 | Pixies Best of Pixies: Wave of Mutilation
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| 5.0 classic | Iai EMERITUS | June 26th 06 |
As far as I'm concerned, Pixies were a pop band. Nah. They were THE pop band. It's clear as day here - aside from the likes of "Gigantic", "Velouria", "Winterlong", and "Here Comes Your Man", just observe the joyous melodicism that drives the hard rockers - "Debaser", "Alison", "Alec Eiffel"; even "Planet Of Sound" and "U-Mass" are hooky as hell. Although there's undoubtedly plenty of great Pixies songs that didn't make it onto this album, Wave of Mutilation almost renders every other album irrelevant for that pure reason. All pop bands should be judged by their greatest hits set, and this is the greatest of them all. Every song here is another blast of pure bliss; all of them have the power to transform me into a hyperactive 5-year old girl, jumping up and down on her parents' bed, singing into a hairbrush like there's nothing wrong in the world. A perfectly judged collection.
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| 2.0 poor | mmfan486 | August 2nd 07 |
There's a few good songs on here. The obvious ones are, of course, Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone To Heaven, and Debaser. I also enjoyed the wierd-but-somehow-it-works vibe of Where Is My Mind. But as for the rest of it, I can't bring myself to like it. I don't really get the Pixies at all, and if this was the "best of" the Pixies, then I have no interest in finding any more of their stuff.
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| 4.0 excellent | Merlijn | October 25th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | sweepr | December 15th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | bobby72 | February 18th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | timmy36 | February 9th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | NateMa | January 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ajc1956 | October 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | list3r | November 11th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Fisto | September 8th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Hughw7 | January 13th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Styten | April 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | aguzman | March 15th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | irkalla | February 10th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Ramtin | November 17th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | divoz | October 4th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Spasm01 | February 10th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | noisy | September 5th 10 |
| 2.5 average | IAJP | August 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Zoso4 | July 31st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | 1zero | January 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kruxz | January 2nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | qwe3 | December 14th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | zoso33 | December 10th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Treska | October 28th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | gocsa666 | September 27th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Asaura | March 18th 09 |
| 3.5 great | 7EUS | May 8th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | JAK1980 | December 4th 07 |
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