Teenager of the Year

Infobox Album
Name = Teenager of the Year
Type = studio
Artist = Frank Black


Released = Start date|1994|5|23
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 62:51
Label = 4AD/Elektra
Producer = Eric Drew Feldman, Frank Black, Al Clay
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:b95h8qnnbtx4 link]
*Nude as the News [http://www.nudeasthenews.com/reviews/939 link]
Last album = "Frank Black"
(1993)
This album = "Teenager of the Year"
(1994)
Next album = "The Cult of Ray"
(1996)

Released in 1994, "Teenager of the Year" was Frank Black’s second solo album, produced by Eric Drew Feldman. Notable songs include "Olé Mulholland," about William Mulholland, the architect of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the St. Francis Dam, and "Big Red," about the possibility of terraforming Mars.

Track listing

# "Whatever Happened to Pong?" – 1:34
# "Thalassocracy" – 1:33
# "(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain" – 2:17
# "Calistan" – 3:22
# "The Vanishing Spies" – 3:37
# "Speedy Marie" – 3:33
# "Headache" – 2:52
# "Sir Rockaby" – 2:54
# "Freedom Rock" – 4:16
# "Two Reelers" – 3:01
# "Fiddle Riddle" – 3:29
# "Olé Mulholland" – 4:41
# "Fazer Eyes" – 3:36
# "I Could Stay Here Forever" – 2:27
# "The Hostess with the Mostest" – 1:56
# "Superabound" – 3:10
# "Big Red" – 2:41
# "Space is Gonna do me Good" – 2:22
# "White Noise Maker" – 2:42
# "Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band" – 2:20
# "Bad, Wicked World" – 1:57
# "Pie in the Sky" – 2:13

Credits

(The following are taken verbatim from the album insert.)
* Frank Black: vocals, guitar
* Eric Drew Feldman: bass, keyboards, synthetics
* Nick Vincent: drums, bass on track 11
* Lyle Workman: lead guitar
* Joey Santiago: lead guitar on tracks 8, 20, 21, 22, and second lead guitar on track 15
* Morris Tepper: lead guitar on tracks 11 and 17