Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five

Infobox Album | Name = Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five
Type = Album
Artist = Braid
Released = 1995
Recorded =
Genre = Post-hardcore
Length =
Label = Divot Records
Producer =
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Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five is the debut full-length album by Braid in 1995 on Divot Records. The album features 26 tracks, each one beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. The songs are short (peaking at just over four minutes but often as brief as only one), sporadic and more abrasive than future Braid releases, often slipping into hard-core and back again within the songs' compact run times.

In between each song is a brief interlude of AM static noise broken up by roughly ten-second excerpts of songs by Braid and other bands from the Campaign, Illinois area. These interludes are unlisted and uncredited.

Track listing

# "Angel Falls" – 2:25
# "Capricorn" – 3:17
# "Minuet" – 1:59
# "New Dollar Building" – 2:23
# "Lining Lake Michigan" – 2:26
# "Wax Wings" – 1:08
# "Garner Hall Music Room" – 2:14
# "Hugs from Boys" – 4:06
# "Three Point Turn" – 1:52
# "Eyore and Easel" – 3:26
# "Red Dye Company" – 1:08
# "Summer Salt" – 2:36
# "X Marks the Hope Box" – 1:53
# "Brass Knuckle Sandwich" – 3:32
# "Dolores" – 1:09
# "Under the Influence of Tricycle Mechanics" – 2:44
# "Featherweight" – 2:39
# "Ornamental" – 3:08
# "Kissy Windmill Print" – 2:25
# "Jane Describes John" – 3:18
# "Quarters" – 2:33
# "Interstate 57" – 1:47
# "Yawn London" – 3:00
# "Vest of Interest" – 2:06
# "Pipsqueak" – 3:02
# "Zero Frisco" – 2:36