PIXIES Doolittle Nine Postcards 4AD Francis Simon Larbalestier Vaughan Oliver
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I displayed 3 of the postcards in a frame in my (windowless) man cave. The other 6 remained in the packaging in a drawer in my desk. See photos for condition. Photographer Simon Larbalestier and graphic artist Vaughan Oliver, who had worked on the Pixies' previous albums Come on Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa, designed the artwork of Doolittle.[53] According to Larbalestier, Doolittle was the first album for which he and Oliver had access to lyrics, which "made a fundamental difference".[54] Oliver and Francis wanted macabre, surreal images with which to illustrate the album. The images are placed in pairs, with each image juxtaposing two principle elements such as a monkey and a halo for "Monkey Gone to Heaven" (as well as the numbers 5, 6 and 7 in reference to the lyrics "if man is five/then the devil is six/and if the devil is six/then God is seven"); a pelvic bone and a stiletto for "Tame"; and a spoon containing hair laid across a woman's torso for "Gouge Away".
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