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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| 01/21/2026 15:12 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 12/27/2025 15:02 | spinout | 38,940 | 83/100 | |
| 11/18/2025 15:02 |  VictorVale | 43,245 | 88/100 | |
| 11/17/2025 05:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,171 | 70/100 | |
| 10/30/2025 22:38 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
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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 84.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.3.
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You can tell that this track influenced the White Stripes pretty clearly, especially with the vocal effects used on the verses
Another song whose influence can be heard pretty much everywhere (the most obvious one being The White Stripes as already mentioned).
There are just some many songs about King David, Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite (2 Samuel Chapter 11). Why did the Pixies have to record yet another one? I'm beginning to question this band's originality status.
Another good track
pjohnsongolf 11/20/2018 05:04 | #225248
Amazing track. Nothing sounds like this on the planet
JulianR 11/10/2017 00:51 | #201094
I think the Pixies just invented math rock...
buzzdainer 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.
Not the best on the album, but still a nice track :)
IMO,l it's a bad song done well.
Anti 05/17/2014 21:48 | #112104
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GandalfORiley345 05/09/2014 22:10 | #111331
This sound like White Stripes, Strokes, and the soft dark Pixies side
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