Wow! Now you can understand the words of some of those earlier Pixies songs: who would have thought that all that screaming in Caribou that sounded like someone being dissected while still conscious was actually the word "repent" being 'sung' over and over. Crazy huh! What's even crazier than the first disc - that being the 'demos' of what became known as The Purple Tape (half of which in turn became the Come On Pilgrim album - are you keeping up here?) is disc 2 - Frank Black's re-recording of The Pixies stuff that (for the most part) sounds like a REAL messed up jazz-tinged cabaret band (actually, try imagine XTC running through the Pixies catalogue in one of their quieter moments if that's any help). OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINALS - let's all accept that and move on shall we. For those diehard Pixies fans who are still shuddering at the thought of having to buy 2 best ofs to complete the collection, maybe avoid that and purchase this instead - 2 full discs of Pixies stuff that actually hasn't been released before.