DISCOGRAPHY: The Pixies Discography
Kimmo S{{skilahti
There are still a couple of ??'s left in it, so if anyone
can provide the answers to those questions, it will be most
appreciated. Also, if anyone has any additional info or
basically anything to say or ask about this, feel free to do it.
After including the information I may get, I will send this
discography to the archives at cs.uwp.edu in a short while.
Watch out for the forthcoming Neil Young discography!
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A Pixies Discography
by Kimmo Saaskilahti (trk...@uta.fi) and
Rob Vaughn (r...@snoopy.msc.cornell.edu)
Last update September, 4th, 1992
Send all corrections, additions, questions, comments
or whatever to trk...@uta.fi
Thanks go to:
Jeremy A. Ellis <jae...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>,
Tom Loden <lo...@ll.mit.edu>,
Richard Miske <rcm4...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>,
Mark Westling <west...@starbase.mitre.org>
and everyone on the 4AD-mailing list
for their contributions, input, and support, without which
this would not have been possible.
All quotes taken from Melody Maker, December 1989 double issue, and Uno Mas
Magazine, Number 2, Spring 1991.
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Kurt: "So what are your plans from here? What's next?"
Kim: "Another album, another tour, another album, another tour."
Francis: "And then an album after that."
Kurt: "And then another tour, and another album after that?"
Kim: "And a tour. And a movie. We're got to do a movie."
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The Pixies are:
Black Francis - vocals, guitars
David Lovering - drums, vocals (occasionally)
Kim Deal (Mrs. John Murphy) - bass, vocals
Joey Santiago - lead guitars
Additional Musicians:
Karen Karlsrud - violin on "Monkey Gone To Heaven" track
Corine Metter - violin on "Monkey Gone To Heaven" track
Arthur Fiacco - cello on "Monkey Gone To Heaven" track
Ann Roroich - cello on "Monkey Gone To Heaven" track
Robert F. Brunner - theremin on "Velouria" and "Bossanova"
Bob Santiago - second guitar on their 1991 European tour
Eric Drew Feldman - synthetics on "Trompe Le Monde"
Jef Feldman - tablas and dumbek on "Trompe Le Monde"
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"Everyone thinks I'm a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I
guess I'll just flip 'em the bird!" -- Black Francis
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EP/CA/CD Come On Pilgrim
Caribou/Vamos/Isla de Encanta/Ed Is Dead/The Holiday Song/
Nimrod's Son/I've Been Tired/Levitate Me
March 1987 - Europe: 4AD (MAD709)
March 1987 - US: Rough Trade (Rough US 43)
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track(s) Down To The Well/Rock A My Soul
1988 - Europe: Sounds (Waves 3)
Note: These two Pilgrim out-takes were released on a 7" EP "
Sound Waves 3" that was given away free with the English
rock mag Sounds. "Down To The Well" was re-recorded
later for Bossanova.
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Francis: "We did earn it, but it's not like we deserve it or anything. We
did it and we're successful. We used to go down every night and
none of those other bands would show up to practice. They'd show up
on Saturday and just get high, and that was it. Not everybody, I'm
generalizing, but it seemed like it."
Kim: "It's not like we were militant hard workers. We just did it."
Francis: "Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah."
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LP/CA/CD Surfer Rosa
Bone Machine/Break My Body/Something Against You/Broken Face/
Gigantic/River Euphrates/Where Is My Mind?/Cactus/Tony's Theme/
Oh My Golly!/Vamos/I'm Amazed/Brick Is Red
1988 - Europe: 4AD (MAD803)
1988 - US: Rough Trade (Rough US 38)
Notes: "Vamos" is a different from the version on _Come On Pilgrim_.
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CD Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim
1988 - Europe: 4AD (CAD803)
1988 - US: Rough Trade (Rough US 38CD)
Notes: The first EP & LP combined. This was the initial CD release
of these two albums both in Europe and the US. The albums
were however later released on separate CD's in the USA.
In Europe this is still the only CD version of
_Surfer Rosa_ and _Pilgrim_.
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7" Gigantic/River Euphrates (?)
12"/CD5 Gigantic/River Euphrates/Vamos (live)/Heaven
1988 - Europe: 4AD (AD/BAD/CAD 805)
1988 - US: Rough Trade (Rough US ??)
