Pixies discography
Band discography
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The discography of the Pixies, an American alternative rock band, includes nine studio albums, 26 singles, seven compilations, one mini-LP, and four EPs as of September 2024[update].
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Studio albums9
EPs4
Live albums35
Compilation albums7
| Pixies discography | |
|---|---|
the Pixies performing in 2024 | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Live albums | 35 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 26 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 9 |
Pixies formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985. Following their 1987 demo tape, the band signed to the English independent record label 4AD. They released Come On Pilgrim, comprising eight songs from their demo tape, in October 1987. Their first full-length album, Surfer Rosa, was released in 1988 on 4AD; an American distribution deal was made with Rough Trade Records several months later. However, Surfer Rosa did not see wide distribution in the United States.
Pixies agreed to a United States distribution deal with Elektra Records before releasing their third album, Doolittle. Doolittle was the most successful album for Pixies, earning them a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America in 1995 (along with Surfer Rosa in 2005). Following extensive touring supporting Love and Rockets through 1989, the band released Bossanova in 1990 and Trompe le Monde in 1991, before breaking up in 1993. After reuniting in 2004, Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering issued a download-only single, "Bam Thwok", and the Warren Zevon cover, "Ain't That Pretty at All", as well as collaborating with Disc Live to release a number of reunion tour live albums in the same year.
In 2013, a week after announcing the departure of bassist Kim Deal, the band released the song "Bagboy", and then EP1, consisting of four new songs. In 2014, Pixies released EP2 and EP3, and Indie Cindy—a full-length album combining the songs from EP1, EP2 and EP3.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
FRA [3] |
GER [4] |
IRE [5] |
NLD [6] |
NZ [7] |
SPA [8] |
SWE [9] |
UK [10] | ||||
| Come On Pilgrim (mini-album) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Surfer Rosa |
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— | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Doolittle |
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98 | 104 | 66 | — | 33 | 53 | 18 | — | — | 8 | ||
| Bossanova |
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70 | 68 | — | 27 | — | 30 | 17 | — | 45 | 3 |
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| Trompe le Monde |
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92 | 61 | — | 35 | 69 | 26 | 20 | — | 43 | 7 |
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| Indie Cindy |
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23 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 33 | 29 | 57 | 6 |
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| Head Carrier |
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72 | 23 | 12 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 20 | 23 | — | 7 |
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| Beneath the Eyrie |
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—[a] | 36 | 21 | 22 | 7 | — | — | 15 | — | 7 | ||
| Doggerel |
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— | 73 | 23 | 18 | 34 | 98 | — | — | — | 13 | ||
| The Night the Zombies Came |
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— | — | 59 | 27 | 97 | — | — | — | — | 22 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
The Pixies collaborated with Disc Live to release a string of limited edition live albums throughout 2004 as part of their reunion tour. This practice has been repeated with each successive tour, as well as documenting previous tours, using The Show and Coudal Partners/American Laundromat as distributing labels. An incomplete list appears below.
