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
Released	March 9, 1999
Recorded	Fall 1998
Studio	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	48:22
Label	SpinART
Producer	Nick Vincent
Frank Black and the Catholics chronology
Frank Black and the Catholics (1998) Pistolero (1999) Dog in the Sand (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A-[3]
NME	5/10[4]
Pitchfork	6.9/10[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)