| Product Summary | | Label: 4ad Records | | UPC: 00652637101423 | | Release Date: 5/20/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60597686 | | Item#: M23D3S | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Trompe Le Monde ~ The Pixies |  | | 2. Planet Of Sound ~ The Pixies | | | 3. Alec Eiffel ~ The Pixies | | | 4. Sad Punk ~ The Pixies | | | 5. Head On ~ The Pixies | | | 6. U-Mass ~ The Pixies | | | 7. Palace Of The Brine ~ The Pixies | | | 8. Letter To Memphis ~ The Pixies | | | 9. Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons ~ The Pixies | | | 10. Space (I Believe In) ~ The Pixies | | | 11. Subbacultcha ~ The Pixies | | | 12. Distance Equals Rate Times Time ~ The Pixies | | | 13. Lovely Day ~ The Pixies | | | 14. Motorway To Roswell ~ The Pixies | | | 15. Navajo Know, The ~ The Pixies | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Pixies: Black Francis (vocals, guitar); Kim Deal (vocals, bass); Joey Santiago (guitar); David Lovering (drums). | | Additional personnel: Eric Drew Feldman (keyboards, synthesizer); Jef Feldman (tabla, dumbek). | | | | Recorded at Master Control and Pacifique, Burbank, California, Studio Des Dames, Paris, and Blackwing, London, England. | | The title might be French for "fool the world," but with Trompe le Monde, the Pixies weren't fooling anyone: this was essentially Black Francis' solo debut. It focuses on Francis' sci-fi fascination and lacks any Kim Deal songs; even her backing vocals are far and few between. Yet the band sounds revitalized on Trompe le Monde, as if it were planned as their last hurrah. The raucous "Distance Equals Rate Times Time" and the explosive cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain's "Head On" are fairly straightforward, but the lyrics remain quirky on "Planet of Sound," a song about a Martian who lands on Earth, and "Palace of the Brine," a tribute to sea monkeys and Utah's Salt Lake. He even disses hipsters and pretentious students -- basically, the Pixies' fan base -- with nasty little digs like "Subbacultcha"'s "I was wearing eyeliner/She was wearing eyeliner" and "U-Mass"' "It's eduuucaaationaal!" Musically, "Trompe le Monde"'s psychedelic sheen and "Alec Eiffel"'s atmospheric keyboards prove that the Pixies' sound wasn't defined by Steve Albini-style rawness. There's also more emotional depth: "The Sad Punk" features the strangely poignant bridge "And evolving from the sea/Would not be too much time for me/To walk beside you in the sun," and "Letter to Memphis" is a heartfelt, if cryptic, love song. Though Trompe le Monde doesn't sound quite like the Pixies' other work, Come on Pilgrim's spooky beginnings, Surfer Rosa's abrasive assault, Doolittle's deceptively accessible punk-pop, and Bossanova's spacy sonics helped make Trompe le Monde a rousing swan song and a precursor to alternative rock's imminent success. Whether that means their music remained pure or they missed their chance to cash in is debatable; either way, the Pixies are one of America's greatest, most influential bands. ~ Heather Phares |
Producer: Gil Norton |
Engineer: Steven Haigler |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/20/2003 | | Original Release Date : 1991 | | Catalog ID : 71014 | | Label : 4AD (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 38m : 59s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : AAD | | UPC : 00652637101423 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (12/91)
- "...As they've gotten more popular, the band has gotten more rocking AND prettier, more grandiose, stranger: better..."Q (10/91)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...an unqualified triumph...Several of the songs here manage to combine furious garage riffing with sudden flashes of pop melody..." Melody Maker (12/91)
- Ranked #19 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991. |
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