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Bluish Black
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 Posted - 11/09/2003 : 00:52:11
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I could not see that this review has been posted before
http://www.playlouder.com/review/+showmeyourtears/
Like Velvet Undergound, The Stooges and New York Dolls before them, The Pixies must be the most-used "influence" in new bands' press releases. Which is odd, really, because - like Velvet Underground, The Stooges and New York Dolls - they didn't exactly sell albums by the bucket-load, and old Frank Black is probably flicking through The Bumper Annual of Debut Press Releases: Vol. 46 at this very moment, thinking to himself: "Where were all you feckers when we were releasing records...?".
But despite the misty-eyed attributes accorded The Pixies, Frank Black's post-Pixies career hasn't exactly been booming. Sure, the die-hards pack out every live show, and desperately pick at the sparse bones of his solo albums seeking that lost spark, but he's just not done anything remotely as interesting as the majority of his work with The Pixies.
Which is what makes 'Show Me Your Tears' such a damned exciting release...
Frank Black moved to Los Angeles to make this album, and - like so many of that weird race of people that inhabit that town - he sought the American Dream and got it: he entered into therapy with his very own shrink. But rather than make him go all insular and even more humdrum, it seems to have cleared a few cobwebs out of his system, and he's recorded his best album in over ten years.
There's not QUITE a 'Debaser', or a 'Velouria', or a 'Monkey Gone To Heaven', but this album is actually very listenable: there's a looseness, a devil-may-care attitude, to the recording, and it's all the better for it. Perhaps echoing the musical forefathers (1960s, anyway) of his adopted city, an alt.country feel abounds - 'Goodbye Lorraine', 'Horrible Day', 'My Favourite Kiss', 'New House Of The Pope' certainly fall into this group - though of more interest are the Iggy-like 'The Snake', the rumbling blues of 'Nadine', and especially 'Massif Centrale', which will have Pixies fans drooling.
Welcome back, Frank.
Nik Moore
reviewed on 14 Oct 2003
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
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Posted - 11/09/2003 : 08:30:22
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"he's just not done anything remotely as interesting as the majority of his work with The Pixies."
Screw you, Nik Moore.
Although I am glad he liked SMYT - Frank moved to LA to make this CD? The hell?
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Ten Percenter
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Andragorn
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Posted - 11/10/2003 : 20:15:49
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This dude is obviously a moron. I would like to cut his throat with my cd of Teenager of the Year. :)
I don't conform. I wear a different uniform
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CRDaze
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Posted - 11/11/2003 : 06:17:57
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Watched him last night in Cologne and he's still as gracefull as ever. 'Bullet' is right up there with some of the pixies songs, as are several others - but this whole Pixies vs Frank Black argument is irrelevant. The man is doing what he wants to do and it is a joy to go and see him and the Catholics play a 90 minute set in a small hall with 250 appreciaters all absorbing his greatness.
Wasn't so different to the Rat in Boston back in 1987 supporting the Muses :-)
I admit that I wouldn't have minded if they'd played:
'....she's a real left winger and she's been down South...'
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mun chien andalusia
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Italy
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Posted - 11/11/2003 : 18:13:39
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all these reviews are the same.they all start with explaining that fb is the former pixies singer and that his solo albums are not as good as the pixies ones.aren't these journalists tired of repeating the same stuff after 9 solo albums?why they don't just review the new record instead of cuting and pasting the things they wrote for the orange album and the others after it?
 join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
www.munchienandalusia.too.it
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 11/13/2003 : 14:33:10
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aren't these journalists tired of repeating the same stuff after 9 solo albums?why they don't just review the new record instead of cuting and pasting the things they wrote for the orange album and the others after it?
Cutting and pasting is easier. Duh.
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
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