The Pixies have had a career unlike any other in alternative rock, disappearing as not-quite-the-next-big-things only to become gods in absentia. Doolittle is their knotty masterpiece, the embodiment of the Pixies' abrasive, exuberant, enigmatic pop.

Informed by exclusive interviews with the band, Sisario looks at the making of the album and its place in rock history, and studies its continued influence in light of the Pixies triumphant reunion.

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Author: Ben Sisario
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Pages: 127pp
Size: 5 x 6.5
Notes: paperback
Release Date: March 25, 2006
ISBN: 978-0826417749