Title: Pixies – Doolittle
Year/Genre: 1989, Alternative Rock
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Produced by Gil Norton, marking the start of a producer relationship that steered the band’s mid-era direction and studio discipline.

2. Lyrics pull from surrealist cinema and Bible imagery; interviews from the period often refused “official meanings,” feeding the band’s myth-making.

3. The sleeve by Vaughan Oliver’s 23 Envelope (monkey + numerals) became a signature 4AD visual and a heavily echoed alt-rock design cue.