Frank Black and the Catholics (album) explained

Frank Black and the Catholics
Type:Album
Artist:Frank Black and the Catholics
Cover:Fbcs.jpg
Released:September 9, 1998
Recorded:March 20, 1997 –
March 22, 1997
Studio:Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:41:19
Label:SpinART
Producer:Frank Black and the Catholics
Prev Title:The Cult of Ray
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Pistolero
Next Year:1999

Frank Black and the Catholics is the debut album from Frank Black and the Catholics, released in 1998. The backing group on this album performed on Black's previous album, The Cult of Ray, but the group name was first adopted on this release. The album was recorded live to two-track tape over the course of two days in 1997, but a protracted dispute with Black's label American Recordings,[1] reportedly over the "raw" sound of the recordings,[2] delayed its release for 18 months. The album was released in June 1998 in the MP3 format on GoodNoise.com (precursor to eMusic) and was the first album by a major artist to be commercially released on the Internet. The album was then released in the fall of 1998 by SpinART records in the US. During the interim, Lyle Workman left the group and was replaced by Rich Gilbert, and Black prepared the follow-up, Pistolero.

Track listing

The track listing is sequenced in alphabetical order.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

Frank Black and the Catholics
Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Frank Black internet radio show!?!?.
  2. Web site: Pixies/Frank Black.
  3. Frank Black and the Catholics. Frank Black and the Catholics. 1998. Liner notes. SpinART.