At the bottom of the garden (Doolittle - Pixies)

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	Doolittle - Pixies
Date:	03/11/09 (17 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Rasping vocals

Disadvantages: Short tracks

The album Doolittle was released in 1989 and was the third album from the band and in my opinion was the best album that the band produced before infighting saw them pretty much disappear from the musicbuying publics awareness.

I love the unusual vocals from lead singer Frank Black whether it is the gentle songs or the full on wailing ones it is a powerful voice indeed and rather unique.

Primarily I have always considered them a grunge band and certainly they had an influence on Nirvana and other bands in the genre and this is a strong album with some great tunes.

Debaser is the opening track and is one of their most influential songs and one of their best. It is quite an upbeat track with some excelent guitar work. This is followed up by Tame which has a fairly typical grunge feel with quiet softer verses and a crashing chorus with the title of the song being shouted out. Wave of Mutilation is an excellent track, another quitre upbeat one musically with some rather dark lyrics.

Other stand out tracks for me include Monkey Gone to Heaven which has a cool vibe to it and some strange lyrics while Crackity Jones is a fast paced frenetic track with some rasping vocals from Black, the only problem is that it is a short track that leaves you wanting so much more.

In fact this shortness of the tracks is a recurring feature of the album and something that lets the band down a bit as many of them barely make it to the two minute mark and as such you are left expecting and wanting more.

This is still a good album and while not all the tracks work it is well worth listening to as you can spot some of the influences they had on Cobain in particular.

Summary: Grunge rock