| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 08/13/2024 : 08:15:14
I've been going through Demon Record's excellent Frank Black/Frank Black & The Catholics reissues series recently, and thought it would be fun to try and sequence a 2LP or CD-length "Best of Frank Black & the Catholics."
Here's my first try. I've aimed to keep each side at 20 minutes or under, to give a sense of the variety/different flavours of the band, to sequence with side openers/closers in mind, to include a few choice non-album tracks, and to keep each of the albums relatively well-represented (although this isn't always possible).
Side A:
All My Ghosts (3:32)
Living On Soul (2:44)
I Gotta Move (3:37)
Dog Gone (3:00)
Western Star (3:12)
So. Bay (5:05)
Side B
I Switched You (5:21)
Billy Radcliff (2:24)
Angst (1:31)
Pan American Highway (4:20)
Bullet (3:53)
Dog In the Sand (3:45)
Side C
St. Francis Dam Disaster (5:02)
Llano del Rio (4:14) (alternatively: Robert Onion 4:01)
Cold Heart of Stone (3:19)
End of Miles (3:49)
I Will Run After You (3:58)
Side D
San Antonio, TX (3:43)
Out of State (2:29) His Kingly Cave (4:44)
Nadine (3:05)
Don't Clip Your Wings (1:53)
Massif Central (4:52)
Manitoba (4:33)
Songs that are next in line but didn't make it because of space: I've Seen Your Picture, Coastline, Everything is New, Stake & Sabre, Whiskey in Your Shoes, Whispering Weeds.
Songs I would consider taking off to make room, but think serve a purpose of showing their dexterity: I Gotta Move, So. Bay, Angst, Llano del Rio
Songs that were on the Best of 93-03 that I did not not include, but likely would be included in an official release: Bad Harmony, Robert Onion, Hermaphroditos, California Bound, Velvety
What do people think? How would you compose it? |
| 10 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 09/28/2024 : 10:18:46
Some adjustments - mostly taking out two relatively long songs (So. Bay and His Kingly Cave) to provide more breathing room for some relatively shorter songs (Robert Onion, Valentine and Garuda, Velvety, and Coastline), while allowing a couple of the sides to get to 21-22 minutes in length:
Side A:
All My Ghosts (3:32)
Living On Soul (2:44)
I Gotta Move (3:37)
Dog Gone (3:00)
Western Star (3:12)
I Switched You (5:21)
Side B
Billy Radcliffe (2:24)
Angst (1:31)
Pan American Highway (4:20)
Bullet (3:53)
Robert Onion (4:01)
Dog In the Sand (3:45)
Side C
St. Francis Dam Disaster (5:02)
Llano del Rio (4:14)
Cold Heart of Stone (3:19)
End of Miles (3:49)
Valentine and Garuda (3:13)
I Will Run After You (3:58)
Side D
San Antonio, TX (3:43)
Velvety (2:28)
Nadine (3:05)
Don't Clip Your Wings (1:53)
Massif Central (4:52)
Coastline (1:57)
Manitoba (4:33)
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| two reelers |
Posted - 09/03/2024 : 12:13:44
And here is the same for the Pre-Catholics period (although the alphabetical order doesn't seem to work as much here):
Abstract Plain
Announcement
At The End Of The World
Brackish Boy
Calistan
The Cult Of Ray
Don't Ya Rile 'em
Freedom Rock
Hate Me
Headache
The Last Stand Of Shazeb Andleeb
Los Angeles
The Marsist
Parry The Wind High,Low
Sir Rockaby
Speedy Marie
Ten Percenter
Thalassocracy
Two Spaces
Two Reelers
Village Of The Sun
You Aint Me
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
| two reelers |
Posted - 09/03/2024 : 11:13:00
Openers? Closers? Order? Did the uninspired alphabetic reshuffle. All My Ghosts for sure is a good opener. Took off Announcement because it is not FB&TC period, and replaced it with Coastline.
All My Ghosts
Angst
Announcement
Billy Radcliff
Black Letter Day
California Bound
Coastline
Do Nothing (Cover)
I Want Rock'n'Roll
I Will Run After You
Living On Soul
Llano Del Rio
Manitoba
Massif Central
Pan American Highway
Sleep
Solid Gold
Southbound Bevy
Suffering
St. Francis Dam Disaster
This Old Heartache
Valentine and Garuda
You Are Such A Wire
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 09/03/2024 : 07:38:53
quote:
Originally posted by two reelers
Living On Soul
Billy Radcliff
I Want Rock'n'Roll
All My Ghosts
Suffering (no-one included that yet???)
