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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 05/20/2003
Run Time: 32:42
When
Rough Trade reissued
the Pixies' seminal full-length debut album,
Surfer Rosa, on CD, they added the terrific mini-album
Come on Pilgrim as a bonus. While it's nice to have these two records on one disc, the sequencing of
Come on Pilgrim after
Surfer Rosa is a little disconcerting, since the two albums each have distinctive sounds that clash slightly.
Steve Albini's production of
Surfer Rosa is metallic and spare -- it's in black and white, with no shades of grey and no color.
Come on Pilgrim, on the other hand, is filled with greys and colors, and while the contrast between the two is certainly interesting, it would be more enlightening if the mini-LP was placed before
Surfer Rosa. Nevertheless, some fans might like having both albums on one disc, but buying them individually is a better move and, in any case, a little more cost-effective as well.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
;)
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