Tame (track) by Pixies
Tame appears on the following album(s) by Pixies:
- Doolittle (track #2) (this album) (1989)
- Wave Of Mutilation: Best Of Pixies (track #14) (compilation) (2004)
- Death To The Pixies (track #3) (compilation) (1997)
- Death To The Pixies (track #34) (compilation) (1997)
- Live At Coachella 2004/05/01 (track #10) (2010)
- Live: Malibu Nightclub, Lido Beach, NY, 31 July '89 (track #19) (2017)
- Minotaur (track #23) (compilation) (2009)
- Live From Brixton Academy, London. June 2nd, 2004 (track #23) (2020)
- Live From Coachella 2004 (track #10) (2022)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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65/100  | 05/30/2025 10:39 | stareaterogni0n | | 77/100 |
65/100 | 05/28/2025 23:48 |  II | | 68/100 |
80/100 | 05/26/2025 19:38 | ShenBapiro | | 83/100 |
45/100 | 04/12/2025 15:31 | sunnydhamm | | 56/100 |
85/100 | 02/07/2025 23:37 | BurndenAce | | 80/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.5/100, a mean average of 84.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.4.
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Have always listened to this after the massive Debaser. Until today. I love it’s impact in other company. Try it!
May have influenced bands in the States in the 90's but this was not really original. Raw punk bands were doing this in clubs in the UK in the mid to late 70's. Pixies fans need to stop worshipping at the altar and start removing those rose tinted glasses. They're good, even very good but they're not Gods.
My favorite part of this song? Kim's background uh-huh's.
pjohnsongolf 09/29/2018 03:19
Inspired so many songs after this album
buzzdainer 05/02/2017 02:42
If I'd never heard the Pixies before, and if this were the first song of their that I heard, I'd wonder what sort of pixies would make the maniacal howling, wailing, screaming sound that Black Francis makes on this song. It's fantastic, of course.
Love the dynamics of this track :)
tgarritsen 05/16/2016 12:38
a lot of first-time listeners would quit listening the album with this song, but the screaming is just perfect.
The drums are so good! Really does it for me!
Anti 05/17/2014 21:38
Talk about aggression.
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