Frank Black Francis

Frank Black Francis
Studio album by Frank Black
Released October 12, 2004 (2004-10-12)
Recorded March 1987, 2004 (Pixies-era recordings)
Genre Alternative rock
Length 84:54
Label SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
Producer Two 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 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

  • Black Francis - vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Keith Moliné - guitar, violin, electronics on disc two
  • Andy Diagram - trumpet, electronics on disc two

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. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. ↑ Weingarten, Marc (29 October 2004). "Frank Black Francis". Entertainment Weekly. 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. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Under the Radar (8): 108.
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