Show Me Your Tears
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Show Me Your Tears is the final album to be released to date by Frank Black and the Catholics. The album employs a wide range of guests, including piano and an arrangement by maverick composer Van Dyke Parks
on the final track. Within months of the album's release, it was announced that Black would be participating in a Pixies reunion, and since that time, the Catholics have effectively been defunct.
Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, author and actor. Parks is perhaps best known for his contributions as a lyricist on the Beach Boys album Smile....
on the final track. Within months of the album's release, it was announced that Black would be participating in a Pixies reunion, and since that time, the Catholics have effectively been defunct.
Track listing
all tracks written by Frank BlackFrank Black
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- "Nadine" – 3:05
- "Everything Is New" – 3:51
- "My Favorite Kiss" – 2:06
- "Jaina Blues" – 3:51
- "New House of the Pope" – 3:15
- "Horrible Day" – 3:37
- "Massif Centrale" – 4:52
- "When Will Happiness Find Me Again?" – 2:19
- "Goodbye Lorraine" – 2:37
- "This Old Heartache" – 3:27
- "The Snake" – 2:01
- "Coastline" – 1:57
- "Manitoba" – 4:33
Album credits
- Frank BlackFrank BlackBlack Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black...
: vocals, guitar - Scott Boutier: drums, bells
- Rich Gilbert: guitar, piano, pedal steel guitar, vocals
- David McCaffrey: bass, vocals
- David Philips: guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals