Fast Man Raider Man

Fast Man Raider Man
Studio album by Frank Black
Released	June 20, 2006
Studio	Cowboy Arms (Nashville, Tennessee) Hormone Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) Better Songs and Gardens (Nashville, Tennessee Mower Studio (Pasadena, California)
Genre	Americana alt country country soul indie rock
Length	1:34:44
Label	Back Porch (US) Cooking Vinyl (UK)
Producer	Jon Tiven
Frank Black chronology
Honeycomb (2005) Fast Man Raider Man (2006) Christmass (2006)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	8/10 [3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B− [5]
The Guardian	[6]
Mojo	[7]
NME	5/10 [8]
Pitchfork	6.4/10 [9]
Popmatters	[10]
Uncut	[11]

Fast Man Raider Man is the eleventh studio album and a double-album by Frank Black released in the United States on June 20, 2006, ^[9] and in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2006.

Track listing

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

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If Your Poison Gets You"		2:56
2.	"Johnny Barleycorn"		4:50
3.	"Fast Man"		4:12
4.	"You Can't Crucify Yourself"		3:23
5.	"Dirty Old Town"	Ewan MacColl	3:03
6.	"Wanderlust"		3:27
7.	"Seven Days"		4:11
8.	"Raider Man"		3:04
9.	"The End of the Summer"	Black, music adapted from Gabriel Fauré's Sicilienne, Op. 78	3:53
10.	"Dog Sleep"	Black, Reid Paley	3:48
11.	"When the Paint Grows Darker Still"		3:34
12.	"I'm Not Dead" (I'm in Pittsburgh)"	Black, Paley	3:41
13.	"Golden Shore"	Black, Paley	3:17

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In the Time of My Ruin"		4:21
2.	"Down to You"	Black, Paley	2:18
3.	"Highway to Lowdown"		2:35
4.	"Kiss My Ring"		2:29
5.	"My Terrible Ways"		3:36
6.	"Fitzgerald"		3:12
7.	"Elijah"		3:16
8.	"It's Just Not Your Moment"		5:32
9.	"The Real El Rey"		3:21
10.	"Where the Wind Is Going"		3:33
11.	"Holland Town"		2:32
12.	"Sad Old World"		4:57
13.	"Don't Cry That Way"		2:25
14.	"Fare Thee Well"	Traditional, arranged by Frank Black	3:18

Personnel

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

Musicians

• Frank Black – lead vocals, guitar, ukulele
• Bob Babbitt – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Bobby Bare Jr. – backing vocals
• Billy Block – drums, backing vocals
• Marty Brown – bass guitar, backing vocals, duet vocal on Dirty Old Town
• Violet Clark-Thompson – backing vocals
• Jack Clement – dobro, backing vocals
• Steve Cropper, Duane Jarvis, Reggie Young – guitar
• Rick Duvall – backing vocals
• Steve Ferrone, Akil Thompson, Chester Thompson – drums
• Rich Gilbert, Dave Phillips – pedal steel guitar
• James Griffin – backing vocals
• Levon Helm, Jim Keltner, Simon Kirke – drums, percussion
• David Hood, Tom Petersson – bass guitar
• Ellis Hooks – backing vocals
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet, trombone, fluegelhorn
• Mark Jordan, Ian McLagan – keyboards
• Carol Kaye – guitar, bass guitar
• Jack Kidney – harmonica, tenor saxophone
• Al Kooper – organ
• Buddy Miller – guitar, mando guitar, backing vocals
• Spooner Oldham – keyboards, backing vocals
• P.F. Sloan – piano, backing vocals
• Billy Swan – backing vocals
• Planet Swan – backing vocals
• Sierra Swan – backing vocals
• Jon Tiven – alto saxophone, guitar, percussion, piano, backing vocals
• Brooks Watson – backing vocals
• Lyle Workman – guitar, arrangements (disc 1: tracks 1, 3, 6–13; disc 2: 2, 11)

Technical

• Brian Borelli – assistant engineer
• Jake Burns – engineer, mixing
• Scott Carter – assistant engineer
• Marc Chevalier – engineer
• Adam Deane – assistant engineer
• Jim DeMain – mastering
• Earl Drake – additional mixing
• Jonathan Eubanks – assistant engineer
• Michael Halsband – photography
• Brent Hardy-Smith – illustrations
• Alex McCollough – assistant engineer
• Einar Pedersen – assistant engineer
• Dan Penn – engineer
• Adam Przybyla – assistant engineer
• Kevin Rains – assistant engineer
• Dan Steinman – assistant engineer
• Andrew Swainson – cover design, illustrations
• Jon Tiven – producer, engineer
• Brooks Watson – assistant engineer
• Miles Wilson – engineer
• David Z – mixing

References

1. "Fast Man Raider Man by Frank Black". Metacritic . Retrieved July 8, 2017.
2. Phares, Heather. "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man". Allmusic . Retrieved September 6, 2017.
3. "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man Review". Alternative Press : 208. August 2006.
4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
5. Hermes, Will (June 19, 2006). "Fast Man Raider Man". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
6. Lynskey, Dorian (June 23, 2006). "Frank Black, Fast Man Raider Man". The Guardian . Retrieved September 6, 2017.
7. "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man Review". Mojo : 104. August 2006.
8. "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man". NME : 37. June 17, 2006.
9. Tanari, Joe (June 20, 2006). "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 6, 2017.
10. Huyck, Ed (July 20, 2006). "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man". Popmatters . Retrieved September 6, 2017.
11. "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man Review". Uncut : 84. July 2006.
12. Fast Man Raider Man (Liner notes). Frank Black. Back Porch. 2006.