Featuring songs such as "Monkey Gone To Heaven", Doolittle was the first international release, in 1989, by which band?
Monkey Gone to Heaven "Monkey Gone to Heaven" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies and is the seventh track on their 1989 album "Doolittle". The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and was produced by Gil Norton. Referencing environmentalism and biblical numerology, the song's lyrics mirrored themes that were explored in "Doolittle". "Monkey Gone to Heaven" was the first Pixies song to feature guest musicians: two cellists, Arthur Fiacco and Ann Rorich, and two violinists, Karen Karlsrud and Corine Metter.
The Verve discography The discography of The Verve, a British alternative rock band, consists of four studio albums, two compilation albums, two video albums, three extended plays, fourteen singles, two promotional singles and fifteen music videos. The band formed in 1989 as Verve, with original members Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones and Peter Salisbury, although they later added "The" to their name after a lawsuit from the American jazz label Verve Records. After signing to Virgin Records subsidiary Hut Records in 1991, The Verve released the non-album single "All in the Mind" and a self-titled extended play containing the singles "She's a Superstar" and "Gravity Grave", the former reaching number 66 on the UK Singles Chart. Their debut studio album, "A Storm in Heaven" was released in 1993; despite widespread critical acclaim, it only sold modestly, peaking at number 27 on the UK Albums Chart.