Trompe le Monde

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Trompe le Monde · The band recorded this fourth album in Burbank, Paris and London, with producer Gil Norton. It was Pixies' last record before the band split up two years later, and the last with founder and bassist Kim Deal. The title comes from the opening track and means Fool the World. It is a pun on trompe-l'oeil, the painting technique with which a painter makes the viewer believe that painted objects are real.

The sound leans towards heavier, metal-like guitars, especially in Planet of Sound, Trompe le Monde, Space (I Believe In) and Subbacultcha. Head On is a cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain and became a single. U-Mass is about the university where Black Francis and Joey Santiago met. One reviewer later wrote that Kim Deal had a smaller role and that the album was almost a Black Francis solo record.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Trompe le Monde1:48Apple Music ↗
2. 2Planet of Sound2:06Apple Music ↗
3. 3Alec Eiffel2:50Apple Music ↗
4. 4The Sad Punk2:00Apple Music ↗
5. 5Head On2:14Apple Music ↗
6. 6U-Mass3:01Apple Music ↗
7. 7Palace of the Brine1:34Apple Music ↗
8. 8Letter to Memphis2:41Apple Music ↗
9. 9Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons2:48Apple Music ↗
10. 10Space (I Believe In)4:19Apple Music ↗
11. 11Subbacultcha2:10Apple Music ↗
12. 12Distance Equals Rate Times Time1:24Apple Music ↗
13. 13Lovely Day2:06Apple Music ↗
14. 14Motorway to Roswell4:44Apple Music ↗
15. 15The Navajo Know2:20Apple Music ↗

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