I haven't found much to argue with in Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s, but then I'm also a huge Pixies fan.
Let me put it this way: if not for Doolittle, there would be no Pitchfork. In other words, the influence of this record is so vast that, fifteen years on, it has altered the course of your life at this very moment.Posted by xian at November 26, 2002 01:08 PM | TrackBack
Sorry, I'm on Albini's side on this one. Have never understood the appeal of the Pixies or understood why they get called "influential" - to me they sound like a blend of a dozen bands that came before... I can only guess that they get called influential because other critics call them influential? I know I'm odd man out on this count - most of my friends see it the other way around. It just frustrates me because I feel I must be missing some kind of Pixies Appreciation Gland or something.
Posted by: Scot Hacker on November 28, 2002 12:35 AMright, we've had this discussion before. it's in the ear of the behearer. they always worked for me. first stones-like rush i'd gotten from music in a long time. a friend from boston sent me a few of their first songs on a mixed tape in around '87 i guess. bone machine was one. didn't like it at first, then it grew on me.
as for influential, cobain was pretty clear on nevermind being a straight-up pixies ripoff/homage. the sound.
i also liked frank black and kim deal's vocal blend and i had a wicked crush on kim deal.
Posted by: xian on December 2, 2002 06:24 PM