Black Francis discography

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Black Francis discography
Studio albums15
EPs1
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums4
Compilation albums5
Singles15

The discography of Black Francis, an American rock musician, includes 15 studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, one EP, one soundtrack album, and 15 singles.

Contents

This list includes material recorded as Black Francis or Frank Black, but does not include material performed with Pixies or Grand Duchy.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
US
Heat

[1]
US
Ind.

[1]
AUS
[2]
FRA
[3]
GER
[4]
NL
[5]
NZ
[6]
UK
[7]
As Frank Black
Frank Black 11728334149
Teenager of the Year
  • Released: May 23, 1994
  • Label: 4AD, Elektra
13127660453521
The Cult of Ray
  • Released: January 22, 1996
  • Label: American
1271719539
As Frank Black and the Catholics
Frank Black and the Catholics
  • Released: September 9, 1998
  • Label: SpinART
5661
Pistolero
  • Released: March 9, 1999
  • Label: SpinART
Dog in the Sand 6481
Black Letter Days
  • Released: August 20, 2002
  • Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
4840
Devil's Workshop
  • Released: August 20, 2002
  • Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
47
Show Me Your Tears
  • Released: September 8, 2003
  • Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
3024113
As Frank Black
Frank Black Francis
  • Released: October 12, 2004
  • Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
45
Honeycomb
  • Released: July 19, 2005
  • Label: Back Porch, Cooking Vinyl
11156
Fast Man Raider Man
  • Released: June 20, 2006
  • Label: Back Porch, Cooking Vinyl
27129
As Black Francis
Bluefinger
  • Released: September 11, 2007
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
42108
NonStopErotik
  • Released: March 30, 2010
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
31
Paley & Francis (with Reid Paley)
  • Released: October 11, 2011
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl, Sonic Unyon
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
The Black Sessions
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Virgin/4AD
Live at the Hotel Utah Saloon
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: The Bureau
Live in Nijmegen
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: The Bureau
Live at Melkweg
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: The Bureau
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
Oddballs
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: The Bureau
Christmass
  • Released: December 18, 2006
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
Frank Black 93–03
  • Released: June 4, 2007
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
Abbabubba
  • Released: March 15, 2011
  • Label: The Bureau
Frank Black and the Catholics: The Complete Recordings
  • Released: April 6, 2015
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
The Golem
  • Released: February 23, 2010
  • Label: The Bureau
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Heat

[1]
UK
[7]
The John Peel Session (with Teenage Fanclub)
  • Released: August 6, 1995
  • Label: Strange Fruit
98
Svn Fngrs
  • Released: March 3, 2008
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
35
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Alt.

[1]
BEL
(Fl)

[8]
FRA
[3]
UK
[7]
"Los Angeles"1993611 Frank Black
"Hang On to Your Ego"843
"Headache"19941053 Teenager of the Year
"Men in Black"199537 The Cult of Ray
"The Marsist"
"I Don't Want to Hurt You"199663
"You Ain't Me"
"All My Ghosts"199887 Frank Black and the Catholics
"I Gotta Move"1999 Pistolero
"Robert Onion"2000 Dog in the Sand
"St. Francis Dam Disaster"2001
"Everything Is New"200392 Show Me Your Tears
"Nadine"
"Threshold Apprehension"2007 Bluefinger
"The Seus"2008 Svn Fngrs
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

YearTitleLabelNotes
1996 Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files Warner BrosCompilation album released in association with the American science fiction television series The X-Files

Track: "Man of Steel"

1998Super Bad @ 65: A Tribute to James BrownZero HourTribute album for James Brown

Track: "Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)"

2000 Heroes & Villains: Music Inspired by The Powerpuff Girls RhinoCompilation album released in association with the American cartoon series The Powerpuff Girls . Also played during the credits of The Powerpuff Girls Movie .

Track: "Pray for the Girls"

2003 Wig in a Box Off RecordsCharity tribute album of songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Track: "Sugar Daddy"

2005High School ReunionAmerican Laundromat Records/
Face Down Records
1980s film tribute album

Track: "Repo Man" (Iggy Pop cover)

2006Hello Radio: The Songs of They Might Be GiantsBar/NoneTribute album for the band They Might Be Giants

Track: "Road Movie to Berlin"

2009 New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets Justice RecordsTribute album for the band Love and Rockets

Track: "All in My Mind"

Guest appearances

YearTitleLabelNotes
1994 Pawnshop Guitars VirginThe debut solo album by the former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke (as Frank Black) – guitars, background vocals

Track: "Jail Guitar Doors" (The Clash cover)

1995The Sacred Squall Of NowUpstart Records/Continental Record ServicesThe debut solo album by Reeves Gabrels (as Frank Black) – co-writer, vocals, rhythm guitar

Track: "119 Years Ago"

1995 Ball-Hog or Tugboat? ColumbiaThe debut solo album by the former Minutemen bass guitarist Mike Watt (as Frank Black) – lead vocals

Track: "Chinese Firedrill"

1995E-Ticket RideColumbia7" promo for Ball-Hog or Tugboat? (as Frank Black) – vocals

Track: "Big Bang Theory"

2000Ulysses (Delta Notte)E-Magine Records Reeves Gabrels album (as Frank Black) – vocals, rhythm guitar

Track: "Jewel" feat. David Bowie & Dave Grohl

2000 (Breach) Interscope Records Wallflowers 3rd album (as Frank Black) – backing vocals

Track: "Letters from the Wasteland"

2000A Merilly ChristmasMEC Alan Merrill Christmas album (as Frank Black) – backing vocals

Track: "Let's think about it"

2001 The Best of Pigface: Preaching to the Perverted Invisible RecordsRecorded but unused for the 1991 Pigface live album Welcome to Mexico... Asshole (as Black Francis) - background talking & guitars

Tracks: "Ogre (& The Six Million Dollar Man)" & "Dog"

2002 Hitting the Ground Instinct RecordsDebut solo album by Gordon Gano (as Frank Black) – vocals

Track: "Run"

2016This Becomes UsPrescriptionThe debut solo album by the former Million Dead and Future of the Left bassist Julia Ruzicka – vocals

Track: "Painter Man Is Coming"

Music videos

YearAlbumTitleDirector
1993Frank BlackLos Angeles John Flansburgh
Hang on to your Ego Adam Bernstein
1994Teenager of the YearHeadache
1995The Cult of RayMen in Black Mike Mills (director)

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Billboard chart references:
    • "Chart History: Frank Black". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
    • "Chart History: Frank Black & The Catholics". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
    • "Chart History: Black Francis". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 32.
  3. 1 2 "Discographie Frank Black". Les Charts (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  4. "Discographie von Frank Black". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  5. "Discografie Frank Black". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  6. "Discography Frank Black". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 "Frank Black". Official Charts. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  8. "Discografie Frank Black". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

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