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Frank Black Francis
Studio album by
Frank Black
ReleasedOctober 12, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-10-12)
RecordedMarch 1987, Boston
Summer 2003, London (Pixies-era recordings)
Genre Alternative rock
Length84:54
Label
ProducerTwo Pale Boys ( Andy Diagram and Keith Moliné) on disc two
Frank Black chronology
Show Me Your Tears
(2003) 		Frank Black Francis
(2004) 		Honeycomb
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Drowned in Sound8/10 [3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+ [5]
Mojo [6]
NME8/10 [7]
Pitchfork7.4/10 [8]
Q [9]
Uncut [10]
Under the Radar [11]

Frank Black Francis is a 2-CD set released in 2004 by Frank Black, roughly coinciding with the Pixies reunion tour. Disc 1 consists of a March 1987 solo acoustic demo tape recorded by engineer Gary Smith, just prior to the first Pixies recording session. Disc 2 is a contemporary recording from 2003 of Frank Black reworking a number of Pixies songs with Keith Moliné and Andy Diagram, who are part of David Thomas and Two Pale Boys.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Black Francis

Disc one {Black Francis demos}

  1. "The Holiday Song" – 1:54
  2. "I'm Amazed" – 1:25
  3. "Rock a My Soul" – 1:50
  4. "Isla de Encanta" – 1:39
  5. "Caribou" – 3:00
  6. "Broken Face" – 1:21
  7. "Build High" – 1:26
  8. "Nimrod's Son" – 2:08
  9. "Ed Is Dead" – 2:45
  10. "Subbacultcha" – 2:45
  11. "Boom Chickaboom" – 2:33
  12. "I've Been Tired" – 3:10
  13. "Break My Body" – 1:55
  14. "Oh My Golly!" – 1:59
  15. "Vamos" – 2:14

Disc two {treated}

  1. "Caribou" – 3:09
  2. " Where Is My Mind?" – 3:41
  3. " Cactus" – 2:41
  4. "Nimrod's Son" – 3:01
  5. "Levitate Me" – 2:01
  6. " Wave of Mutilation" – 2:25
  7. " Monkey Gone to Heaven" – 3:49
  8. " Velouria" – 4:35
  9. "The Holiday Song" – 2:21
  10. "Into the White" – 3:24
  11. "Is She Weird?" – 3:51
  12. "Subbacultcha" – 2:56
  13. " Planet of Sound" – 14:56

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [12]

  • Black Francis - vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Keith Moliné - guitar, violin, electronics (disc two)
  • Andy Diagram - trumpet, electronics (disc two)
Technical
  • Gary Smith - recorded by (disc one)
  • Andy Diagram - producer (disc two)
  • Keith Moliné - producer (disc two)
  • Joey Santiago - additional editing
  • Myles Mangino - mastering
  • Jean Thompson - cover concept
  • Andrew Swainson - cover design
  • Black Francis - cover photography, additional photography
  • Ken Goes - additional photography

References

  1. ^ "Frank Black Francis by Frank Black". metacritic.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "Black Francis/Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  3. ^ Steinberg, Lianne (29 October 2004). "Album Review: Frank Black - Frank Black Francis". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN  978-0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ Weingarten, Marc (29 October 2004). "Frank Black Francis". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Mojo: 110. November 2004.
  7. ^ "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". NME: 48. 16 October 2004.
  8. ^ Tangari, Joe (10 October 2004). "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Q: 135. December 2004.
  10. ^ "Frank Black Francis: Black Gold". Uncut. 1 December 2004. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Under the Radar (8): 108.
  12. ^ FrankBlackFrancis (Liner notes). Frank Black. Cooking Vinyl / SpinART. 2004.{{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)
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