Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies

Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies [1]
Greatest hits album by Pixies
Released May 3, 2004 (2004-05-03)
Recorded 1987–1991
Genre Alternative rock, college rock
Length 66:32
Language English
Label 4AD CAD 2406
Producer Steve Albini, Gil Norton, Pixies, and Gary Smith
Pixies compilations chronology
Complete 'B' Sides
(2001)Complete 'B' Sides2001		 Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies
(2004)		 Minotaur
(2009)Minotaur2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Blender[3]
Drowned In Sound9/10[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork Media8.5/10[6]
Robert ChristgauA[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Uncut[9]

Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies is a compilation album by the Pixies. It was released on May 3, 2004 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States alongside a companion DVD featuring a live show, promotional videos and two documentaries. Early batches of the record feature a fault on the track "Hey", where Black Francis' opening shout of "Hey" is missing.

This album replaces 1997's compilation Death to the Pixies in 4AD's catalog, which previously served as the label's "greatest hits" collection for the Pixies.

As of 2015, sales in the United States have exceeded 316,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [10] In 2006 the album received a diamond certification for 250,000 copies sold in Europe by Independent Music Companies Association. [11]

Track listing

All songs written by Black Francis, unless noted.

  1. "Bone Machine" – 3:03
  2. "Nimrod's Son" – 2:16
  3. "Holiday Song" – 2:15
  4. "Caribou" – 3:14
  5. "Broken Face" – 1:29
  6. "Gigantic" (single version) – 3:13 (Mrs John Murphy, Black Francis)
  7. "Vamos" – 4:18
  8. "Hey" – 3:28
  9. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" – 2:55
  10. "Debaser" – 2:51
  11. "Gouge Away" – 2:42
  12. "Wave of Mutilation" – 2:03
  13. "Here Comes Your Man" – 3:21
  14. "Tame" – 1:56
  15. "Where Is My Mind?" – 3:53
  16. "Into the White" – 4:39
  17. "Velouria" – 3:40
  18. "Allison" – 1:17
  19. "Dig for Fire" – 3:02
  20. "U-Mass" – 3:00
  21. "Alec Eiffel" – 2:47
  22. "Planet of Sound" – 2:06
  23. "Winterlong" – 3:08 (Neil Young)
Notes [12]

Personnel

Pixies
Production

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[13] Gold 50,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Discogs - Wave of Mutilation: best of Pixies images, CD 2004-May-03rd 4AD (CAD 2406CD) UK
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Dolan, Jon. "Wave of Mutilation — Blender". Blender. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  4. ↑ Drowned In Sound review
  5. ↑ NME review
  6. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  7. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Uncut review
  10. ↑ http://www.capradio.org/music/eclectic/2015/02/03/the-record-unfinished-business/
  11. ↑ "2006 January-April results Impala European Music Sales award successes" (PDF). IMPALA. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Discogs - Wave of Mutilation: best of Pixies compilation-CD 2004 4AD (CAD 2406CD) US
  13. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Pixies – Wave Of Mutilation: Best Of Pixies". Music Canada.
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