| Pixies discography | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Pixies performing in 2019 | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Live albums | 35 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 26 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 9 |
Thediscography ofPixies, an Americanalternative rock band, includes ten studio albums, 26 singles, seven compilations, onemini-LP, and five EPs as of September 2024[update].
Pixies formed inBoston, Massachusetts in 1985. Followingtheir 1987 demo tape, the band signed to theEnglishindependent record label4AD. They releasedCome On Pilgrim, comprising eight songs from their demo tape, in October 1987. Their first full-length album,Surfer Rosa, was released in 1988 on 4AD; an American distribution deal was made withRough Trade Records several months later. However,Surfer Rosa did not see wide distribution in theUnited States.
Pixies agreed to a United States distribution deal withElektra Records before releasing their third album,Doolittle.Doolittle was the most successful album for Pixies, earning them a gold certification from theRecording Industry Association of America in 1995 (along withSurfer Rosa in 2005). Following a hiatus in 1989, the band reconvened to releaseBossanova in 1990 andTrompe le Monde in 1991, before breaking up in 1993. After reuniting in 2004, Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering issued a download-only single, "Bam Thwok", andWarren Zevon cover, "Ain't That Pretty at All", as well as collaborating with Disc Live to release a number of reunion tour live albums in the same year.
In 2013, a week after the departure of bassist Kim Deal, the band released the song "Bagboy", and thenEP1, consisting of four new songs. In 2014, Pixies releasedEP2 andEP3, andIndie Cindy—a full-length album combining the songs fromEP1,EP2 andEP3.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS [2] | FRA [3] | GER [4] | IRE [5] | NLD [6] | NZ [7] | SPA [8] | SWE [9] | UK [10] | ||||
| Surfer Rosa | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Doolittle |
| 98 | 104 | 66 | — | 33 | 53 | 18 | — | — | 8 | ||
| Bossanova |
| 70 | 68 | — | 27 | — | 30 | 17 | — | 45 | 3 |
| |
| Trompe le Monde |
| 92 | 61 | — | 35 | 69 | 26 | 20 | — | 43 | 7 |
| |
| Indie Cindy |
| 23 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 33 | 29 | 57 | 6 |
| |
| Head Carrier |
| 72 | 23 | 12 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 20 | 23 | — | 7 |
| |
| Beneath the Eyrie |
| —[a] | 36 | 21 | 22 | 7 | — | — | 15 | — | 7 | ||
| Doggerel |
| — | 73 | 23 | 18 | 34 | 98 | — | — | — | 13 | ||
| The Night the Zombies Came |
| — | — | 59 [19] | 27 | 97 [20] | — | — | — | — | 22 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
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The Pixies collaborated with Disc Live to release a string of limited edition live albums throughout 2004 as part of their reunion tour. This practice has been repeated with each successive tour, as well as documenting previous tours, using The Show and Coudal Partners/American Laundromat as distributing labels. An incomplete list appears below.
