Countless hours of rehearsals in a sewage-soaked basement rehearsal room enabled the whole thing to be wrapped up in just 10 days, costing $10,000 – with 4AD paying Albini a flat fee of $1,500.Ĭentral to the chilling brilliance of this strange, unsettling album is the balance and contrast between the three main players – Francis (real name Charles Thompson), Philippines-born lead guitarist Joey Santiago and bassist Kim Deal. By the time Pixies went into Boston’s Q Division Studios to record Surfer Rosa with producer Steve Albini in December 1987, they were a tightly wound unit.
4AD boss Ivo Watts-Russell was impressed enough to sign the band and put out eight songs from the demo as the EP Come On Pilgrim. Surfer Rosa‘s origins lie in the Purple Tape, a demo recorded over six days in March 1987 using $1,000 borrowed from singer and guitarist Black Francis’ father. “ David Bowie called the album, which went Gold on both sides of the Atlantic, “the most compelling music outside of Sonic Youth made in the entire 80s” it blew PJ Harvey‘s mind Kurt Cobain admitted to ripping off Surfer Rosa the artists not yet known as Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead were listening closely, too. Guitar highlighted and saluted the genius of Surfer Rosa for a feature in 2020: Prior to that, there are some features to bring in. To mark the approaching thirty-fifth anniversary, I will come to some reviews of the album. The legendary producer (who went on to record Nirvana’s In Utero in 1993) was a superb choice – a name suggested by 4AD. The plan was to use producer Gary Smith (who produced Come on Pilgrim), but due to a disagreement between him and the Pixies’ manager, Steve Albini was hired. Prior to the release of Pixies' debut mini-album, Come on Pilgrim, in October 1987, 4AD’s head, Ivo Watts-Russell, suggested they return to the studio to record a full-length album. The Boston band released something truly distinct in 1988. by Elektra Records in 1992, and in 2005 was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Even though Surfer Rosa is now regarded as a classic, it failed to chart in the U.S.
Pixies’ Surfer Rosa was released on the British label, 4AD. 21st March, and that is the thirty-fifth anniversary of one of the greatest and most influential debut albums ever.
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