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In theory, there was no reason why Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis, shouldn't have carried on making great records after he left the Pixies; after all, he wrote and sang almost all the songs. However, all truly great bands are more than the sum of their parts, and Black's solo career has served largely as a resounding confirmation of this truth. He has had his moments, but has never come close to the towering heights he scaled with his old band. Perhaps by way of grudgingly acknowledging this, Dog In The Sand finds Black enlisting Pixies' guitarist Joey Santiago for the first time in his solo career. Santiago, a dazzlingly inv
In theory, there was no reason why Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis, shouldn't have carried on making great records after he left the Pixies; after all, he wrote and sang almost all the songs. However, all truly great bands are more than the sum of their parts, and Black's solo career has served largely as a resounding confirmation of this truth. He has had his moments, but has never come close to the towering heights he scaled with his old band. Perhaps by way of grudgingly acknowledging this, Dog In The Sand finds Black enlisting Pixies' guitarist Joey Santiago for the first time in his solo career. Santiago, a dazzlingly inventive and versatile player, has been bewilderingly quiet since leaving the Pixies, and seems keen to make up for it here, deploying his full formidable range at various points. His contribution to what is certainly Black's best solo album is crucial, from the frenetic powerchords of "If It Takes All Night" to the subtle picking of "Robert Onion" to the exuberant solo of "Bullet". Now, if Black can only persuade Kim Deal and David Lovering to come out of retirement as well, he might really be onto something. --Andrew Mueller
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Manufacturer: What Are Records?
Release date: 1 January 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0711297460025 UPC: 711297460025
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