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Length
  
62:51

Artist
  
Black Francis

Label
  
4AD

Teenager of the Year (1994)
  
The Cult of Ray (1996)

Release date
  
20 May 1994

Genre
  
Alternative rock

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Released
  
May 23, 1994 (1994-05-23)

Recorded
  
American, Calabasas, CA

Producers
  
Eric Drew Feldman, Black Francis

Similar
  
Black Francis albums, Alternative rock albums

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Released in 1994, Teenager of the Year was Frank Black’s second solo album, produced by former Pere Ubu member Eric Drew Feldman, who also played keyboards. This album is often cited as the high-point of Francis' post-Pixies catalogue, even being named to Pitchfork's "Top 100 Albums of the 90s". Long considered a testament to Frank Black's songwriting skills as well as his virtue as a performer, Teenager also features work by several backing musicians, including Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago and guitarist Lyle Workman. Although not originally well-received, the record is now widely praised by both critics and fans as his strongest post-Pixies moment.

Contents

The album reached number 2 on Billboard's Heat Seekers list and 131 on The Billboard 200 list in 1994. The single "Headache" reached number 10 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks that year.

Although it is out of print in LP or CD form, like all of Black Francis' non-Pixies catalogue, it is available to stream on his website.

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Track listing

All songs written by Black Francis.

  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

(The following are taken verbatim from the album insert.)

  • 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
  • Morris Tepper - lead guitar on tracks 11 and 17
  • Michael Halsband - photography

    • Songs

    1Whatever Happened to Pong?1:35
    2Thalassocracy1:33
    3(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain2:18

    References

    Teenager of the Year Wikipedia
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