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| yarbles |
Posted - 03/02/2004 : 17:59:04
Okay, this ain't final, but how I feel at the moment
1. Dog in the Sand
2. Show Me Your Tears
3. Frank Black
4. Teenager of the Year
5. Devil's Workshop
6. Black Letter Days
7. Frank Black and the Catholics
8. Pistolero
9. The Cult of Ray |
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 01:53:49
1. Show Me Your Tears
2. Dog in the Sand
3. Black Letter Days
4. Pistolero
5. FB and the C's
6. Frank Black
7. Teenager of the Year
8. Devils Workshop
9. Cult of Ray
 "I joined the cult of Jon Tiven/Bye!" |
| themanwhowastooloud |
Posted - 12/21/2004 : 15:04:55
it's like comparing apples to apples. some like their "Golden Delicious" all squishy...while others like their "Macintosh" crisp as winter. And for some if you eat too much you get a bellyache. Enjoy your apples
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| dayanara |
Posted - 12/16/2004 : 18:38:28
Does Frank even submit them for Grammy consideration? I bet he doesn't, I think it was pretty expensive he's on indie labels that probably don't want to shell out. Back when I was a professional musician I was a member of the the Recording Academy I voted in my specialty (classical music), and my dues were over $100 a year, if I recall correctly. Frank doesn't seem the type to spend money nominating something for a pointless award, I don't think he needs that sort of thing to feel validated as an artist.
If you really want to know, look in the Frank |
| VoVat |
Posted - 12/16/2004 : 18:30:57
Steely Dan IS popular. Just listen to a classic rock station.
"Signature quotes are so lame." --Nathan |
| mrgrieves1971 |
Posted - 12/16/2004 : 08:10:15
Why wasn't Dog in the Sand nominated for a grammy? Don't say it's all a popularity contest because Steely Dan won a few years ago. |
| simibaby |
Posted - 12/16/2004 : 03:04:14
1. Frank Black(without a doubt!)
2. Dog In The Sand (Brilliant!)
3a) TOTY
3b) BLD
..........after that, it's all yours, baby! |
| ELoRPS |
Posted - 12/15/2004 : 08:18:19
1.Teenager Of The Year
2.Frank Black
let the rest follow in whatever order,..these are the ones that showed me a different multiverse of black francis in the first place.
"Some people like cupcakes better,..I for one care less for them!" |
| VoVat |
Posted - 12/11/2004 : 10:30:56
I think an orangelero is something like a tangelo.
"Signature quotes are so lame." --Nathan |
| n/a |
Posted - 12/10/2004 : 15:31:46
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat
1. Ray Tear and the Teenagers
2. The Cult of Days
3. Black Devil of the Year
4. Orangelero
5. Show Me Your Sand
"Signature quotes are so lame." --Nathan
Those are the best...ORANGELERO is very funny!
i've never done good things
i've never done bad things
i never did anything out of the blue
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| Aurora-borealis |
Posted - 12/10/2004 : 14:38:41
Well, at the moment, i guess I'd rank the albums like this:
1. SMYT
2. The Cult Of Ray
3. TOTY
4. Frank Black
5. Dog In The Sand
6. Devil's Workshop
7. Black Letter Days
(I haven't been able to find FB and the C's or Pistolero yet...)
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| VoVat |
Posted - 12/09/2004 : 16:12:12
1. Ray Tear and the Teenagers
2. The Cult of Days
3. Black Devil of the Year
4. Orangelero
5. Show Me Your Sand
"Signature quotes are so lame." --Nathan |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 12/07/2004 : 04:04:21
1. Teenager Of The Year
The rest can all fall after this one in whatever order they like.
Franks music seems to hit me in waves depending on my mood. Today, Show Me Your Tears, tomorrow, who knows.
But one things for sure, TOTY is still king. |
| Nono le petit lutin |
Posted - 03/07/2004 : 16:33:54
ok with lots of you : there's how I feel about it at the moment
1.teenager of the year
2.frank black
3.the cult of ray
4.pistolero
5.dog in the sand
6.frank black and the catholics
7.black letters day
8.devil's workshop
9.show me your tears
maybe I am a bit nostalgic of the first FB lps, or maybe I put them ahead of my list cos I've listened to them dozens of times ... so the last ones will have their turn too.
I don't know for you but I divide FB career in several phases :
1st : TOTY + FB
2nd : COR
3rd : FB & Cs + Pistolero + DITS
4th : BLD + DW
5th : SMYT + ....
