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| Chris Knight |
Posted - 05/22/2004 : 17:21:04
Which one? Mine is Trompe le Monde.
EDIT: BTW, the primary purpose of this is to determine which album has the largest number of uber-fans; I will be performing a vote-count once a week or two has passed. Therefore, I encourage anyone whose absolute fave album is a Pixies album to at least chime in with a quickie vote. Thanks, and keep the comments rolling in. :) |
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| n/a |
Posted - 06/13/2004 : 04:22:19
ah ah ur! I can't do a fave album becasue I can't! I can give you a list of albums that I can listen to no matter what my mood is but I will not chose between them because I can't.
1. Radiohead Kid A
2. Pixies Doolittle
3. Radiohead OK Computer
4. TMBG Flood
5. Eels Beautiful Freak
6. Frank Black TOTY
7. Pixies Live at the BBC (and I stand by that! It's damned sexy)
8. Sonic Youth Washing Machine
9. At The Drive In Relationship of Command
10. The Strokes Is this it
and that hurt damnit. Can I have a top twenty instead? I'm sure there's something I missed
can't get into anything these days. Always on the peripheral. Always terrified, exhausted, annoyed, pissed, anxious, out of it-out of the loop, out of my mind, out of time.
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| Little Eiffel |
Posted - 06/12/2004 : 22:13:03
My favourite albums are Doolittle, Bossanova and Surfer Rosa. Also, The Cure's & Doors albums but I know that Pixies are the best band ever! I saw them in Coachella, the only thing I can say: uffffff!!!! They're my favourite! |
| VoVat |
Posted - 06/12/2004 : 08:00:18
But would any non-Frank albums be in your top ten?
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
| Hatchetman |
Posted - 06/12/2004 : 05:11:22
1. Dog in the Sand
2. Frank Black and the catholics
3. Black Letter Days
4. Pistolero
5. Frank Black
I can't think of any other artist that has given me more pleasure over the years than FB. Ten years ago the Pixies would have featured in my top 5, but now they don't. Top ten sure.
Ade |
| Brackish Heart |
Posted - 06/12/2004 : 04:47:28
I've got three standout albums all with great claims to be no 1:
Sigur Ros - ()
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Pixies - Doolittle |
| razzle123 |
Posted - 06/11/2004 : 08:06:40
In no particular order my favourites would include:
Doolittle - Pixies
Play - Magazine
The Raven - The Stranglers
London Calling - The Clash
Decade - Neil Young (or Rust Never Sleeps or Zuma or ....)
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Who's Next - The Who
Get Happy - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Juju - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Back To Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks
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| astroman |
Posted - 06/11/2004 : 03:14:59
Doolittle for sure....change my life forever...after all these years I still kept mesmerized with the dinamics of those songs. |
| mission_of_plumstead |
Posted - 06/09/2004 : 14:14:44
it changes all the time, at the moment it's:
Pixies-doolittle
Pixies-surfer rosa
Sonic youth-evol
Rough trade shop rock n roll 1
Richard hell-blank generation
Pere ubu- dub housing
pussy galore- dial m for motherfucker
no new york
velvet underground-vu
joy division-unknown pleasures
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| JB |
Posted - 06/09/2004 : 04:53:48
My fave albums (in a rough order of preference)are:
1. Trompe Le Monde - Pixies (utterly amazing album)
2. Teenager of the Year - FB
3. Modern Life is Rubbish - Blur
4. Frank Black - FB
5. Doolittle - Pixies
6. Bossonova - Pixies
7. Parklife - Blur
8. No More Heroes - Stranglers
9. **new entry** Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines
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| pushing pushing |
Posted - 06/08/2004 : 16:47:48
Trompe Le Monde is the best album ever made!!!!!!!!!! |
| Black Tear |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 10:27:17
I can`t make a top 10 all time album list, but Bossanova, Doolittle and Surfer Rosa are some of my favorites records, along with Seventeen Seconds and Disintegration-The Cure, Psycho Candy-The Jesus & Mary Chain, Unknown Pleasures-Joy Division, Velvet Underground & Nico... They´re just too many! |
| Bartholomew |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 10:41:51
My favorite three, the order changes sometimes...
Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
Frank Black - Teenager |
| Chris Knight |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 09:44:14
Here's a tally of the votes thus far:
Come On Pilgrim *
Surfer Rosa ****
Doolittle ****
Bossanova **
Trompe le Monde *** |
| woodworm |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 08:22:08
ok computer is my fav album of all time
but doolittle is up there...... |
| All_over_the_world |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 00:51:52
Don't get me wrong, I love Trompe Le Monde to bits and by any other band's standards it would be a career highlight but you can't possibly compare it to the first three albums and decide that it's better. And I love Teenager too, and Abstract Plain is just as good as any Pixies song but the spread isn't as good as on, say, Doolittle and the band that Frank put together just wasn't as brilliant as the Pixies. Seeing as the Pixies are up there with the likes of The Who, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin as the perfect four-piece band, that's hardly insulting to any group of musicians Frank put together after 1993, it's just saying that in the aftermath of five near-perfect albums with such an influential group, comparisons are inevitable and in some respects unavoidable. And then there's the same situation as Trompe Le Monde is in: Teenager is a great album on its own merits but it is after all Frank Black and there does seem to be a continuation from the later songs of the Pixies' career and of course Frank's first solo album. After all, as great as the songs are on Bossanova and Trompe, where the group shows signs of slowing down is with the space-obsessed songs that didn't seem to interest the rest of the band, and Frank's solo career gave him the opportunity to explore these themes, but this time without Kim, Joey and Dave, who did manage to hold it together on the last two albums. |
| whoreatthedoor |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 23:45:35
quote:
Originally posted by All_over_the_world
That's just my opinion but Surfer Rosa is undoubtedly the best Pixies album and those people who say Trompe is are just saying that to be different. I think. And anyone who says Teenager Of The Year is better than any Pixies album is insane.
I supose it's cooler to say Trompe le Monde is their best album. To be honest I don't think so, but it's not that bad. I'm not with you with Teenager of the Year and Pixies records. They are too different. It's a matter of taste.
 "Join the Cult of the whore at the door / And You'll find no answers, but real fun" |
| All_over_the_world |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 13:22:13
The 10 best albums in order are:
Pixies--Surfer Rosa
Sonic Youth--Daydream Nation
Jimi Hendrix--Electric Ladyland
Nirvana--In Utero
Rolling Stones--Exile On Main Street
Pixies--Doolittle
Beatles--White Album
Smiths--The Queen Is Dead
REM--Murmur
Joy Division--Unknown Pleasures
That's just my opinion but Surfer Rosa is undoubtedly the best Pixies album and those people who say Trompe is are just saying that to be different. I think. And anyone who says Teenager Of The Year is better than any Pixies album is insane.
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| la muneca |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 05:31:42
it's so hard to choose favourite albums of all time but both Surfer Rosa and Doolittle are in my top four-or-five, along with Jeff Buckley - Grace and The Smiths - The Queen is dead.
just typing 'surfer rosa' made me think of this but i don't think it's new topic worthy, so.. who the heck are 'Surferosa' and why have they pilfered the name? |
| sloy |
Posted - 06/01/2004 : 03:44:35
me too
sloy |
| whoreatthedoor |
Posted - 05/31/2004 : 23:40:06
quote:
Originally posted by sloy
me I m a fan;A FAN of rock and roll ;that's all
I got all the album of frank black,pixies but a got all the album of nirvana ,korn ,local h...I got some periode...some month I listen nirvana all the time the next month it 's another group there 'no problem ( I DON T LIKE DISCRIMINATION ...hardcore fan ,amateur....) .WE LOVE MUSIC!!!!!!!what's the problem(asshole)
sloy
Well, well... I can't understand why people is getting angry with me. Perhaps a bad english translation. I mean, I'm alright with you. I don't like any kind of fanatism. This is the reason why I'm on this forum.
"Join the Cult of the whore at the door / And You'll find no answers, but real fun" |
| Jefery With One F |
Posted - 05/31/2004 : 20:47:13
Doolittle. Greatest album. Ever. |
| sloy |
Posted - 05/31/2004 : 16:32:42
me I m a fan;A FAN of rock and roll ;that's all
I got all the album of frank black,pixies but a got all the album of nirvana ,korn ,local h...I got some periode...some month I listen nirvana all the time the next month it 's another group there 'no problem ( I DON T LIKE DISCRIMINATION ...hardcore fan ,amateur....) .WE LOVE MUSIC!!!!!!!what's the problem(asshole)
sloy |
| VoVat |
Posted - 05/31/2004 : 13:03:59
quote:
I cannot understand a thing. If it's a Frank's forum and a Pixies discussion section, why everybody seem to rank other records above their ones? Perhaps there isn't Pixies fans in the way I think the word "Fan" means.
So if I'm a Frank/Pixies fan, I can't like another band or another band's albums more? What if I'm a fan of more than one band?
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
| Black_francis_ |
Posted - 05/31/2004 : 02:53:28
Surfer Rosa is my favourite album of all time - and i think all the other pixies albums are also in my top ten. |
| usedtobenavajo |
Posted - 05/30/2004 : 17:55:37
I do not consider all of my favorite records to be the greatest records ever. I do, however, consider my favorite record ever: TOTY to be ONE of the greatest albums ever.
