release date: 27-01-2009 (originally released in 1988)

2009 US exclusive strictly limited edition 13-track Half-Speed Mastered GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog LP pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL. Smack in between hardcore punk and alternative, it was impossible to deconstruct the Pixies' ferocious howl. Their secret weapon was leaping from sweet to screamin' (which Kurt Cobain admitted to boosting): On "Gigantic," Kim Deal sings like Peppermint Patty as the band drives a spike into Eighties rock. Superbly presented in individually numbered gatefold pasted card sleeve, housed in perforated tear-strip bag

Tracks:
01. Bone Machine
02. Break My Body
03. Something Against You
04. Broken Face
05. Gigantic
06. River Euphrates
07. Where Is My Mind?
08. Cactus
09. Tony's Theme
10. Oh My Golly
11. Vamos
12. I'm Amazed
13. Brick Is Red

Surfer Rosa is essentially the first release by a band that majorly helped define what we now refer to as 'indie' music. A lot of what the Pixies did for music and their influence on thousands of future bands is evident right here in this very album. Here, they brought forward a lot of ideas for independent and alternative music to come. These guys were the ultimate punks. They essentially did whatever they wanted, musically and creatively.

Sure, bands like Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth were already doing this kind of thing, but it was the Pixies that basically took that 'non-mainstream' sound and made it more accessible but also, more creative. All the songs here are essentially 2 or 3-minute snippets of a sound that became extremely popular in the underground music scene, and helped shape alternative music as we know it today.