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Chris Knight
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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 Posted - 05/22/2004 : 17:21:04
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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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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 05/22/2004 : 18:09:19
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lola
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Posted - 05/22/2004 : 19:33:41
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Don't make me pick. It's a threeway tie between my favourite bands. But the one that is most "me" is the pixies, for sure. I can't pick a favourite pixies CD either.
To be honest every CD I own by all three of my favourite bands are tied for number one.  |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2004 : 19:38:13
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No (that would be XTC's Skylarking), but the Pixies were a very consistent band in terms of quality, and most, if not all, of their albums would probably make it to a list of my favorite albums. I would rank Teenager of the Year and Dog in the Sand higher than any individual Pixies album, though. My favorite Pixies album is Bossanova, followed by Trompe Le Monde, Doolittle, and Surfer Rosa.
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2004 : 19:38:28
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Not at all.
Pet Sounds.
No contest.
Boycott cults and t's |
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TameReg
- FB Fan -
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2004 : 21:40:22
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| Yes. Doolittle. I tried to really think about this, to make sure I was being honest, but I can't think of an album I like better. |
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Mad Lucas
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Australia
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Posted - 05/22/2004 : 21:53:16
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My Favourite albums of all time are:
1. Jethro Tull- Aqualung
2. Pixies- Doolittle
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magik
4. Neil Young- Harvest
5. System Of A Down- Toxicity
I like these albums, not because they contain my favourite songs, which few of them do, but because they put me through an experience, listening to them from front to back.
People say that 'Silver' stops Doolittle from being perfect, but i think that it is an essential part of that Doolittle experience, like a build up, before the album explodes into its finale that is 'Gouge Away'.
But all the Pixies albums are in my top 20.
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2010 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2004 : 03:48:29
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Yes.
Bossanova.
Teenager's not far behind! |
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sloy
- FB Fan -
France
93 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2004 : 04:02:58
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the pixies are in the list of my five favorite band
if I must take five disk in a desert island it would be:
1 in utero:nirvana
2 doolittle:pixies
3 blue album:weezer
4 pack up the cats :local h
5 rage against the machine(the first)
(and hide in my boots,songs for death :queens of stone age
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CaptainMaximus
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Posted - 05/23/2004 : 07:00:40
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Both Doolittle and Surfer Rosa would occupy places in my top ten, along with:
Television---Marquee Moon
Talking Heads---Remain in Light
Wire---Chairs Missing
Modest Mouse---Moon and Antarctica
Fall---A-sides
Pavement---Slanted and Enchanted
FB---Teenager of the Year
Radiohead---OK Computer
Silver Jews---American Water
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sylocibe
- FB Fan -
Spain
49 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2004 : 07:14:36
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Yes
Mine is Doolittle
¡ Qué bonito vivir en PiXieLanD ! |
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2463 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2004 : 10:17:01
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Oh yes, a three way battle between 'Boassnova', 'Trompe' and 'Doolittle'.
Also in contest would be 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell and virtually any Seventies Bowie album.
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porkbone1
= Cult of Ray =
USA
390 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2004 : 12:29:35
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Originally posted by sloy
the pixies are in the list of my five favorite band
if I must take five disk in a desert island it would be:
1 in utero:nirvana
2 doolittle:pixies
3 blue album:weezer
4 pack up the cats :local h
5 rage against the machine(the first)
(and hide in my boots,songs for death :queens of stone age
sloy
I'm not sure if I need a flame suit for this, but here goes. When I heard the blue album by Weezer, especially the songs that were released, I thought it was a total Pixies ripoff. I am suprised to see so many Pixies fans are also fans of Weezer.
I always thought that Weezer was for slightly younger people who weren't around to hear the Pixies. Of course my opinion of them has lightened considerably ever since I saw that music video they did with the Muppets.
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 05/23/2004 : 12:47:01
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Yes - Doolittle
For me Pixies stand head and shoulders above anything else I've ever heard.
FB solo would be joint second fav along with Bowie, J&MC, Specials, Bob Marley, Boo Radleys, The Smiths, XTC, Beatles, Talking Heads, Public Enemy, Elliot Smith to name a few ... |
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porkbone1
= Cult of Ray =
USA
390 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2004 : 13:06:50
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I have a very difficult time deciding what my favorite album of all time is. I like music from most genres and like most people, go through phases where I enjoy some music more than others. To echo Sprite's comment, one of my favorite albums of all time is
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
But how can you compare this album to one by the Pixies? Apples and oranges. I would say that if I was told I had to throw away all my music and could only listen to 50 albums for the rest of my life, I would keep all 4 full-length Pixies albums. Along with a couple from Frank Black, of course!
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LUTINS
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France
182 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2004 : 13:08:03
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my favourite 4ad albums
1-PIXIES bossanova
2-PIXIES doolittle
3-PIXIES surfer rosa
4-PIXIES trompe le monde
5-BREEDERS pod
6-FRANK BLACK frank black
7-AMPS pacer
8-BREEDERS last splash
9-FRANK BLACK teenager of the year
10-JOHNNY HALLYDAY quoi ma gueule ?
