Pixies - Trompe le Monde (LP)

Product specifications

Details

Album

Trompe le Monde

Artist

Pixies

LP release year

2025

Album release date

23 sep 1991

Label

4AD

EAN

4582616195135

Available

Yes

Product information

Format

LP

Quantity

1 piece(s)

Type

Reissue

Mono or stereo

Stereo

Duration

39 min

Tracks

15 tracks

Weight

180g

EAN

EAN

4582616195135

Other

Limited Edition

No

Country

Japan

Genre

Alternative rock

Box set

No

Remastered

No

Reissue

Yes

• Dolby Sound Delight

  5 out of 5 stars
  jidayeikn26 December 2025United States🇺🇸

  The Dolby System sound quality is crystal clear - it's an absolute joy to listen to this cassette

• Clean Stylus, Adjust Arm

  4 out of 5 stars
  numuvoxzjiyx17 December 2025United States🇺🇸

  This record is fine. Just make sure to clean your stylus and adjust your tone arm.

• Mastering Excellence

  5 out of 5 stars
  noqorurag2 October 2025United States🇺🇸

  Excellent pressing! The sound stage is lively with bass and treble working well together. Amazing mastering job. Strongly recommended.

• Intense 3D Soundstage

  5 out of 5 stars
  poyrvpou30 August 2025United States🇺🇸

  Wow, this has such an intense, expansive soundstage! The 3D sound quality is insane, it's like it's blasting out of your speakers. I've got a 2017 reissue and it's not even in the same league. This version is freaking awesome, it's like Black Francis is right there in the room, screaming at you! I can't recommend it enough. [Tech specs in my profile].

• Pixies' Inconsistent Finale

  3 out of 5 stars
  Srukelu2 August 2025United Kingdom🇬🇧

  Among their first five albums, this one is arguably their least impressive, though at the time, it didn't matter much. If you were a Pixies fan, you'd have been eager for their next release regardless. With "Trompe Le Monde," it was just as thrilling to hear what they had to offer, and even at its weakest, this album is still pretty good. Tracks like "Planet Of Sound" and "Subbacultcha" could have easily been on "Doolittle," but that's what makes this album feel a bit like a collection of leftovers from previous records, rather than a cohesive, new album following "Bossanova." The latter, while not universally loved, had more uniqueness as an album than "Trompe le Monde" for me, and despite the brilliance of the group's first three albums, it remains a personal favorite from their early catalog. "Space (I Believe)" is another example that could have fit there. The cover of "Head On" is a pleasant surprise on the album, and yes, as much as we love The Jesus & Mary Chain, Pixies' straightforward take on the song complements the original, treating it with more respect than the cheesy original deserves. Overall, "Trompe Le Monde" marked the end of an era for Pixies. Their cult status kept the fanbase strong and growing, but looking back over 25 years later, you can hear the strain on this album. And as much as many praise their recent comeback with several EPs and two albums, "Trompe Le Monde" still feels like a slight dark cloud over these newer releases from the group that evolved from a cult avant-garde rock band to a standard indie band, saved mainly by the ever-astonishing (nostalgic) trademark designs by Vaughan Oliver.