| Death to the Pixies | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | October 6, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1987–1991 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 47:42 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | 4AD DAD 7011 | |||
| Producer | Steve Albini, Gary Smith, and Gil Norton | |||
| Compiler | Chris Staley | |||
| Pixies compilations chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Limited vinyl LP edition cover | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| NME | 10/10[2] |
| Pitchfork Media | 9.2/10[3] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [5] |
| Select |  [6] |
| Uncut | [7] |
Death to the Pixies is a compilation album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released by 4AD in the UK on October 6, 1997, and 4AD/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 It is now out of print, having been replaced by the 2004 compilation Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies.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, Netherlands on September 25, 1990.[8]
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.[9] These demos, recorded in the apartment of 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 2-CD compilation.
The vinyl release contained all the tracks on the "Golden Ticket" version, spread out over four 10" records. Featuring a different cover, the vinyl version was a limited edition of 9,000 copies printed.
As of 2015[update], sales in the United States have exceeded 148,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[10]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Pixes: Death To The Pixies: (4AD)". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Robert Christgau. "The Pixies: Consumer Guide Reviews: Death to the Pixies [Elektra, 1997]". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "The Pixies". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 640–41. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Roy Wilkinson. "Death to the Pixies". Select. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ^ Roberts, Chris (November 1997). "Gone to heaven". Uncut. No. 6. p. 86.
- ^ "PixieMusic - Live 92". Archived from the original on February 15, 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2005.
- ^ eyesore, the 4AD data base - Death to the Pixies
- ^ "The Record: Unfinished Business". Capital Public Radio. February 3, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2019.