Pixies - Wave of Mutilation: The Best of Pixies

4AD tries, tries again with Wave Of Mutilation: The Best Of The Pixies, the second Pixies best-of they've released since the band broke up in 1992 and the companion piece to the long-awaited, simultaneously released DVD Pixies. Lessons have been learned from 1997's half-baked Death To The Pixies: this compilation's track listing is in more or less chronological order (although Surfer Rosa's "Where Is My MindNULL" pops up in the middle of the album, after a string of Doolittle tracks), which helps the flow of the collection; since each of The Pixies' albums had its own distinctive feel, the cut'n'paste approach of the previous best-of didn't always serve the songs it collected. Read More