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Frank Black Francis (album)

Frank Black Francis
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Studio album by Frank Black
Released October 12, 2004 (2004-10-12)
Recorded March 1987, 2004 (Pixies-era recordings)
Genre Alternative rock
Length 84:54
Label SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
Producer Two Pale Boys (Andy Diagram and Keith Moliné) on disc two
Frank Black chronology
Show Me Your Tears
(2003)Show Me Your Tears2003
Frank Black Francis
(2004)
Honeycomb
(2005)Honeycomb2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 69/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars
Drowned in Sound 8/10
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B+
Mojo 4/5 stars
NME 8/10
Pitchfork 7.4/10
Q 2/5 stars
Uncut 4/5 stars
Under the Radar 6/10 stars

Frank Black Francis is a 2-CD set released in 2004 by Frank Black, roughly coinciding with the Pixies reunion tour. Disc 1 consists of a March 1987 solo acoustic demo tape recorded by engineer Gary Smith, just prior to the first Pixies recording session. Disc 2 is a contemporary recording of Frank Black reworking a number of Pixies songs with Keith Moliné and Andy Diagram, who are part of David Thomas and Two Pale Boys.

All tracks composed by Black Francis

Disc one {Black Francis demos}

Disc two {treated}


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