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.
4AD release 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.
NEW / Released in 1994 / Reissued in 2025
Tracklist:
A1 Whatever Happened To Pong?
A2 Thalassocracy
A3 (I Want To Live On An) Abstract Plain
A4 Calistan
A5 The Vanishing Spies
A6 Speedy Marie
B1 Headache
B2 Sir Rockaby
B3 Freedom Rock
B4 Two Reelers
B5 Fiddle Riddle
C1 Ole Mulholland
C2 Fazer Eyes
C3 I Could Stay Here Forever
C4 The Hostess With The Mostest
C5 Superabound
D1 Big Red
D2 Space Is Gonna Do Me Good
D3 White Noise Maker
D4 Pure Denizen Of The Citizens Band
D5 Bad, Wicked World
D6 Pie In The Sky
Alternative Rock, Alternative Rock,
Post Punk, New Wave, New Wave, Post Punk,
