Surfer Rosa

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debut album rock album studio album

Surfer Rosa is a critically acclaimed 1988 debut full-length album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, known for its raw sound, dynamic loud-quiet-loud style, and major influence on 1990s rock music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
rock album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Pixies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
featuresMember Black Francis ⓘ
David Lovering ⓘ
Joey Santiago ⓘ
Kim Deal ⓘ
followedBy Doolittle ⓘ
follows Come On Pilgrim ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
hasCoverArtBy Simon Larbalestier ⓘ
hasEngineeringBy Steve Albini ⓘ
hasPart Bone Machine ⓘ
Break My Body ⓘ
Brick Is Red ⓘ
Broken Face ⓘ
Cactus ⓘ
Gigantic ⓘ
I’m Amazed ⓘ
Oh My Golly! ⓘ
River Euphrates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Something Against You ⓘ
Tony’s Theme ⓘ
Vamos ⓘ
Where Is My Mind? ⓘ
hasSongWithLeadVocalsBy Kim Deal ⓘ
hasSongWithLeadVocalsOn Gigantic ⓘ
includedIn lists of greatest albums of all time ⓘ
lists of greatest albums of the 1980s ⓘ
influenced 1990s alternative rock bands ⓘ
Nirvana ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length about 33 minutes ⓘ
mainSongwriter Black Francis ⓘ
notableFor influence on 1990s alternative rock ⓘ
loud-quiet-loud dynamics ⓘ
raw sound ⓘ
performer Pixies ⓘ
producer Steve Albini ⓘ
recordedAt Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Q Division Studios ⓘ
recordedIn 1987 ⓘ
recordLabel 4AD ⓘ
Rough Trade Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1988-03-21 ⓘ

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