Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year
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 See Larger Image | Teenager of the Year Artist : Frank Black List Price : $9.98 USD Your Price : $8.99 USD ProductGroup: Music Release Date : 1994-05-24 Studio : Elektra / Wea Label : Elektra / Wea Avg. Customer Rating : (78 reviews)
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Reviews Customer Reviews for Teenager Of The Year Juvinielle finesse Rating: Black might have been a little oversold on songwriting brilliance when glancing this cited solo work. An indulgent offering of alt-rock, the Pixie frontman delivers many solidly off-kilter numbers but hardly creates worthwhile songs capable of the replay value of some of his more noteworthy co-creations, littered with occasional gems and standout passages but adding up to little more then outtakes for the fanbase.
Customer Reviews for Teenager Of The Year Cd Deal vs black Rating: I love this album. Not all of it. Enough of it.
There are some great songs on here. Some of the more negative reviews complained about "filler" and inevitably mentioned the Pixies (one of my favorite bands of all time).
Rather than go on and on about why I love this, I will instead pose this question: ya ever notice how Breeders album's have a few good songs and the rest is crap? I would volunteer the same for Frank Black -- excluding this album, perhaps, as it is the best he's put out on his own. One guy, for instance, said there was enough material for two albums here, one half being good. Well, for the price of one album, wouldn't that be a good album? It's not like you'd have to assemble the songs by pressing record on a tape from a CD. It's 2008. This is hardly a waste of money...even though, yes, that guy was right ... but I still don't know why he gave it one star. How often to you buy a CD where 50% of the songs are awesome?
Best songs:
What Ever Happened to Pong?
Thallassocracy
I Want to Live (Abstract Plain)
Calistan
Speedy Marie
Freedom Rock
Headache
White Noise Maker
Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band
Bad, Wicked World
They should start recording again, instead of just swiping their chops in the Pixies ATM. Just sayin'.
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