had Caribou stuck in my head for days after i heard that song.
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RFNAPLES
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