Gigantic (track)
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Gigantic by Pixies
Year: 1988
From the album Surfer Rosa (track #5)

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89/100 (from 469 votes)

     

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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
50/100	10/06/2025 10:46	timosbuecherei	3,076	60/100
90/100	09/15/2025 17:01	gmessian	1,202	55/100
95/100	09/11/2025 10:24	Rockdrigo	520	83/100
100/100	07/06/2025 15:38	Igtonumama	31,006	81/100
70/100	05/29/2025 09:18	II	3,761	68/100

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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 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 12.8.

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From Brad1770 10/11/2019 10:16

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"

#243648 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

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From pjohnsongolf 10/06/2018 18:00

Kim Deal is fantastic

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From Brad1770 01/07/2018 22:17

Cracking track, 100/100

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From LordMark 02/08/2016 22:06

All hail Kim Deal!

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From Kuzh69 10/07/2014 20:54

Kim rules

#123647 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

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From Happy 08/19/2014 13:37

One of the best basslines in rock. I think I listened to this for a half-hour to an hour straight one time.

#119796 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

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From GandalfORiley345 05/09/2014 23:01

Really awesome woman chorus, guitars and lyrics are the best

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From Precedent 11/27/2013 01:32

Decent

#94799 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

From Ochurch25 07/30/2013 09:21

This is Kim's song. It's also one of the more accessible on the album.

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From eclab 01/07/2013 11:14

Great song by Kim.

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