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hec
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/23/2004 : 15:36:16
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doolittle is amazing songwriting,theres no questionable moments nevermind songs in my opinion whereas the production on surfer rosa is god like so its a hard call between them.(i am aware the songwriting and production is good on all pixies albums but doolittle and surfer rosa and exceptional)
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6214 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 01:54:58
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Originally posted by porkbone1
I'm not sure if I need a flame suit for this, but here goes. When I heard the blue album by Weezer, especially the songs that were released, I thought it was a total Pixies ripoff. I am suprised to see so many Pixies fans are also fans of Weezer.
I always thought that Weezer was for slightly younger people who weren't around to hear the Pixies. Of course my opinion of them has lightened considerably ever since I saw that music video they did with the Muppets.
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Listen to Pinkerton
that album is great
of course they are influenced by the pixies
but not like Bush or something
weezer is unmistakely
more pop than the pixies
en more beach boys than the pixies
I mean they usually don't go lower
then 3 layers of vocals in the verses
and stuff
I love Pinkteron and Blue
the albums after that were slightly irritating
but Weezer is still one of my favourite bands
don't consider them a ripp off
they aren't even grunge of so
they became famous because they were one of the first
bands after the grunge hype
but they stil rocked
but more in an indiepop way
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6214 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 01:55:53
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ps
I thought that I had posted on this thread before
about my favourite records
but apparently
I did not
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anyway
Bossanova is my number 1
"I joined the Cult of Frank/Nobody wanted to join my Culf" |
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Calimero jr.
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Switzerland
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Posted - 05/24/2004 : 05:47:59
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Doolittle...that album introduced me to the Pixies and more broadly to indie/alternative rock. Won't say that is my fav album of all times but it's definitely in the top 5 of the albums that changed my perception of music....
"Our love is rice and beans and horses lard" |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 05/24/2004 : 05:53:19
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Yep, my fave album ever is a Pixies record, and that's Trompe Le Monde.
My top 5 goes like this:
1) Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
2) Massive Attack - Blue Lines
3) Jaco Pastorius - Word Of Mouth
4) David Bowie - Low
5) Transglobal Underground - Rejoice Rejoice
and then come Show Me Your Tears, TOTY, Abbey Road, Surfer Rosa, Talking Heads' Fear Of Music, Ramones' s/t, Plastikman's Consumed...
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the thing
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
313 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 07:52:48
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1) Frank Black - TOTY
2) Pixies - Surfer Rosa / Come on Pilgrim
3) The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
4) Sebadoh - Bakesale
5) Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been
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the thing
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
313 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 07:54:57
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Although if I'm being truly honest I have to put Faith No More - "The Real Thing" in there as well...
My head was feeling scared, but my heart was feeling free |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 08:02:33
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Of Course, Surfer Rosa is in my top ten.
Others are:
Loreena Mckennitt - The Mask and Mirror
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Virjïnia Glück - Entre Ánimas
P.S.: I'm not joking. Probably it's not a cool selection, but fuck off!!!, I'm being honest.
 "Join the Cult of the whore at the door / And You'll find no answers, but real fun" |
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
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Posted - 05/24/2004 : 09:59:31
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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 |
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Halcyon
- FB Fan -
Canada
15 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 11:15:26
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 11:19:08
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Just off the cuff I'd have to say this would be my top 5:
Zappa/Mothers- We're Only In It For The Money
Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
Hawkwind- Space Ritual
Beatles- White Album
Blue Cheer- Outside/Inside
Bossanova and TOTY would probably make my top 10...
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 11:24:21
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Electric Ladyland is fucking amazing!!!!
"Freedom is a state of mind and the condition and position of your ass. Free your mind and your ass will follow." - Funkadelic |
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Posted - 05/25/2004 : 13:58:22
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Its Come on Pilgrim! When I first listen to it, nobody knew who the Pixies where! I was only 16 years old and since that day I never had the same felling again with other band!
This was 15 years ago!
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SelfEscape
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Posted - 05/28/2004 : 23:18:06
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Yes putting this in order would be difficult so just a top ten though theres quite a few others that should be on here.
Pixies-Doolittle.
Pixies-Surfer Rosa.
They Might Be Giants-John Henry.
Beatles-its hard to pick one album so a greatest hits of some sort, 27 maybe.
Smashing Pumpkins-Adore.
Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream.
Frank Black-Frank Black.
Static-X-Wisconsin Death Trip.
Radiohead-Ok Computer. |
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 05/29/2004 : 21:47:28
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No.
Like Jim said, Pet Sounds prevents any contest.
But if Pet Sounds could somehow be excluded (seeing as though there are other genius albums out there despite it not being possible to compare much to Pet Sounds), I'd probably have a FRANK BLACK album (or Radiohead's KID A or OK COMPUTER) before any Pixies album. |
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 05/29/2004 : 21:55:30
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wait - did I say earlier in an archived thread that Trompe was my favorite album ever?
Okay, sorry for contradicting myself. That was an exaggeration.
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fudd
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 05/29/2004 : 22:09:56
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Chris Knight
= Cult of Ray =
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - 05/29/2004 : 23:47:41
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Oh IceCream, no....
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
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Posted - 05/30/2004 : 00:33:15
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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.
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
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Posted - 05/30/2004 : 08:23:06
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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" |
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Is a Pixies album your favorite album of all time?
