Frank Black (album)

Frank Black (album)
Frank Black
Studio album by Frank Black
Released March 8, 1993
Recorded 1992
at The Clubhouse, Burbank, CA
Genre Alternative rock
Length 46:29
Label 4AD/Elektra
Producer Eric Drew Feldman, Frank Black
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Frank Black chronology
Frank Black
(1993)		 Teenager of the Year
(1994)

Frank Black is the first solo album from the American alternative rock musician Frank Black. The album was recorded in 1992 and released on 9 March 1993 via 4AD, after the breakup of the Pixies.

The album was similar in style, both musically and lyrically, to the Pixies' last album Trompe le Monde. Frank Black was characterized by a focus on UFOs and science fiction, although he explored other eclectic subjects, such as in "I Heard Ramona Sing", a song about the Ramones, which also appears on the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Soundtrack.

Two singles from the album - "Los Angeles" and "Hang on to Your Ego" - were released in 1993. "Los Angeles" is featured on the game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

Contents

Recording and production

While the Pixies' 1991 album Trompe le Monde was being recorded, Black, known as Black Francis at the time, had discussions with the album's producer, Gil Norton, about a possible solo record.[1] He told Norton he was keen to record again, even though he had no new material; as a result, the two decided on a covers album. However, by the time Francis visited a recording studio again in 1992, he had "plenty of tunes and musical scraps".[2]

He collaborated with Eric Drew Feldman to record new material; they began by trimming down the number of covers to one, The Beach Boys' "Hang On to Your Ego".[3] Feldman became the album's producer, and played keyboard and bass guitar on several songs,[4] with former Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago on lead guitar.[5] Francis recorded the album during the hiatus and breakup of the Pixies in late 1992 and early 1993. He then adopted the stage name "Frank Black" (inverting his old persona "Black Francis") and released the results as Frank Black in March 1993.[6]

Music

Frank Black was characterized by a focus on UFOs and science fiction, although he explored other eclectic subjects, such as in "I Heard Ramona Sing", a song about the Ramones.[7] The album was similar in style, both musically and lyrically, to the Pixies' albums Bossanova and Trompe le Monde. Feldman later said that the first record connected his solo career with Trompe le Monde, "but at the same time it is an island, like nothing else he [Black] did".[8]

In live performances, Black said the song Czar was about folk singer John Denver, particularly his energy crisis-era activism and his unsuccessful attempt to become a space tourist.

Track listing

All songs written by Frank Black except track 3, written by Brian Wilson of Beach Boys fame and Terry Sachen (in the album sleeve the song is erroneously credited to Brian Wilson and Tony Asher).

  1. "Los Angeles" - 4:08
  2. "I Heard Ramona Sing" - 3:40
  3. "Hang On to Your Ego" - 3:24
  4. "Fu Manchu" - 3:02
  5. "Places Named After Numbers" - 2:52
  6. "Czar" - 2:42
  7. "Old Black Dawning" - 2:02
  8. "Ten Percenter" - 3:28
  9. "Brackish Boy" - 1:35
  10. "Two Spaces" - 2:25
  11. "Tossed" (Instrumental Version) - 4:09
  12. "Parry the Wind High, Low" - 4:32
  13. "Adda Lee" - 2:00
  14. "Every Time I Go Around Here" - 3:31
  15. "Don't Ya Rile 'Em" - 2:52

Personnel

Notes and references

  1. ^ Gil Norton was the producer of the Pixies' records from Doolittle onwards.
  2. ^ 4AD. "4AD - Frank Black". http://www.4ad.com/frankblack/profile/. Retrieved 2006-11-29. 
  3. ^ "Rolling Stone: Frank Black: Frank Black : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. 1993-04-01. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/frankblack/albums/album/112901/review/5942903/frank_black. Retrieved 2006-11-29. 
  4. ^ "The Captain Beefheart Radar Station - Eric Drew Feldman Discography". http://www.beefheart.com/datharp/albums/mbmembers/feldman.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-29. "Eric Drew Feldman (bass, keyboards, synthetics)" 
  5. ^ Frank, Ganz, 2005. p. 187-8
  6. ^ "4AD - 1993 Releases - Frank Black". http://www.4ad.com/year/1993/releases/frankblack-0/. Retrieved 2007-01-06. 
  7. ^ "4AD - Frank Black (page 2)". 4AD. http://www.4ad.com/frankblack/profile/?page=2. Retrieved 2006-12-02. 
  8. ^ Frank, Ganz, 2005. p. 188

External links

v · d · eBlack Francis (Frank Black)
As Frank Black
Studio albums
Frank Black (1993) · Teenager of the Year (1994) · The Cult of Ray (1996) · Frank Black Francis (2004) · Honeycomb (2005) · Fast Man Raider Man (2006) · Christmass (2006)
Compilations
Oddballs (2000) · Frank Black 93–03 (2007)
Singles
Los Angeles (1993) · Hang On to Your Ego (1993) · Frank Black (1993) · Headache (1994) · Men in Black (1995) · The Marsist (1995) · I Don't Want to Hurt You (1996)
As Black Francis
Studio albums
Bluefinger (2007) · Svn Fngrs (2008) · The Golem (2010) · NonStopErotik (2010)
Singles
Threshold Apprehension (2007)
Pixies
Studio albums
Surfer Rosa (1988) · Doolittle (1989) · Bossanova (1990) · Trompe le Monde (1991)
Extended plays
Come On Pilgrim (1987) · Pixies (2002)
Other albums
Death to the Pixies (1997) · Pixies at the BBC (1997) · Complete 'B' Sides (2001) · Live in Minneapolis, MN (2004) · Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies (2004) · Minotaur (2009)
Singles
Gigantic (1988) · Monkey Gone to Heaven (1989) · Here Comes Your Man (1989) · Velouria (1990) · Dig for Fire (1990) · Planet of Sound (1991) · Alec Eiffel (1992) · Head On (1992) · Debaser (1997) · Bam Thwok (2004)
Frank Black and
the Catholics
Studio albums
Frank Black and the Catholics (1998) · Pistolero (1999) · Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day (2000, unreleased) · Dog in the Sand (2001) · Black Letter Days (2002) · Devil's Workshop (2002) · Show Me Your Tears (2003)
Compilations
One More Road for the Hit (2006) · Snake Oil (2006)
Singles
All My Ghosts (1998) · I Gotta Move (1999) · Robert Onion (2000) · St. Francis Dam Disaster (2001) · Everything Is New (2003) · Nadine (2003)
Members
Scott Boutier · Rich Gilbert · David McCaffery · Dave Philips · Lyle Workman
Grand Duchy
Petits Fours (2009) · Lovesick (2009)
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