Pixies at the BBC

Infobox Album |
Name = Pixies at the BBC
Type = Live album
Artist = Pixies


Released = 6 July 1998 (UK)
14 July 1998 (US)
Recorded = 1988–1991
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 35:25
Label = 4AD
Producer = Mike Robinson
Dale Griffin
Miti
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A4ujqoalaiijm link]
*Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|hm3 [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Pixies link]
Chronology = Pixies
Last album = "Death to the Pixies"
(1997)
This album = "Pixies at the BBC"
(1998)
Next album = "Complete 'B' Sides"
(2001)

"Pixies at the BBC" is a compilation of live BBC radio sessions by the American alternative rock band Pixies. Released by Elektra Records in 1998, five years after their initial split, it was recorded over several sessions between 1988 and 1991 at the BBC. All songs were written by Black Francis except tracks 1 and 15. The final track, "(In Heaven) Lady in the Radiator Song" was written by Peter Ivers and David Lynch for "Eraserhead". The album is characterised by its raw, underproduced sound.

Track listing

#"Wild Honey Pie" (J. Lennon & P. McCartney) – 1:52
#"There Goes My Gun" – 1:25
#"Dead" – 1:30
#"Subbacultcha" – 2:08
#"Manta Ray" – 2:15
#"Is She Weird" – 2:52
#"Ana" – 2:14
#"Down to the Well" – 2:31
#"Wave of Mutilation" – 2:22
#"Letter to Memphis" – 2:33
#"Levitate Me" – 2:18
#"Caribou" – 3:18
#"Monkey Gone to Heaven" – 2:57
#"Hey" – 3:17
#"(In Heaven) Lady in the Radiator Song" (P. Ivers & D. Lynch) – 1:51

Recording and transmission dates

*Tracks 1, 11, 12, 14 & 15 - Recorded for the John Peel show, May 3, 1988, first transmitted May 16, 1988.
*Tracks 2, 3, & 5 - Recorded for the John Peel show, October 9, 1988, first transmitted October 18, 1988.
*Tracks 4 & 10 - Recorded for the John Peel show, June 28, 1991, first transmitted August or June 1991.
*Track 6 - Recorded for the John Peel show, June 11, 1990, first transmitted August 10, 1990.
*Tracks 7 & 13 - Recorded for the Mark Goodier show, August 18, 1990, first transmitted August 20, 1990.
*Tracks 8 & 9 - Recorded for the John Peel show, April 16, 1989, first transmitted May 2, 1989.

External links

*MusicBrainz release|id=a070e1b0-7db4-43f5-94aa-e5efaa184958|name=Pixies at the BBC
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Pixies/Pixies+at+the+BBC "Pixies at the BBC"] at Last.fm
* [http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=oe8bmZxSbfF&aid=qe-FXrQD4RF "Pixies at the BBC"] at Google Music