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“Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons” by The Pixies
From the album Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons” by The Pixies appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1991 on the album Trompe le Monde. Its best result is #47 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty'). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #271 alternative song of 1991.
"Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons" floats up from Trompe le Monde, the Pixies' fourth album, its title French for "Fool the World", which 4AD put out in Britain on 23 September 1991 and Elektra in America a day later. Black Francis wrote it alone and sings it with Kim Deal, playing electric guitar alongside Joey Santiago while Deal plays bass and Dave Lovering drums. Gil Norton produced it and Steve Haigler engineered.
It carries the weight of an ending, too. The album was pieced together in Burbank, Paris and London, and it turned out to be the band's last studio record before they split two years on, and the last with Deal, the bassist who had been there from the start.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 47 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty') | 50 |
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