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They tried to give me advice / Down at the record shop / I said sit down boys / This may come as a shock / What's all I listen to / It's all freedom rock
... Calme et tranquille |
| Valhalla |
Posted - 03/05/2004 : 23:12:37
01. Dog in the Sand
02. Show Me Your Tears
03. Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day
04. Black Letter Days
05. Frank Black and the Catholics
06. Devils Workshop
07. Teenager of the Year
08. Frank Black
09. Cult of Ray
10. Pistolero
11. Oddballs
Don't get me wrong, I love them all, even Oddballs 
 "You take the moon / I'll take the sun..."
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| paintmeister |
Posted - 03/05/2004 : 19:01:22
1) DITS
2) FB&C
3) SMYT
4) FB
5) BLD
6) TOTY
7) Pistolero
8) COR
9) DW
That was hard. I like them all. I have not heard ssmvgd. Who wants to burn me a copy and send it to me? For a fee, of course. |
| Brackish Boy |
Posted - 03/05/2004 : 14:02:56
1)TOTY
2)Black letter days
3)Frank Black
4)Dog in the sun
5)FB&theCatholics
6)Show me your tears
7)Pistolero
8)The Cult of Ray
9)Devils's workshop |
| tonvv |
Posted - 03/05/2004 : 12:52:58
1) Black Letter Days
2) Teenager Of The Year
3) Show Me Your Tears
4) Dog In The Sand
5) Frank Black & the Catholics
6) Pistolero
7) Devil's Workshop
8) The Cult Of Ray
9) Frank Black
And this changes by the day.
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| lgamar |
Posted - 03/04/2004 : 18:19:08
1. ...waiting.......
2.smyt
3.bld
4.dws
5.dits
6.pistolero
7.fb & c
8.cor
9.toty
10.fb
oddballs and ssmvgd are both very very good. but out of list since they're not official!
last, toty is without question the best album! so far...
but to be honest the list must be like the one posted here!!!
lgamar... waiting!! |
| misleadtheworld |
Posted - 03/04/2004 : 15:40:32
1. Teenager of the Year
2. Frank Black
3. Black Letter Days
4. Dog in the Sand
5. Devil's Workshop
6. Show Me Your Tears
7. Pistolero
8. Cult of Ray
9. FB & C
like vovat says, this is subject to change with me also. i normally say for the pixies that surfer rosa is my favourite, but it's an easy way out to be honest.
also, i hope this post has a white background, this new sig just doesn't go with grey.
Frank Black / Teenager of the Decade.... |
| VoVat |
Posted - 03/04/2004 : 15:32:07
This has been done a zillion times, but here's my current ranking:
1. TOTY--Just an all-around excellent album. One of my favorites by ANY artist.
2. DITS--A VERY close second. Any album with "St. Francis Dam Disaster," "Bullet," AND "If It Takes All Night" is pretty much guaranteed to be great. Well, unless the other tracks are all crap, but they're definitely not here.
3. FB
4. DW
5. BLD--This one took a while to grow on me, but there's just so much there.
6. SMYT--I need to listen to this one some more. An all-around solid album that might climb in the ranks in the near future if I give it a few more spins.
7. COR--Starts out with a bang, and finishes with another one, but there's some not-quite-so-excellent material in the middle.
8. FB&TC
9. Pistolero--A few amazing songs, but too much subpar (for Frank, anyway) stuff to avoid the bottom spot.
This is subject to change at any moment. I really need to listen to the albums again. I'm thinking I might have ranked DW a little too high, and the first Catholics release a little too low.
Join the Culf of Buttoms / It's the Alerican way. |
| Thomas |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 16:39:43
quote:
Originally posted by El Barto
SSMVGD == not official
Oddballs == compilation
 "Join the Cult of Brit / And let your oral hygiene go out the window."
No shit Sherlock, but they always finds there way on to these lists anyway. Find someone else to correct.
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
| Treo Black |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 12:38:50
This is hard.
1. Teenager of the Year
-I guess.. I've been listening to it for so long, having a break now. I'll play this for my wife in the future as a final test.
2. Black Letter Days
-Story of my life.
3. Frank Black and the Catholics.
-Playing at the moment, rocks so much. Six first songs would make a perfect EP.
4. Show Me Your Tears
-First I disliked a country feeling of this one, but it ends up to my player all the time.
5. Dog in the Sand
-Oh hell this is hard, fift place for a perfect album? This listing is irrational.
6. Frank Black
-This is how I found FB and Pixies, random choice from library years ago. Pure love.
7. The Cult of Ray
7. Pistolero
7. Devil's Workshop
-Few best songs from each would make perfect album, don't know any lousy song but don't listen to these so much.
"9 guys lining up at the Olympics" -theory of Mrgrieves1971 is what I think as well. Ramona also puts it nicely: "It is like chosing which kid is your favorite".
Question should be more simple; which artist is your top 1 obsession?
