Frank Black Francis

2004 studio album by Frank Black

Frank Black Francis

Studio album by

Frank Black

Released| October 12, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-10-12)
Recorded| March 1987, Boston
Summer 2003, London (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)

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 69/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
Drowned in Sound| 8/10[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [4]
Entertainment Weekly| B+[5]
Mojo| [6]
NME| 8/10[7]
Pitchfork| 7.4/10[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

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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

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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

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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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As Frank Black|

| Studio albums|

* Frank Black (1993)
* Teenager of the Year (1994)
* The Cult of Ray (1996)
* Frank Black Francis (2004)
* Honeycomb (2005)
* Fast Man Raider Man (2006)

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* Frank Black 93–03 (2007)

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* Black Letter Days (2002)
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* Show Me Your Tears (2003)

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* Frank Black and the Catholics: The Complete Recordings (2015)

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* Svn Fngrs (2008)
* The Golem (2010)
* NonStopErotik (2010)
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