| Concert date | Title | Venue | Number of copies pressed |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1986 | Live from the Fallout Shelter [19] | WJUL-FM UMass Lowell[20] | |
| May 27, 1991 | Live from Le Transbordeur, Lyon, France | Le Transbordeur | |
| June 1, 1991 | Live from Espace Médoquine, Bourdeaux, France | Espace Médoquine | |
| July 31, 1991 | Live: Malibu Nightclub, Lido Beach, NY | Malibu | |
| April 13, 2004 | Live in Minneapolis, MN | Fine Line Music Cafe | 1000 |
| April 14, 2004 | Live in Winnipeg, MB | Burton Cummings Theatre | 1000 |
| April 15, 2004 | Live in Regina, SK | Conexus Arts Centre | 1000 |
| April 17, 2004 | Live from Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, SK | Prairieland Park | |
| April 18, 2004 | Live from Red's | West Edmonton Mall | |
| April 19, 2004 | Live from MacEwan Hall, University of Calgary | MacEwan Hall | |
| April 21, 2004 | Live from Victoria Curling Club, Victoria, BC | Victoria Curling Club | |
| April 22, 2004 | Live from Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC | Commodore Ballroom | |
| May 1, 2004 | Live from Coachella, Indio, CA | Coachella festival | |
| June 2, 2004 | Live from Brixton Academy | Brixton Academy | 1500 |
| June 3, 2004 | Live from Brixton Academy | Brixton Academy | 1500 |
| June 4, 2004 | Live from Brixton Academy | Brixton Academy | 1500 |
| June 5, 2004 | Live from Brixton Academy | Brixton Academy | 1500 |
| November 11, 2004 | Live in Toronto, ON | Molson Amphitheatre | |
| November 21, 2004 | Live in Akron, OH | James A. Rhodes Arena | 1000 |
| November 22, 2004 | Live in Detroit, MI | State Theatre | |
| December 6, 2004 | the twelve final shows Norfolk | Ted Constant Convocation Center | 1000 |
| May 26, 2005 | Live from Roseland Theater, Portland, OR | Roseland Theater | |
| May 28, 2005 | Live from the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Gorge Amphitheatre | |
| May 30, 2005 | Live from the Warfield, San Francisco, CA | The Warfield | |
| May 31, 2005 | Live from Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA | Civic Auditorium | |
| June 2, 2005 | Live from Wiltern LG Theatre, Los Angeles, CA | Wiltern LG Theatre | |
| June 5, 2005 | Live in Denver, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | |
| June 7, 2005 | Live in Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre | |
| June 8, 2005 | Live in Cleveland, OH | Scene Pavilion | |
| June 9, 2005 | Live from Chevrolet Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA | Chevrolet Amphitheatre | |
| June 11, 2005 | Live from Music Midtown, Atlanta, GA | Music Midtown | |
| June 12, 2005 | Live in Raleigh, NC | Disco Rodeo | 1000 |
| September 30, 2005 | Live in Baltimore, MD | Sonar | 1000 |
| October 16, 2005 | Live at Voodoo 04 | City Park, New Orleans, LA | 1500 |
| Various 2004–2005 | "Hey" – Live Pixies 2004–2005 | Various locations |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) [21] |
FRA [3] |
IRE [5] |
NOR [22] |
NZ [7] |
SWE [9] |
UK [10] | ||||
| Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Death to the Pixies |
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180 | 24 | 6 | 14 | — | 32 | 7 | 49 | 20 |
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| Pixies at the BBC |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | ||
| Complete 'B' Sides |
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— | — | 89 | — | 46 | — | — | — | 53 | ||
| Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies |
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161 | 64 | 13 | — | 6 | 26 | — | — | 16 |
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| Minotaur |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Come On Pilgrim… It’s Surfer Rosa[23] |
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— | — | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
EPs
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
GER [4] | |||
| Pixies |
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— | 70 | |
| EP1 |
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— | — |
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| EP2 |
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160 | — | |
| EP3 |
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— | — | |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Alt. [25] |
US AAA [26] |
AUS [2][27] |
MEX Ingl. [28] |
NZ [7] |
UK [10] | ||||
| "Gigantic" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | Surfer Rosa | |
| "Monkey Gone to Heaven" | 1989 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 60 |
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Doolittle |
| "Here Comes Your Man" | 3 | — | 156 | — | — | 54 | |||
| "Velouria" | 1990 | 4 | — | 153 | — | 29 | 28 | Bossanova | |
| "Dig for Fire" | 11 | — | 157 | — | — | 62 | |||
| "Planet of Sound" | 1991 | — | — | 128 | — | 35 | 27 | Trompe le Monde | |
| "Alec Eiffel" | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | |||
