Doolittle (album)
1989 studio album by Pixies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Doolittle is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released on April 17, 1989, on 4AD records. It was an instant critical success and became their breakthrough album. It was especially well received in Europe, where the British music weeklies Melody Maker and Sounds named it their album of the year. Its idiosyncratic lyrics were written by the Pixies' main songwriter and lead vocalist Black Francis, and allude to surrealist imagery, biblical violence and descriptions of torture and death.
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Released | April 17, 1989 | |||
Recorded | October 31 – November 23, 1988 | |||
Studio | Downtown Recorders (Boston) | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 38:38 | |||
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Producer | Gil Norton | |||
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The album is praised for its "quiet/loud" dynamic, achieved through subdued verses founded on Kim Deal's bass patterns and David Lovering's drums. It reaches peaks in tone and volume through the addition of distorted guitars by Francis and Joey Santiago. This technique was influential on the development of early 1990s grunge music; Kurt Cobain said that Doolittle was one of his favorite records, and that its songs heavily influenced "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
Upon its release it reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart. It has sold consistently since its release and numerous music publications have placed it as one of the top albums of the 1980s. Both singles from the album, "Here Comes Your Man" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven", reached the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US, while many of the album's tracks, including "Debaser" and "Hey", remain favourites of both critics and fans.