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FOUR ESSENTIAL ALBINI TRACKS

Pixies, Cactus

MoFi, 1988

The Pixies album was very much Albini’s big break, and Cactus sets a mark in the sand for the Albini sound. It’s raw, it’s in your face, it’s sparse and it’s over in two minutes. on his 2002 album , and spelled out ‘David’ in his version. Isn’t music great?

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