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Album number three for Pixies and by this point I would say that we can just leave this one off this list.
Not sure what it’s doing here on this list but perhaps the author is a big fan.
It’s a cool mix of noisy surf rock with pop sensibilities and a touch of dub bass.
These songs don’t necessarily stick in the head so I was always amazed at how popular they were but I guess you had to be there, except I was but I just never got to hear them because they were not on commercial radio at the time and I was just a bit too young to have found the local university radio station at that time.
It still sounds good though, but nothing really sticks out right away so I’m not sure that I can call this album essential listening yet.
As always perhaps a few more spins will help but definitely not offended by this.

Once again, it sure is nice to hear albums made in this era.
Great to hear a real band of musicians playing real instruments as well as being recorded and mixed on analog equipment.
There’s just so much more of a vibe with this kind of music than anything made in the modern age.
There’s some great classic songs on here and the other songs that aren’t classics are still pretty good just because of the fact that you can hear these guys playing and singing together, moving the songs along at their own natural pace.
Modern recordings that quantize and sample sounds really don’t compare and should be discouraged.
The art of a real band being recorded live is becoming more rare but hopefully newer generations of musicians at some point will get back to it.

Ah yes another British band to skew towards the author.
Although it sounds a bit derivative of other music from the past, this was not too bad of a listen.
Even though there’s nothing new about the way this music is put together, I do appreciate the experimental nature of this.
There’s certainly way worse stuff on this list so I can let this one slide for now…

There are some good examples of early rock music here among other styles, a lot of which seems very “British” sounding to me.
Considering that it’s their fifth album (!) I think it would be well worth checking out all the other albums they made before this.
Some strange and psychedelic stuff here as well which fits in well alongside what The Beatles and The Beach Boys were doing around this time.
This was an enjoyable listen so I hope I have some time to listen to more of their back catalogue!

I’m not much of a country music listener but this was a lovely listen.
It really is as unique as old blues music the way some country songs seem to follow the beat of the lyrics by droping a beat or two here and there and going more with the flow of the words.
I’m not sure that I can relate to much of the lyrical matter here but words come a little later for me anyways so a few more spins would probably help cement some of the stories and messages into my head more.
With a great and distinct singing voice as hers I can definitely look forward to hopefully listening to this album again!