Pistolero (album)

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Pistolero
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 9, 1999
RecordedFall 1998
Studio Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California
Genre Alternative rock
Length48:22
Label SpinART
Producer Nick Vincent
Frank Black and the Catholics chronology
Frank Black and the Catholics
(1998)
Pistolero
(1999)
Dog in the Sand
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
NME 5/10 [4]
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [5]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Pistolero is the second album by Frank Black and the Catholics, produced by Nick Vincent and released via spinART Records on March 9, 1999. It was recorded live, directly to a two track.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Frank Black

  1. "Bad Harmony" – 3:19
  2. "I Switched You" – 5:21
  3. "Western Star" – 3:12
  4. "Tiny Heart" – 3:32
  5. "You're Such a Wire" – 2:07
  6. "I Love Your Brain" – 3:49
  7. "Smoke Up" – 2:55
  8. "Billy Radcliffe" – 2:24
  9. "So Hard to Make Things Out" – 5:37
  10. "85 Weeks" – 2:36
  11. "I Think I'm Starting to Lose It" – 2:11
  12. "I Want Rock & Roll" – 3:02
  13. "Skeleton Man" – 3:12
  14. "So. Bay" – 5:05
  15. "Valley of Our Hope" – (Japanese Bonus Track) – 4:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [9]

Frank Black and the Catholics
Technical

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