The Cult of Ray is the third Frank Black

Frank Black

Black 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...

 solo album. The title refers to Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...

. The core musicians employed on this album would eventually be dubbed The Catholics, and would continue as Black's backing group for the following seven years (albeit with a changed line up). The album's final song is a tribute to Shazeb Andleeb, who was beaten to death at Narbonne High School

Narbonne High School

Nathaniel Narbonne High School is a school located at 24300 South Western Avenue, in the Harbor City area of Los Angeles, California.Narbonne serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Narbonne serves the Harbor City area and the city of Lomita.Narbonne...

 in Harbor City, California in 1995.

Track listing

All songs written by Black Francis.

1. "The Marsist" - 4:11
2. "Men in Black *" - 3:03
3. "Punk Rock City" - 3:41
4. "You Ain't Me *" - 2:43
5. "Jesus Was Right" - 2:59
6. "I Don't Want to Hurt You (Every Single Time)" - 3:06
7. "Mosh, Don't Pass the Guy" - 3:01
8. "Kicked in the Taco" - 2:27
9. "The Creature Crawling" - 2:53
10. "The Adventure and the Resolution *" - 3:02
11. "Dance War *" - 2:08
12. "The Cult of Ray" - 3:46
13. "The Last Stand of Shazeb Andleeb" - 4:40

A limited edition of the UK CD version contained a disc with four bonus tracks:http://www.connollyco.com/discography/frank_black/cult.html

1. Village of the Sun
2. Baby, That's Art
3. Everybody Got The Beat
4. Can I Get a Witness

Musicians

• Frank Black
  Frank Black
  Black 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 (right channel)
• Scott Boutier: drums
• David McCaffery: bass
• Lyle Workman
  Lyle Workman
  Lyle Workman is an American guitarist, composer, session musician and music producer. His music has been widely distributed since his debut on the eponymous Bourgeois Tagg album in 1986, and is currently best known for his work as composer and bandleader for the Superbad soundtrack.Workman is also...
  
  : lead guitar (left channel)
• Matt Yelton: backing vocals on *
• Nick Vincent
  Nick Vincent
  Nick Vincent is an American rock and roll, jazz, and studio drummer, producer and composer. Artists he has performed and/or recorded with include Frank Black, Donnie and Marie, Art Garfunkel, John Fogerty, Carole King, Jackie DeShannon, Ann-Margret, Hilary Duff, Hanson, Charlotte Hatherley, Ian...
  
  : drums and bass on "I Don't Want to Hurt You (Every Single Time)"