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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)
http://www.clickmusic.com/articles/3186.html
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
www.recordstore.co.uk/cookingvinyl
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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