Pixies- DoolittleLabel: 4AD Reissued 2004, Originally released 1989 VINYL FORMAT. After 1988's brilliant but abrasive Surfer Rosa, The PIXIES' sound couldn't get much more extreme. Their Elektra debut, Doolittle, reins in the noise in favor of pop songcraft and accessibility. Producer Gil Norton's sonic sheen adds some polish, but Black Francis' tighter songwriting focuses the group's attack. Doolittle's most ferocious moments, like "Dead," a visceral retelling of

Ice Night We're Having

Aluna chose to listen

Night Falls on Hoboken

Memories Of Tomorrow 0:59

including performances of "I Go Blind

"Hallucination"

In the Doorway

layered tape loops and even a solo piano song

” “1999

and others

The December-Ish You

but this was the first album to give it precedence as a cohesive concept