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Show Me Your Tears - Frank Black & The Catholics
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71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

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8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 22 Ratings

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  • Summary: He's nothing if not prolific. Black's fourth album in two and a half years features 13 new tracks and appearances from some of his usual cohorts (Stan Ridgway, Joey Santiago).

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Splendid
    90
    This is not a happy album, but it might be a great one, taking the Western swagger of Dog in the Sand into bleak and stunning territory.
  2. Blender
    60
    Important? No. Remarkable? Not really. [Sep 2003, p.118]
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  3. Q Magazine
    30
    Suffers from the same faults as previous efforts: limp tunes, pompous guitar solos and an overhwlming sense of "Will this do?" [Sep 2003, p.98]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. SvenC
    10
    This album is not a grab-your-attention, jump-out-at-you album; you wouldn't play this at the next frat party. But if you can shut down your schizophrenic mind for 45 minutes, you'll be rewarded with an album that will massage your ears with catchy rhythms and in my opinion, Frank Black's best post-Pixies album to date. It's Leonard Cohen meets Tom Petty and it's more relaxing than a serving a quaaludes with a side of kava tea.… Expand
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  2. LeoK
    10
    The Catholics never disappoint. Frank is incapable of writing a bad tune.
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  3. MatthewM
    5
    Seriously lacking in comparision with older Black stuff
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