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, an American

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band, includes eight studio albums, twelve singles, seven compilations, one

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, and five EPs . Pixies formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985. Following their 1987 demo tape, the band signed to the

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independent record label

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. They released '' Come On Pilgrim'', comprising eight songs from their demo tape, in October 1987. Their first full-length album, ''

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. Pixies agreed to a United States distribution deal with Elektra Records before releasing their third album, '' Doolittle''. ''Doolittle'' was the most successful album for Pixies, earning them a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America in 1995 (along with ''Surfer Rosa'' in 2005). Following a hiatus in 1989, the band reconvened to release '' Bossanova'' in 1990 and '' Trompe le Monde'' in 1991, before breaking up in 1993. After reuniting in 2004, Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering issued a download-only single, "

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cover, "Ain't That Pretty at All", as well as collaborating with Disc Live to release a number of reunion tour live albums in the same year. In 2013, a week after the departure of bassist Kim Deal, the band released the song "Bagboy", and then ''EP1'', consisting of four new songs. In 2014, Pixies released ''EP2'' and ''EP3'', and ''

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''—a full-length album combining the songs from ''EP1'', ''EP2'' and ''EP3''.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

The Pixies collaborated with Disc Live to release a string of limited edition live albums throughout 2004 as part of their reunion tour. This practice has been repeated with each successive tour, as well as documenting previous tours, using The Show and Coudal Partners/American Laundromat as distributing labels. An incomplete list appears below.

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

Other charted and/or certified songs

Bootlegs

Music videos

DVDs

Other appearances

Notes

References

Sources

*Frank, Josh; Ganz, Caryn. " Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies." Virgin Books, 2005. . *Sisario, Ben. Doolittle 33⅓. Continuum, 2006. .

External links

Official site

Thrashin's Pixies Page – Long Standing Fan Page with comprehensive discography & lyrics
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Discography Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...

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