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“River Euphrates” by The Pixies
From the album Surfer Rosa (1988)
“River Euphrates” by The Pixies appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1988 and 2003. It was first released in 1988 on the album Surfer Rosa. Its best result is #39 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #228 alternative song of 1988 and #4,524 alternative song of all time.
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"River Euphrates" is a Black Francis song off Surfer Rosa, the Pixies' debut album, which 4AD released in March 1988 with Steve Albini producing and engineering. Francis sings lead and trades guitars with Joey Santiago, Kim Deal plays bass and sings behind him, and Dave Lovering drums, on a record known for its distinctive drum sound and Albini's experimental studio tricks.
Surfer Rosa went nowhere on the charts on either side of the Atlantic, and it hardly mattered. Critics kept ranking it among rock's finest records, it went gold in the US in 2005 after Elektra reissued it, and Billy Corgan and PJ Harvey cited it as an inspiration; Nirvana's In Utero, also made with Albini, carries its fingerprints.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 39 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 743 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1710 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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