It's sung from the perspective of a prison inmate who requests his girlfriend to smear her dress with blood and mail it to him. Love Letter: "Cactus" is a subversion.Last Note Nightmare: "Where Is My Mind?" ends with a final haunting moan.In the Style of.: Songs like "Oh My Golly" and "Vamos" were influenced by Spanish flamenco music.Hot for Student: "I'm Amazed" opens with a snippet of Studio Chatter where Kim Deal mentions a teacher at her school who was rumored to be "into field hockey players.".Gratuitous Spanish: "Oh My Golly!" and "Vamos" have Spanish lyrics at points.That might not seem like all that long by the standards of this trope, but the song itself only runs for 2:02. Epic Instrumental Opener: The first 1:13 of "Brick Is Red" are instrumental.Design Student's Orgasm: An elegant photograph showing a beautiful woman posing against a wall displaying a crucifix, torn poster and all of this shot in black-and-white.Deliberately Monochrome: The album cover was shot in black-and-white.Darker and Edgier: "Break My Body" and "Broken Face" deal with themes of incest and mutilation.Creepy Gym Coach: "I'm Amazed" opens with studio chatter of Kim Deal recounting a story from her high school about rumors a teacher was "into field hockey players.".Continuity Nod: "Bone Machine" informs us that "your bones got a little machine" and "Break My Body" also sings about bones.
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For the 30th anniversary of the album's release, 4AD released Come On Pilgrim.It's Surfer Rosa, a three-disc set containing both releases plus a live show recorded for radio. distributor, Rough Trade, went under, Elektra Records released them separately, which carried over to 4AD's later U.S. Compilation Rerelease: The first CD issues included their EP Come On Pilgrim.
This day 34 years ago, The Pixies released their debut long-player, the sublime Surfer Rosa.