Fast Man Raider Man

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Fast Man Raider Man
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2006
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 the United States on June 20, 2006, [9] , and in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2006.

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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