Christmass (album)

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Christmass
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Compilation album by
ReleasedDecember 18, 2006 /
February 5, 2007
Recorded2006 (studio tracks)
August 19-September 10, 2006 (live tracks)
August 31, 2006 (DVD)
Genre Alternative rock
Length1:11:05 (CD)
38:52 (DVD)
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Myles Mangino
Frank Black chronology
Fast Man Raider Man
(2006)
Christmass
(2006)
Frank Black 93–03
(2007)
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Christmass is a live and studio album by Frank Black, originally released by Cooking Vinyl on December 18, 2006 via mail-order only, then to stores on February 5, 2007. It includes a live DVD from a solo acoustic show. [1] [3]

Contents

Contents

Christmass consists of fifteen live acoustic recordings from August and September 2006 and five new studio tracks recorded partly in hotel rooms and partly at Planet of Sound studios in Hartford, Connecticut. The accompanying DVD contains selections from a live acoustic show recorded at Harlow's Night Club in Sacramento, California, on August 31, 2006. [3] [4] The album was recorded by Myles Mangino, a sound engineer for Frank Black and a longtime Pixies lighting designer. [3] [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Black, except where noted.

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording date and locationLength
1."(Do What You Want) Gyaneshwar"  Hotel Santa Cruz, CA, Planet of Sound, Hartford, CT 2:55
2."Bullet" (Live) August 19, 2006; Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY (early show)2:59
3."I Burn Today" (Live) September 10, 2006; The Night Light Lounge, Bellingham WA 3:20
4."Wave of Mutilation" (Live) Black Francis September 10, 2006; The Night Light Lounge, Bellingham WA1:59
5."Living on Soul" (Live) September 10, 2006; The Night Light Lounge, Bellingham WA2:56
6."She's My Way"Francis2006; the Valley River Inn, Eugene, OR, Planet of Sound, Hartford, CT3:47
7."Massif Centrale" (Live) September 10, 2006; The Night Light Lounge, Bellingham WA5:11
8."Where Is My Mind?" (Live)FrancisSeptember 10, 2006; The Night Light Lounge, Bellingham WA3:21
9."Raider Man" (Live) September 10, 2006; The Night Light Lounge, Bellingham WA2:22
10."Demon Girl"Francis2006; the Valley River Inn, Eugene, OR, Planet of Sound, Hartford, CT4:00
11."Dead Man's Curve" (Live) August 19, 2006; Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY (late show)2:43
12."Cactus" (Live)FrancisAugust 19, 2006; Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY (late show)2:46
13."Six-Sixty-Six" (Live) Larry Norman September 10, 2006; The Night Light Lounge, Bellingham WA1:57
14."Radio Lizards"Francis2006; the Valley River Inn, Eugene, OR, Planet of Sound, Hartford, CT2:47
15."Don't Get Me Wrong"Francis, Reid Paley 2006; Planet of Sound, Hartford, CT3:59
16."All Around the World" (Live) Traditional, arranged by BlackSeptember 10, 2006; The Night Light Lounge, Bellingham WA3:25
17."Nadine" (Live) August 25, 2006; Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL 3:41
18."Manitoba" (Live) August 25, 2006; Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL3:24
19."The Water" (Live)FrancisAugust 29, 2006; Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 4:05
20."Outakes / Song of the Shrimp" (Live) Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper September 9, 2006 / September 10, 2006; The Clipper, Olympia, WA / The Night Light Lounge, Bellingham WA9:28
Total length:71:05
DVD (Live at Harlow's Night Club, Sacramento, CA, August 31, 2006)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Los Angeles" 3:39
2."Brackish Boy" 1:26
3."I Burn Today" 3:20
4."Cactus"Francis2:32
5."Nadine" 2:23
6."The Holiday Song"Francis2:30
7."Sing For Joy" 4:20
8."Dead Man's Curve" 2:48
9."California Bound" 3:24
10."Ed Is Dead"Francis1:50
11."My Life Is In Storage" 4:32
12."Two Reelers" 3:05
13."Whiskey in Your Shoes" 3:03
Total length:38:52

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References

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  2. The Independent review
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  5. "Myles Mangino - Resume" (PDF). mylesmangino.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.