Black Francis discography

The discography of Black Francis, an American rock musician, includes eighteen studio albums, one EP, four live albums, fourteen singles and four compilations as of May 2013. This list does not include material performed with the Pixies or Grand Duchy.

Studio Albums

Year	Albums as Frank Black	UK	US	Label	Notes
1993	Frank Black	9	117	4AD	Solo debut
1994	Teenager of the Year	21	131	4AD	Double album
1996	The Cult of Ray	39	127	American Recordings	Title refers to Ray Bradbury
2004	Frank Black Francis	-	-	SpinART/Cooking Vinyl	Roughly coinciding with Pixies reunion tour
2005	Honeycomb	-	-	Back Porch/Cooking Vinyl	Recorded in Nashville; Charted #11 Top Heatseekers
2006	Fast Man Raider Man	-	-	Back Porch/Cooking Vinyl	Double album; Recorded in Nashville; Charted #27 Top Heatseekers
2006	Christmass	-	-	Cooking Vinyl	Five new studio recordings 15 live tracks (summer 2006) Online-only release, CD and DVD released 2007
Year	Albums as Frank Black and the Catholics	UK	US	Label	Notes
1998	Frank Black and the Catholics	61	-	SpinART	First album recorded live to two-track tape
1999	Pistolero	-	-	What Are Records?	-
2000	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day	-	-	-	Never released^[1]
2001	Dog in the Sand	-	-	What Are Records?	-
2002	Black Letter Days	-	-	SpinART/Cooking Vinyl	Released same day as Devil's Workshop
2002	Devil's Workshop	-	-	SpinART/Cooking Vinyl	Released same day as Black Letter Days
2003	Show Me Your Tears	-	-	SpinART/Cooking Vinyl	-
Year	Albums as Black Francis	UK	US	Label	Notes
2007	Bluefinger	-	-	Cooking Vinyl	Title refers to Herman Brood; Charted #42 Top Heatseekers
2008	Svn Fngrs EP	-	-	Cooking Vinyl	Title refers to Cúchulainn; Charted #35 Top Heatseekers
2010	The Golem	-	-	Cooking Vinyl The Bureau	Soundtrack for The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) Originally released as limited 5-disc set; CD album, DVD released 2011
2010	NonStopErotik	-	-	Cooking Vinyl	-
2011	Abbabubba	-	-	The Bureau	New material, including B-sides, remixes and re-workings of older songs
2011	Paley & Francis	-	-	Cooking Vinyl	With Reid Paley

Singles

Year	Title	Label	Chart positions			Album
Year	Title	Label	US	US Mod Rock ^[2]	UK^[3]	Album
1993	Los Angeles	4AD Records	-	4	-	Frank Black
1993	Hang On To Your Ego	4AD Records	-	8	-
1993	Frank Black	Hello Recording Club	-	-	-
1994	Headache	Badd	-	10	53	Teenager of the Year
1995	Men In Black	American Recordings	-	-	37	The Cult of Ray
1995	The Marsist/Better Things	Dragnet	-	-	-
1996	I Don't Want to Hurt You	Sony	-	-	63
1998	All My Ghosts	Play It Again Sam	-	-	97	Frank Black and the Catholics
1999	I Gotta Move	Cortex	-	-		Pistolero
2000	Robert Onion	Cooking Vinyl	-	-	130	Dog in the Sand
2001	St. Francis Dam Disaster	Cooking Vinyl	-	-	162	Dog in the Sand
2003	Everything Is New	Cooking Vinyl	-	-	92	Show Me Your Tears
2003	Nadine	Cooking Vinyl	-	-	-	Show Me Your Tears
2007	Threshold Apprehension	Cooking Vinyl	-	-	-	Bluefinger

Live albums

Year	Title	Label	Notes
1994	The Black Sessions	Virgin/4AD	as Frank Black - Recorded Oct. 6, 1994 at Black Sessions performance in Paris
2008	Live at the Hotel Utah Saloon	The Bureau	as Black Francis - Recorded Oct. 19, 2007 in San Francisco
2012	Live in Nijmegen	The Bureau	as Black Francis - Recorded Feb. 28, 2008 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2012	Live at Melkweg	The Bureau	as Frank Black & The Catholics - Recorded March 24, 2001 at Melkweg, Amsterdam

