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Jones on Google+  Posted on 12 Jul 13  Pixies - Rank The Albums
Ranking the albums by Pixies is as hard as choosing which
parent, or child, I imagine, you love the most. Especially when
it's your second favourite band of all time. When we repromote
the Alex Turner - Rank The Albums blog published on last summer,
the Arctic Monkey fan clubs rise up to say 'there is no worst!
There's only perfect and more perfect!'. I feel like this about
the Pixies' four albums. Oh, and there's another problem: 'Come
On Pilgrim'. The 7-song EP contains some of the band's finest
material, but it's not technically an album. Still, we're going
to count it as one. A further impasse is the battle between
'Surfer Rosa' and 'Doolittle'. It's almost impossible to put one
above the other.  2013 has been a significant year for the
Massachusetts band already. After 27 years together, Kim Deal
announced last month