Black Francis discography

Summary

The discography of Black Francis, an American rock musician, includes 15 studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, one EP, one soundtrack album, and 15 singles.

Black Francis discography
Studio albums15
Live albums4
Compilation albums5
EPs1
Singles15
Soundtrack albums1

This list includes material recorded as Black Francis or Frank Black, but does not include material performed with Pixies or Grand Duchy.

Albums edit

Studio albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US
Heat

[1]
US
Ind.

[1]
AUS
[2]
FRA
[3]
GER
[4]
NL
[5]
NZ
[6]
UK
[7]
As Frank Black
Frank Black 117 2 83 34 14 9
Teenager of the Year
  • Released: May 23, 1994
  • Label: 4AD, Elektra
131 2 76 60 45 35 21
The Cult of Ray
  • Released: January 22, 1996
  • Label: American
127 1 71 95 39
As Frank Black and the Catholics
Frank Black and the Catholics
  • Released: September 9, 1998
  • Label: SpinART
56 61
Pistolero
  • Released: March 9, 1999
  • Label: SpinART
Dog in the Sand 64 81
Black Letter Days
  • Released: August 20, 2002
  • Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
48 40
Devil's Workshop
  • Released: August 20, 2002
  • Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
47
Show Me Your Tears
  • Released: September 8, 2003
  • Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
30 24 113
As Frank Black
Frank Black Francis
  • Released: October 12, 2004
  • Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl
45
Honeycomb
  • Released: July 19, 2005
  • Label: Back Porch, Cooking Vinyl
11 156
Fast Man Raider Man
  • Released: June 20, 2006
  • Label: Back Porch, Cooking Vinyl
27 129
As Black Francis
Bluefinger
  • Released: September 11, 2007
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
42 108
NonStopErotik
  • Released: March 30, 2010
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
31
Paley & Francis (with Reid Paley)
  • Released: October 11, 2011
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl, Sonic Unyon
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
The Black Sessions
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Virgin/4AD
Live at the Hotel Utah Saloon
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: The Bureau
Live in Nijmegen
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: The Bureau
Live at Melkweg
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: The Bureau
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
Oddballs
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: The Bureau
Christmass
  • Released: December 18, 2006
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
Frank Black 93–03
  • Released: June 4, 2007
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
Abbabubba
  • Released: March 15, 2011
  • Label: The Bureau
Frank Black and the Catholics: The Complete Recordings
  • Released: April 6, 2015
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
The Golem
  • Released: February 23, 2010
  • Label: The Bureau
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
Heat

[1]
UK
[7]
The John Peel Session (with Teenage Fanclub)
  • Released: August 6, 1995
  • Label: Strange Fruit
98
Svn Fngrs
  • Released: March 3, 2008
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
35
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Alt.

[1]
BEL
(Fl)

[8]
FRA
[3]
UK
[7]
"Los Angeles" 1993 6 11 Frank Black
"Hang On to Your Ego" 8 43
"Headache" 1994 10 53 Teenager of the Year
"Men in Black" 1995 37 The Cult of Ray
"The Marsist"
"I Don't Want to Hurt You" 1996 63
"You Ain't Me"
"All My Ghosts" 1998 87 Frank Black and the Catholics
"I Gotta Move" 1999 Pistolero
"Robert Onion" 2000 Dog in the Sand
"St. Francis Dam Disaster" 2001
"Everything Is New" 2003 92 Show Me Your Tears
"Nadine"
"Threshold Apprehension" 2007 Bluefinger
"The Seus" 2008 Svn Fngrs
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances edit

Year Title Label Notes
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: Music Inspired by The Powerpuff Girls 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 New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets Justice Records Tribute album for the band Love and Rockets

Track: "All in My Mind"

Guest appearances edit

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)

1995 Ball-Hog or Tugboat? Columbia The debut solo album by the former Minutemen bass guitarist Mike Watt (as Frank Black) – lead vocals

Track: "Chinese Firedrill"

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"

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Billboard chart references:
    • "Chart History: Frank Black". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
    • "Chart History: Frank Black & The Catholics". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
    • "Chart History: Black Francis". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 32.
  3. ^ a b "Discographie Frank Black". Les Charts (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Discographie von Frank Black". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Discografie Frank Black". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "Discography Frank Black". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Frank Black". Official Charts. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "Discografie Frank Black". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.