Compilations

Year	Title	Label	Notes
2000	Oddballs	EMusic	B-sides from pre-Catholics period (1994-97)
2006	One More Road for the Hit	spinART	B-sides and rarities, released on iTunes
2006	Snake Oil	spinART	B-sides and rarities, released on iTunes
2007	Frank Black 93-03	Cooking Vinyl	2-CD set highlighting 10 years of post-Pixies work Disc 1 - selected "best of" studio recordings Disc 2 - live material circa 2006

Other appearances

Year	Title	Label	Notes
1994	Pawnshop Guitars	Virgin	The debut solo album by the former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke (as Frank Black) – guitars, background vocals Track: "Jail Guitar Doors" (The Clash cover)
1996	Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files	Warner Bros	Compilation album released in association with the American science fiction television series The X-Files Track: "Man of Steel"
1998	Super Bad @ 65: A Tribute To James Brown	Zero Hour	Tribute album for James Brown Track: "Mother Popcorn(You Got to Have a Mother for Me)"
2000	Heroes & Villains	Rhino	Compilation album released in association with the American cartoon series The Powerpuff Girls. Also played during the credits of The Powerpuff Girls Movie. Track: "Pray for the Girls"
2003	Wig in a Box	Off Records	Charity tribute album of songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch Track: "Sugar Daddy"
2005	High School Reunion	American Laundromat Records/ Face Down Records	1980s film tribute album Track: "Repo Man" (Iggy Pop cover)
2006	Hello Radio: The Songs Of They Might Be Giants	Bar/None	Tribute album for the band They Might Be Giants Track: "Road Movie to Berlin"
2009	Tales to Tell - A Tribute To Love and Rockets	Justice Records	Tribute album for the band Love and Rockets Track: "All In My Mind"
2016	This Becomes Us	Prescription	The debut solo album by the former Million Dead and Future of the Left bassist Julia Ruzicka – vocals Track: "Painter Man Is Coming"

Notes and references

↑ "Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day". Archived from the original on 2006-10-14. Retrieved 2006-10-24.
↑ "Music News, Reviews, Articles, Information, News Online & Free Music". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
↑ "Chart Log UK: Darren B - David Byrne". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 2010-07-26.

Black Francis (Frank Black)

Pixies

Studio albums	Surfer Rosa (1988) Doolittle (1989) Bossanova (1990) Trompe le Monde (1991) Indie Cindy (2014) Head Carrier (2016)
Extended plays	Come On Pilgrim (1987) Pixies (2002) EP1 (2013) EP2 (2014) EP3 (2014)
Compilations	Death to the Pixies (1997) Pixies at the BBC (1997) Complete 'B' Sides (2001) Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies (2004) Minotaur (2009)
Singles	"Gigantic" (1988) "Monkey Gone to Heaven" (1989) "Here Comes Your Man" (1989) "Velouria" (1990) "Dig for Fire" (1990) "Planet of Sound" (1991) "Alec Eiffel" (1992) "Head On" (1992) "Debaser" (1997) "Bam Thwok" (2004) "Bagboy" (2013)

As Frank Black

Studio albums	Frank Black (1993) Teenager of the Year (1994) The Cult of Ray (1996) Frank Black Francis (2004) Honeycomb (2005) Fast Man Raider Man (2006)
Compilations	Oddballs (2000) Christmass (2006) Frank Black 93–03 (2007)
Singles	"Los Angeles" (1993) "Hang On to Your Ego" (1993) "Headache" (1994) "Men in Black" (1995) "The Marsist" (1995) "I Don't Want to Hurt You" (1996)

As Frank Black and
the Catholics

Studio albums	Frank Black and the Catholics (1998) Pistolero (1999) Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day (2000, unreleased) Dog in the Sand (2001) Black Letter Days (2002) Devil's Workshop (2002) Show Me Your Tears (2003)
Compilations	One More Road for the Hit (2006) Snake Oil (2006)
Singles	"All My Ghosts" (1998) "I Gotta Move" (1999) "Robert Onion" (2000) "St. Francis Dam Disaster" (2001) "Everything Is New" (2003) "Nadine" (2003)
Members	Scott Boutier Rich Gilbert David McCaffery Dave Philips Lyle Workman

As Black Francis

Studio albums	Bluefinger (2007) Svn Fngrs (2008) The Golem (2010) NonStopErotik (2010) Paley & Francis (2011) (with Reid Paley)
Compilations	Abbabubba (2011)
Singles	"Threshold Apprehension" (2007)

Grand Duchy

Petits Fours (2009)
Lovesick (2009)
Let the People Speak (2012)

Discography

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