| Black, Frank and the Catholics / Show Me Your Tears |
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| Album: | Show Me Your Tears | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Black, Frank and the Catholics | Added: | Sep 2003 | |
| Label: | Spin Art | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-12-08 | Pull Date: | 2004-02-09 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 18 | Jan 11 | Jan 4 | Dec 21 | Dec 14 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 07, 2006: | knifefishhappyhour Everything Is New | 4. | Aug 04, 2005: | Blues For the Red Sun Nadine | |
| 2. | Apr 13, 2006: | knifefishhappyhour Everything Is New | 5. | Feb 04, 2004: | press and release Massif Centrale | |
| 3. | Oct 05, 2005: | Epic Distruction Massif Centrale | 6. | Jan 27, 2004: | Today is a Insipid Day (To Blow Up a Post Office) Massif Centrale |
| Album Review |
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| Natty Reviewed 2003-11-22 | ||
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Dark, country tinged rock songs. If Frank Black is trying to model his career on Lou Reed’s, he’s doing a good job so far. Compare: both start their careers with four albums of abso-fuck-a-lootly brilliant work with a seminal, genre shaping band, then proceed to a steady stream of solo albums of ever-decreasing brilliance. Following these trends, in 20 years Black will be recording tripped out spoken word interpretations of mid-19th century American poets. This album, meanwhile, is Black’s equivalent to “Coney Island Baby”: a nice, accessible, yet somehow mediocre album. It’s decidedly countrified, with piano and steel guitar all over. Black’s vocals are laconic, and only rarely do we see the old Pixies-esque energy. Still, it does a decent job when it tries to be darker, and hopefully it can tide us all over till the reunion tour. Best tracks: 2, then 1, 5, 7, 8, 10. *1. Dark, bass-heavy blues. A little bit of screaming. Yay! **2. Mellow, catchy. My favorite on the album. 3. Unimpressive countryish song. Bad lyrics. 4. Riff driven, mid-tempo rocker. A bit too Rod Stewart-y (who would’ve thought you could ever say that about a Frank Black song?) *5. Slow, dark, lots of piano. 6. Up-tempo, so-so country ballad. One ‘fuck’ near the end. *7. Good rocker, cool falsetto, strong breakdown. Rock! *8. Softer, sad. I like it. 9. Waaay too country. *10. Dark, moody. Got some cool moans in there. 11. Mediocre, but short. | ||
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