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Indie Cindy
Studio album by Pixies
Released	April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19)
Recorded	2012
Studio	Rockfield Studios, Rockfield, Wales Sonelab, Easthampton, Massachusetts The Autumn Den, Northampton, Massachusetts
Genre	Alternative rock indie rock pop rock
Length	45:49
Label	Pixiesmusic, PIAS
Producer	Gil Norton
Pixies chronology
Trompe le Monde (1991) Indie Cindy (2014) Head Carrier (2016)
Singles from Indie Cindy
"Bagboy" Released: July 2013

Indie Cindy is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Pixies. Released in April 2014, it was the band's first album since 1991's Trompe le Monde, and the first Pixies album not to feature bass guitar player Kim Deal. Instead, bass guitar duties on the album are handled by Simon "Ding" Archer, a former member of the British post-punk band The Fall.

The album combines all the songs from the band's 2013–14 extended play releases—EP1, EP2, and EP3—which were recorded and produced in 2012 by Gil Norton, who produced the band's previous albums Doolittle, Bossanova, and Trompe le Monde.

Limited numbers of vinyl copies of the album were released on Record Store Day 2014 (double album but pressed at 45 rpm), 10 days prior to the album's full release. These copies came with a single-sided 7" single of "Women of War". The album was released in North America on April 29, 2014 as a digital download, digipak CD and 2LP vinyl as well as a deluxe edition on CD or vinyl which included a live CD and a 40-page hardback book.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard 200, making it the band's most successful album on that chart. In 2016 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe. As of 2015, sales in the United States have exceeded 34,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	5.8/10
Metacritic	62/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	A−
The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
NME	7/10
Pitchfork	2.5/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin	6/10

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Indie Cindy received an average score of 62 based on 32 reviews; this indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

All songs written by Black Francis, except where noted.

Personnel

Pixies

• Black Francis – vocals, guitar, backing vocals on "Bagboy"
• Ding (Simon "Ding" Archer) – bass guitar
• David Lovering – drums, backing vocals on "Women of War" and "Bagboy"
• Joey Santiago – lead guitar

Additional musicians

• Paz Lenchantin – bass guitar and backing vocals on deluxe edition tracks and "Women of War"
• Jeremy Dubs – backing vocals

Technical personnel

• Gil Norton – production, engineering, mixing
• Justin Pizzoferrato – additional engineering (Sonelab])
• Mike Stitsinger – additional engineering (The Autumn Den)
• Dan Austin – mixing
• Miles Wilson – mixing (live tracks)
• Vaughan Oliver – art direction, design
• Michael Speed – design assistance, xp illustration
• Ian Pollock – character illustration

Charts

Release history

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