Show Me Your Tears

Show Me Your Tears
Studio album by Frank Black and the Catholics
Released	September 9, 2003
Genre	Alt-country
Length	41:31
Label	SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Nick Vincent, Ben Mumphrey, Stan Ridgway, Frank Black and the Catholics
Frank Black and the Catholics chronology
Devil's Workshop (2002)Devil's Workshop2002 Show Me Your Tears (2003) Frank Black Francis (2004)Frank Black Francis2004

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Mojo	8/10[3]
Nude as the News	8/10[4]
Pitchfork	5.4/10[5]
PopMatters	Positive[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Stylus Magazine	B[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[9]
Uncut	[10]
Under the Radar	[3]

Show Me Your Tears is the final album to be released to date by Frank Black and the Catholics. The album employs a wide range of guests, including piano and an arrangement by maverick composer Van Dyke Parks on the final track. Within months of the album's release, it was announced that Black would be participating in a Pixies reunion, and since that time, the Catholics have effectively been defunct.

Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Black.

1. "Nadine" – 3:05
2. "Everything Is New" – 3:51
3. "My Favorite Kiss" – 2:06
4. "Jaina Blues" – 3:51
5. "New House of the Pope" – 3:15
6. "Horrible Day" – 3:37
7. "Massif Centrale" – 4:52
8. "When Will Happiness Find Me Again?" – 2:19
9. "Goodbye Lorraine" – 2:37
10. "This Old Heartache" – 3:27
11. "The Snake" – 2:01
12. "Coastline" – 1:57
13. "Manitoba" – 4:33

Personnel

Frank Black and the Catholics

• Frank Black – vocals, guitar
• Scott Boutier – drums, bells
• Rich Gilbert – guitar, piano, pedal steel guitar, vocals
• David McCaffrey – bass, vocals
• David Philips – guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Joey Santiago, Keith Moliné – guitar
• Stan Ridgway – harmonica, melodica, banjo, percussion, vocals
• Eric Drew Feldman – organ
• Van Dyke Parks – piano, accordion
• Rob Laufer – piano, vocals
• Jack Kidney – saxophone, harmonica
• Andy J. Perkins – trumpet
• Cynthia Haagens, Eric Potter, Jean Black, Pietra Wexstun – vocals

References