Frank Black Francis

Frank Black Francis
Studio album by Frank Black
Released	October 12, 2004 (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)

Professional ratings

Aggregate 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

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

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

1. "Frank Black Francis by Frank Black". metacritic.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
2. Phares, Heather. "Black Francis/Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Allmusic . Retrieved September 5, 2017.
3. Steinberg, Lianne (October 29, 2004). "Album Review: Frank Black - Frank Black Francis". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
5. Weingarten, Marc (October 29, 2004). "Frank Black Francis". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
6. "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Mojo : 110. November 2004.
7. "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". NME : 48. October 16, 2004.
8. Tangari, Joe (October 10, 2004). "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 5, 2017.
9. "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Q : 135. December 2004.
10. "Frank Black Francis: Black Gold". Uncut . December 1, 2004. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
11. "Frank Black: Frank Black Francis". Under the Radar (8): 108.
12. FrankBlackFrancis (Liner notes). Frank Black. Cooking Vinyl / SpinART. 2004.