Complete List Of Pixies Songs From A to Z

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Pixies changed the vocabulary of alternative rock with songs that could move from restrained menace to violent release in a matter of seconds. This complete A-to-Z guide gathers the band’s studio-album tracks, B-sides, live recordings, covers, demos, and standalone singles through The Night the Zombies Came.

Complete List Of Pixies Songs From A to Z

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Pixies built their reputation on jagged guitar work, unpredictable song structures, and an ability to shift from eerie quiet to explosive chaos within seconds. Formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1986, the band was the brainchild of Black Francis on vocals and guitar and Joey Santiago on lead guitar, who met while attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A newspaper ad brought in bassist Kim Deal, the only person to respond, and she recruited drummer David Lovering to complete the lineup. Their unique chemistry quickly stood out in the Boston music scene, and a demo tape known as The Purple Tape led to a deal with the UK label 4AD. Their debut mini-album, Come On Pilgrim, arrived in 1987 and introduced their erratic yet compelling mix of punk energy, surf-rock influences, and cryptic lyrics.

With their first full-length album, Surfer Rosa, in 1988, Pixies created a record filled with off-kilter hooks and dissonant melodies. Produced by Steve Albini, the album included standout tracks including “Gigantic” and “Where Is My Mind?,” both of which became cult favorites despite limited radio play. The album’s raw production and dynamic extremes caught the attention of critics and fellow musicians alike, helping Pixies establish a devoted following in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Their next album, Doolittle, arrived in 1989 and refined their sound while maintaining its unpredictable edge. Tracks including “Here Comes Your Man” and “Debaser” pushed them closer to mainstream recognition, with Doolittle becoming their highest-charting album at the time.

Throughout the early 1990s, Pixies continued to release albums that showcased their aggressive, surreal, and often darkly humorous songwriting. Bossanova in 1990 leaned into surf and space rock, while Trompe le Monde in 1991 delivered harder-edged, fast-paced songs that displayed their evolving sound. However, tensions within the band, particularly between Black Francis and Kim Deal, led to their breakup in 1993. Despite the split, their music continued to grow in influence, with artists including Nirvana, Radiohead, and Weezer citing Pixies as a major inspiration.

After years apart, Pixies reunited in 2004 for a highly successful tour, reigniting interest in their music. Though initially reluctant to record new material, they eventually released Indie Cindy in 2014, their first studio album in more than two decades. The band followed with Head Carrier in 2016, Beneath the Eyrie in 2019, and Doggerel in 2022. Following Kim Deal’s departure, Kim Shattuck briefly joined the touring lineup before Paz Lenchantin became the band’s bassist. Emma Richardson joined Pixies in 2024 and appeared on The Night the Zombies Came, released later that year.

Pixies may not have dominated the charts, but their influence within alternative and indie rock remains undeniable. Their ability to blend surreal storytelling, jagged guitar riffs, and unexpected song structures set them apart from their peers. Though they never won major industry awards, their legacy is reflected in the number of artists who credit them as a primary influence.

Outside of the band, members have pursued various projects. Black Francis has released numerous solo albums under the name Frank Black, while Kim Deal formed The Breeders, achieving success with songs including “Cannonball.” Joey Santiago has worked as a film and television composer, and David Lovering has performed as both a musician and magician. Their contributions to music, both individually and as Pixies, continue to shape the alternative-rock landscape decades after the band’s formation.

Complete List Of Pixies Songs From A to Z

A–B

“Ain’t That Pretty At All” – Enjoy Every Sandwich (2004)
“Alec Eiffel” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“All I Think About Now” – Head Carrier (2016)
“All Over the World” – Bossanova (1990)
“All the Saints” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Allison” – Bossanova (1990)
“Ana” – Bossanova (1990)
“Andro Queen” – EP1 (2013)
“Another Toe in the Ocean” – EP1 (2013)
“Baal’s Back” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Bagboy” – EP3 (2013)
“Bailey’s Walk” – Here Comes Your Man B-side (1989)
“Bam Thwok” – Non-album single (2004)
“Been All Around the World” – Acoustic: Live in Newport (2006)
“Bel Esprit” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Bird of Prey” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Blown Away” – Bossanova (1990)
“Blue Eyed Hexe” – EP2 (2014)
“Bone Machine” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Born in Chicago” – Rubáiyát (1990)
“Break My Body” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Brick Is Red” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Broken Face” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Build High” – Planet of Sound B-side (1991)

C–D

“Cactus” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Caribou” – Come on Pilgrim (1987)
“Catfish Kate” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Caught in a Dream” – Beneath the Eyrie – LP2 (2019)
“Cecilia Ann” – Bossanova (1990)
“Chapel Hill” – Beneath the Eyrie – LP2 (2019)
“Chicken” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“Classic Masher” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Crackity Jones” – Doolittle (1989)
“Dancing the Manta Ray” – Monkey Gone to Heaven B-side (1989)
“Daniel Boone” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Dead” – Doolittle (1989)
“Death Horizon” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Debaser” – Doolittle (1989)
“Dig for Fire” – Bossanova (1990)
“Distance Equals Rate Times Time” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Doggerel” – Doggerel (2022)
“Down to the Well” – Bossanova (1990)
“Dregs of the Wine” – Doggerel (2022)

