1989

1989-04-17

United Kingdom

Doolittle is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in April 1989. It was the Pixies' first international release. The album's offbeat and dark subject material, featuring references to surrealism, Biblical violence, torture and death, contrasts with the clean production sound achieved by the newly hired producer Gil Norton. Pixies released two singles from Doolittle, "Here Comes Your Man" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven", both of which were chart successes on the US chart for Modern Rock Tracks. The album itself reached #8 on the UK Albums Chart, an unexpected success for the band. In retrospect, album tracks such as "Debaser", "Wave of Mutilation", "Monkey Gone to Heaven", "Gouge Away", and "Hey" are highly acclaimed by critics and the album is often seen as the band's strongest work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_(album)

1989-04-17

Doolittle is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in April 1989. It was the Pixies' first international release. The album's offbeat and dark subject material, featuring references to surrealism, Biblical violence, torture and death, contrasts with the clean production sound achieved by the newly hired producer Gil Norton. Pixies released two singles from Doolittle, "Here Comes Your Man" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven", both of which were chart successes on the US chart for Modern Rock Tracks. The album itself reached #8 on the UK Albums Chart, an unexpected success for the band. In retrospect, album tracks such as "Debaser", "Wave of Mutilation", "Monkey Gone to Heaven", "Gouge Away", and "Hey" are highly acclaimed by critics and the album is often seen as the band's strongest work. Doolittle has continued to sell consistently well in the years since its release, and in 1995 it was certified gold. The album has been cited as inspirational by many alternative artists, while numerous music publications have ranked it as one of the most influential albums ever. A 2003 poll of NME writers ranked Doolittle as the second-greatest album of all time, Rolling Stone placed the album at #227 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", and Pitchfork ranked it as the 4th best album of the 80s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_(album)