Come On Pilgrim (CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

Pixies – Come On Pilgrim

Label: 4AD – MAD 709 CD

Format: CD, Mini-Album, Reissue, WEA Olyphant Pressing

Country: US

Released: 2003

Genre: Rock

Style: Indie Rock

1                       Caribou      3:14

2                       Vamos       2:53

3                       Isla De Encanta      1:41

4                       Ed Is Dead 2:30

5                       Holiday Song         2:14

6                       Nimrod's Son         2:17

7                       I've Been Tired       3:00

8                       Levitate Me

Written-By – Lovering*, Walsh*

2:37

Recorded At – Fort Apache

Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Y21362

Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant

Art Direction, Design – Vaughan Oliver

Bass, Vocals – Mrs. John Murphy

Drums – David Lovering*

Engineer – Paul Kolderie*

Lead Guitar – Joey Santiago

Photography By – Simon Larbalestier

Producer – Gary Smith

Vocals, Guitar, Written-By – Black Francis

Recorded at Fort Apache, Roxbury, MA in March 1987. Originally released in 1987.

Barcode: 6 52637 07092 7

The Pixies: Black Francis (vocals, guitar); Joey Santiago (guitar); Kim Deal (bass, background vocals); David Lovering (drums). Recorded at Fort Apache Studios, Roxbury, Massachusetts, March 1987. Amazingly, the Pixies' 1987 debut EP, Come on Pilgrim, was compiled from the quickly, inexpensively made demo tape -- paid for by Black Francis' dad -- the band made at Boston's legendary Fort Apache studio soon after they formed. 4AD was so taken with the tape that they released eight of the songs as this mini-album. It's easy to see why they were so impressed: The Pixies' essential sound -- Francis' unearthly shriek of a voice, David Lovering's propulsive drumming, Joey Santiago's insistent, prickly guitar playing, and Kim Deal's sugar-and-sandpaper vocals and steady basslines -- arrives fully formed on songs like the bouncy, yet twisted, surfer-girl ode "Ed Is Dead." Influences like '80s college rock peers the Violent Femmes, the Stooges, Lou Reed, and hardcore punk crop up on songs like "I've Been Tired," the group's surreal take on sexual frustration, and "Isla de Encanta." Most importantly, the EP introduces the spooky, theatrical vision the group brought to their simple guitar-bass-drums lineup. Francis' lyrical fetishes for sex, death, and religion and his twisted sense of humor crop up on every track, from the eerie opener "Caribou," which urges listeners to "Reeeeepent!," to the final song, "Levitate Me," which borrows Christian folksinger Larry Norman's catchphrase: "Come on pilgrim, you know he loves you!" "The Holiday Song" and "Nimrod's Son" provide voyeuristic, back-to-back glimpses at incest, as well as the priceless lyric, "My sister held me close and whispered to my bleeding head/You are the son of a motherf*cker" (from "Nimrod's Son"). Gary Smith's less-is-more production allows the full, primal impact of the band's combustive sound to blast through, offering what may be the purest version of their perverse punk-pop. An electrifying debut, Come on Pilgrim remains as raw, vibrant, and engaging as the day it was recorded. ~ Heather Phares

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: CD standard Jewel Case
• Format: CD
• Genre: ROCK
• Released: 05/20/2003
• Internal ID: JITRE