The Black Sessions: Live in Paris Plus the Kitchen Tapes [LIVE] [IMPORT]

Frank Black

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1996)
• Original Release Date: February 1996
• Format: Live, Import
• Label: Noise Annoys
• ASIN: B00000236P
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #626,108 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
BIN 10159. 1ST PART OF 1ST SINGLE FROM EX-PIXIES VOCALIST/GUITARIST/ FOUNDER'S NEW 3RD SOLO ALBUM. BACKED WITH 3 NEWNON-ALBUM TRACKS. 4TRX:1) MEN IN BLACK2) YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT ME3) PRAY A LITTLE FASTER4) ANNOUNCEMENT --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More info about this CD - two different versions, October 26, 2005

By	Tigger64 (Syracuse, NY) - See all my reviews

This very rare import on Virgin/4AD (1994) exists in TWO versions, one with 18 tracks recorded live in Paris for Radio France (track listing provided in another review), and a second version (even rarer) that adds the Kitchen Tapes and has 21 tracks.

The disc comes in a custom opaque black plastic case with the artwork stenciled on the front and back covers, and as far as I know, never included paper inserts or liner notes inside (just the disc).

Personnel included: Frank, Lyle Workman, Eric Drew Feldman, Nick Vincent. Excellent sound quality, very listenable, and the band is tight. Frank sings in English but speaks to the audience in French!!! Essential for any fan of the big man, and a testimony to his unique genius.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Track listing, July 26, 2005

By	Anne Kathleen "Mirror Star" (In front of my Mac, United States) - See all my reviews

From the 1994 French/Dutch import on Virgin/4AD label.

1. Two Spaces
2. (I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain
3. Headache
4. Old Black Dawning
5. Superabound
6. Calistan
7. The Vanishing Spies
8. Sir Rockaby
9. Big Red
10. The Jacques Tati
11. Odd Ball
12. Men in Black
13. Czar
14. Freedom Rock
15. Pong
16. White Noise Maker
17. Los Angeles
18. Handyman

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best way to listen to Frank Black, June 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Black Sessions Live in Paris (Audio CD)

The guy's a genius. I know some of the critics think it's a poor effort, but how can you criticize the soul that this live recording puts into the songs? And the final track, an acoustic version of "Abstract Plain", just tops off a great set.