Notes: "Heaven" is the Lady-In-The-Radiator song from the
David Lynch movie "Eraserhead", which apparently has
had a big influence on Black Francis.
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"Much joy after hearing "Doolittle" has entered the British National Charts
at number eight. I've been reading "The Wicked Ways Of Malcolm McLaren and
just got to the part where the Sex Pistols' "Never Mind The Bollocks"
entered the British Charts at number 11. Three places below could make
me grin. John Lydon can suck my dick any time." -- Black Francis
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7" Monkey Gone To Heaven/Manta Ray
12"/CD5 Monkey Gone To Heaven/Manta Ray/Weird At My
School/Dancing The Manta Ray
1989 - Europe: 4AD (AD/BAD/CAD 904)
1989 - US: 4AD/Elektra (0 66707)
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LP/CA/CD Doolittle
Debaser/Tame/Wave of Mutilation/I Bleed/Here Comes Your Man/Dead/
Monkey Gone To Heaven/Mr. Grieves/Crackity Jones/La La Love You/
No. 13 Baby/There Goes My Gun/Hey/Silver/Gouge Away
1989 - Europe: 4AD (MAD/CAD 905)
1989 - US: 4AD/Elektra (9 60856)
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track Tame (demo version)
1989 - Europe: Spiral Scratch (R CAD905)
Notes: This demo version is on a 3" CD that was given away
with Spiral Scratch magazine issue number 6 in June
1989. It had four 4AD bands: Pixies, Mighty Lemon Drops,
Chelsea and Drug Free America.
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7" Here Comes Your Man/(one of the 3 tracks on 12"/CD5)
12"/CD5 Here Comes Your Man/Wave of Mutilation (UK surf version)/
Into The White/Bailey's Walk
1989 - Europe: 4AD (AD/BAD/CAD 909)
1989 - US: 4AD/Elektra (?????)
Notes: There were 3 different 7" versions released, each with a
different B-side.
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"(Here Comes Your Man) ...It was kind of a boring video actually until we got
high and the editor guy started stretching the heads and it was like, whoah,
this is great!" -- Black Francis
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12" (name unknown)
1989 - Europe: 4AD (BAD ???)
Notes: there is a promo-only live one-sided 12" vinyl of about eight
songs, recorded in May 1989.
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7" Velouria/Make Believe
12"/CD5 Velouria/Make Believe/I've Been Waiting For You/The Thing
1990 - Europe: 4AD (AD/BAD/CAD 0009)
1991 - US: 4AD/Elektra (9 66616)
Notes: "I've Been Waiting For You" is a Neil Young cover (from _Neil
Young_) with low vocals by Kim. "The Thing" is the second
part of "The Happening" with Dave on vocals. Dave also
sings "Make Believe".
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LP/CA/CD Bossanova
Cecilia Ann/Rock Music/Velouria/Allison/Is She Weird/Ana/All Over
The World/Dig for Fire/Down to the Well/The Happening/Blown Away/
Hang Wire/Stormy Weather/Havalina
1990 - Europe: 4AD (MAD/CAD 0010)
1991 - US: 4AD/Elektra (9 60963)
Notes: "Cecilia Ann" is a Surftones cover.
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7" Dig For Fire/Winterlong
12"/CD5 Dig For Fire/Dig For Fire (Velvety Instrumental Version)/
Winterlong/Santo
1990 - Europe: 4AD (AD/BAD/CAD 0014)
1991 - US: 4AD/Elektra (9 66596)
Notes: "Dig For Fire" was slightly re-mixed for the single.
"Winterlong" is a Neil Young cover that appeared on the
Neil Young tribute album "The Bridge".
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track Born In Chicago
1990 - US: Elektra (7559-60940-2)
Notes: This Paul Butterfield Blues Band cover appears on the Elektra
40th anniversary album _Rubaiyiat_.
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7" Planet Of Sound/ ?? (Does this exist?)
12"/CD5 Planet Of Sound/Theme From Narc/Build High/Evil Hearted You
1991 - Europe: 4AD (BAD/CAD 1008)
Notes: "Theme from Narc" is a cover of theme music from a video game, and
"Evil Hearted You" is a Yardbirds cover sung in Spanish.
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track I Won't Forget
1991 (?) - Europe: (???)
Notes: This song appears on the Leonard Cohen tribute album _I'm Your Fan_.
