Doolittle (album) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| Doolittle | ||
|---|---|---|
| Album by the Pixies | ||
| Released | April 18, 1989 | |
| Recorded | Downtown Records in Boston, Massachusetts, 1988 | |
| Genre | Alternative, College rock | |
| Length | 40 min 03 s | |
| Record label | 4AD/Elektra Records | |
| Producer | Gil Norton | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic.com | 5 stars out of 5 | link |
| The Pixies chronology | ||
| Surfer Rosa (1988) | Doolittle (1989) | Bossanova (1990) |
Doolittle is the Pixies' second LP album, released in April 1989 through the 4AD label (green-brown cover). The album was re-released in May 2003 (blue-brown cover). The album title comes from the "Mr. Grieves" lyric "Pray for a man in the middle / One that talks like Doolittle".
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2 Credits 3 Trivia 4 External links |
Produced and Engineered by Gil Norton
Assistant Engineers: Dave Snider and Matt Lane
Mixing Engineer: Steve Haigler
Recorded at Downtown Records, Boston, M.A
Mixed at Carriage House Studios, Stamford, C.T
All songs written by Black Francis
except "Silver" (Black Francis/Kim Deal)
Published by Rice 'n' Beans Music BMI
Additional musicians on Monkey:
Karen Karlsrud - violin Corine Metter - violin
Arthur Fiacco - cello Ann Rorich - cello
Art Direction and Design: Vaughan Oliver/v23
Photography: Simon Larbalestier
Managed by Ken Goes, Box 9515, North Dartmouth
M.a 02746, United States of America
The first track, "Debaser", references a short surrealist silent film, Un Chien Andalou, made in 1928 by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. The song's lyrics, "I am un chien andalusia", mix part of the French movie title, the English name of the place Andalusia that Andalou ("Andalusian") pertains to, and a Spanish pronunciation of "Un". The lyrics "Slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know" refer to the first scene of the movie. That scene's visuals imply that a woman's eye is cut with a razor, and it is often recalled as actually portraying the cut. The line "Got me a movie, I want you to know" reinforces both of these parallels by its explicit mention of film.
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Credits
Black Francis - vocals, guitar
Kim Deal - bass guitar (slide guitar on "Silver")
Joey Santiago - lead guitar, backing vocals
David Lovering - drums (lead vocal on "La La Love You", bass guitar on "Silver")
Trivia
External links
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