Doolittle 25

ピクシーズの名作『ドリトル』の豪華3枚組25周年記念盤!

★ピクシーズの不朽の名作『ドリトル』の豪華3枚組25周年アニヴァーサリー・エディション!
★ディスク1(15曲)は『ドリトル』オリジナル・アルバム、ディスク2(13曲)は超貴重なピール・セッション音源とBサイド・トラック、ディスク3(22曲)はアルバムのデモ音源とボーナストラック4曲収録ファンには嬉しい内容になっている!
★グラフィックデザイナーのヴォーン・オリバーと写真家サイモン・ラーバレスシャーがアートワークを再構築!

1986年にアメリカはボストンで結成され、USグランジ/オルタナ・ムーブメントを牽引し、その後のインディ・ロック・シーンに多大な影響を与えたピクシーズ。カート・コバーン(ニルヴァーナ)をはじめトム・ヨーク(レディオヘッド)、ボノ(U2)など様々なアーティストに影響を与えた彼らが1989年にリリースした不朽の名作『ドリトル』の25周年を記念し、アニヴァーサリー・エディションがリリース!「Here Comes Your Man」や「Monkey Gone toHeaven」など、バンドの代表曲収録バンドの代表曲が収録され、Pitchforkで10点満点を獲得、さらには1980年代のベスト・アルバム100にて4位を獲得するなど時代を超えて愛される名盤が豪華3枚組として再発!

J - Ranked #2 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1989" Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 - "...[Featuring a] breathtaking mix of noisy, almost surflike guitars, sweet pop melodies and primal-scream-therapy vocals..." Q - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever" Alternative Press - Ranked #13 in AP's list of the 'Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...The fractious combination of [Black] Francis's over-the-top but strangely relevant lyrics and vocals, and the band's unsettling melodicism reached its epitome in 1989's DOOLITTLE..." Blender - 5 stars out of 5 -- "DOOLITTLE offsets ROSA-style punk with painfully lovely expanses." Mojo - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he seething, sweat-drenched yet shiny DOOLITTLE is the complete package -- and still a reason to believe."

ter 1988's brilliant but abrasive Surfer Rosa, the Pixies' sound couldn't get much more extreme. On Doolittle, they reined in the noise in favor of pop songcraft and accessibility. Producer Gil Norton's sonic sheen adds some polish, but Black Francis' tighter songwriting focuses the group's attack. Doolittle's most ferocious moments, like "Dead," a visceral retelling of David and Bathsheba's affair -- are more stylized than the group's past outbursts. Meanwhile, the band's poppy side surfaces on the irresistible single "Here Comes Your Man" and the sweetly surreal love song "La La Love You." The Pixies mix their arty weirdness with just enough hooks to produce gleefully demented singles like "Debaser" -- inspired by Bunuel's classic surrealist short Un Chien Andalou -- and "Wave of Mutilation," their surfy ode to driving a car into the sea. Though Doolittle's sound is cleaner and smoother than the Pixies' earlier albums, there are still plenty of weird, abrasive vignettes: the blankly psychotic "There Goes My Gun," "Crackity Jones," a song about a crazy roommate Francis had in Puerto Rico, and the nihilistic finale "Gouge Away." Meanwhile, "Tame" and "I Bleed" continue the band's penchant for cryptic kink. But the album doesn't just refine the Pixies' sound; they also expand their range on the brooding, wannabe spaghetti Western theme "Silver" and the strangely theatrical "Mr. Grieves." "Hey" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven," on the other hand, stretch Francis' lyrical horizons: "Monkey"'s elliptical environmentalism and "Hey"'s twisted longing are the Pixies' versions of message songs and romantic ballads. Their most accessible album, Doolittle's wide-ranging moods and sounds make it one of their most eclectic and ambitious. A fun, freaky alternative to most other late-'80s college rock, it's easy to see why the album made the Pixies into underground rock stars. [In 2014, Doolittle 25 celebrated the album's quarter-century anniversary with generous bonus features, including Peel Sessions, B-sides, and demos for all of the songs from the Doolittle era. While many of the extra tracks here were available either on bootlegs or on previous official releases, the way Doolittle 25 collects them makes it a fascinating, satisfying listen for Pixies geeks.] ~ Heather Phares|