Pixies (The Purple Tape)
by Pixies
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Pixies (The Purple Tape) is ranked 14th best out of 28 albums by Pixies on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pixies is Doolittle which is ranked number 17 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 29,897.
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Pixies (The Purple Tape) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Pixies (The Purple Tape) rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 201-300 | 29/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 80 Music Albums of 2002 | 31/80 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 24/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | Purplepash | Top 72 Music Albums of 2002 | 4/72 | 5 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2002 | 79/90 | - |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 74/100 | 13 |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 10/100 | 18 |
| 2019 | Johnnyo | The band of band of band of bands chart | 45/59 | - |
| 2018 | GeorgeW49 | Pixies | 6/6 | - |
| 2017 |  PatrickD | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 20/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 59 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/12/2026 22:22 |  Norman Bates | 10,168 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 02:01 | edguyerrison | 265 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2024 21:38 | Hemo | 101 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/26/2017 05:11 | #203901
Super interesting to hear these tracks in their most basic form , this ones only for the mega fans though
In 1987 the band sent out a 17 track tape to various record companies including 4AD who picked them up. This tape became known as 'The Purple Tape' of which 8 of the songs would make up their debut album 'Come On Pilgrim'. The remaining 9 tracks were officially released in 2002 on this album. Several of the tracks were later re-recorded for Surfer Rosa and you also get a very early version of 'Here Comes Your Man' which finally appeared on Doolittle.
The original 17 track listing was as follows:
1. Levitate Me
2. The Holiday Song
3. I've Been Tired
4. Break My Body
5. Down To The Well
6. Rock A My Soul
7. I'm Amazed
8. Build High
9. In Heaven
10. Caribou
11. Here Comes Your Man
12. Subbacultcha
13. Vamos
14. Broken Face
15. Nimrod's Son
16. Isla De Encanta
17. Ed Is Dead
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