Editing The Breeders (section)

=== ''Pod'' (1990–91) ===
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4AD gave Deal and Donelly a budget of $11,000 <ref>Spitz, Marc. "Life to the Pixies." ''Spin''. September 2004.</ref> to make an album. Deal asked [[the Perfect Disaster]]'s [[Josephine Wiggs]] to play bass. The two had first met when Perfect Disaster supported the Pixies in London in 1988. Deal asked [[Steve Albini]], who had worked on the Pixies' 1988 album ''[[Surfer Rosa]]'', to record the album. The Breeders did not have a drummer, so Albini suggested [[Britt Walford]] of [[Slint]]. Walford agreed to play on the album under the pseudonym "Shannon Doughton".<ref name="4adbreeders">{{cite web | url=http://4ad.com/breeders/profile/ | title=The Breeders | access-date=2007-09-07 | publisher=4AD | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202023833/http://www.4ad.com/breeders/profile/ | archive-date=2008-12-02 }}</ref>

A week of rehearsal took place at Wiggs's house in [[Bedfordshire]], England, and ''[[Pod (The Breeders album)|Pod]]'' was recorded in ten days in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]].<ref name="fg107" /> They used the remaining time to record a [[Peel Session]] and a video for "Hellbound."<ref>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=108}}</ref> Returning to London, they played two shows, the only time that this lineup ever appeared onstage together. Released on 28 May 1990,<ref name="4adbreeders" /> ''Pod,'' although not commercially successful, received positive reviews from alternative and mainstream critics alike; ''[[The New York Times]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Karen Schoemer wrote: "The angular melodies, shattered tempos, and screeching dynamics recall elements of each of the women's full-time bands, but ''Pod'' has a smart, innovative edge all its own."<ref>{{cite news | author=Schoemer, Karen | date = July 8, 1990| title= Recent Releases | newspaper=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/08/arts/home-entertainment-recordings-recent-releases.html | access-date= 2007-11-22}}</ref>

''Pod'' was cited by [[Kurt Cobain]] as one of his favorite records ever: "The main reason I like [the Breeders] is for their songs, for the way they structure them, which is totally unique, very atmospheric. I wish Kim was allowed to write more songs for the Pixies, because '[[Gigantic (song)|Gigantic]]' is the best Pixies song, and Kim wrote it."<ref>''[[Melody Maker]]'', "Kurt Cobain of Nirvana Talks About the Records That Changed His Life". August 29, 1992.</ref> He listed ''Pod'' as one of the 50 albums he thought were most influential to [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s sound in his journal in 1993.<ref name="joyfulnoiserecordings.com">{{cite web|title=Top 50 by Nirvana|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/top-50-by-nirvana/|access-date=8 May 2013}}</ref> In July 2007, Albini said he considered the album among his best works.<ref name="Stereogum2007">{{cite news | date = July 6, 2007| title= Steve Albini Drops Anonymity, Answers Questions In Poker Forum | publisher=Stereogum | url=http://stereogum.com/5793/steve_albini_drops_anonymity_answers_questions_in/news/ | access-date= 2012-10-11 }}</ref>