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LP/CA/CD Trompe le Monde
Trompe le Monde/Planet of Sound/Alec Eiffel/The Sad Punk/Head On/
U-Mass/Palace of the Brine/Letter to Memphis/Bird Dream of the
Olympus Mons/Space (I Believe In)/Subbacultcha/Distance Equals
Rate Times Time/Lovely Day/Motorway to Roswell/The Navajo Know
1991 - Europe: 4AD (MAD/CAD 1014)
1991 - US: 4AD/Elektra (9 61118)
Notes: "Head On" is a cover of a Jesus & Mary Chain song from
_Automatic_. "Planet Of Sound" has some effects added to vocals.
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CD5 Letter To Memphis
1991 - US: 4AD/Elektra (PRCD 8441-2)
Notes: A one-track promo release with new artwork. The song is
identical to the album version.
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7" Alec Eiffel/Motorway To Roswell
12"/CD5 Alec Eiffel/Motorway To Roswell/Planet Of Sound (live)/
Tame (live)
1991 - Europe: 4AD (BAD/CAD ????)
Notes: The live songs were recorded at the Brixton Academy 26th July 1991.
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CD5 Alec Eiffel/Letter to Memphis (instrumental)/Build High/
Evil Hearted You
1992 - US: 4AD/Elektra (66444-2)
Notes: The instrumental sounds exactly like the LP version of the
song except that the vocals parts are played on guitar!
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CD5 Head On/U-Mass/Planet Of Sound (live)/Tame (live)/Debaser (live)
1992 - Canada: (4AD 866 527-2)
Notes: This is a Canada-only release. The first two songs are
straight off _Trompe Le Monde_, the first two live songs are
the same as those on the European "Alec Eiffel" single.
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The Breeders
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Line-up #1:
Kim Deal: guitar, vocals
Tanya Donnelly: vocals & guitar (ex-Throwing Muses, currently of Belly)
Josephine Wiggs: vocals & bass (ex-Perfect Disaster, currently of
Ultra Vivid Scene (?), Honey Tongue)
Shannon Doughton: vocals & drums
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LP/CD Pod
Glorious/Doe/Happiness Is A Warm Gun/Oh!/Hellbound/When I Was A Painter/
Fortunately Gone/Iris/Opened/Only In 3's/Lime House/Metal Man
1990 - Europe: 4AD (MAD/CAD 0006)
1991 - US: 4AD (MAD/CAD US 0006)
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track I Just Wanna Get Along
1990 (?) - ???
Notes: The Breeders have a song on the "Gigantic 2" compilation
released by Melody Maker.
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Line-up #2:
Kim Deal: guitars, vocals
Tanya Donelly: guitar, vocals
Josephine Wiggs: bass, cello, vocals
Kelley Deal: guitar, vocals
Mike Hunt: drums, vocals
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12"/CD5 Safari
Do You Love Me Know?/Don't Call Home/Safari/So Sad About Us
1992 - Europe: 4AD (BAD/CAD 2003)
Notes: Drums on "Safari" by John Mattock. Additional lyrics on
"Don't call home" by John Murphy (Kim's ex?-husband).
"So Sad About Us" is a Who cover.
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Misc projects
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Kim Deal does guest vocals on track "Special One" on Ultra Vivid
Scene album _Joy 1967-1990_ (4AD/Columbia CK 46227) and appears
on the video as well.
Kim Deal and Tanya Donnelly have also sang together on the track
"You And Your Sister" on the This Mortal Coil album _Blood_.
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Pixies bootlegs:
LP The Peel Sessions
1988? - ????
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CD Timeless Stars
Into the white (*)/Wave of mutilation (*)/There goes my gun (*)/
Monkey gone to heaven (*)/Debaser (*)/Isla de enchanta (*)/
Bone machine (*)/Cactus (*)/Gigantic (*)/Gouge away (*)/
Tame (*)/Down to the well (**)/Rock a my soul (**)/Hey (***)/
Hey (****)/In heaven (****)/Wild honey pie (****)/Caribou (****)
1991 - Speedball Company (SBC011) (Made in Italy)
Notes:
(*) Live Newcastle Poly May 89
(**) Previously released tracks on "Sounds Waves 3" EP
(***) Live town & country May 1st 88
(****) First John Peel session
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"Velouria - live" (Kiss the Stone Records 025) and
"Bone machine" (Stars and Stripes Records 002).
(no details available)
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