Tame (track) by Pixies

Tame by Pixies
Year: 1989
From the album Doolittle (track #2)
Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 651 votes)
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Tame appears on the following album(s) by Pixies:


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Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 651 votes)
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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 85.6/100, a mean average of 84.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.

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90/100
From 03/09/2021 17:36
Have always listened to this after the massive Debaser. Until today. I love it’s impact in other company. Try it!
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From 12/22/2020 17:17
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.
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From 06/28/2019 01:01
My favorite part of this song? Kim's background uh-huh's.
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From 09/29/2018 03:19
Inspired so many songs after this album
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From 05/06/2018 02:54
wtf
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90/100
From 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.
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From 04/06/2017 09:45
Love the dynamics of this track :)
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90/100
From 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.
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From 01/12/2016 22:37
The drums are so good! Really does it for me!
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From 05/17/2014 21:38
Talk about aggression.
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