Death to the Pixies was the first Pixies best-of

Greatest hits

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 compilation, released by 4AD

4AD

4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...

 in the UK on October 6, 1997 and 4AD/Elektra

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

 the following day in the United States to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the band's debut. It covered the years 1987 to 1991. It is currently out of print, having been replaced by the 2004 compilation Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies

Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies

Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies is a compilation album by Pixies. It was released on May 3, 2004 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States alongside a companion DVD featuring a live show, promotional videos and two documentaries...

. A limited edition of the compilation also included a second CD with a live performance taken from Vredenburg

Vredenburg

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, Utrecht

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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 on the September 25, 1990. http://www.pixiesmusic.com/live_92.php

There was also another version of the limited edition, produced in extremely small quantities, that includes two rare "Black Francis Demos" ("I'm Amazed" and "Broken Face"). This is known as the "Golden Ticket" version, and has GT appended to its catalog number. http://eyesore.no/html/ident/70.html#7011 These demos, recorded in the apartment of producer Gary Smith

Gary Smith (record producer)

Gary Smith is an entrepreneur, record producer, and artist's manager known for his work recording albums by alternative rock musicians since the mid-1980s at Fort Apache Studios...

 the day before the band convened to record their full demo at Smith's Fort Apache Studios

Fort Apache Studios

Fort Apache Studios is a New England recording studio internationally renowned for alternative rock sessions produced there since 1986. The studio is currently located in the village of Bellows Falls, Vermont in space leased in an old hotel called The Windham, owned by the town of Rockingham,...

, feature only Francis singing and playing acoustic guitar (and giving notations to Smith about where the other band members' parts are). The complete "Black Francis Demos" were released as the first disc of 2004's Frank Black Francis

Frank Black Francis (album)

Frank Black Francis is a 2-CD set released in 2004 by Frank Black, roughly coinciding with the Pixies reunion tour. Disc 1 consists of a March 1987 solo acoustic demo tape recorded by engineer Gary Smith, just prior to the first Pixies recording session...

 2-CD compilation.

The vinyl release contained all the tracks on the "Golden Ticket" version, spread out over four 10" records. This was a limited release of over 9,000 copies.

Track listing

1. "Cecilia Ann" – 2:06
2. "Planet of Sound
   Planet of Sound
   "Planet of Sound" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies; the second track on their 1991 album Trompe le Monde. It was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and produced by Gil Norton during the album's recording sessions...
   
   " – 2:06
3. "Tame" – 1:56
4. "Here Comes Your Man
   Here Comes Your Man
   "Here Comes Your Man" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. Produced by Gil Norton, it was released as the second single from the group's second album Doolittle in June 1989....
   
   " – 3:21
5. "Debaser
   Debaser
   "Debaser" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, and is the first song on their 1989 album Doolittle. The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and was produced by Gil Norton during Doolittles recording sessions....
   
   " – 2:52
6. "Wave of Mutilation" – 2:04
7. "Dig for Fire
   Dig for Fire
   "Dig for Fire" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies. The song appeared on their 1990 album Bossanova, and was released as a single in October 1990. The song reached number 11 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 62 in the UK....
   
   " – 3:02
8. "Caribou" – 3:14
9. "Holiday Song" – 2:14
10. "Nimrod's Son" – 2:17
11. "U-Mass" – 3:01
12. "Bone Machine" – 3:05
13. "Gigantic
    Gigantic (song)
    "Gigantic" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, co-written by bassist Kim Deal and lead vocalist/guitarist Black Francis . The song appeared on the band's first studio album, Surfer Rosa, released in 1988...
    
    " – 3:08
14. "Where Is My Mind?
    Where Is My Mind?
    "Where Is My Mind?" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies. It is the seventh track on their 1988 album Surfer Rosa. The song was written by frontman Black Francis while he attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, inspired by his experiences scuba diving in the Caribbean....
    
    " – 3:52
15. "Velouria
    Velouria
    "Velouria" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. "Velouria" is featured on their album Bossanova, was the first single to be released from it and was the band's first UK Top 40 hit. The song features extensive use of theremin...
    
    " – 3:40
16. "Gouge Away" – 2:44
17. "Monkey Gone to Heaven
    Monkey Gone to Heaven
    "Monkey Gone to Heaven" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies and is the seventh track on their 1989 album Doolittle. The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and was produced by Gil Norton. Referencing environmentalism and biblical numerology, the song's lyrics...
    
    " – 2:57

Limited edition bonus disc

1. "Debaser" – 2:55
2. "Rock Music" – 1:51
3. "Broken Face" – 1:21
4. "Isla de Encanta" – 1:42
5. "Hangwire" – 2:00
6. "Dead" – 2:30
7. "Into the White" – 3:30
8. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" – 2:58
9. "Gouge Away" – 2:53
10. "Here Comes Your Man" – 3:12
11. "Allison" – 1:16
12. "Hey" – 3:54
13. "Gigantic" – 3:26
14. "Crackity Jones" – 1:35
15. "Something Against You" – 1:46
16. "Tame" – 2:05
17. "Wave of Mutilation" – 3:05
18. "Where Is My Mind?" – 3:37
19. "Ed Is Dead" – 2:52
20. "Vamos" – 4:34
21. "Tony's Theme" – 2:27

The limited edition bonus CD is not the complete concert and is missing 13 songs from the night.

Here is the setlist for the complete concert on September 25, 1990.

1. Cecilia Ann
2. Levitate Me
3. Debaser
4. Rock Music
5. Hangwire
6. Dead
7. There Goes My Gun
8. Monkey Gone To Heaven
9. Isla de Encanta
10. Velouria
11. Into The White
12. Stormy Weather
13. Hey
14. Gigantic
15. Crackity Jones
16. Dig For Fire
17. Dancing The Manta Ray
18. Gouge Away
19. Here Comes Your Man
20. Caribou
21. All Over The World
22. Allison
23. The Happening
24. Broken Face
25. I Bleed
26. Something Against You
27. Tame
28. Is She Weird
29. Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)
30. Where Is My Mind
31. Ed is Dead
32. Vamos
33. Tony's Theme
34. Wave of Mutilation