Frank Black
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Biography
[Edit]Inverting his stage name from Black Francis to Frank Black, the former Pixies lead singer/songwriter embarked on a solo career after he broke up the band in early 1993; actually, he began recording his solo album before he told the band the news. Working with former Pere Ubu member Eric Drew Feldman, Black occasionally heads into the ferocious post-punk guitar territory that marked such landmark albums as Surfer Rosa and Doolittle, but more frequently he plays up his considerably underrated melodic side. His self-titled 1993 debut album was an adventurous sketchbook of pop styles ranging from surf rock to heavy metal; from Beatlesque pop to new wave. Black's second album, 1994's Teenager of the Year, was a sprawling and diverse album that amplified all the best points of Frank Black. Although it received favorable reviews and had an alternative radio hit with "Headache," it slipped off the charts two weeks after its release. Black parted ways with Elektra and 4AD in early 1995, signing a new record contract with American in the U.S. and Sony in Europe. He released his first album for American and Sony, the hard-rocking The Cult of Ray, in January 1996. The Cult of Ray hardly found the wide audience Black had hoped for, selling considerably less than his two previous efforts.
Early in 1997, American was forced to close briefly as they straightened out their financial problems. Black was lost in the shuffle. He had recorded an album with the Catholics — essentially just a renamed version of his The Cult of Ray supporting band — but was unable to release it due to American's problems. Eventually, he wrangled himself free from both American and Sony. Early in 1998, he signed with Play It Again Sam in England, and he released Frank Black and the Catholics that spring. He was left without an American record contract until spinART picked up the album for release in the U.S. in August. Pistolero followed in 1999. Dog in the Sand was issued two years later. In 2002, Black returned with two albums, the ambitious Black Letter Days and The Devil's Workshop, a more laid-back effort. Show Me Your Tears, which was inspired by Black's therapy sessions, followed a year later.
He returned to prominence in 2004 with a Pixies reunion, a project that included North American tours that spring and fall; an appearance at the Coachella festival; dates in Europe and the U.K. that summer, including a performance at the T in the Park festival; Pixies, a DVD retrospective; a new best-of collection, Wave of Mutilation: The Best of Pixies; and last but not least, the possibility of a new Pixies album. That fall, Frank Black Francis, a double-disc set of early Pixies demos and reinterpretations of Pixies songs by Black and the Two Pale Boys, arrived in the midst of all this activity. The Pixies reunion tour continued into 2005; that summer, Black released Honeycomb, a collection of songs recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, featuring performances by session greats such as Spooner Oldham, Reggie Young, Anton Fig, and Steve Cropper. He reunited with this crew and added a host of other guest stars for 2006's sprawling double-album Fast Man Raider Man, which he supported with a string of dates opening for Foo Fighters.
Though 2007's Bluefinger was a concept album about the life and death of Dutch painter/punk rocker Herman Brood, it featured some of Black's most ferocious rock in years — so much so, in fact, that it was credited to his Pixies persona Black Francis. Frank Black returned the following year with The Seus EP, which preceded the mini-album SVN FNGRS, a set of songs inspired by the Irish legend of Cúchulainn. In 2010 Black, still working under his Black Francis moniker, released the sexually charged NonStopErotik and a five-disc, limited-edition version of his music for the 1920 silent horror movie The Golem, directed by Carl Boese and Paul Wegener. In 2011, a single-disc version of The Golem and a B-sides collection, Abbabubba, arrived. Paley & Francis, a collaboration with longtime friend Reid Paley with contributions from Muscle Shoals aces Spooner Oldham and David Hood, was also released. In 2012, a pair of live releases, Live at the Melkweg and Live in Nijmegen, were released by Bureau B Records.
Title: Hate Me: Wetlands New York City, 13th June 94
Artist: Frank Black
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Title: Frank Black & the Catholics
Artist: Frank Black, The Catholics
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative
Title: The Complete Recordings
Artist: Frank Black, The Catholics
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative
Title: The Black Sessions - Live In Paris - Plus The Kitchen Tapes
Artist: Frank Black
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
Title: Songs For Slim: The King & Queen / Ain't Exactly Good
Artist: You Am I, Frank Black, The Suicide Commandos
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: The Black Sessions (Live In Paris) + The Kitchen Tapes
Artist: Frank Black
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: Songs For Slim: The King & Queen / Ain't Exactly Good - Single
Artist: You Am I, Frank Black
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Frank Black And The Catholics (Limited Edition)
Artist: The Catholics, Frank Black
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: Gimme Danger (Ne Grungeopolis Mix) - Single
Artist: Frank Black
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day
Artist: The Catholics, Frank Black
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: Live At Melkweg (March 24th, 2001)
Artist: Frank Black, The Catholics
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Collections
Title: You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
Genre: Country
Title: Alternative Country Masterpieces
Genre: Country
Title: Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander
Genre: Electronica, Pop
Title: Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy
Genre: Alternative
Title: Hello Radio: The Songs of They Might Be Giants
Genre: Rock
Title: Slice Of 1928
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dance the 1920s (Vol. 6)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Simply Acoustic
Genre: Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Easy Listening
Title: Best - Blues Rock
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Singer Songwriters
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: A Rocking Time Mixtape: 2Min -
Genre: Ambient, Trip Hop, Electronica, Industrial, Hip Hop/R&B, Avant Garde Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Blues Rock, Experimental Rock, Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Glam Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave, Psychedelic Rock, Punk, Post Punk, World Music, Country Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Indie, Experimental
Title: Easy Acoustic CD 01
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Acoustics Lounge Vol. 32 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Acoustic, Lounge
Title: Acoustics Lounge Vol. 32 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Acoustic, Lounge
Title: Rock Top 600 Vol. 4 (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Facing The Other Way (Volume Two: 1990-1999)
Genre: Rock, Post Punk, Alternative, Indie
Title: The Complete Recordings
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Rock, Punk Rock, World Music
Title: 60s To 90s Hits - Retro Weekly (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Pop, Country Pop
Title: Retro Love Tide (CD2)
Genre: Glam Rock, New Wave, Punk, Synth Pop, Alternative
Title: Hit Pop Classics Untitled (CD2)
Genre: Gospel, Jazz, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Disco, Folk
Title: Super Making Plans Funk (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: Compact Sweet Disco Songs
Genre: Electro, Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Heavy Metal, World Music, Alternative, Folk
Title: Cooking Vinyl 1986-2016 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Indie Rock
Title: If You’re Going To The City- A Tribute To Mose Allison
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues Mystery 2020 (CD1)
Title: 100 Greatest Alternative 90s (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Metal, Alternative
Featuring albums
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Artist: Leonard Bernstein, Symphony Orchestra, Don Gillis, Guido Cantelli, Emanuel Vardi, Milton Katim, Samuel Antek
Genre:
Title: Songs For Slim - Rockin Here Tonight - A Benefit Compilation For Slim Dunlap
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: X-Files (Songs In The Key Of X) (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Mark Snow
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Ciao My Shining Star - The Songs of Mark Mulcahy
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop, Alternative
Title: Telling Lies 50th Birthday Concert (Bootleg) (CD1)
Artist: David Bowie
Genre: Electronica, Rock, New Wave, Punk Rock
Title: I'm In Love Again (Recordings Of 1927, First Lady Of Radio)
Artist: Vaughn De Leath
Genre: Jazz