by
Frank Black
- Record Label: Back Porch / Cooking Vinyl
- Release Date: Jun 20, 2006
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Black's voice is less interesting when he's not going postal with the Pixies; here he delivers dark visions wanly, with a nod to Nick Cave and a saving touch of camp.
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[A] compendium of mostly refined Americana, albeit filtered through Black's uniquely cockeyed worldview.
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There is a very good album here-- you just have to work for it.
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FilterIt's impossible to decide whether Black is tourist or guide in the land of dusty genres he evokes. [#21, p.102]
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Alternative PressThat rare double album with enough life in it to deserve that much real estate. [Aug 2006, p.208]
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MojoWhile it might've been more digestible as a single CD, Black strives for a wide scope that makes the album's elegant songcraft, musical telepathy and poetic unpredictability all the more satisfying. [Aug 2006, p.104]
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If it weren't for the album's studio polish, it'd feel like an extremely well-recorded concert -- it has the ebb and flow of a good live set, and its expansive warmth ends up making its length work in its favor.
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It’s Frank Black on his first real roll as a solo artist.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 24
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Mixed: 3 out of 24
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Negative: 2 out of 24
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Sep 12, 2019One of the best album of Frank Black. Nevertheless, many songs would have deserved to be better produced.
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AlexFSep 20, 2006
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RatCoreSep 19, 2006