BLACK,FRANK – TEENAGER OF THE YEAR (GOLD VINYL 30TH ANNIVERSARY) - LP •

BLACK,FRANK – TEENAGER OF THE YEAR (GOLD VINYL 30TH ANNIVERSARY) - LP •UPC: 191400076105 Label: 4AD Format: LP Release Date: January 17, 2025 In stock items ship within 48 hours To celebrate Frank Blacks landmark solo album, Teenager Of The Year, turning 30 comes a special vinyl pressing to accompany a tour of North America plus Paris and London where Frank and original band will be performing the album in its entirety. Recorded amid a rich songwriting vein, just as the Pixies had been placed on hold, Frank Blacks

UPC: 191400076105
Label: 4AD
Format: LP
Release Date: January 17, 2025
In stock items ship within 48 hours

To celebrate Frank Black’s landmark solo album, Teenager Of The Year, turning 30 comes a special vinyl pressing to accompany a tour of North America plus Paris and London where Frank and original band will be performing the album in its entirety.

Recorded amid a rich songwriting vein, just as the Pixies had been placed on hold, Frank Black’s ambitious 22-track album Teenager Of The Year came out in May 1994, just one year after his fantastic self-titled solo debut. Recorded with scene legend Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, Pere Ubu, The Residents) and featuring the single ‘Headache’, Teenager Of The Year is seen by many as his greatest solo work, subsequently appearing in both Pitchfork’s Top 100 Albums of the 1990s poll and the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book.

For its 30th anniversary, Frank Black and original band are heading out in January 2025 on a 14-date tour of North America, Paris and London where they’ll be performing Teenager Of The Year from start to finish each night. To complement, 4AD are releasing a special vinyl tour edition of the album, with Kevin Vanbergen having expertly remastered the album from its original analogue studio tapes. Sounding as essential as ever, the limited 30th Anniversary Tour Edition has been cut at 45 rpm for optimum playback and is being pressed on double gold vinyl. It also comes in a gatefold sleeve that includes liner notes by both Frank Black and producer Eric Drew Feldman.

Release Notes:

Classic 1994 Album Remastered for the First Time - 30th Anniversary Gatefold Vinyl Release
- One-Time Pressing, Accompanying a 14-Date Tour
Double Gold Vinyl, Cut at 45 rpm
- New Liner Notes by Frank Black & Eric Drew Feldman

“Teenager of the Year might just be the highwater mark... Like a lost Pixies album in the way Ram feels like a lost Beatles album. It’s colossal, it teems with innovation. It’s as discombobulating &, in many ways, as impenetrable as anything the great man has ever done, & all the better for it.” The Quietus

“Teenager of the Year has come to be regarded as the defining statement of his solo career. Spanning 22 sprawling tracks & more than 60 minutes, beneath its initially rabid veneer lie moments brilliant enough to rival any of the Pixies’ 1990s work, & Black’s greatest lyrical achievements.” Pitchfork (Top 100 Albums of the 1990s)

TRACK LIST:

Side One

A1 | Whatever Happened To Pong? | 1:34 A2 | Thalassocracy | 1:33 A3 | (I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain | 2:17 A4 | Calistan | 3:22 A5 | The Vanishing Spies | 3:37 A6 | Speedy Marie | 3:33

Side Two

B1 | Headache | 2:52 B2 | Sir Rockaby | 2:54 B3 | Freedom Rock | 4:16 B4 | Two Reelers | 3:01 B5 | Fiddle Riddle | 3:29

Side Three

C1 | Olé Mulholland | 4:41 C2 | Fazer Eyes | 3:36 C3 | I Could Stay Here Forever | 2:27 C4 | The Hostess with the Mostest | 1:56 C5 | Superabound | 3:10

Side Four

D1 | Big Red | 2:41 D2 | Space is Gonna do me Good | 2:22 D3 | White Noise Maker | 2:42 D4 | Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band | 2:20 D5 | Bad, Wicked World | 1:57 D6 | Pie In The Sky | 2:13