“Down to the Well” by The Pixies

"Down to the Well" comes off Bossanova, the third Pixies album, released on August 13, 1990, through 4AD in Britain and Elektra in America. Black Francis wrote it and sings it with Kim Deal, with Francis and Joey Santiago on electric guitars, Deal on bass and Dave Lovering on drums. Gil Norton produced, Al Clay recorded and Steve Haigler mixed.

It's an album track rather than a single ("Velouria" and "Dig for Fire" got that job), and it comes from a record made on the move. Once the Doolittle tour wound down in January 1990, Francis, Santiago and Lovering left Boston for Los Angeles, where they meant to cut the album, while Deal stayed in the UK to make the Breeders' first record with Steve Albini before heading out west to join them.

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