Black Francis discography

Black Francis discography
Artist	Black Francis
Studio	15
Live	4
Compilation	5
Ep	1
Singles	15
Soundtrack	1

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.

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

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	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	Released: March 8, 1993 Label: 4AD, Elektra	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	Released: January 30, 2001 Label: Cooking Vinyl, W.A.R.?	—	—	—	—	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

Title	Album details
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

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
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

Soundtrack albums

Title	Album details
The Golem	Released: February 23, 2010 Label: The Bureau

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	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

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
Title	Year	US Alt. ^[1]	BEL (Fl) ^[8]	FRA ^[3]	UK ^[7]	Album
"Los Angeles"	1993	6	—	11	—	Frank Black
"Hang On to Your Ego"	1993	8	43	—	—	Frank Black
"Headache"	1994	10	—	—	53	Teenager of the Year
"Men in Black"	1995	—	—	—	37	The Cult of Ray
"The Marsist"	1995	—	—	—	—
"I Don't Want to Hurt You"	1996	—	—	—	63
"You Ain't Me"	1996	—	—	—	—
"All My Ghosts"	1998	—	—	—	87	Frank Black and the Catholics
"I Gotta Move"	1998	—	—	—	—	Frank Black and the Catholics
"Robert Onion"	2000	—	—	—	—	Dog in the Sand
"St. Francis Dam Disaster"	2001	—	—	—	—	Dog in the Sand
"Everything Is New"	2003	—	—	—	92	Show Me Your Tears
"Nadine"	2003	—	—	—	—	Show Me Your Tears
"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

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

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	The Sacred Squall Of Now	Upstart Records/Continental Record Services	The debut solo album by Reeves Gabrels (as Frank Black) – co-writer, vocals, rhythm guitar Track: "119 Years Ago"
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"
1995	E-Ticket Ride	Columbia	7" promo for Ball-Hog or Tugboat? (as Frank Black) – vocals Track: "Big Bang Theory"
2000	Ulysses (Delta Notte)	E-Magine Records	Reeves Gabrels album (as Frank Black) – vocals, rhythm guitar Track: "Jewel" feat. David Bowie & Dave Grohl
2000	(Breach)	Interscope Records	The Wallflowers 3rd album (as Frank Black) – backing vocals Track: "Letters from the Wasteland"
2000	A Merilly Christmas	MEC	Alan Merrill Christmas album (as Frank Black) – backing vocals Track: "Let's think about it"
2001	The Best of Pigface: Preaching to the Perverted	Invisible Records	Recorded but unused for the 1991 Pigface live album Welcome to Mexico... Asshole (as Black Francis) - background talking & guitars Tracks: "Ogre (& The Six Million Dollar Man)" & "Dog"
2002	Hitting the Ground	Instinct Records	Debut solo album by Gordon Gano (as Frank Black) – vocals Track: "Run"
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"

Music videos

Year	Album	Title	Director
1993	Frank Black	Los Angeles	John Flansburgh
1993	Frank Black	Hang on to your Ego	Adam Bernstein
1994	Teenager of the Year	Headache	Adam Bernstein
1995	The Cult of Ray	Men in Black	Mike Mills (director)

Notes and references

^ 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.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. pdf ed. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 32.
^ "Discographie Frank Black" (in French). Les Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Discographie von Frank Black" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Discografie Frank Black" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Discography Frank Black". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Frank Black". Official Charts. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Discografie Frank Black" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2022.