Pixies - Pixies at the BBC

Primary Artist
Pixies
Album Title
Pixies at the BBC
Release Date
July 14, 1998 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Between 1988 and 1991, The Pixies performed six sessions at the BBC, playing on a variety of programs. For years, these sessions were hot bootleg items, especially since their first session for John Peel (on May 3, 1988) featured two otherwise unreleased covers -- The Beatles' "Wild Honey Pie" and "(In Heaven) Lady in the Radiator Song," from Eraserhead. It took Elektra/4AD until 1998 to release the six sessions, and when the 15-track Pixies At The Bbc did appear, it was a mixed blessing. Read More