Paley & Francis

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Paley & Francis
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Studio album by
Paley & Francis (Black Francis and Reid Paley)
ReleasedOctober 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)
RecordedSeptember 2010
StudioHormone Studios, Nashville
Genre Rock, roots rock, alternative rock
Length35:59
Label Cooking Vinyl, Sonic Unyon, Demon Music Group
Producer Jon Tiven
Black Francis chronology
Abbabubba
(2011)
Paley & Francis
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 60/100 [1]
Review scores
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Consequence of Sound C− [3]
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Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Under the Radar 5/10 [6]

Paley & Francis is a studio album by Paley & Francis (Reid Paley and Black Francis), recorded in Nashville in September 2010, and released in the UK & Europe on October 10, 2011 on Cooking Vinyl, and in North America on October 11, 2011 on Sonic Unyon. [7] [8]

Contents

The album was produced by Jon Tiven, and features Reid Paley and Black Francis on guitars and vocals, accompanied by Muscle Shoals legends Spooner Oldham on piano and David Hood on bass.

Paley & Francis debuted live in early September 2011 with club performances in Albany NY, Buffalo NY, and Hamilton Ontario (unannounced), and as one of the headliners of Hamilton Ontario's Supercrawl Festival. The band for these performances consisted of Reid Paley & Black Francis on guitars and vocals, Eric Eble (of the Reid Paley Trio) on bass, and Dave Varriale on drums.

The Paley & Francis album was re-released as a vinyl LP in 2022 by Demon Music Group. [9]

Track listing

All music written by Black Francis and Reid Paley, lyricists noted below

  1. "Curse" (Francis) – 3:45
  2. "On the Corner" (Paley) – 2:18
  3. "Magic Cup" (Francis) – 3:47
  4. "Ugly Life" (Paley) – 3:55
  5. "Seal" (Francis) – 4:29
  6. "The Last Song" (Paley) – 3:38
  7. "Crescent Moon" (Francis) – 3:26
  8. "Deconstructed" (Paley) – 3:44
  9. "Praise" (Francis) – 3:36
  10. "Happy Shoes" (Paley) – 3:22

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [10]

Musicians
Technical

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