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- Summary: Frank Black of The Pixies releases his latest solo album coproduced with Eric Drew Feldman.
- Record Label: Cooking Vinyl
- Genre(s): Rock
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| When I Go Down on You | |
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| We have confusion and we're weary from the words But baby, please I know I'll get through When I go down on you, when I go down on you We'll be happy... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 9 out of 15
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Mixed: 5 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Nonstoperotik showcases Black’s gift for mixing the sinful with the sublime.
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Alternative PressHe's rarely assembled a stronger collection of songs. [May 2010, p.102]
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As it happens, most of these songs are rockers, and even the ballads possess a toughened core of energy.
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It reaffirms Black Francis’ place as a great songwriter in the rock pantheon.
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If the younger Black Francis might have transformed a cover of the Flying Burrito Brothers' "Wheels" into a cool surf epic rather than a Velvet Underground-inspired reconstruction, the elder delivers an intriguing mix of vitality and cool detachment. It's easy to take those seemingly at-odds qualities for granted, but here Black Francis sounds not just comfortable with that aesthetic but surprisingly and paradoxically in control of it as well.
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Even if this isn’t some of Francis’ most striking work, it continues the more personal vein of songwriting he began exploring after the Pixies.
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Under The RadarOver the wandering course of these 11 tracks, Francis is the aural equivalent of a boxer who's had five too many concussions coming out for one last payday. [Spring 2010, p.68]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Oct 21, 2010
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