- alternative rock, indie rock, rock, surf rock
- 40 min
- 14 tracks
- 4AD
Bossanova is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Pixies. It was released on August 13, 1990, by English independent record label 4AD in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Because of 4AD's independent status, major label Elektra handled distribution in the US.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Los Angeles Times3/5 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork9.1/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Select4/5
- The Village VoiceA
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Tracks
- 1Cecilia Ann2:06
- 2Rock Music1:52
- 3Velouria3:40
- 4Allison1:18
- 5Is She Weird3:01
- 6Ana2:09
- 7All Over the World5:27
- 8Dig for Fire3:02
- 9Down to the Well2:29
- 10The Happening4:19
- 11Blown Away2:20
- 12Hang Wire2:01
- 13Stormy Weather3:27
- 14Havalina2:33
14 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Pixies
- Label
- 4AD
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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