Pixies - Doolittle
Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
1989 Ratings: #1 / 231
User Score
1989 Rank: #5All Time: #353
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Pitchfork

Doolittle is their most famous album and for understandable reasons. It's more even keel than Surfer Rosa and better mannered, too, forgoing the harsh live sound of Steve Albini for the lush, almost folksy one of Gil Norton, who had had previously worked with marshmallows like Echo and the Bunnymen.

100
Drowned in Sound

The Doolittle album has amazing tunes that make you feel all tingly one moment and darkly maudlin the next, and its this power the Pixies have over you that makes them so goddamn fun to listen to. 

100
AllMusic

Their most accessible album, Doolittle's wide-ranging moods and sounds make it one of their most eclectic and ambitious. A fun, freaky alternative to most other late-'80s college rock, it's easy to see why the album made the Pixies into underground rock stars.

100
NME

The Pixies' popularity shows no sign of waning just yet, and as 'Doolittle' positively underlines, there is no shortage of ideas.

100
SPIN

Crashing the majors on a wave of mutilation.

100
Sputnikmusic

There's no better way to describe Doolittle's greatness than to just simply state that it's 39 minutes of classic track after classic track.

100
Rolling Stone

The album's breathtaking mix of noisy, almost surflike guitars, sweet pop melodies and primal-scream-therapy vocals inspired a generation of would-be rock stars

knewnie
10

I’m done arguing with anyone. I know most people won’t agree with me because most people are dull-minded and reliant. I have no energy for you folk. The difference between me and y’all is I’m governed by self. Good day.

UltimateLifeFrm
45

This was... quite underwhelming!

Doolittle is the 2nd album from by American rock band Pixies, released in April 1989. It's considered their most accessible and strongest work of their career as well as being cited as influential by many alternative artists, yet I kinda fail to see where the hype for this album really comes from, even after listening to it twice.

Well... this album has quite the upbeat energy that I like to hear; it also has this disorienting atmosphere to it that's created ... read more

Doublez
94

CFCE 87.8 FM Weekly Genre : Indie Rock

We have all known or heard endless debates on the classification of musical genres and sub-styles. Can we study the relevance or not of a term invented by a journalist who has become a trend, or a term self-proclaimed by the artist himself? I think it's relative and different for each individual. However, these musical genres/styles are quite practical and rather well done when you think about it. Whether you accept it or not, they are now indirectly a ... read more

nanaWitch
87

Liked it a little less than Surfer Rosa, but still on a great level.

nickyverb
89

so many iconic tracks from this album. not a single skip of these 15 tracks. pixies have a sound like none other. even the weaker tracks are always a fun listen. gouge away is an 11/10 and one of the best closers of all time. an electrifying performance by the band all the way through. an all time classic.

xxxvinyl
93

The blueprint to Indie Rock and to Alt Rock, the logical continuation to the harsher sound of Post Punk developed by Sonic Youth and others.
This is amazing goddamn

Favourite Tracks: Here Comes Your Man, Debaser, Monkey Gone To Heaven, Hey, Wave Of Mutilation, Gouge Away, Silver, Crackity Jones, La La Love You

Least Favourite Tracks: No. 13 Baby

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Track List

1Debaser
2:51
92
2Tame
1:56
84
3Wave of Mutilation
2:03
88
4I Bleed
2:34
85
5Here Comes Your Man
3:21
93
6Dead
2:21
81
7Monkey Gone to Heaven
2:55
93
8Mr. Grieves
2:05
85
9Crackity Jones
1:24
81
10La La Love You
2:43
80
11No. 13 Baby
3:51
83
12There Goes My Gun
1:49
82
13Hey
3:30
92
14Silver
2:25
77
15Gouge Away
2:42
90
Total Length: 38 minutes

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Added on: September 24, 2012