Pixies — Doolittle

Pixies’ 1989 second album is a touchstone of alternative rock — the loud-quiet-loud blueprint that Nirvana, Radiohead and almost every nineties guitar band would build careers on. Black Francis’ surreal lyrics about biblical violence, Spanish surrealism and severed eyes ride Joey Santiago’s spiky guitar lines and Kim Deal’s deadpan harmonies. “Debaser,” “Here Comes Your Man,” “Monkey Gone to Heaven” — fifteen songs, no filler.

Tracklist:

1. Debaser
2. Tame
3. Wave of Mutilation
4. I Bleed
5. Here Comes Your Man
6. Dead
7. Monkey Gone to Heaven
8. Mr. Grieves
9. Crackity Jones
10. La La Love You
11. No. 13 Baby
12. There Goes My Gun
13. Hey
14. Silver
15. Gouge Away