Pistolero
Studio album by
Frank Black and the Catholics
ReleasedMarch 9, 1999
RecordedFall 1998
StudioSound City Studios, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California
GenreAlternative rock
Length48:22
LabelSpinART
ProducerNick Vincent
Frank Black and the Catholics chronology
Frank Black and the Catholics
(1998) 		Pistolero
(1999) 		Dog in the Sand
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
NME5/10[4]
Pitchfork6.9/10[5]
Q[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]

Pistolero is the second album by Frank Black and the Catholics, produced by Nick Vincent and released via spinART Records on March 9, 1999. It was recorded live, directly to a two track.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Frank Black

  1. "Bad Harmony" – 3:19
  2. "I Switched You" – 5:21
  3. "Western Star" – 3:12
  4. "Tiny Heart" – 3:32
  5. "You're Such a Wire" – 2:07
  6. "I Love Your Brain" – 3:49
  7. "Smoke Up" – 2:55
  8. "Billy Radcliffe" – 2:24
  9. "So Hard to Make Things Out" – 5:37
  10. "85 Weeks" – 2:36
  11. "I Think I'm Starting to Lose It" – 2:11
  12. "I Want Rock & Roll" – 3:02
  13. "Skeleton Man" – 3:12
  14. "So. Bay" – 5:05
  15. "Valley of Our Hope" – (Japanese Bonus Track) – 4:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[9]

Frank Black and the Catholics
Technical

References

  1. ^ Phares, Heather. "Frank Black & The Catholics: Pistolero". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  3. ^ Mirkin, Steven (9 April 1999). "Pistolero". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Frank Black And The Catholics: Pistolero (Play It Again Sam)". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 2018-03-25.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Frank Black & The Catholics: Pistolero (spinART; 1999)". Archived from the original on 5 August 2004. Retrieved 2018-03-25.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Duerden, Nick. "Review: Frank Black & The Catholics - Pistelero (sic)". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 104, 105.
  7. ^ "Frank Black And The Catholics: Pistolero". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 21 August 2003. Retrieved 2018-03-25.((cite magazine)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Frank Black and the Catholics". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 74. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ Pistolero (Liner notes). Frank Black and the Catholics. SpinART. 1999.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)


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