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Letter to Memphis
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"'Letter to Memphis'" is a single by the alternative rock band Pixies, from their 1991 album 'Trompe le Monde'. The song was frontman Black Francis' take on Chuck Berry's song "Memphis, Tennessee".[https://books.google.com/books?id=P8rWq06wCpsC&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=%22letter+to+memphis%22+pixies&source=bl&ots=Ro4SP5tBVD&sig=klwTxiNymEBM9hzlKiowK2Oq6c4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=smZ4UOz6HNOI0QHN3IHIBQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22letter%20to%20memphis%22&f=false Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies - Josh Frank, Caryn Ganz - Google Books] An instrumental version was included as a B-side to the "Alec Eiffel" single and later became the closing track of their compilation 'Complete 'B' Sides'.
In the December 1991 issue of 'Spin', critic Ivan Kreilkamp commented on "Letter to Memphis": "out of the kitsch and froth of the Pixies' sensibility, a line like 'trying to get to you' sticks in your mind like a piece of genuine feeling hidden on the back of a tacky postcard."[https://books.google.com/books?id=5zrzfgLFgUYC&pg=RA1-PT41&lpg=RA1-PT41&dq=%22letter+to+memphis%22+pixies&source=bl&ots=G7gGqsK0Y8&sig=4WM23KKAi0VgQdlStc2y-UHmucs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=smZ4UOz6HNOI0QHN3IHIBQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA SPIN - Google Books]
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Category:1991 singles
Category:Pixies (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Black Francis
Category:Elektra Records singles
Category:1991 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Gil Norton
Category:Songs about Memphis, Tennessee
Category:Songs about letters (message)
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