Pistolero

Frank Black and the Catholics (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Spin Art
• ASIN: B00000I7RO
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #24,475 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Entertainment Weekly
Black's songs convey a rueful intelligence that keeps the album from becoming a new-wave retread.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dancing To The New Bolero, May 13, 2000

By	John Orfield (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It took Frank Black almost a decade before he realized there's only so many songs you can write about space. That doesn't mean I know what he's going on about in "Skelton Man", but it is nice to see him moving in a different direction. Pistolero is astounding, easily his best album since The Pixies split. In fact, it's better probably than the last two Pixies albums, so what we're talking about is Frank's best album since 1989's Doolittle. The band is tight, the songs just swagger and Frank's voice is better than I ever remember it sounding. Does anyone else hear a touch of Van Morrison in his voice--Especially in "Western Star"? And when he screeches "I Think I'm Starting To Looooose It", by god, you believe him. Absolutely inspired work.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I'm ruler of this moon, boy, so if you move, I shoot.", April 10, 2000

By	S. R Robertson "crap basket" (Oh Henry?) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This isn't the best of Frank Black but it is up there among them. Frank's art for 1999 is a collaboration of hard, raw rock music and those always clever lyrics. It is now even harder to understand his complex avant-garde poetry, but that's part of the fun. The music is razor-sharp and his vocals are wonderfully destroyed. (Not completely though. Check out the high, surf rock tone that he takes for the ending of "So.Bay".) So, in synopse, this is a good addition to the Black collection. (Word to the confused. Frank Black comes from an alternate dimension where he is an alien rock star. He used to do duets with Ziggy Stardust.)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If there is a reason to listen to music..., September 24, 1999

By A Customer

I think it is unique to find an artist that has real weight in his ideas (at least in the mainstream market) but FB truly does.I can't seem to find many musicians who I trust and have belief in, who seem to put words together that allow you to travel through alternative demensions, but this person does. If you've ever read good literature or look at good painting you know what I'm talking about. That's one level to his music, the other is the music which for some weird reason, I can't seem to tire of. It just goes right where you want sound to go, up the spine and out the brain. Can somebody put this man in a bottle and make sure he doesn't leave. If you want to hear other stuff that takes you there try: Snakefinger, Captain Beefheart, Television. Bye