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Death to the Pixies

Index Death to the Pixies

Death to the Pixies was the first Pixies best-of compilation, released by 4AD in the UK on October 6, 1997 and 4AD/Elektra the following day in the United States to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the band's debut. [1]

33 relations: AllMusic, Alternative rock, Debaser, Dig for Fire, Elektra Records, Fort Apache Studios, Frank Black Francis, Gary Smith (record producer), Gigantic (song), Gil Norton, Greatest hits album, Here Comes Your Man, Letter to Memphis, Monkey Gone to Heaven, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Netherlands, Nielsen SoundScan, NME, Pitchfork (website), Pixies, Pixies at the BBC, Planet of Sound, Robert Christgau, Select (magazine), Simon & Schuster, Steve Albini, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Rolling Stone Album Guide, Utrecht, Velouria, Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies, Where Is My Mind?, 4AD.

AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Debaser

"Debaser" is a song by American alternative rock band Pixies, and is the first song on their 1989 album Doolittle.

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Dig for Fire

"Dig for Fire" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies.

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Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American major record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt.

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Fort Apache Studios

Fort Apache Studios is a New England recording studio focusing on alternative rock sessions produced there since 1986.

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Frank Black Francis

Frank Black Francis is a 2-CD set released in 2004 by Frank Black, roughly coinciding with the Pixies reunion tour.

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Gary Smith (record producer)

Gary Smith is an entrepreneur, record producer, and artist's manager known for his work recording albums by alternative rock musicians since the mid-1980s at Fort Apache Studios.

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Gigantic (song)

"Gigantic" is a song by the American alternative rock band the Pixies, co-written by bassist Kim Deal and lead vocalist/guitarist Black Francis.

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Gil Norton

Gil Norton (born in Liverpool) is an English record producer known for his work with alternative rock bands such as Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Tribe, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Feeder, The Distillers, Maxïmo Park, Counting Crows, Terrorvision, The Triffids, Del Amitri, James, The Feelers, The Beekeepers, Twin Atlantic, General Fiasco, Span and Intergallactic Lovers.

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Greatest hits album

A greatest hits album, sometimes called a "best of" album or a catalog album, is a compilation of songs by a particular artist or band.

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Here Comes Your Man

"Here Comes Your Man" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis.

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Letter to Memphis

"Letter to Memphis" is a single by the alternative rock band Pixies on the album Trompe le Monde.

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Monkey Gone to Heaven

"Monkey Gone to Heaven" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies and is the seventh track on their 1989 album Doolittle.

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Muziekcentrum Vredenburg

Muziekcentrum Vredenburg was a music venue in Utrecht, Netherlands with a capacity of 5,000 people.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Nielsen SoundScan

Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Condé Nast.

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Pixies

The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Pixies at the BBC

Pixies at the BBC is a compilation of BBC radio sessions by the American alternative rock band Pixies.

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Planet of Sound

"Planet of Sound" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies; the second track on their 1991 album Trompe le Monde.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American essayist and music journalist.

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Select (magazine)

Select was a United Kingdom music magazine of the 1990s which was particularly known for covering Britpop, a term coined in the magazine by Stuart Maconie.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, Inc., a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster.

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Steve Albini

Steven Albini (pronounced; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist.

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The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983.

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.

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Utrecht

Utrecht is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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Velouria

"Velouria" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis.

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Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies

Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies is a compilation album by the Pixies.

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Where Is My Mind?

"Where Is My Mind?" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies.

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4AD

4AD is a British independent record label, founded by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_to_the_Pixies

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