Pistolero (album)

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.

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]

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
  • Frank Black – vocals, guitar
  • Scott Boutier – drums
  • David McCaffery – bass, backing vocals
  • Rich Gilbert – lead guitar, backing vocals
Technical
  • Nick Vincent – producer
  • Billy Joe Bowers – recording engineer
  • Nick Raskulinecz – assistant engineer
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering engineer
  • Inertia – design

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 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)". Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 2018-03-25.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.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". Archived from the original on 21 August 2003. Retrieved 2018-03-25.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.CS1 maint: others (link)
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