02. Pixies - 'Surfer Rosa' (1988). As the recording engineer for the legendary whisper-to-scream band's debut full-length, Albini made the Pixies sound louder and screechier than they ever would again. He recorded Kim Deal's "Gigantic" vocals in a studio bathroom, kept studio banter in on certain songs, and generally made the band sound like the biggest, nastiest thing on earth. ...