Wave Of Mutilation (track)
by Pixies
Wave Of Mutilation appears on the following album(s) by Pixies:
- Doolittle (track #3) (this album) (1989)
- Wave Of Mutilation: Best Of Pixies (track #12) (compilation) (2004)
- Death To The Pixies (track #6) (compilation) (1997)
- Death To The Pixies (track #35) (compilation) (1997)
- Pixies At The BBC (track #9) (compilation) (1998)
- Live At Coachella 2004/05/01 (track #4) (2010)
- Live: Malibu Nightclub, Lido Beach, NY, 31 July '89 (track #22) (2017)
- Minotaur (track #24) (compilation) (2009)
- Live From Brixton Academy, London. June 2nd, 2004 (track #7) (2020)
- Live From Brixton Academy, London. June 2nd, 2004 (track #25) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/27/2025 14:51 | spinout | 38,017 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 14:51 |  VictorVale | 43,038 | 88/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 05:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 55,520 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2025 22:37 | kinginsomniac12 | 4,398 | 100/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2025 16:34 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.2/100, a mean average of 88.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.0.
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Pretty average lyrics about Japanese business men 'self destructing'. I was going to write this song but I lost my fag packet.
Even so it's still a good track.
Jagged guitars, echoing double track vocals, and possibly the best lyric ever in "You'll think I'm dead, but I sail away" make this one of my favorite songs on one of the best albums filled with them.
pjohnsongolf 11/20/2018 05:03 | #225247
One of the most catchy and accessible Pixies songs but still amazing
buzzdainer 04/13/2017 03:04 | #189186
Check out these lyrics: "I've kissed mermaids, rode the El Niño / Walked the sand with the crustaceans / Could find my way to Mariana / On a wave of mutilation." I couldn't tell you what a wave of mutilation is, but it sounds appropriately ominous. Then again, this isn't really one of the Pixies' most ominous songs--it's actually a heavenly little slice of deranged pop. I have no idea what it's about, though.
One of the most well known, as well as one of the best tracks on the album :)
exileonthehell 10/26/2016 02:05 | #177437
This is GOD
tgarritsen 05/16/2016 12:38 | #166143
More violance, love it.
Favourite on the album
Anti 05/17/2014 21:41 | #112101
Calmed down a tad. Still upbeat, but less screaming. I like it a lot.
GandalfORiley345 05/09/2014 21:59 | #111327
Now I´m Amzed of these 3 words, Wave Of Mutilation
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