Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year on CD

Description

No sooner had the last crashing chords of The Pixies faded into silence, than their frontman, Black Francis, changed his name yet again--this time, to Frank Black--and settled into eccentric musical middle-age. An eponymous solo album saw him shrug off much of his previous band's legacy --his tone seemed more playful, though hardly any less perverse--and he followed it a year later with this sprawling (22 songs!) collection, its lyrics touching upon all his familiar obsessions, his tone ranging from the genuinely deranged to the self-consciously weird. Inevitably, given the sheer volume of material here, there's something of a problem with quality-control--"Headache" might be one of his more irresistible melodies, yet tracks like "(I Want To Live On An) Abstract Plain" and "Big Red" seem to have been written and performed on autopilot. Still, you sense that its maker might not exactly care; this time, he's attempting to please no one but himself.

Tracks:
1. Whatever Happened To Pong?
2. Thalassocracy
3. (I Want To Live On) Abstract Plain
4. Calistan
5. The Vanishing Spies
6. Speedy Marie
7. Headache
8. Sir Rockaby
9. Freedom Rock
10. Two Reelers
11. Fiddle Riddle
12. Ole Mulholland
13. Fazer Eyes
14. I Could Stay Here Forever
15. The Hostess Witht the Mostest
16. Superabound
17. Big Red
18. Space is Gonna Do Me Good
19. White Noise Maker
20. Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band
21. Bad, Wicked World
22. Pie In the Sky