{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Bluefinger | type = studio | artist = [[Black Francis]] | cover = Black Francis - Bluefinger (2007) front cover.jpg | alt = | released = September 2007 | recorded = September 2006 | studio = {{unbulleted list|Sprout City Studios, [[Eugene, Oregon]]|Wavelength Studios, [[Salem, Oregon]]}} | genre = [[Alternative rock]] | length = 39:11 | label = [[Cooking Vinyl]] | producer = [[Mark Lemhouse]] | chronology = [[Frank Black]] | prev_title = [[Frank Black 93–03]] | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = [[Svn Fngrs]] | next_year = 2008 }} {{Music ratings | MC = 73/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/bluefinger/black-francis |title=Bluefinger by Black Francis |accessdate=5 September 2017 |work= [[Metacritic]] }}</ref> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bluefinger-mw0000584508 |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger |accessdate=6 September 2017 |work= [[AllMusic]] |last=Phares |first=Heather }}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' | rev2score = B<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/black-francis-bluefinger-1798202975 |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger |date=11 September 2007 |access-date=6 September 2017 |work= [[The A.V. Club]] |last=Tobias |first=Scott }}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev3score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-black-francis-8912 |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger |date=29 August 2007 |accessdate=6 September 2017 |work= [[NME]] }}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' | rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger Review |date=September 2007 |journal= [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |page=110 }}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]]'' | rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger Review |date=Fall 2007 |journal= [[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]] |page=96 }}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' | rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/09/bluefinger.html |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger |date=11 September 2007 |accessdate=6 September 2017 |work= [[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |last=Isaac |first=Mike }}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]'' | rev7score = 6.6/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10630-bluefinger/ |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger |date= 5 September 2007 |accessdate=6 September 2017 |work= [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] |last=Tangari |first=Joe }}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger Review |date= October 2007 |journal= [[Q (magazine)|Q]] |page=94 }}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' | rev9score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger |date=October 2007 |journal= [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |page=83 }}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]'' | rev10score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Black Francis: Bluefinger |date=Summer 2007 |journal= [[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]] |page=72 }}</ref> }}
[[Image:Black francis zwolle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Black Francis pays a tribute to [[Herman Brood]] near his statue in [[Zwolle]], Netherlands on February 29, 2008]] '''''Bluefinger''''' is an album by [[Black Francis]].<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/frank-black/27682 Frank Black reveals details of two new albums | News | NME.COM<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The album was released on 11 September 2007 in the United States and Europe. The project was revealed via several cryptic posts by Black on his unofficial website,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://frankblack.net/news/#553 |title=FrankBlack.net - What's Going On<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-03-26 |archive-date=2009-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522202627/http://www.frankblack.net/news/#553 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which were confirmed as accurate when the album leaked to file-sharing services earlier in the year.
All of the songs on the album reference [[Netherlands|Dutch]] musician and artist [[Herman Brood]] (1946-2001), some directly and some indirectly. In addition, "You Can't Break a Heart and Have It" is a Brood cover. The title of the album, ''Bluefinger'', is also a direct reference to the birthplace of Brood, who was born in the Dutch city of [[Zwolle]], of which the citizens are colloquially known as ''[[Zwolle#Blauwvingers|Blauwvingers]]'' (Bluefingers).
The song "Threshold Apprehension" was #90 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.<ref>No byline (December 11, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071215233653/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/23 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 2007-12-21</ref>
"You Can't Break a Heart and Have It" was included in the soundtrack for ''[[Forgetting Sarah Marshall]]''.
In 2010, ''Bluefinger'' was adapted into a play/rock opera by Jason Nodler, for Houston's acclaimed [[Catastrophic Theatre]].<ref>[http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2010/09/bluefinger.php Black Francis and Catastrophic Theatre Stage a Rock Resurrection]''Houston Press''. Retrieved 2010-09-24.</ref>
== Track listing == {{track listing | all_writing = [[Black Francis]], except where noted | total_length = | title1 = Captain Pasty | length1 = 2:23 | title2 = Threshold Apprehension | length2 = 5:12 | title3 = Test Pilot Blues | length3 = 2:55 | title4 = Lolita | length4 = 2:59 | title5 = Tight Black Rubber | length5 = 4:17 | title6 = Angels Come to Comfort You | length6 = 4:25 | title7 = Your Mouth Into Mine | length7 = 3:41 | title8 = Discotheque 36 | length8 = 4:40 | title9 = You Can't Break a Heart and Have It | writer9 = [[Herman Brood]] | length9 = 2:36 | title10 = She Took All the Money | length10 = 2:30 | title11 = Bluefinger | length11 = 3:29 }} {{track listing | collapsed = | headline = iTunes bonus tracks | total_length = | title12 = Polly's Into Me | length12 = 4:43 | title13 = Virginia Reel | length13 = 4:44 }}
== Personnel == Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|others=Black Francis|title=Bluefinger|year=2007|type=Liner notes|publisher=[[Cooking Vinyl]]}}</ref> ;Musicians * [[Black Francis]] – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards * [[Dan Schmid]] – bass * Jason Carter – drums * Violet Clark – vocals * [[Mark Lemhouse]] – percussion, background vocals ;Technical * Mark Lemhouse – producer * Thaddeus Moore – engineer * Jason Carter – engineer, mixing * Myles Mangino – mastering, mixing * James Jefferson – design * Julian Clark - artwork * Richard Hermitage – management
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