Now I'm just employed |
| kingphilbert |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 12:31:48
I want in!
1. FB and the C
2. BLD
3. TOTY
4. DITS
5. FB
6. DW
7. SMYT
8. Pistolero
9. COR
Or somehting like that. I am partial tot he Catholics albums. If I included SSMVGD it would be in the top 5. |
| holidaysong |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 12:09:49
1. TOTY
2. SMYT
3. DITS
4. FB Self Titled
5. Pistolero
6. BLD
7. FB&TC's
8. DW
9. COR |
| ramona |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 11:27:47
quote:
Originally posted by PixieSteve
CULT eh? no Cult, or COR? ;)
FB last... is that because actually you don't like it or it's simply your least favourite. BTW, this is not me attacking you or anything, just that generally people are just too eager to post their lists to discuss or look at other people's... which is what I'm trying to do :)
I do like it, but today it is just not my top one. It is like chosing which kid is your favorite. I think it is changeable. When SMYT came out, it probably would have been higher but then I kinda burned myself out on it. It is an ever changing list.
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"Music does not drag me down. Music lifts me up." - Frank Black |
| George42 |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 11:15:53
TOTY
Frank Black
DITS
Frank Black and the Catholics
SMYT
Pistolero
COR
DW
BLD
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 09:53:53
CULT eh? no Cult, or COR? ;)
FB last... is that because actually you don't like it or it's simply your least favourite. BTW, this is not me attacking you or anything, just that generally people are just too eager to post their lists to discuss or look at other people's... which is what I'm trying to do :) |
| ramona |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 09:18:55
This post should be sticky - this seems to pop up again and again. What is it about ranking that we all love so much? We must pick favorites!
I will play again,
1. BLD
2. DITS
3. FB & the c's
4. Devil's Workshop
5. SSMVGD (it is in my top 5 even if it is not "official")
6. TOTY
7. Pistelero
8. SMYT
9. CULT
10. FB
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"Music does not drag me down. Music lifts me up." - Frank Black |
| theonecontender |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 09:13:29
1. Teenager of the year
2. Dog in the Sand
3. FB & the c's
4. Pistolero
5. Frank Black
6. Show me your tears
7. Cult of Ray
8. Devil's Workshop
9. Black Letter Days
a tough one.. and my list would be different if I wrote it tomorrow. |
| bedrock_barney |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 08:33:29
First time I've tried this one. It would probably change next week (although the top 2 would always remain unchanged).
1. Teenager of the Year
2. Frank Black
3. Dog in the Sand
4. Cult of Ray
5. Devil's Workshop
6. Pistolero
7. Show Me Your Tears
8. Frank Black & the Catholics
9. Black Letter Days
 "The Pixies are reforming?? / I say bring back Abba, ahaaa!!!" |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 08:15:07
these things are very hard for me, but...
1. Frank Black
2. Teenager of the Year
3. Dog in the Sand
4. Show Me Your Tears
5. Black Letter Days
6. Frank Black & the Catholics
7. Devil's Workshop
8. Cult of Ray
9. Pistolero <--- only listened to once, yesterday. |
| mrgrieves1971 |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 07:48:27
I think if TOTY had a few less tracks, it would be higher up there for me, but as a complete album, it's longer than it needs to be. DITS is his best, most complete album, end to end.
1. Dog In The Sand
2. Pistolero
3. Frank Black
4. Teenager Of The Year
5. Black Letter Days
6. Show Me Your Tears
7. Frank Black & The Catholics
8. Cult Of Ray
9. Devil's Workshop
By the way, this is like 9 guys lining up at the Olympics to run the 100 yard dash and the only difference between the guy that comes in first and the guy that comes in last is 1/2 a second. They are all top class Olympic athletes. Know what I'm saying?
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| langdonboom |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 07:10:02
1. teenager of the year
2. show me your tears
3. dog in the sand
4. frank black & the catholics
5. devil's workshop
6. black letter days
7. frank black
8. pistolero
9. the cult of ray
Alienation confers freedom. Obscurity will keep you pure. Pray that you won’t be discovered young, so that you won’t be tempted to sell out early, or won’t be seduced by celebrity.
--THE PATH OF THE ARTIST |
| benji |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 06:29:35
1. dog in the sand
2. show me your tears
3. black letter days
4. pistolero
5. teenager of the year
6. frank black
7. the cult of ray
8. devil's workshop
9. frank black & the catholics
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 06:16:50
1. Teenager of the Year
2. Dog in the Sand
3. Show Me Your Tears
4. Frank Black
5. Black Letter Days
6. Devil's Workshop
7. The Cult of Ray
8. Frank Black and the Catholics
9. Pistolero
 "Welcome back to the 10th grade!" |
