Who's stopped going WTF about the new Frank Black?

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:47 am

Afer the initial suprise at what a straightforward, unquirky singer-songwriter CD it is, the songs are proving to be very strong, I think.

Maybe not as fun overall, but they prove he can be not-obtuse and still likeable.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

i loved it on first listen, i love it even more now.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:54 pm

Still a major disappointment. It all seems a little too timid to me, as if Frank Black and all those studio pros were afraid to upstage each other. Plus the melodies are so similar all the songs sorta blend into one another. And on top of all that (and as, I think, billy g said), definitely the worst version of "Dark End Of The Street" this side of Michael Bolton.

That said, I kinda like the album. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody, though.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:57 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Still a major disappointment. It all seems a little too timid to me, as if Frank Black and all those studio pros were afraid to upstage each other. Plus the melodies are so similar all the songs sorta blend into one another. And on top of all that (and as, I think, billy g said), definitely the worst version of "Dark End Of The Street" this side of Michael Bolton.

That said, I kinda like the album. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody, though.

Yeah, I'm just keeping my dissapointment to myself, thank you very much.

It does have some pretty fine moments, though.....

Kingfish · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:05 pm

I am massively dissappointed for pretty much all the reasons Rads said.

Harry Monster · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:17 pm

It's meh. Radcliffe is right when he said it was timid.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

love this album from start to finish.
i listened to it five times in one day once.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:28 pm

I like it, but it does sort of melt together. I much prefer Black Letter Days.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:47 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

It all seems a little too timid to me

Exactly. I was hoping for some stomping country romps, but instead I got a cd of neat little country-ish ballads, mid-tempo songs.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:50 pm

I still like it quite a lot, but I was never a rabid fan of his solo stuff so it suffers very little in comparison to his previous output.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:39 pm

WTF - there's a new Frank Black album out there?

Oh well - I'll listen to "Teenager" in recognition, then try to forget this fact...

Only a few songs since "Frank Black and the Catholics" have piqued my interest...

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

I have been really trying, desperately trying, to find something about solo Frank Black that I like as much as the Pixies. I only have his first two records. Everytime I try to listen to one of them though, I just get frustrated and throw a Pixies album on. Help!

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:56 pm

Considering that he only spent four days recording it the songs do come out pretty well.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:59 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

I have been really trying, desperately trying, to find something about solo Frank Black that I like as much as the Pixies. I only have his first two records. Everytime I try to listen to one of them though, I just get frustrated and throw a Pixies album on. Help!

Try "Blast Off" from Dog In The Sand. And crank it. If that doesn't work, you may have to accept the fact that you just like the Pixies better.

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