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Trompe le Monde by The Pixies
Trompe le Monde is an album by The Pixies, released in 1991. 7 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 53 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Alec Eiffel”, on 20 lists with a best position of #382.
Trompe le Monde (that's "Fool the World" in French) was the Pixies' fourth album, out in September 1991 on 4AD in Britain and Elektra in America, and it turned out to be their last before the split. Gil Norton produced, with sessions spread across Burbank, Paris and London, and it was the final Pixies album with founding bassist Kim Deal; two years later the band was gone.
It's a loud, breakneck record, Black Francis hollering over Joey Santiago's jagged, surf-scorched leads and David Lovering's pummel, with the old loud-quiet-loud lurches squeezed down into pure velocity. Francis has always had a thing for aliens, and here the song titles give the game away: "Planet of Sound", "Motorway to Roswell", "Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons". It's a sci-fi punk joyride with the brakes cut, and a hell of a way to sign off.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Trompe le Monde on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alec Eiffel | 20 | #382 | – | 1999–2023 | |
| 2 | Planet of Sound | 17 | #3 | – | 1991–2014 | |
| 3 | Head On | 10 | #71 | – | 1992–2024 | |
| 4 | Motorway To Roswell | 3 | #46 | – | 1991–2023 | |
| 5 | Subbacultcha | 1 | #453 | – | 2023 | |
| 6 | Trompe Le Monde | 1 | #526 | – | 2024 | |
| 7 | Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons | 1 | #47 | – | 1991 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.