So Im headed for the stereo store, to buy a white noise maker, and turn it up to ten. |
| The OK Pope |
Posted - 05/30/2004 : 16:37:57
Surfer Rosa is my fave (undressing in the sun)... |
| IceCream |
Posted - 05/30/2004 : 15:38:11
Good point, fudd. But about 90% of the time, music is influential for a good reason. A total unoriginal band who just imitates what the hip artists do to get on the radio won't have much influence in 20 years. And I won't like them becuase they're nothing special.
I mean, you're right, but normally I understand and agree with why something would have great influence. |
| fudd |
Posted - 05/30/2004 : 14:00:37
quote:
Originally posted by IceCream
On a different (more on-topic) note, a favorite album of all time, for me, corresponds with one that I regard as the greatest ever recorded. So it'd probably have to be something groundbreaking, sets new levels, reinvents modern music - totally different from everything at the time, something that had TREMENDOUS impact and influence. Did the Pixies accomplish this to the extent of the Beatles, Nirvana, the Ramones, et cetera?
Re: the impact and influence part--why would you let other people's opinions, even if they are those of well-informed people such as great musicians, determine your favorite record? I mean, they can be great recommendations, but wouldn't you rather make up your own mind what you like best? |
| IceCream |
Posted - 05/30/2004 : 13:22:46
quote:
Originally posted by TheCroutonFuton
1.) Trompe le Monde - Pixies
2.) Pornography - The Cure
3.) Pistolero - Frank Black and the Catholics
4.) Teenager of the Year - Frank Black
5.) In Utero - Nirvana
6.) Abbey Road - Beatles
7.) Cosmic Wheels - Donovan
8.) Pinkerton - Weezer
9.) qwerty - Hazzle
10.) Obscured by Clouds - Pink Floyd
There are so many..
"Freedom is a state of mind and the condition and position of your ass. Free your mind and your ass will follow." - Funkadelic
There is probably no other person in the world (well, anywhere, actually) who would say anything close to this about Cosmic Wheels.
Though I love the title track...awesome melody.
On a different (more on-topic) note, a favorite album of all time, for me, corresponds with one that I regard as the greatest ever recorded. So it'd probably have to be something groundbreaking, sets new levels, reinvents modern music - totally different from everything at the time, something that had TREMENDOUS impact and influence. Did the Pixies accomplish this to the extent of the Beatles, Nirvana, the Ramones, et cetera?
I don't know. Maybe it's all melody anyway. |
| whoreatthedoor |
Posted - 05/30/2004 : 12:45:18
quote:
Originally posted by BLT
quote:
Originally posted by whoreatthedoor
I cannot understand a thing. If it's a Frank's forum and a Pixies discussion section, why everybody seem to rank other records above their ones? Perhaps there isn't Pixies fans in the way I think the word "Fan" means. It would be nice.
P.S.: I don't want to bother someone, but I think "Pet Sounds" is overrated.
You're right-- you do not understand. What are we supposed to do? Lie? If that's what it takes to be a "fan", then I'm not a fan.
You're right about another thing. Pet Sounds is overrated.
Well, my all-time fave record isn't a Pixies one too. But, you know, it's a pretty curious thing.
"Join the Cult of the whore at the door / And You'll find no answers, but real fun" |
| BLT |
Posted - 05/30/2004 : 11:13:51
quote:
Originally posted by whoreatthedoor
I cannot understand a thing. If it's a Frank's forum and a Pixies discussion section, why everybody seem to rank other records above their ones? Perhaps there isn't Pixies fans in the way I think the word "Fan" means. It would be nice.
P.S.: I don't want to bother someone, but I think "Pet Sounds" is overrated.
You're right-- you do not understand. What are we supposed to do? Lie? If that's what it takes to be a "fan", then I'm not a fan.
You're right about another thing. Pet Sounds is overrated. |
| whoreatthedoor |
Posted - 05/30/2004 : 08:23:06
I cannot understand a thing. If it's a Frank's forum and a Pixies discussion section, why everybody seem to rank other records above their ones? Perhaps there isn't Pixies fans in the way I think the word "Fan" means. It would be nice.
P.S.: I don't want to bother someone, but I think "Pet Sounds" is overrated.
"Join the Cult of the whore at the door / And You'll find no answers, but real fun" |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 05/30/2004 : 00:33:15
quote:
Originally posted by BLT
If I had to pick an album that affected me more than any other, there would probably be about 15 or 20 ranked above the Pixies. Nothing against the Pixies, but my 'formative' years with music were some five to eight years before their first record. I would probably rank Teenager of the Year above any Pixies record, as well.
Same for me.
 "Welcome back to the 10th grade!" |
| Chris Knight |
Posted - 05/29/2004 : 23:47:41
Oh IceCream, no....
;) |
| fudd |
Posted - 05/29/2004 : 22:09:56
Surfer Rosa. Mankind's finest creation. |
