Line #32 Music/Doolittle


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Got me a movie, I want you to know..."'']]
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4	''Doolittle'' is the third studio album by Music/{{Pixies}}, released in 1989. Compared to their previous two releases, this one had slicker production thanks to Gil Norton, a Briton who had previously worked with the Pixies' Creator/FourADRecords labelmates and New England neighbors Music/ThrowingMuses. At the same time the band rocked louder and harder than ever. It's also noteworthy as the band's first album for their American distributor, Creator/ElektraRecords.
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6	The result brought the band a lot of attention. ''Doolittle'' made the top ten in the UK, while also charting in the US and France. It's been acclaimed as a favorite by Music/PJHarvey and Music/{{Nirvana}}'s Music/KurtCobain, among others. The opening track, "Debaser", ended up being a particularly important track in the Pixes' legacy: Music/DavidBowie's thrash/grunge supergroup Music/{{Tin Machine\|Album}} made the song one of their concert staples (Bowie himself was a ''huge'' fan of the Pixies), and Cobain cited it as one of Nirvana's main musical inspirations for their 1991 BreakthroughHit [[Music/NevermindAlbum "Smells Like Teen Spirit"]]. It is also their most popular album, being certified gold (sales of over 500,000 copies) in 1995 and platinum (sales of over one million) in 2018 by the RIAA.
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8	!!Tracklist:
9	# "Debaser" - 2:52
10	# "Tame" - 1:55
11	# "Wave of Mutilation" - 2:04
12	# "I Bleed" - 2:34
13	# "Here Comes Your Man" - 3:21
14	# "Dead" - 2:21
15	# "Monkey Gone to Heaven" - 2:56
16	# "Mr. Grieves" - 2:05
17	# "Crackity Jones" - 1:24
18	# "La La Love You" - 2:34
19	# "No. 13 Baby" - 3:51
20	# "There Goes My Gun" - 1:49
21	# "Hey" - 3:31
22	# "Silver" - 2:25
23	# "Gouge Away" - 2:35
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25	!!Personnel
26	* Black Francis - Vocals, guitar
27	* Kim Deal - Bass, vocals
28	* David Lovering - Drums, vocals
29	* Joey Santiago - Guitar
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31	!!There is a trope so long (so long, so long):
32	* AlbumTitleDrop: in "Mr. Grieves":
33	-->''Pray for a man in the middle, one who talks like Doolittle''
34	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''L'''a '''L'''a '''L'''ove You"
35	* AsTheGoodBookSays: One of Black Francis' favorite themes, violent Old Testament stories, is represented here. "Dead" references David and Bathsheba, while "Gouge Away" was inspired by Samson's death.
36	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: A monkey with arcane charts and formulas, by graphic artist Vaughan Oliver.
37	* EyeScream: "Debaser" mentions "slicing up eyeballs".
38	* FairyTaleMotifs: The first line of "Tame" is "Hips like Cinderella", which is matched in the second verse by "Fall on your face in those bad shoes."
39	* FakingTheDead: "Wave of Mutilation":
40	-->''Cease to resist, giving my goodbye''\
41	''Drive my car into the ocean''\
42	''You'll think I'm dead, but I sail away...''
43	* GreenAesop: Black Francis says that he didn't intend "Monkey Gone to Heaven" to have an environmental message, but it's easy enough to pick one up.
44	-->''There was a guy''\
45	''An underwater guy who controlled the sea''\
46	''Got killed by ten million pounds of sludge''\
47	''From UsefulNotes/{{New York\|State}} and UsefulNotes/NewJersey.''
48	* HartmanHips: The subject of "Tame" has "hips like WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}."
49	* IUhYouToo: "Hey":
50	-->''"Uh", said the man to the lady''\
51	''"Uh", said the lady to the man she adored''\
52	''And the whores like a choir''\
53	''Go "uh" all night''\
54	''And Mary, ain't you tired of this?''
55	* InTheStyleOf: "Here Comes Your Man" has a lot of Music/TheBeatles in it. The band probably knew that "I Feel Fine" was the first pop single to incorporate feedback.
56	* MinisculeRocking: "Tame", "Crackity Jones", and "There Goes My Gun" are all under two minutes.
57	* NewSoundAlbum: This was the band's first album with Gil Norton and has a more polished production compared to ''Music/SurferRosa''.
58	* NumberOfTheBeast: In "Monkey Gone to Heaven" Black Francis says "The devil is six" three times.
59	* OneManSong: "Mr. Grieves", "Crackity Jones"
60	* OneWordTitle: "Debaser", "Tame", "Dead", "Hey", "Silver". Also ''Doolittle'' itself.
61	* PaterFamilicide: "Wave of Mutilation" was inspired by reports of Japanese businessmen getting their families in the car and driving into the ocean.
62	* RecordProducer: Gil Norton, whose polished style contrasts greatly with Music/SteveAlbini, the producer of ''Music/SurferRosa''.
63	* SanitySlippageSong: Frank Black's insane laughter during "Debaser" makes this song one.
64	* ShoutOut:
65	** The "slicing up eyeballs" on "Debaser" is a shout-out to Creator/LuisBunuel's ''Film/UnChienAndalou'', which is directly mentioned with the half French/half Spanish title "un chien andalusia".
66	* SingerNamedrop: In "Monkey Gone to Heaven", Francis says "Rock me, Joe!" just before Joey Santiago's solo.
67	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "La La Love You" is a duet between Kim Deal and David Lovering.
68	* TheStoner: "Gouge Away":
69	-->''You stroke my locks''\
70	''Some marijuana''\
71	''If you got some.''
72	* StoryboardBody: "No. 13 Baby":
73	-->''Black tear falling on my lazy queen''\
74	''Got a tattooed tit say number 13.''
75	* StylisticSuck: The video for "Here Comes Your Man", with the weird effects and Francis and Deal just opening their mouths (without even attempting to lip sync) during their respective singing parts.

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