| 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] |
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.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Frank Black
- "Bad Harmony" – 3:19
- "I Switched You" – 5:21
- "Western Star" – 3:12
- "Tiny Heart" – 3:32
- "You're Such a Wire" – 2:07
- "I Love Your Brain" – 3:49
- "Smoke Up" – 2:55
- "Billy Radcliffe" – 2:24
- "So Hard to Make Things Out" – 5:37
- "85 Weeks" – 2:36
- "I Think I'm Starting to Lose It" – 2:11
- "I Want Rock & Roll" – 3:02
- "Skeleton Man" – 3:12
- "So. Bay" – 5:05
- "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
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Frank Black & The Catholics: Pistolero". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
- ^ Mirkin, Steven (9 April 1999). "Pistolero". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Frank Black And The Catholics: Pistolero (Play It Again Sam)". Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- ^ "Frank Black & The Catholics: Pistolero (spinART; 1999)". Archived from the original on 5 August 2004. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- ^ Duerden, Nick. "Review: Frank Black & The Catholics - Pistelero (sic)". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 104, 105.
- ^ "Frank Black And The Catholics: Pistolero". Archived from the original on 21 August 2003. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pistolero (Liner notes). Frank Black and the Catholics. SpinART. 1999.