Teenager of the Year is the second solo studio album by American musician Frank Black. The album was released in 1994 by 4AD in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States. It was co-produced by Eric Drew Feldman, who also played keyboards and bass guitar on the album.[12] Teenager also features work by several backing musicians, including Lyle Workman, Moris Tepper and Black's Pixies bandmate Joey Santiago.
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Released | May 20, 1994[1] | |||
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Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 62:51 | |||
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Singles from Teenager of the Year | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
Mojo | [6] |
NME | 8/10[7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
Select | 4/5[10] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[11] |
The album reached No. 2 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and No. 131 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1994.[13][14] The single "Headache" reached No. 10 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart that year.[15]
Although not originally well-received, the record is now widely praised by both critics and fans.[16] The album is often cited as the high-point of Francis' post-Pixies catalogue,[2][12][16] and was ranked No. 94 on Pitchfork's "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s".[16] The album is included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die "[17]"
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Frank Black
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Whatever Happened to Pong?" | 1:34 |
2. | "Thalassocracy" | 1:33 |
3. | "(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain" | 2:17 |
4. | "Calistan" | 3:22 |
5. | "The Vanishing Spies" | 3:37 |
6. | "Speedy Marie" | 3:33 |
7. | "Headache" | 2:52 |
8. | "Sir Rockaby" | 2:54 |
9. | "Freedom Rock" | 4:16 |
10. | "Two Reelers" | 3:01 |
11. | "Fiddle Riddle" | 3:29 |
12. | "Olé Mulholland" | 4:41 |
13. | "Fazer Eyes" | 3:36 |
14. | "I Could Stay Here Forever" | 2:27 |
15. | "The Hostess with the Mostest" | 1:56 |
16. | "Superabound" | 3:10 |
17. | "Big Red" | 2:41 |
18. | "Space Is Gonna Do Me Good" | 2:22 |
19. | "White Noise Maker" | 2:42 |
20. | "Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band" | 2:20 |
21. | "Bad, Wicked World" | 1:57 |
22. | "Pie in the Sky" | 2:13 |
Personnel
edit- Musicians
- Frank Black – vocals, guitar
- Eric Drew Feldman – bass, keyboards, synthetics
- Nick Vincent – drums, bass on track 11
- Lyle Workman – lead guitar
- Joey Santiago – lead guitar on tracks 8, 20, 21, 22 and second lead guitar on track 15
- Moris Tepper – lead guitar on tracks 11 and 17
- Technical
- Eric Drew Feldman – producer
- Frank Black – producer
- Alistair Clay – producer (except on tracks 3, 7, 17 and 19), engineer
- David Bianco – additional engineer, mixing
- Andy Warwick – additional engineer
- Bill Cooper – additional engineer
- Efren Herrera – additional engineer
- Craig Doubet – assistant engineer
- Danny Alonso – assistant engineer
- Wolfgang Aichholz – assistant engineer
- Mike Aarvold – assistant engineer
- Matt Westfield – assistant engineer
- John Jackson – assistant engineer
- Frank Gryner – assistant engineer
- Wally Traugott – mastering
- V23 – design
- Michael Halsband – photography
Charts
editChart (1994) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[18] | 76 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] | 45 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] | 60 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] | 35 |
UK Albums (OCC)[22] | 21 |
US Billboard 200[13] | 131 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] | 2 |
References
edit- ^ "The official website for independent record label 4AD".
- ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Teenager of the Year – Frank Black". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- ^ Kot, Greg (June 9, 1994). "Frank Black: Teenager of the Year (4AD)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Black, Frank". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ Flaherty, Mike (June 3, 1994). "Teenager of the Year". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- ^ Cameron, Keith (September 2019). "Perfectly Frank". Mojo. No. 310. p. 39.
- ^ "Frank Black: Teenager of the Year". NME. May 28, 1994. p. 34.
- ^ Weisel, Al (August 25, 1994). "Frank Black: Teenager of the Year". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 21, 2003. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Frank Black". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 74–75. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Wilkinson, Roy (June 1994). "King Tubby!". Select. No. 48. p. 87. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- ^ Weisbard, Eric (1995). "Pixies". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 301–02. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ a b "Music Review: Teenager of the Year by Frank Black". All-reviews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ a b "Frank Black Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ a b "Frank Black Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Frank Black Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork. November 17, 2003. p. 1. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 32.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Frank Black – Teenager of the Year" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Frank Black – Teenager of the Year" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Frank Black – Teenager of the Year". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2020.