Gigantic (track)
by Pixies
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Gigantic appears on the following album(s) by Pixies:
- Surfer Rosa (track #5) (this album) (1988)
- Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim (track #5) (compilation) (1988)
- Death To The Pixies (track #13) (compilation) (1997)
- Death To The Pixies (track #31) (compilation) (1997)
- Live At Coachella 2004/05/01 (track #15) (2010)
- Live: Malibu Nightclub, Lido Beach, NY, 31 July '89 (track #8) (2017)
- Minotaur (track #13) (compilation) (2009)
- Live From Brixton Academy, London. June 2nd, 2004 (track #24) (2020)
- Live From Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Cleveland, OH. June 8th, 2005 (track #15) (2021)
- Live From Coachella 2004 (track #15) (2022)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/15/2026 07:34 | mash | 4,705 | 92/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2026 20:59 | Ibanchuck | 4 | 33/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 10:19 |  Ottokar | 935 | 82/100 |
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(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.9/100, a mean average of 88.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.
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Happy 08/19/2014 13:37 | #119796
One of the best basslines in rock. I think I listened to this for a half-hour to an hour straight one time.
This is Kim's song. It's also one of the more accessible on the album.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/11/2019 10:16 | #243648
Okay lets set the record straight about what this song is about from the lady herself Mrs John Murphy
"Sex between a black man and a white woman in the 50's when it was taboo"
Boom !
Best lyric: " What a big blackness what a hunk of love"
eclab 01/07/2013 11:14 | #60541
Great song by Kim.
