Fast Man Raider Man

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Fast Man Raider Man
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2006 (US)
July 19, 2006 (UK)
StudioThe Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa, Nashville, Tennessee
Hormone Studios, Nashville
Better Songs and Gardens, Nashville
Mower Studio, Pasadena, California
Genre
Length1:34:44
Label
Producer Jon Tiven
Frank Black chronology
Honeycomb
(2005)
Fast Man Raider Man
(2006)
Christmass
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 59/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Alternative Press 8/10 [3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B− [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 5/10 [8]
Pitchfork 6.4/10 [9]
Popmatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Fast Man Raider Man is the eleventh studio album and a double-album by Frank Black released in 2006. [9]

Contents

Track listing

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

Disc one

No.TitleWriter(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, Paley3:41
13."Golden Shore"Black, Paley3:17

Disc two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In the Time of My Ruin" 4:21
2."Down to You"Black, Paley2:18
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 Black3:18

Personnel

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

Musicians
Technical

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