| "Letter to Memphis" | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Head On" | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Debaser" | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 |
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Death to the Pixies |
| "Bam Thwok" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Bagboy" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Indie Cindy | |
| "Um Chagga Lagga" | 2016 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | Head Carrier | |
| "Tenement Song" | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | |||
| "Classic Masher" | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "On Graveyard Hill" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Beneath the Eyrie | |
| "Catfish Kate" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hear Me Out" (12" only) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Human Crime" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "There's a Moon On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Doggerel | ||
| "Vault of Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dregs of the Wine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "You're So Impatient" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Night the Zombies Came | |
| "Chicken" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Oyster Beds" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Motoroller" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Other charted and/or certified songs
| Title | Year | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [3] |
MEX Ingl. [28] |
NLD [6] |
NZ [7] |
UK [10] | ||||
| "Where Is My Mind?" | 1988 | 78 | — | — | — | 199 | Surfer Rosa | |
| "Wave of Mutilation" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Doolittle |
| "Hey" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Motorway to Roswell" | 1991 | — | — | 52 | — | — | Trompe le Monde | |
| "Talent" | 2016 | — | 34 | — | — | — | Head Carrier | |
Bootlegs
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Live in Vienna |
| Bone Machine | |
| 1991 | Rough Diamonds |
| Subbacultcha | |
| Timeless Stars | |
| 1994 | Give Me Ecstasy |
Music videos
| Year | Album | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Doolittle | "Monkey Gone to Heaven" | n/c |
| "Here Comes Your Man" | Neil Pollock | ||
| 1990 | Bossanova | "Velouria" | n/c |
| "Dig for Fire / Allison" | Peter Scammell | ||
| 1991 | Trompe le Monde | "Alec Eiffel" | n/c |
| "Head On" | |||
| 1997 | Death to the Pixies | "Debaser" | |
| 2013 | Indie Cindy | "Bagboy (Official Video 1)"[34] | Jesse Lamar High
Nik Harper |
| "Bagboy (Official Video 2)" | Neirin Best
Lianne Pierce | ||
| "Indie Cindy" | Jesse Lamar High
Nik Harper | ||
| "Andro Queen" | Ondi Timoner | ||
| "What Goes Boom" | Jonathan Furmanski
Matthew Galkin | ||
| "Another Toe in the Ocean" | Liviu Boar | ||
| 2014 | "Blue Eyed Hexe" [35] | Mount Emult | |
| "Greens and Blues" | Josh Frank | ||
| "Snakes" | Mark Locke | ||
| "Ring the Bell" | Lital Mizel
Adi Frimmerman | ||
| "Silver Snail" | Mount Emult | ||
| "Magdalena 318" | Judy Jacob | ||
| 2016 | Head Carrier | "Tenement Song" | Krank! Collective |
| "Um Chagga Lagga" | Louis Collin | ||
| "Classic Masher" | Paz Lenchantin | ||
| 2019 | Beneath the Eyrie | "On Graveyard Hill" | Kii Arens
Bobbi Rich |
| "Catfish Kate" | Neirin Best
Lianne Pierce | ||
| "Long Rider" | Gilbert Trejo | ||
| 2020 | / | "Hear Me Out" | Maximilla Lukacs |
| 2022 | "Human Crime" | Paz Lenchantin | |
| Doggerel | "Vault of Heaven" | Charles Derenne | |
| 2025 | The Night The Zombies Came | "Jane (The Night The Zombies Came)" | Liam Maxwell |
DVDs
| Year | DVD | Comments | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Pixies | Contains a documentary about the band's influence, early concert videos, their music videos and footage of their 2004 reunion tour. | |
| 2005 | Pixies: "Sell Out" Reunion Tour 2004 | Playing live at Eurockéenness Festival in Belfort, France. Other performances in the reunion era are included as bonus material. | |
| 2006 | loudQUIETloud | Details the band's 2004 reunion tour. | |
| 2006 | Acoustic: Live In Newport | Playing live at the 2005 Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. |
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Winterlong" | The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young | Neil Young cover |
| 1990 | "Born in Chicago"[36] | Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary | Paul Butterfield Blues Band cover |
| 1991 | "I Can't Forget"[37] | I'm Your Fan: The songs of Leonard Cohen | Leonard Cohen cover |
| 2004 | "Ain't That Pretty at All"[38] | Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon cover |
| 2023 | "Crystal Closet Queen"[39] | A Song For Leon: A Tribute To Leon Russell | Leon Russell cover |
See also
Notes
- Beneath the Eyrie did not chart on the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 19 on Billboard's Alternative Albums chart.[18]