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100
Surfer Rosa is the Pixies' most polarized work. For each blazing piece of punk, there are softer, poppier moments.
10y
100
Surfer Rosa is highly combustible music, but slapstick, too. Many of its songs feel half-finished or regurgitated in half-digested form, with verses that run on longer than they ordinarily might, choruses that repeat odd numbers of times instead of even ones, and abrupt shifts in tone and volume.
95
I can't really remember when I last heard a music with this degree of lazy evil injected into it. Or a music that seemed to pin down things we wouldn't have heard ourselves, to map out ideas in the air and sing them into solid form.
Oh the mess that this album is. But it doesn’t need to be cleaned up.
It’s hard to talk about this album without talking about “Where Is My Mind.” It’s one of those songs that resonates with everyone, and personally I think it’s one of the greatest pieces of music ever made despite the guitar riff (allegedly) being made as a joke.
As for the rest of the album, sure it’s messy, but it’s like a good burrito; you love damn near every moment of ... read more
Bone Machine broke my limbs. Why did you Break My Body? I now have Something Against You because you just broke my limbs. I ended up with a Broken Face. You made a Gigantic mistake. River Euphrates are what I got thrown into. Where Is My Mind? It got thrown into a Cactus. Tony's Theme played and now I feel better. Oh My Golly I still hate that guy. Vamos Fuera. I'm Amazed that this even happened. The Brick Is Red Because I smashed your limbs as revenge
Bone Machine - 9
Break My Body - ... read more
I dont think pixies is for me. I do respect them for the influence they have had on rock as a whole
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Track List
| 1 | Bone Machine 3:03 | 84 |
| 2 | Break My Body 2:06 | 84 |
| 3 | Something Against You 1:48 | 81 |
| 4 | Broken Face 1:30 | 77 |
| 5 | Gigantic 3:55 | 83 |
| 6 | River Euphrates 2:32 | 82 |
| 7 | Where Is My Mind? 3:54 | 97 |
| 8 | Cactus 2:16 | 79 |
| 9 | Tony's Theme 1:52 | 75 |
| 10 | Oh My Golly! 2:33 | 74 |
| 11 | Vamos 4:22 | 76 |
| 12 | I'm Amazed 1:43 | 72 |
| 13 | Brick Is Red 2:02 | 79 |
Total Length: 33 minutes
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1y
estoy muy ofendido con respecto a que las puntuaciones de las canciones del disco sean tan bajas en comparación a la puntuación final del disco según los usuarios
Added on: September 24, 2012