Surfer Rosa

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Annotation

US release of Pixies' debut LP. Manufactured and distributed in the USA by Rough Trade, under license from 4AD.

Annotation last modified on 2014-03-03 20:32 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#	Title	Rating	Length
A1	Bone Machine engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering electric guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago guitar and lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: Bone Machine lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	3.95	3:04
A2	Break My Body engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: Break My Body lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	3.35	2:05
A3	Something Against You engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: Something Against You lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	2.85	1:48
A4	Broken Face engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: Broken Face lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	3.1	1:30
A5	Gigantic engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States part of: NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 38) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 455) recording of: Gigantic lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Mrs. John Murphy	4	3:55
A6	River Euphrates engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: River Euphrates lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	3.55	2:32
B1	Where Is My Mind? engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering electric guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 9) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 493) recording of: Where Is My Mind? lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) publisher: Rice and Beans Music (published Pixies songs), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!) and Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label)	4.55	3:53
B2	Cactus engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: Cactus lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	3.6	2:17
B3	Tony’s Theme engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: Tony’s Theme lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	2.35	1:52
B4	Oh My Golly! / [untitled] engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: [untitled] (You Fucking Die! I Said…) writer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recording of: Oh My Golly! lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	2.3	2:33
B5	Vamos engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: Vamos lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	3.5	4:20
B6	I’m Amazed engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: I’m Amazed lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	2.5	1:42
B7	Brick Is Red engineer and producer: Steve Albini bass guitar and background vocals: Mrs. John Murphy drums (drum set): Dave Lovering guitar: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Joey Santiago lead vocals: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist) recorded at and mixed at: 2-Division in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States recording of: Brick Is Red lyricist and composer: Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)	2.85	2:01

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/600129 [info]

Release group

inspired the name of artist:	Surferosa

associated singles/EPs:	Gigantic
included in:	Minotaur Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim

part of:

Top 50 by Nirvana (number: 2) (order: 2)
The Phoenix: The Ten Landmark Albums That Made Indie Rock (number: 7) (order: 7)
Huffington Post: Sexiest Album Covers: From the 50’s to Now (number: 32) (order: 31)
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 32) (order: 32)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 315) (order: 315)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 317) (order: 317)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 390) (order: 390)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 390) (order: 390)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 622) (order: 623)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/16731 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Pixies/Surfer-rosa [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dr3n [info] https://www.rollingstone.de/reviews/the-cure-wish/ [info]
other databases:	http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/P/Pixies/Discography/Surfer_Rosa/ [info] http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/45408 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pixies/surfer_rosa/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000196022 [info]
Wikidata:	Q571213 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 023138003811
Format:: 12" Vinyl
Length:: 33:32

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Cardboard/Paper Sleeve
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

4AD
CAD 803
Rough Trade
ROUGH US 38

Release events

United States
1988

Release group rating

4.05 (see all ratings)

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