Dead (track)
by Pixies
Dead appears on the following album(s) by Pixies:
- Doolittle (track #6) (this album) (1989)
- Death To The Pixies (track #24) (compilation) (1997)
- Pixies At The BBC (track #3) (compilation) (1998)
- Live: Malibu Nightclub, Lido Beach, NY, 31 July '89 (track #6) (2017)
- Minotaur (track #27) (compilation) (2009)
- Live From Brixton Academy, London. June 2nd, 2004 (track #12) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/15/2026 13:55 | NickD89 | 7,124 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2026 19:52 | Siromynian | 20,339 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 23:08 |  Cheddar | 5,459 | 79/100 |
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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 84.6/100, a mean average of 83.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.2.
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/14/2017 17:58 | #190773
Any indie rock song that accuses someone of being a "crazy baby bathsheba" over a metallic, rolling, screeching Joey Santiago guitar riff has to be pretty good.
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/21/2013 21:45 | #62398
Reminds me a lot of The White Stripes. Really interesting twists and turns here.
Not the best on the album, but still a nice track :)
pjohnsongolf TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/20/2018 05:04 | #225248
Amazing track. Nothing sounds like this on the planet
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/10/2017 00:51 | #201094
I think the Pixies just invented math rock...
