Doolittle (The Pixies)

It's got everything you could ever want in rock music. The album is (usually) never too harsh to be offensive, nor too subdued to be boring. For the majority of the album the fuzz/noise levels are not only perfect, but are balanced out by the softer verses in each song. The album is interesting to listen to and each song is unique. This is in contrast to albums where all of the songs sound like similar copies of each other, with small and minor changes made here and there. On "Dolittle", each song is fresh. The arrangements are dynamic and contrasting and never stale or overused. The album is also easy to digest. This is a pop album with most songs clocking in at 2-3 minutes in length. The tunes are catchy. Every chord, every beat, every pause....fits together perfectly. It has it all. Perfect balance. Creative. Catchy. The epoch of good rock music started with "Dolittle" and was a slow downhill trudge from there. With this and all of their albums, the Pixies set the bar too h... Read more

Doolittle being the Pixies 2nd studio album and their 1989 release and the critics loved it and Allmusic and Rolling Stone Magazine gave it max score. I agree with them. This is an incredible album. Two singles were released "Here comes your man" and "Monkeys gone to heaven". The booklet is quite strange but contains all the lyrics and has a list of whom and what they play on the album. 5/5.

4 1/2 In many ways the definitive early edition indie rock release, Doolittle did so much more than what was to be expected in '89 by a typical four piece rock outfit. But of course fans were already in line after witnessing what Black/Deal aesthetics could wield on a sophomore that, besides a few tracks, remains undeniably essential.

It's become somewhat clichéd, but never-the-less is true: "Doolittle" is, by far and away, one of the best and most influential alternative rock albums. Ever. This 1989 sophomore effort from the Boston foursome, produced by Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Counting Crows), attempts to clean up and polish the abrasive and unpredictable nature established on the Pixies' breakthrough debut, "Surfer Rosa." And it works! In spite of the fact that "Surfer Rosa" was a masterpiece in its own right, "Doolittle" truly stands out as the moment when everything clicked (and, internally, fell apart) for the band. The right sound at the right moment, its influence has echoed on for two decades and counting, and still holds up today as a perfectly crafted alternative rock album with infectious pop-hooks and a scattering of schizophrenic left-turn sounds. On the song-writing front, output from the one and only Black Francis has been stepped up a notch. With songs that revel in biblical themes, death and t... Read more

Even though the Pixies didn't have staying power, this has got to be one of the best alternative music albums of all time. Great for parties where dancing could happen.

Having put this album on yet again just now, I just had to swing by here and give it some love. Because simply, it ROCKS. SO hard. The opening track alone is enough to make you burst into a violent frenzy of pure maniacal ecstasy! You put the cd on and you hear a nice, catchy bassline, then the guitar comes in followed by the drums and you think, "Man, this is really rockin'!" ..But then vocalist Black Francis comes in and just TEARS THE ROOF OFF THE PLACE. This is the kind of music you just CANNOT listen to sitting down.. my word, could there possibly be anything more amped up than this? Another thing I have to point out is the arrangements. This is some of the most cleverly put together rock music I have ever beheld, the way each instrument fits together ever so PERFECTLY like a sound-wave jigsaw puzzle. This is MASTERY, folks. In addition to all that, this album just oozes with pure attitude. You can hear it, you can FEEL it emanating from each individual band member as they h... Read more