St. Francis Dam Disaster
Southbound Bevy
California Bound
Black Letter Day
This Old Heartache
Manitoba
Do Nothing (Cover)
Angst
Pan American Highway
Sleep
I Will Run After You
Valentine and Garuda
Llano Del Rio
Massif Central
You Are Such A Wire
Solid Gold
Announcement (is it FB&TC period?)
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band
If Announcement counts then that would either be my opener or my closer
Although it's hard to resist opening with So. Bay |
| two reelers |
Posted - 09/03/2024 : 01:52:30
Living On Soul
Billy Radcliff
I Want Rock'n'Roll
All My Ghosts
Suffering (no-one included that yet???)
St. Francis Dam Disaster
Southbound Bevy
California Bound
Black Letter Day
This Old Heartache
Manitoba
Do Nothing (Cover)
Angst
Pan American Highway
Sleep
I Will Run After You
Valentine and Garuda
Llano Del Rio
Massif Central
You Are Such A Wire
Solid Gold
Announcement (is it FB&TC period?)
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
| Stevio10 |
Posted - 08/31/2024 : 08:51:22
Can easily make a comprehensive playlist that would last for hours but thought I'd whittle it down to an albums worth - 14 songs of my favourites.
St Francis Dam Disaster
Western Star
All My Ghosts
Chip Away Boy
I Switched You
I've Seen Your Picture
Some Things (I Can't Get Used To)
The Swimmer
Whiskey In Your Shoes
Robert Onion
I Will Run After You
Pan American Highway
Stupid Me
Dog In The Sand |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 08/14/2024 : 01:45:29
quote:
Originally posted by Jamie
I've tried to do this in the past and I always get stuck, so I did sort of a concept version. The ABCs of FB & the Cs. I tried to represent the albums somewhat equally, and obviously I had to cheat on a few.
1. All My Ghosts
2. Bullet
3. Cold Heart of Stone
4. Dog Gone
5. End of Miles
6. Fields of Marigold
7. Goodbye Lorraine
8. Hermaphroditos
9. I Switched You
10. Jaina Blues
11. King and Queen of Siam
12. Llano Del Rio
13. Massif Centrale
14. Nadine
15. Out Of State
16. Pan-American Highway
17. (Jane The) Queen of Love
18. Robert Onion
19. St Francis Dam Disaster
20. Twenty-One Reasons
21. U Never Heard About Me
22. Velvety
23. Western Star
24. siX siXty siX
25. You're Such A Wire
26. 85 Weeks (No ZZZs, get it?)
That was great! I love the way you did that. I would definitely support this release |
| Jamie |
Posted - 08/13/2024 : 20:47:58
I've tried to do this in the past and I always get stuck, so I did sort of a concept version. The ABCs of FB & the Cs. I tried to represent the albums somewhat equally, and obviously I had to cheat on a few.
1. All My Ghosts
2. Bullet
3. Cold Heart of Stone
4. Dog Gone
5. End of Miles
6. Fields of Marigold
7. Goodbye Lorraine
8. Hermaphroditos
9. I Switched You
10. Jaina Blues
11. King and Queen of Siam
12. Llano Del Rio
13. Massif Centrale
14. Nadine
15. Out Of State
16. Pan-American Highway
17. (Jane The) Queen of Love
18. Robert Onion
19. St Francis Dam Disaster
20. Twenty-One Reasons
21. U Never Heard About Me
22. Velvety
23. Western Star
24. siX siXty siX
25. You're Such A Wire
26. 85 Weeks (No ZZZs, get it?) |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 08/13/2024 : 11:46:17
Thanks! I hadn't made it to Devil's Workshop and had mixed up Out of State and His Kingly Cave - I've made the replacement, but I wish I could find room for "Out of State" or "Whiskey in Your Shoes" to better represent Devil's Workshop. I think the problem might be an overloading of FB&TC and Pistolero on sides A and B that creates a scarcity of space for BLD and DW. Perhaps getting rid of one of "I Gotta Move", "So. Bay" or "I Switched You" could help rebalance. Having both "So. Bay" and "I Switched You" might be overkill, but I like the sequencing as side closers and openers. |
| Stevio10 |
Posted - 08/13/2024 : 10:35:43
Initial thoughts are...this is tough!
It's a great list of songs you have there and though I probably wouldn't purposely take any of them out, I would have to make room for Chip Away Boy, Robert Onion, Some Things, The Swimmer, Stupid Me and I've Seen Your Picture.
I'd have to think about it more and in what order, though yours is pretty great. It's interesting now looking back at this body of work over what a 5 or 6 year period, that was a great era. |
