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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. This is an arresting album that doesn't let go of your attention.
  2. His most interesting work since Teenager of the Year, Dog in the Sand sounds like a slightly slower, rootsier version of that album.
  3. Dog In The Sand' is unquestionably Frank Black's finest solo album.
  4. Strangely enough, it seems the further Black distances himself from his heroic work in The Pixies, the better he gets.
  5. His third record with the Catholics, "Dog In The Sand," furthers the ex-Pixies frontman's recent explorations into bare-bones rock'n'roll.
  6. Having traded in affected spooky vocals and idiosyncratic song structures for straight-ahead rock, however, Black seems to suffer a crisis of confidence on "Dog in the Sand."
  7. By and large, the disc is made up of ambitious but misguided attempts to elevate mundane rock 'n' roll to some kind of higher art form.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. EchoDenver
    Oct 4, 2001
    10
    This will probably be re-released as Frank Black and the Catholics Greatest Hits. Every song an infectious treat ringing in your ears!
  2. Jan 5, 2012
    8
    Frank Black's best non-Pixies record by miles. Some of the material on this is up there with his best. Full of sharp and spikey AmericanaFrank Black's best non-Pixies record by miles. Some of the material on this is up there with his best. Full of sharp and spikey Americana blues. I can keep coming back to this record and it always sounds great. Expand