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Surfer Rosa Come on Pilgrim | 
| Artist: Pixies
Label: 4ad
Category: Music
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 2903
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 766483009922
EAN: 5014436803024
ASIN: B00005LAGO
Release Date: December 31, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | 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 | | • | Caribou | | • | Vamos | | • | Isla de encanta | | • | Ed is dead | | • | The holiday song | | • | Nimrods jon | | • | I've been tired | | • | Levitate me |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Before the Breeders and Frank Black, there was this Massachusetts quartet, playing hardcore's rush and terseness against the acoustic grit and the minor-key flourish of Latin pop. Their first full-length album is their starkest, harsh and trebly, with the drums right in your face and songs edited to eliminate any note that's not absolutely necessary. Singer Black Francis yelps away about destroyed bodies and the river Euphrates, alternately acting cryptic and crazed. Kim Deal, then calling herself "Mrs. John Murphy", contributes the highlight, "Gigantic", a creepy anthem about childhood voyeurism. The playing is snarly and tricky but unfailingly tuneful, and the hooks come out of nowhere--hiding behind the noise--and bite down hard. i--Douglas Wolk/i
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Never judge on first impressions!!!!! January 16, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Having bought the Pixies greatest hits #x27;wave of mutilation#x27; and loved it I decided to collect the albums. I loved #x27;Doolittle#x27;, but then when I got to Surfer Rosa/Come on Pilgrim about a year ago I liked the odd song but wasn#x27;t bothered about the album overall, how wrong was I???!!!???pThis is an album that needs to be understood. It#x27;s experimental, songs like #x27;Vamos#x27; and #x27;Tony#x27;s Theme#x27; are not instantly likable. It#x27;s Hardcore, there is more screaming and vicious lyrics and riffs than all other Pixies albums. It#x27;s not easy going, if you are not already a Pixies fan then I advise #x27;Doolittle#x27;.pHowever, once you get past these obsticles, played it enough times and left any wishes to be taken on a smooth ride through paradise well at home, you will finally appreciate just what this album is, a work of timeless art.pYou live, you laugh, you smile, you cry, you die, and you must own Surfer Rosa.
One of the best albums ever made May 30, 2001
burnmyeyes13@hotmail.com (Lincolnshire, England)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This album epitomises everything that is Pixies. From the Bone Machine to Levitate Me, every aspect of this album is near to perfect as i have heard. Produced by Steve Albini (producer of In Utero by Nirvana) it captures the raw essence of Pixies in full flight. Black Francis' primal wail is complimented by the sheer brilliance of Joey Santiago on guitar, which in turn is pulled together by the rythmn unit of Kim Deal and David Lovering. If you like giant choruses and melodies that you'll never get out of your head but with a totally original aftertaste, then this album is a must buy.
Extraordinary... January 22, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
For sheer force, little else in rock history matches Surfer Rosa's opening salvo; battering the door down with 'Bone Machine' before unleashing three quickfire bursts of brittle melody and off-kilter chords: 'Break My Body', 'Something Against You', and 'Broken Face'. That 'Gigantic' constitutes something of a calming down in proceedings amply demonstrates this album's impact. They don't let up either; on every track the drums are turned up, the guitar is high and squally, the bass is relentless and Black Francis' deranged holler is breathtaking. Particular standouts - if such a thing exists on a record that's as conistent as it is thrilling - are the famous 'Where Is My Mind', the sung-in-Spanish 'Oh My Golly' and the unsettling 'Cactus'. An inspirational debut and an album that has to be in your collection.
A work of genius (or two) October 16, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Comprising the Pixies' first two albums, SR+COP is definitely one of the greatest albums of all time. From the fantastic Bone Machine (something to air-drum to) all the way, 20 incredible tracks later to eccentric masterpiece Levitate Me, this (these) album(s) is (are) a must. Black Francis's wailing yet harmonic vocals combining with Kim Deal's own excellent voice, all over booming drums courtesy of David Lovering and with the best guitarring ever by Joey Santiago. brBest Tracks: the whole album. Buy it.
Kurt Cobain was listening... April 16, 2006
dynamitekid156 (Notts)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Pixies have received a creative renaissance of late, since their 2004 Wave Of Mutilation compilation. There is reason for this, as this collection of their debut album, Surfer Rosa and their early EP Come On Pilgrim shows.
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br /Their influence can be heard in countless songs. 'Cactus' was later covered by David Bowie, 'Where Is My Mind?' by Placebo, and so on. Truth is, there is scarcely a duff track across this whole CD, which burns through 21 tracks in about 50 minutes.
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br /As good as the aforementioned are, I feel the opening salvo of 'Bone Machine' and 'Break My Body' is the definitive Pixies statement. Between them, they form a whirlwind of off-kilter harmonies, tempo changes, Frank Black's unholy screech and Joey Santiago's chiming guitar work. Then, there is 'Gigantic,' an early single, fronted by bassist Kim Deal. Despite containing little in the way of pop melody (that was saved for Doolittle in 1989), it is relentlessly catchy.
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br /The first two Pixies albums are two masterful, and fairly different items of evidence showing that Kurt Cobain, as good as he was, was a mere pretender to their throne. I recommend buying the more accessible Doolittle first, but follow it up with this, the more hardcore, dirtier, filthier, nastier precursor.
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