| Concert date | Title | Venue | Number of copies pressed |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1986 | Live from the Fallout Shelter[21] | WJUL-FMUMass Lowell[22] | |
| May 27, 1991 | Live from Le Transbordeur, Lyon, France | Le Transbordeur | |
| June 1, 1991 | Live from Espace Médoquine, Bourdeaux, France | Espace Médoquine | |
| July 31, 1991 | Live: Malibu Nightclub, Lido Beach, NY | Malibu | |
| April 13, 2004 | Live in Minneapolis, MN | Fine Line Music Cafe | 1000 |
| April 14, 2004 | Live in Winnipeg, MB | Burton Cummings Theatre | 1000 |
| April 15, 2004 | Live in Regina, SK | Conexus Arts Centre | 1000 |
| April 17, 2004 | Live from Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, SK | Prairieland Park | |
| April 18, 2004 | Live from Red's | West Edmonton Mall | |
| April 19, 2004 | Live from MacEwan Hall, University of Calgary | MacEwan Hall | |
| April 21, 2004 | Live from Victoria Curling Club, Victoria, BC | Victoria Curling Club | |
| April 22, 2004 | Live from Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC | Commodore Ballroom | |
| May 1, 2004 | Live from Coachella, Indio, CA | Coachella festival | |
| June 2, 2004 | Live from Brixton Academy | Brixton Academy | 1500 |
| June 3, 2004 | Live from Brixton Academy | Brixton Academy | 1500 |
| June 4, 2004 | Live from Brixton Academy | Brixton Academy | 1500 |
| June 5, 2004 | Live from Brixton Academy | Brixton Academy | 1500 |
| November 11, 2004 | Live in Toronto, ON | Molson Amphitheatre | |
| November 21, 2004 | Live in Akron, OH | James A. Rhodes Arena | 1000 |
| November 22, 2004 | Live in Detroit, MI | State Theatre | |
| December 6, 2004 | the twelve final shows Norfolk | Ted Constant Convocation Center | 1000 |
| May 26, 2005 | Live from Roseland Theater, Portland, OR | Roseland Theater | |
| May 28, 2005 | Live from the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Gorge Amphitheatre | |
| May 30, 2005 | Live from the Warfield, San Francisco, CA | The Warfield | |
| May 31, 2005 | Live from Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA | Civic Auditorium | |
| June 2, 2005 | Live from Wiltern LG Theatre, Los Angeles, CA | Wiltern LG Theatre | |
| June 5, 2005 | Live in Denver, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | |
| June 7, 2005 | Live in Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre | |
| June 8, 2005 | Live in Cleveland, OH | Scene Pavilion | |
| June 9, 2005 | Live from Chevrolet Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA | Chevrolet Amphitheatre | |
| June 11, 2005 | Live from Music Midtown, Atlanta, GA | Music Midtown | |
| June 12, 2005 | Live in Raleigh, NC | Disco Rodeo | 1000 |
| September 30, 2005 | Live in Baltimore, MD | Sonar | 1000 |
| October 16, 2005 | Live at Voodoo 04 | City Park,New Orleans,LA | 1500 |
| Various 2004–2005 | "Hey" – Live Pixies 2004–2005 | Various locations |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS [2] | BEL (FL) [23] | FRA [3] | IRE [5] | NOR [24] | NZ [7] | SWE [9] | UK [10] | ||||
| Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| |
| Death to the Pixies |
| 180 | 24 | 6 | 14 | — | 32 | 7 | 49 | 20 |
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| Pixies at the BBC |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | ||
| Complete 'B' Sides |
| — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | 53 | ||
| Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies |
| 161 | 64 | 13 | — | 6 | 26 | — | — | 16 |
| |
| Minotaur |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Come On Pilgrim… It’s Surfer Rosa[25] |
| — | — | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | GER [4] | |||
| Come On Pilgrim |
| — | — |
|
| Pixies |
| — | 70 | |
| EP1 |
| — | — |
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| EP2 |
| 160 | — | |
| EP3 |
| — | — | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Alt. [27] | US AAA [28] | AUS [2][29] | MEX Ingl. [30] | NZ [7] | UK [10] | ||||
| "Gigantic" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | Surfer Rosa | |
| "Monkey Gone to Heaven" | 1989 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 60 | Doolittle | |
| "Here Comes Your Man" | 3 | — | 156 | — | — | 54 | |||
| "Velouria" | 1990 | 4 | — | 153 | — | 29 | 28 | Bossanova | |
| "Dig for Fire" | 11 | — | 157 | — | — | 62 | |||
| "Planet of Sound" | 1991 | — | — | 128 | — | 35 | 27 | Trompe le Monde | |
| "Alec Eiffel" | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | |||
| "Letter to Memphis" | 1992 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Head On" | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Debaser" | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 |
