Pixies (EP)

Pixies
EP by
ReleasedJuly 9, 2002 (2002-07-09)
RecordedMarch 1987 (1987-03)
StudioFort Apache, Boston
GenreAlternative rock
Length16:30
LanguageEnglish
LabelSpinART
ProducerGary Smith
Pixies chronology
Trompe le Monde
(1991)
Pixies
(2002)
EP1
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Blender[2]
NME5/10[3]
Pitchfork Media6.4/10[4]
Robert ChristgauA−[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Pixies is an EP by the American alternative rock band of the same name, released in 2002 by SpinART Records in the U.S., Cooking Vinyl in the UK and Sonic Unyon in Canada. It consists of the remaining songs from the band's original 17-track demo tape (known informally as The Purple Tape), eight songs of which were released in 1987 as the band's debut, Come On Pilgrim.[8] All 17 songs were recorded by Gary Smith at Fort Apache Studios in March 1987.

"In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)" is a cover of a song featured in David Lynch's 1977 film Eraserhead.

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Dolan, Jon. "Pixies - Blender". Blender. Archived from the original on 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  3. ^ NME review
  4. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  5. ^ Robert Christgau. "The Pixies: Consumer Guide Reviews: Pixies [SpinArt, 2002]". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Austin Chronicle review