Pixies - Bossanova
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Artist: PixiesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Music Label: 4ad / Ada
Soundtracks:
- Cecilia Ann
- Rock Music
- Velouria
- Allison
- Is She Weird
- Ana
- All Over the World
- Dig for Fire
- Down to the Well
- Happening
- Blown Away
- Hang Wire
- Stormy Weather
- Havalina
Music reviews of Bossanova
Music Review: Has one song which should be on their Best Of...
Rating: 3 Stars
The glaring omission from the Pixies "Best of" compilation is "The happening" [okay, "River Euphrates" too, from "Surfer Rosa...why the hell is that song NOT on the compilation either?]. "The Happening" is a song, like "Monkey gone to Heaven" on "Doolittle", which gradually revealed it's charms to me. I suppose my main criticism of the song is that the first half is so uninspiring. You get a hint of the beauty and prettiness to come in the song and after a few listens, that is what makes this song one of Pixies' best. The last minute is just gorgeous-delicate and light vocals meld wonderfully with the music. It's lush in sound and poetic in quality. If you can find your way into the beauty of the latter part of this song, you won't mind so much the incongruous first part of this song. Not sure what the song is about...something about aliens?
If you like Pixies' more hardcore stuff, like Surfer Rosa, and, to an extent, parts of Doolittle, I don't think this album with have that much attraction for you. It's more commercial in sound, mellow and laid-back. And, once again, Kim Deal is underutilised in the backing vocal department, though, as usual, her bass playing isn't as buried as her vocals are/can be.
Apart from The Happening, which is one of their best songs, here are some other songs I liked or which reminded me of other songs:
Is she weird? : bassy, nice lead guitar on the 1st string, I think. The BBC version of this song is probably superior [i.e. the collection of Pixies songs recorded at/by the BBC].
Down to the well: should be the second best track on this album BUT the arrangement is just poor. Mind you, I had been spoiled by listening to the BBC compilation before I heard this album, and the BBC version does have a MUCH greater arrangement...with Kim Deal's backing vocals significantly enhanced from the foggy sounding backing going on here as well as the rejigged intro which just works better, I think. In other words, I think the band has achieved the definitive version of this song in the BBC studios.
Hang wire: sort of catchy song.
Blown away: poppy song.
Ana: mellow song, with a nice lead guitar melody and breathy vocals.
Cecilia Ann: I jotted down "Swamp rock" when I was making notes on this album. I don't think I have ever heard the genre of "swamp rock" before [Australian indie band The Scientists are often called this kind of band] but this song sounds what like what I would imagine Swamp Rock to be! It's an instrumental, with a vaguely The Shadows type feel to it, mixed with some Billy Idol type music. It's also a cover version of a track, I think, so, not original Pixies.
Rock music: has a conventional rock sound with some hardcore vocals. Some words reminded me of Michael Jackson...e.g. Francis may be quoting a Jackson line when he says something like "shamon" [sp?].
Velouria: has more normal type singing and Kim does harmonies. Has some weird sci-fi type noises.
I should point out an EPIC song on this cd [by Pixies standards!]-"All over the world", which runs some five and a half minutes. It's not unusual for Pixies song to barely make it past the minute and a half mark. Two minute songs are pretty much par for the course.
Lastly, "Stormy weather" - has repetitive lyrics-something the Pixies do now and again. Not sure if that is due to laziness, or just keeping it simple with good results.
Overall, since this album has "The happening" and that does not appear anywhere else [well, their "B Sides" compilation has a variant on this, which is good, but not as pretty, i.e. "The thing"] this album is buyable. It's just not as hardcore or up to the mark set by their earlier classics like Surfer Rosa and Doolittle.
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This classic album is available on vinyl for the first time in years. Pressed on audiophile quality 180-gram vinyl. "Bossanova" has scanned over 253K RTD.Alternative Rock CDs
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