| Death to the Pixies |
| "Bam Thwok" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Bagboy" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Indie Cindy | |
| "Um Chagga Lagga" | 2016 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | Head Carrier | |
| "Tenement Song" | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | |||
| "Classic Masher" | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "On Graveyard Hill" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Beneath the Eyrie | |
| "Catfish Kate" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hear Me Out" (12" only) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Human Crime" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "There's a Moon On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Doggerel | ||
| "Vault of Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dregs of the Wine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "You're So Impatient" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Night the Zombies Came | |
| "Chicken" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Oyster Beds" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Motoroller" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Title | Year | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [3] | MEX Ingl. [30] | NLD [6] | UK [10] | ||||
| "Where Is My Mind?" | 1988 | 78 | — | — | 199 |
| Surfer Rosa |
| "Wave of Mutilation" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | Doolittle | |
| "Hey" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Motorway to Roswell" | 1991 | — | — | 52 | — | Trompe le Monde | |
| "Talent" | 2016 | — | 34 | — | — | Head Carrier | |
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1989 | "Live In Vienna" |
| "Bone Machine" | |
| 1991 | "Rough Diamonds" |
| "Subbacultcha" | |
| "Timeless Stars" | |
| 1994 | "Give Me Ecstasy" |
| Year | Album | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Doolittle | "Monkey Gone to Heaven" | n/c |
| "Here Comes Your Man" | Neil Pollock | ||
| 1990 | Bossanova | "Velouria" | n/c |
| "Dig for Fire / Allison" | Peter Scammell | ||
| 1991 | Trompe le Monde | "Alec Eiffel" | n/c |
| "Head On" | |||
| 1997 | Death to the Pixies | "Debaser" | |
| 2013 | Indie Cindy | "Bagboy (Official Video 1)"[32] | Jesse Lamar High Nik Harper |
| "Bagboy (Official Video 2)" | Neirin Best Lianne Pierce | ||
| "Indie Cindy" | Jesse Lamar High Nik Harper | ||
| "Andro Queen" | Ondi Timoner | ||
| "What Goes Boom" | Jonathan Furmanski Matthew Galkin | ||
| "Another Toe in the Ocean" | Liviu Boar | ||
| 2014 | "Blue Eyed Hexe"[33] | Mount Emult | |
| "Greens and Blues" | Josh Frank | ||
| "Snakes" | Mark Locke | ||
| "Ring the Bell" | Lital Mizel Adi Frimmerman | ||
| "Silver Snail" | Mount Emult | ||
| "Magdalena 318" | Judy Jacob | ||
| 2016 | Head Carrier | "Tenement Song" | Krank! Collective |
| "Um Chagga Lagga" | Louis Collin | ||
| "Classic Masher" | Paz Lenchantin | ||
| 2019 | Beneath the Eyrie | "On Graveyard Hill" | Kii Arens Bobbi Rich |
| "Catfish Kate" | Neirin Best Lianne Pierce | ||
| "Long Rider" | Gilbert Trejo | ||
| 2020 | / | "Hear Me Out" | Maximilla Lukacs |
| 2022 | "Human Crime" | Paz Lenchantin | |
| Doggerel | "Vault of Heaven" | Charles Derenne |
| Year | DVD | Comments | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Pixies | Contains a documentary about the band's influence, early concert videos, their music videos and footage of their 2004 reunion tour. | |
| 2005 | Pixies: "Sell Out" Reunion Tour 2004 | Playing live atEurockéenness Festival inBelfort,France. Other performances in the reunion era are included as bonus material. | |
| 2006 | loudQUIETloud | Details the band's 2004 reunion tour. | |
| 2006 | Acoustic: Live In Newport | Playing live at the 2005Folk Festival inNewport, Rhode Island. |
| Year | Song | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Winterlong" | The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young | Neil Young cover |
| 1990 | "Born in Chicago"[34] | Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary | Paul Butterfield Blues Band cover |
| 1991 | "I Can't Forget"[35] | I'm Your Fan: The songs of Leonard Cohen by... | Leonard Cohen cover |
| 2004 | "Ain't That Pretty at All"[36] | Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon cover |
| 2023 | "Crystal Closet Queen"[37] | A Song For Leon: A Tribute To Leon Russell | Leon Russell cover |
| Studio albums | |
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| Mini-albums | |
| Extended plays | |
| Compilations | |
| Singles | |
| Other songs | |
| Related articles | |
