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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Paul H.
Format:Audio CD
A strange band from Mass. records a demo, eight songs from the demo are released as the Come On Pilgrim EP, and rock is changed forever. Uncomprimising, harsh, and brilliant, Come On Pilgrim is early Pixies at its best. The EP never feels to short, and not one song is filler. Featured here is the original version of "Vamos," which is better than the version on Surfer Rosa in my opinion, the haunting "Caribou," and the Pixies' classic "The Holiday Song." The Pixies' mix of pop sensibilities with harsh, loud guitars and very odd lyrics still sounds fresh and innovative to this day. Every Pixies fan needs this.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
It was over eleven years ago when I first heard these tracks somewhere in England. It is difficult to be objective about a collection that suddenly opened your eyes to the next decade of rock. This was so DIFFERENT then, and it still blows away most of the well-produced "punk" we hear today. The Pixies never claimed to be "punk," indeed, they prove to be something so completely unique. So I back away from my reverance, and I try to review this thing. The EP has a form to it, and is best listened to in one fell swoop. "Caribou" starts off with a heroic, stunted groove that eventually explodes into Black Francis' screams to "Repent! Repent!" Then "Vamos" creeps in with a quick step and offsets genteel, preppy life with searing guitar noise from Joey Santiago. Everything flows along quite deliberately, almost as if designed as an album itself. Then "Holiday" hits you with a hard pop gem with a subject matter paralleling The Who's "Pictures of Lily," except with a incestual twist. In retrospect, I guess it really doesn't matter what order the songs are in...this simply captures The Pixies at their freshest (there is a shrillness in Black Francis' young voice that you can't hear anywhere else). The frightening thing about this is that, while roughly produced and largely accomplished on consumer-par audio gear, there is nothing awkward or stilted about these tracks. On "Come On Pilgrim" The Pixies sound like they knew what they were doing from the get-go.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By David Ash
Format:Audio CD
This is a great CD. The Pixies were a watershed band and this EP lays the blueprint for everything they were to do later. But a word of warning for those expecting improved sound on this reissue: to my ears, this 2003 re-release sounds exactly the same as the previous version. Either the previous master was used, or it might as well have been. Buy whatever version is cheapest, but don't purchase this again if you already own it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome
Probably my favorite Pixies album. Ordered it on vinyl as a gift for someone. It arrived quick and was carefully wrapped.
Published 2 months ago by S
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"Don't give me know s@#& because...i've ben tired, i've been...
The Pixies, ghawd...what an add and strange band, really. Francis Black is just, I really don't wanna' use words to describe him, I don't think the proper ones are around at this... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Anthony
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GREAT WAY TO START!
COME ON PILGRIM is a short EP from PIXIES...But it's a powerful quick group of great songs...ISLA DE ENCANTA, ED IS DEAD and the classics CARIBOU, NIMROD's SON and HOLIDAY SONG are... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Rio Fluzăo
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"Come on pilgrim, you know he loves you..."
"Come On Pilgrim" occupies a somewhat peculiar position in the Pixies' catalog. On the one hand, it was the band's first release, which in a way makes it the most important. Read more
Published on March 12, 2011 by Debaser
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The First and the Greatest!
I bought this after seeing the Pixies open for the Cure in 1989 and was blown away. It is nearly perfect from beginning to end. Read more
Published on October 1, 2010 by David Moss
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Levitating Me for over 20 years
Suggestive lyrics. Explicit lyrics. Lyrics en espanol. Lyrics that at a cursory glance seemed cryptic,yet contained some kernel of logic that could be deciphered and connected to a... Read more
Published on March 8, 2010 by kabalabonga
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One of the Greatest Debuts in Rock History
This 20 minute EP, cut on the cheap in 1987, contains some of the most legendary songs in the Pixies catalog. Read more
Published on December 23, 2009 by Michael Morales
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Come On Pilgrim
The Pixies-Come On Pilgrim ****1/2
Welcome to the world Pixies. They really were one of the few groups to save music in 1987 weren't they? Read more
Welcome to the world Pixies. They really were one of the few groups to save music in 1987 weren't they? Read more
Published on January 13, 2009 by Morton
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Just Part of the Blueprint for Nirvana
There is roudiness in here. Black Francis coos and snarls in a way in which Kurt Cobain would just do. Cobain played along with Francis' way, as shown in his band Nirvana. Read more
Published on June 8, 2007 by Andrei Frost
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This Ain't No Holiday, but It Always Turns Out this Way!
The Pixies, a Rock alternative band who began in the mid '80s inspired many of the 1990s Alt. and Grunge acts.. Read more
Published on May 3, 2007 by Chris G.
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