Honeycomb - Frank Black
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  • Summary: Before reuniting The Pixies, Black recorded this mellow solo disc in four days in a Nashville studio, backed by veteran southern session musicians.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. He's discovered a mellow maturity in Southern soul - and without losing his punk rock perversity or poetry.
  2. Black's take on Southern soul: spare, graceful, in the pocket, with Black himself sounding reborn and relaxed. [22 Jul 2005, p.78]
  3. The tension of is-this-a-joke-or-serious is perhaps the largest aspect of the album's subtle, growing charm. [#10, p.105]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. PaulA
    10
    I was a huge Pixies fan back in the day but I hadn't really got into Frank Black's solo stuff until I recently bought Bluefinger, Dog in the Sand and Honeycomb practically at the same time... I'm a big fan again! Expand
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  2. daniela
    10
    brilliant! from trompe le monde to this... makes complete sense to me!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ScottY
    3
    Nothing bad...just nothing really exciting, either. Sort of jazz-like, which I wasn't really expecting.
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