Cactus (track)
by Pixies
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Cactus appears on the following album(s) by Pixies:
- Surfer Rosa (track #8) (this album) (1988)
- Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim (track #8) (compilation) (1988)
- Live At Coachella 2004/05/01 (track #6) (2010)
- Live: Malibu Nightclub, Lido Beach, NY, 31 July '89 (track #3) (2017)
- Minotaur (track #16) (compilation) (2009)
- Live From Brixton Academy, London. June 2nd, 2004 (track #18) (2020)
- Live From Coachella 2004 (track #6) (2022)
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Cactus ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/17/2025 22:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 51,134 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2025 07:42 | zsolti | 6,710 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2025 22:38 | kinginsomniac12 | 4,398 | 100/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2025 10:47 | timosbuecherei | 3,160 | 60/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2025 10:24 |  Rockdrigo | 730 | 82/100 |
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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 84.7/100, a mean average of 84.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.9.
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Brad1770 10/14/2019 01:22 | #243715
Track 8 “Cactus “ is close to my favourite piece on the album, it’s a rather perverted song about a character in jail longing for a lover to send them a dress soiled with rain , soup , bread , breakfast, wine and ultimately blood
The chanted section in the middle spells out
“P-I-X-I-E-S”
Favourite line:
“ I miss your kissin’ and I miss you head”
pjohnsongolf 10/06/2018 18:04 | #222125
This song is incredible when heard live
GandalfORiley345 05/09/2014 23:10 | #111355
I Really like the sound of the intro, really good song, one of the best ones
Another good song!
Not as good as some of the other songs on the album but still quite good.
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