On April 18, 1989, “4AD” released “Doolittle”, the second Pixies studio album. It was recorded October 31 – November 23, 1988, at “Downtown Recorders” in Boston, “Massachusetts”  and  “Carriage House Studios” in Stamford, Connecticut, and was produced by Gil Norton. In 1995, the album was certified Gold by the “Recording Industry Association of America”. In 2003 “NME” magazine writers ranked  “Doolittle”as the second-greatest album of all time, and “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 226 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel

• Black Francis– vocals, rhythm guitar
• Joey Santiago– lead guitar, backing vocals
• Kim Deal– vocals, bass guitar, slide guitar
• David Lovering – vocals, drums, bass guitar
• Karen Karlsrud – violin
• Corine Metter – violin
• Arthur Fiacco – cello
• Ann Rorich – cello

Track listing

All tracks by Black Francis, except where noted.

1. Debaser
2. Tame
3. Wave of Mutilation
4. I Bleed
5. Here Comes Your Man
6. Dead
7. Monkey Gone to Heaven
8. Grieves
9. Crackity Jones
10. La La Love You
11. 13 Baby
12. There Goes My Gun
13. Hey
14. Silver – Black Francis, Kim Deal
15. Gouge Away