Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies

Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies is a compilation album by the Pixies. It was released on May 3, 2004 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States alongside a companion DVD featuring a live show, promotional videos and two documentaries. Early batches of the record feature a fault on the track "Hey", where Black Francis' opening shout of "Hey" is missing.

Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies [1]
Greatest hits album by Pixies
Released	May 3, 2004 (2004-05-03)
Recorded	1987–1991
Genre	Alternative rock, college rock
Length	66:32
Language	English
Label	4AD CAD 2406
Producer	Steve Albini, Gil Norton, Pixies, and Gary Smith
Pixies compilations chronology
Complete 'B' Sides (2001) Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies [2] (2004) Minotaur (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Blender	[4]
Drowned In Sound	9/10[5]
NME	8/10[6]
Pitchfork Media	8.5/10[7]
Robert Christgau	A[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
Uncut	[10]

This album replaces 1997's compilation Death to the Pixies in 4AD's catalog, which previously served as the label's "greatest hits" collection for the Pixies.

As of 2015, sales in the United States have exceeded 316,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[11] In 2006 the album received a diamond certification for 250,000 copies sold in Europe by Independent Music Companies Association. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Black Francis, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Bone Machine"		Surfer Rosa (1988)	3:03
2.	"Nimrod's Son"		Come On Pilgrim (1987)	2:16
3.	"Holiday Song"		Come On Pilgrim	2:15
4.	"Caribou"		Come On Pilgrim	3:14
5.	"Broken Face"		Surfer Rosa	1:29
6.	"Gigantic"	Francis Kim Deal	Surfer Rosa	3:13
7.	"Vamos"		Surfer Rosa	4:18
8.	"Hey"		Doolittle (1989)	3:28
9.	"Monkey Gone to Heaven"		Doolittle	2:55
10.	"Debaser"		Doolittle	2:51
11.	"Gouge Away"		Doolittle	2:42
12.	"Wave of Mutilation"		Doolittle	2:34
13.	"Here Comes Your Man"		Doolittle	3:21
14.	"Tame"		Doolittle	1:56
15.	"Where Is My Mind?"		Surfer Rosa	3:53
16.	"Into the White"		Here Comes Your Man Single (1989)	4:45
17.	"Velouria"		Bossanova (1990)	3:40
18.	"Allison"		Bossanova	1:17
19.	"Dig for Fire"		Bossanova	3:02
20.	"U-Mass"		Trompe le Monde (1991)	3:00
21.	"Alec Eiffel"		Trompe le Monde	2:47
22.	"Planet of Sound"		Trompe le Monde	2:06
23.	"Winterlong"	Neil Young	Dig for Fire Single (1990)	3:08

Personnel

Pixies

• Black Francis – Vocals, guitar
• Kim Deal – Bass guitar, vocals
• Dave Lovering – Drums
• Joey Santiago – Lead guitar

Production

• Steve Albini – Tracks 1, 5, 7, 15
• Gary Smith – Tracks 2–4, 16, 23
• Gil Norton – Tracks 6, 8–14, 17–22

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[13]	Gold	50,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Discogs - Wave of Mutilation: best of Pixies images, CD 2004-May-03rd 4AD (CAD 2406CD) UK
2. Discogs - Wave of Mutilation: best of Pixies images, CD 2004-May-03rd 4AD (CAD 2406CD) UK
3. Allmusic review
4. Dolan, Jon. "Wave of Mutilation — Blender". Blender. Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
5. Drowned In Sound review
6. NME review
7. Pitchfork Media review
8. Robert Christgau review
9. Wolk, Douglas (2004). "The Pixies". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 640–41. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
10. Uncut review
11. "The Record: Unfinished Business". Capital Public Radio. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
12. "2006 January-April results Impala European Music Sales award successes" (PDF). IMPALA. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
13. "Canadian album certifications – Pixies – Wave Of Mutilation: Best Of Pixies". Music Canada.

External links

• Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies at MusicBrainz