“Trompe Le Monde” by The Pixies

Black Francis wrote the title track of Trompe le Monde on his own, and the Pixies' fourth studio album hit British shops on 4AD on September 23, 1991, a day ahead of Elektra's American release. The name is French for "fool the world". Francis sings it with Kim Deal, he and Joey Santiago work the electric guitars, Deal plays bass and Dave Lovering drums.

Gil Norton produced it, as he did the whole album, with Steve Haigler engineering, and the record was pieced together across Burbank, Paris and London. It turned out to be a last word in more ways than one: the band's final studio album before they broke up two years on, and the last to feature Deal, their founding bassist.

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