E–H

“Ed Is Dead” – Come on Pilgrim (1987)
“Ernest Evans” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“Evil Hearted You” – Planet of Sound B-side (1990)
“Get Simulated” – Doggerel (2022)
“Gigantic” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Gouge Away” – Doolittle (1989)
“Greens and Blues” – EP2 (2014)
“Hang Wire” – Bossanova (1990)
“Haunted House” – Doggerel (2022)
“Havalina” – Bossanova (1990)
“Head Carrier” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Head On” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Hear Me Out” – Non-album single (2020)
“Here Comes Your Man” – Doolittle (1989)
“Hey” – Doolittle (1989)
“Hey, Debussy” – Beneath the Eyrie – LP2 (2019)
“How I Learned to Earn Rewards” – Beneath the Eyrie – LP2 (2019)
“Human Crime” – Non-album single (2022)
“Hypnotised” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)

I–L

“I Bleed” – Doolittle (1989)
“I Can’t Forget” – I’m Your Fan (1991)
“I Hear You Mary” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“I Just Can’t Break It to You” – Beneath the Eyrie – LP2 (2019)
“I’m Amazed” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“I’ve Been Tired” – Come on Pilgrim (1987)
“I’ve Been Waiting for You” – Velouria B-side (1990)
“In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)” – Gigantic B-side (1988)
“In the Arms of Mrs. Mark of Caine” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Indie Cindy” – EP1 (2013)
“Into the White” – Here Comes Your Man B-side (1989)
“Is She Weird” – Bossanova (1990)
“Isla de Encanta” – Come on Pilgrim (1987)
“Jaime Bravo” – EP3 (2014)
“Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“Johnny Good Man” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“Kings of the Prairie” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“La La Love You” – Doolittle (1989)
“Letter to Memphis” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Levitate Me” – Come on Pilgrim (1987)
“Long Rider” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Los Surfers Muertos” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Lovely Day” – Trompe le Monde (1991)

M–O

“Magdalena 318” – EP2 (2014)
“Make Believe” – Velouria B-side (1990)
“Mal De Mer” – Beneath the Eyrie – LP2 (2019)
“Mambo Sun” – Hear Me Out B-side (2020)
“Manta Ray” – Monkey Gone to Heaven B-side (1989)
“Mercy Me” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“Might As Well Be Gone” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Monkey Gone to Heaven” – Doolittle (1989)
“Motoroller” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“Motorway to Roswell” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Mr. Grieves” – Doolittle (1989)
“Nimrod’s Son” – Come on Pilgrim (1987)
“No. 13 Baby” – Doolittle (1989)
“Nomatterday” – Doggerel (2022)
“Oh My Golly!” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“On Graveyard Hill” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Oona” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Oyster Beds” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)

P–S

“Pagan Man” – Doggerel (2022)
“Palace of the Brine” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Planet of Sound” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Plaster of Paris” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Please, Don’t Go” – Beneath the Eyrie – LP2 (2019)
“Primrose” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” – Non-album single (2024)
“Ready for Love” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Ring the Bell” – EP3 (2014)
“River Euphrates” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Rock A My Soul” – Pixies (2002)
“Rock Music” – Bossanova (1990)
“Santo” – Dig for Fire B-side (1990)
“Silver” – Doolittle (1989)
“Silver Bullet” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Silver Snail” – EP3 (2014)
“Snakes” – EP2 (2014)
“Something Against You” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Space (I Believe In)” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“St. Nazaire” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Stormy Weather” – Bossanova (1990)
“Subbacultcha” – Trompe le Monde (1991)

T–Z

“Talent” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Tame” – Doolittle (1989)
“Tenement Song” – Head Carrier (2016)
“The Good Works of Cyrus” – Beneath the Eyrie – LP2 (2019)
“The Happening” – Bossanova (1990)
“The Holiday Song” – Come on Pilgrim (1987)
“The Lord Has Come Back Today” – Doggerel (2022)
“The Navajo Know” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“The Sad Punk” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“The Thing” – Velouria B-side (1990)
“The Vegas Suite” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“Theme from Narc” – Planet of Sound B-side (1991)
“There Goes My Gun” – Doolittle (1989)
“There’s a Moon On” – Doggerel (2022)
“This is My Fate” – Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
“Thunder and Lightning” – Doggerel (2022)
“Tony’s Theme” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Trompe le Monde” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“U-Mass” – Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Um Chagga Lagga” – Head Carrier (2016)
“Under the Marigold” – Beneath the Eyrie – LP2 (2019)
“Vamos” – Come on Pilgrim (1987) (Re-recorded for Surfer Rosa in 1988)
“Vault of Heaven” – Doggerel (2022)
“Velouria” – Bossanova (1990)
“Velvety Instrumental Version” – Dig for Fire B-side (1990)
“Wave of Mutilation” – Doolittle (1989)
“Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)” – Here Comes Your Man B-side (1989)
“Weird At My School” – Monkey Gone to Heaven B-side (1989)
“What Goes Boom” – EP1 (2013)
“Where Is My Mind?” – Surfer Rosa (1988)
“Who’s More Sorry Now?” – Doggerel (2022)
“Wild Honey Pie” – Pixies at the BBC (1998)
“Winterlong” – The Bridge (1989)
“Women of War” – Indie Cindy (2014)
“You’re So Impatient” – The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
“You’re Such a Sadducee” – Doggerel (2022)

Pixies Albums Included

Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Surfer Rosa (1988)
Doolittle (1989)
Bossanova (1990)
Trompe le Monde (1991)
Indie Cindy (2014)
Head Carrier (2016)
Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
Doggerel (2022)
The Night the Zombies Came (2024)

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