Frank Black - Frank Black (Vinyl LP)

With both Frank Black and Teenager of the Year having been out of print on vinyl since their release in the early-90s, it's with great excitement that 4AD puts them both back in the racks in 2019. Both reissues are faithful represses of the original releases. Recorded during the hiatus and eventual-breakup first-time round of the Pixies in late-1992, frontman Black Francis inverted his stage persona for his solo work. Co-produced with Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart / Pere Ubu), Frank Black let his inner rock historian loose on his debut album by thrillingly channeling greats like Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, the Beach Boys and David Bowie in a way that felt like a seamless next step on from Trompe Le Monde (the last Pixies album before they re- convened two decades later). Frank Black was originally released in March 1993.