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GlassShadow
I love how Palace of the Brine, Letter to Memphis, Bird of the Olympus Mons, Space (I Belive In) and Subbacultcha seems to complete themselves
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cooler-king
Maybe not their best, I think song for song Doolittle still holds that title, but this is my favorite to listen to and I am happy to see I'm not the only one. "Letter to Memphis" and "Motorway to Roswell" are up there with the best Pixies songs.
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usuallee
@ Misterjunior, agree with every word you said man, not sure about 20-25 all time favorite album, but it's up there. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is their best...never understood why this is considered less than among their albums. Christ, I mean what a stacked lineup of tunes : Planet of Sound, Alec Eiffel, Letter to Memphis, Lovely Day, Motorway to Roswell, The Navajo Know, Palace of the Brine...really all great songs. Their other albums are very good too, but Trompe Le Monde will always be my favorite Pixies album.
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MisterJunior
One of my all time favorite albums. The reputation this has among critics and many fans as a "disappointment" is baffling to me. There is just a ridiculous wealth of hooks on here, almost all the songs are catchy as hell, the sci-fi theme a lot of the lyrics have is fun and there's a sense of energy that, as great as Bossanova is, was largely lacking on that album. No lie when I say this is probably one of my 20-25 favorite records ever made.
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Chumsicles
yeah this is definitely their best by a comfortable margin. the sarcasm below is totally misplaced
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seanconcannon
promo reel for Trompe Le Monde just popped up on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/301066127562
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brownieboy
I listened to the other albums but never got around to this one until now... It has to be their album i've heard.... Crazy how they managed to release 4 brilliant albums from 1988-1991.
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naotas_forehead
trompe le monde = doolittle = surfer rosa (I haven't listened to Bossanova enough to make a proper judgement on it yet.) Honestly Trompe le Monde is smooth as hell and I love it to death, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss Kim's vocals.
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theboredone
Never loved this album but been practising 3 songs for a night in London where the bands cover songs from albums released 20 years ago and it's finally clicked... even if the gig sucks I'm happy :D
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KiddMarine
You can hear 30 second clips of the different versions of 'Palace of the Brine' and 'Bird Dream...' as well as a clip of 'Brackish Boy' on the 'Definitive Pixies' bootleg, but as far as I know that's the only way you can hear any of the fabled Johnny Malta bootleg. It's a shame because the 30 second clip of Brackish Boy sounds amazing. Plus Kim's vocals are way, way more noticable in the clips of 'Bird Dream' and 'Palace of the Brine'.
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KiddMarine
A super rare bootleg of the sessions for this album is known to exist that includes Pixies versions of 'Brackish Boy' and 'Surf Epic' which later became early Frank Black songs. Only one copy was ever known to exist and it was owned by a guy call J. Malta who now claims to have lost it.
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