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Infobox album| Name = Death to the Pixies| Cover = Pixies-DeathToThePixiesCover.jpg| Type = greatest| Artist = Pixies | Released = Start date|1997|10|06| Length = 47:42| Genre = Alternative rock | Label = 4AD DAD 7011| Language = English language|English | Producer = Steve Albini , Gary Smith (record producer)|Gary Smith , and Gil Norton | Compiler = Chris Staley | Chronology = Pixies compilations| Last album =| This album = Death to the Pixies (1997)| Next album = Pixies at the BBC (1998)| Misc = Extra album cover| Upper caption = Alternative cover| Lower caption = Limited edition cover| Type = greatest| Cover = Pixies - Death to the Pixies limited edition.jpgAlbum ratings|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = Rating|4|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r315009|pure_url=yes Allmusic review|rev2 = Pitchfork Media |rev2score = (9.2/10) http://web.archive.org/web/20040804021227/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/pixies/death-to-the-pixies.shtml Pitchfork Media review Death to the Pixies was the first Pixies greatest hits|best-of compilation, released by 4AD in the UK on October 6, 1997 and 4AD/ Elektra Records|Elektra the following day in the United States to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the band's debut. It covered the years 1987 to 1991. It is currently out of print, having been replaced by the 2004 compilation Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies . A limited edition of the compilation also included a second CD with a live performance taken from Vredenburg , Utrecht (city)|Utrecht , Netherlands on the September 25, 1990. http://www.pixiesmusic.com/live_92.php There was also another version of the limited edition, produced in extremely small quantities, that includes two rare "Black Francis Demos" ("I'm Amazed" and "Broken Face"). This is known as the "Golden Ticket" version, and has GT appended to its catalog number. http://eyesore.no/html/ident/70.html#7011 These demos, recorded in the apartment of producer Gary Smith (record producer)|Gary Smith the day before the band convened to record their full demo at Smith's Fort Apache Studios , feature only Francis singing and playing acoustic guitar (and giving notations to Smith about where the other band members' parts are). The complete "Black Francis Demos" were released as the first disc of 2004's Frank Black Francis (album)|Frank Black Francis 2-CD compilation.
The vinyl release contained all the tracks on the "Golden Ticket" version, spread out over four 10" records. This was a limited release of over 9,000 copies.
Track listing
#"Cecilia Ann"& nbsp;– 2:06 #" Planet of Sound "& nbsp;– 2:06 #"Tame"& nbsp;– 1:56 #" Here Comes Your Man "& nbsp;– 3:21 #" Debaser "& nbsp;– 2:52 #"Wave of Mutilation"& nbsp;– 2:04 #" Dig for Fire "& nbsp;– 3:02 #"Caribou"& nbsp;– 3:14 #"Holiday Song"& nbsp;– 2:14 #"Nimrod's Son"& nbsp;– 2:17 #" U-Mass "& nbsp;– 3:01 #"Bone Machine"& nbsp;– 3:05 #" Gigantic (song)|Gigantic "& nbsp;– 3:08 #" Where Is My Mind? "& nbsp;– 3:52 #" Velouria "& nbsp;– 3:40 #"Gouge Away"& nbsp;– 2:44 #" Monkey Gone to Heaven "& nbsp;– 2:57
;Limited edition bonus disc #"Debaser"& nbsp;– 2:55 #"Rock Music"& nbsp;– 1:51 #"Broken Face"& nbsp;– 1:21 #"Isla de Encanta"& nbsp;– 1:42 #"Hangwire"& nbsp;– 2:00 #"Dead"& nbsp;– 2:30 #"Into the White"& nbsp;– 3:30 #"Monkey Gone to Heaven"& nbsp;– 2:58 #"Gouge Away"& nbsp;– 2:53 #"Here Comes Your Man"& nbsp;– 3:12 #"Allison"& nbsp;– 1:16 #"Hey"& nbsp;– 3:54 #"Gigantic"& nbsp;– 3:26 #"Crackity Jones"& nbsp;– 1:35 #"Something Against You"& nbsp;– 1:46 #"Tame"& nbsp;– 2:05 #"Wave of Mutilation"& nbsp;– 3:05 #"Where Is My Mind? "& nbsp;– 3:37 #"Ed Is Dead"& nbsp;– 2:52 #"Vamos"& nbsp;– 4:34 #"Tony's Theme"& nbsp;– 2:27
The limited edition bonus CD is not the complete concert and is missing 13 songs from the night.
Here is the setlist for the complete concert on September 25, 1990.
# Cecilia Ann # Levitate Me # Debaser # Rock Music # Hangwire # Dead # There Goes My Gun # Monkey Gone To Heaven # Isla de Encanta # Velouria # Into The White # Stormy Weather # Hey # Gigantic # Crackity Jones # Dig For Fire # Dancing The Manta Ray # Gouge Away # Here Comes Your Man # Caribou # All Over The World # Allison # The Happening # Broken Face # I Bleed # Something Against You # Tame # Is She Weird # Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf) # Where Is My Mind # Ed is Dead # Vamos # Tony's Theme # Wave of Mutilation
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