Trompe Le Monde by The Pixies

Pros: fitting final chapter for an influencial band
Cons: fans of Doolittle may find the album too hard

If the Pixies had to go, they couldn't have gone out in more style. Although not as acclaimed as their previous albums, Trompe Le Monde served as a great final chapter for the Pixies. Not only was it a great album, but it demonstrated what the Pixies...

Pros: Fitting final chapters to the Pixies legacy
Cons: fans of Doolittle may find the album too hard

If the Pixies had to go, they couldn't have gone out in more style. Although not as acclaimed as their previous albums, Trompe Le Monde served as a great final chapter for the Pixies. Not only was it a great album, but it demonstrated what the Pixies...

Pros: Innovative music; sometimes difficult, but always entertaining lyrics
Cons: Sad thing that this is the last album from the band

If there's one thing life has taught me, it's not to listen to folks who make a living by listening to music and writing about it. Musical taste is highly subjective, so listening to one guy's opinion about an album is, quite often, a waste of time.
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Pros: Innovative punk and rock.
Cons: Last album by Pixies.

The Pixies defy categorization although bands like Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins had credited them as a strong influence. The Pixies also have been regarded as one of the founders of grunge, although they have never been so depressingly trite as Pearl...

Pros: Filled to the brim with wild, daring and exciting songs performed with maniacal vigour
Cons: No Pixies albums have been digitally remastered (at the time of writing this)

I was immediately enamoured with this group after hearing their fine 1989 album Doolittle. It didn’t take much to like this foursome what with their fiendishly catchy choruses, the frantic energy from lead singer Black Francis (a.k.a. ...

Pros: intelligent lyrics with a hard rock feel -- definitely alternative
Cons: sexual situations with some strong language

Another reason to miss the Pixies...Trompe Le Monde (which is a French translation of "Screw the World") was really a way to go out with a bang.

The album is very much like previous works by Frank Black and crew -- rippingly hard,...

Pros: some great songs, full sound from the band
Cons: different sound, a few songs that can be forgotten, lack of Kim

If you hear anything about the Pixies, you probably hear about their earlier albums like Doolittle, Surfer Rosa, and their first EP Come On Pilgrim. The reason is that those albums were what defined the Pixies. That set their path, ...

Pros: The strongest outing by this quirky band.
Cons: A few duds. Even they aren't bad, though. The Pixies' final effort.

Trompe Le Monde - Translated: Mislead The World

Have you ever owned an album that just pefectly epitomizes a certain period of your life?
Trompe is just that, to me. (Long Story)
It has dynamics, power, strong melodic creations,...

Pros: They created a whole new sense of possibility, a completely new fusion of cool, space age noise and rock.
Cons: The aesthetic that they created is often better than the songs themselves - there are a number of duds on the album, which is held together by the phenomenal strength of the several classic songs.

It took me a while to fall for the charms of the Pixies, but when I fell I fell hard. I had just missed the release of Trompe Le Monde when I'd got to University but knew nothing about it, nor indeed indie rock generally.

Of my main groups of...