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Posted - 12/08/2006 : 12:40:32 http://www.slivermagazine.com/news/2006/12/frank-black-to-make-christmas-album.html
Frank Black To Make Christmas Album
by Ian and Pete 12/05/2006 10:46:00 PM
Following in the steps of such diverse acts as Sufjan Stevens, Aimee Mann, Mannheim Steamroller, and last but certainly not least, John Denver with The Muppets, Pixies frontman Frank Black is due to release his own Christmas album.
According to NME, the album, which is titled "Christmass" and consists of new songs and live versions of previously released material, is due to see the light of day on December 18.
However, if you just can't wait until the 18th to open your present from Uncle Francis, you can order the album here.
So who's next to release a Christmas album, either this year or in future time. My guess? Tupac. He's already released more albums as a dead man than he did when he was alive. It's not like a Christmas album is that farfetched a notion.
(Graef)
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Pixies Frontman To Release Christmas Album
Pixies singer Frank Black is to release a Christmas album on 18th December.
The album, entitled 'Christmass', will consist of live acoustic tracks recorded this summer, as well as five tracks recorded in hotel rooms and Planet of Sound Studios in Connecticut.
A DVD is also included with footage from one of the live acoustic shows. The CD and DVD package is only available through mail order at cookingvinyl.com.
Pixies are planning to start work on their first album in 16 years in the new year.[/size=1]
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Frank Black 'Christmass' CD/DVD + interview! Category: Music
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This release is comprised of live Frank Black acoustic recordings from Summer 2006, along with five studio tracks recorded partly in hotel rooms and partly at Planet of Sound studios in Hartford, Connecticut. The set also features a DVD (NTSC format) with selections from one of the live acoustic shows and the whole things features seven new songs in total. The project was produced by longtime Pixies' camp member Myles Mangino. While the CD/DVD may one fine day be distributed to retail outlets, it is currently available as an exclusive to recordstore.co.uk and cooking vinyl's online store....
CD Tracklisting
1. Do What You Want Gyaneshwar 2. Bullet 3. I Burn Today 4. Wave of Mutilation 5. Living on Soul 6. She's My Way 7. Massif Central 8. Where is My Mind 9. Raiderman 10. Demon Girl 11. Dead Man's Curve 12. Cactus 13. Six Sixty Six 14. Radio Lizards 15. Don't Get Me Wrong 16. All Around The World 17. Nadine 18. Manitoba 19. The Water 20. Outakes/The Shrimp Song
DVD Tracklisting
1. Brackish Boy 2. I Burn Today 3. Cactus 4. Nadine 5. Holiday 6. Sing for Joy 7. Dead Man's Curve 8. California Bound 9. Ed is Dead 10. My Life is in Storage 11. Two Reelers 12. Whiskey in Your Shoes
A BRIEF INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST CONDUCTED BY HIS WIFE, VIOLET, FOLLOWS:
VIOLET: I know you too well, I know how picky you are about questions. I am under a lot of pressure here!
FRANK: Don¹t worry about it, Honey. I¹ll walk you through it. Plus, it¹s only for mail order...plus, its the holiday season. This should just be about us having fun.
VIOLET: Okay then...how do you think the record turned out? Do you have a favorite track?
Frank: I think the record turned out great! I¹ve resisted all of this laptop technology for so long now, but I have to admit, it really made things convenient for us out there on the road. recording in the hotel rooms was especially a treat. I really enjoyed recording ³Radio Lizards². Its about the strangest recording I¹ve ever done.--just voices. Lots and lots of voices.. Singing about the haunting road of the troubadour... fellow troubadour Mark Mulcahy really helped out on this one. He sings like a beautiful woman.
Violet: Having seen many of your acoustic shows this summer, I feel that this record really captures the essence of the live acoustic Frank Black experience. What do you get out of hearing the live tracks now?
Frank: Well gee, Violet, I'd have to say, I really get a kick out of finally getting to hear what some of the audience members are yelling at me, because I find it very hard to focus on these comments during a show. people are funny.
Violet: ...and you can be quite funny, too, when you¹re up there, just you and your guitar. Were you a stand up comedian in a past life?
Frank: Well, comedians are troubadours, too. Remember that one time when we saw Eddie Izzard having coffee in Portland?
Violet: Yes! except that I wasn't there. You called and rubbed in in my face.
Frank: Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot.
Violet: Let¹s talk about the title. for a moment, Frank.
Frank: My father always encouraged me to one day put out a Christmas album. which I always found a bit strange, since he was a self-declared pagan. but, I guess by 'Christmas' he meant winter. And it always sort of bothered me that that extra 's' got dropped off of Christmas.
Violet: Merry Christmass, then, Frank.
Frank: And a Happy Green Man to you, Darling
http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/12/0624.cfm
Frank Black Wishes You A Merry Christmass Wednesday December 06, 2006 @ 07:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff
As if Frank Black hasn't had enough on his hands this year, with touring on his own and with The Pixies, releasing his two-CD Fastman Raiderman solo effort, seeing three Pixies DVDs hit the market, planning a Pixies best-of, and trying to figure out whether or not the seminal alt.rock band will actually record a new album. But, just for the hell of it, he's making a CD/DVD package titled Christmass available online on Dec. 18.
Christmass — a collection of new studio tracks, hotel room sessions and live acoustic recordings from his summer tour — will be available exclusively through Cooking Vinyl's online store. Longtime Pixies/Black tour manager/sound man Myles Mangino produced the compilation.
The CD will be accompanied by a 12-track DVD with selections from one of the live acoustic shows. It's Black's first non-Pixies DVD.
Christmass may eventually make it into stores, but nothing has been confirmed.
Here are the songs on the Christmass CD:
- "Do What You Want Gyaneshwar"
- "Bullet"
- "I Burn Today"
- "Wave Of Mutilation"
- "Living On Soul"
- "She’s My Way"
- "Massif Central"
- "Where Is My Mind"
- "Raiderman"
- "Demon Girl"
- "Dead Man’s Curve"
- "Cactus"
- "Six Sixty Six"
- "Radio Lizards"
- "Don’t Get Me Wrong"
- "All Around The World"
- "Nadine"
- "Manitoba"
- "The Water"
- "Outtakes/The Shrimp Song"
Here are the tracks on the DVD:
- "Brackish Boy"
- "I Burn Today"
- "Cactus"
- "Nadine"
- "Holiday"
- "Sing For Joy"
- "Dead Man’s Curve"
- "California Bound"
- "Ed Is Dead"
- "My Life Is In Storage"
- "Two Reelers"
- "Whiskey In Your Shoes"
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Posted - 12/08/2006 : 16:55:31 It's all over Pitchfork and Stereogum now.
maybe I'll kick it
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Posted - 12/08/2006 : 14:37:13 It was very sweet.
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coastline |
Posted - 12/08/2006 : 14:07:06 Love the interview. It had the potential to be lame (because you knew there was no chance the man was going to be a smart-ass and make the interviewer feel uncomfortable), but it was sweet, like 1965 said.
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Carl |
Posted - 12/08/2006 : 13:54:47 Dean posted it in the main Christmass thread, but I missed it.
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1965 |
Posted - 12/08/2006 : 13:52:31 Nice 1. Sweet interview by Violet btw.
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