Translated from French to mean ‘fool the world’, ‘Trompe Le Monde’ showed Pixies still restless to push their sound forward. Recorded between Burbank, Paris, and London, with producer Gil Norton again at the controls, their fourth album is arguably their most playful, with Black Francis’s lyrics on UFOs and conspiracy theories keeping things weird while power pop creeps in to amplify the space rock established on predecessor ‘Bossanova’. Featuring singles ‘Planet of Sound’, ‘Alec Eiffel’, ‘Letter to Memphis’, and a flawless cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Head On’, ‘Trompe Le Monde’ goes full throttle with 15 tracks coming in a quickfire 40-minute salvo.

Track Listing

1. Trompe Le Monde1.48
2. Planet of Sound2.06
3. Alec Eiffel2.50
4. The Sad Punk3.00
5. Head On2.14
6. U-Mass3.01
7. Palace of the Brine1.34
8. Letter to Memphis2.41
9. Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons2.48
10. Space4.19
11. Subbacultcha2.10
12. Distance Equals Rate Times Time1.24
13. Lovely Day2.06
14. Motorway To Roswell4.44
15. The Navajo Know2.20

Information

• Format: Vinyl / 12″ Album
• Label: 4AD
• Release Date: 13/10/2008
• Running Time (minutes): 39.00
• Number of Discs: 1
• EAN: 0652637101416