Fast Man Raider Man

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{{Infobox album

| name = Fast Man Raider Man

| type = studio

| artist = Frank Black

| cover = Fast Man Raider Man.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 20, 2006

| recorded =

| studio =

  • Cowboy Arms (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Hormone Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Better Songs and Gardens (Nashville, Tennessee
  • Mower Studio (Pasadena, California)

| genre = {{hlist|Americana|alt country|country soul|indie rock}}

| length = 94:44

| label = {{hlist|Back Porch (US)|Cooking Vinyl (UK)}}

| producer = Jon Tiven

| prev_title = Honeycomb

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Christmass

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 59/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/fast-man-raider-man/frank-black |title=Fast Man Raider Man by Frank Black |work= Metacritic |accessdate=July 8, 2017}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fast-man-raider-man-mw0000727254 |title=Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man |accessdate=6 September 2017 |work= Allmusic |last=Phares |first=Heather }}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite journal |title=Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man Review |date=August 2006 |journal=Alternative Press |page=208 }}

| rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition= 5th concise |year=2011 |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = B−{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1204697,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401061506/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1204697,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 1, 2007 |title=Fast Man Raider Man |date=19 June 2006 |accessdate=6 September 2017 |magazine= Entertainment Weekly |last=Hermes |first=Will }}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/23/popandrock.shopping |title=Frank Black, Fast Man Raider Man |first=Dorian |last=Lynskey |date=23 June 2006|accessdate=6 September 2017 |work= The Guardian }}

| rev6 = Mojo

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite journal |title=Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man Review |date=August 2006 |journal= Mojo |page=104 }}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7Score = 5/10{{cite journal |title=Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man |date=17 June 2006 |journal= NME |page=37 }}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8Score = 6.4/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9130-fast-man-raider-man/ |title=Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man |date=20 June 2006 |accessdate=6 September 2017 |work= Pitchfork |last=Tanari |first=Joe }}

| rev9 = Popmatters

| rev9Score = {{Rating|5|10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/frank-black-fast-man-raider-man/ |title=Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man |date=20 July 2006 |accessdate=6 September 2017 |work= Popmatters |last=Huyck |first=Ed }}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{rating|1.5|5}}{{cite journal |title=Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man Review |date=July 2006 |journal= Uncut |page=84 }}

}}

Fast Man Raider Man is the eleventh studio album and a double-album by Frank Black released in the United States on June 20, 2006, and in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2006.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Black, except where noted.

=Disc one=

{{tracklist

| all_writing =

| total_length =

| title1 = If Your Poison Gets You

| length1 = 2:56

| title2 = Johnny Barleycorn

| length2 = 4:50

| title3 = Fast Man

| length3 = 4:12

| title4 = You Can't Crucify Yourself

| length4 = 3:23

| title5 = Dirty Old Town

| writer5 = Ewan MacColl

| length5 = 3:03

| title6 = Wanderlust

| length6 = 3:27

| title7 = Seven Days

| length7 = 4:11

| title8 = Raider Man

| length8 = 3:04

| title9 = The End of the Summer

| writer9 = Black, music adapted from Gabriel Fauré's Sicilienne, Op. 78

| length9 = 3:53

| title10 = Dog Sleep

| writer10 = Black, Reid Paley

| length10 = 3:48

| title11 = When the Paint Grows Darker Still

| length11 = 3:34

| title12 = I'm Not Dead" (I'm in Pittsburgh)

| writer12 = Black, Paley

| length12 = 3:41

| title13 = Golden Shore

| writer13 = Black, Paley

| length13 = 3:17

}}

=Disc two=

{{tracklist

| all_writing =

| total_length =

| title1 = In the Time of My Ruin

| length1 = 4:21

| title2 = Down to You

| writer2 = Black, Paley

| length2 = 2:18

| title3 = Highway to Lowdown

| length3 = 2:35

| title4 = Kiss My Ring

| length4 = 2:29

| title5 = My Terrible Ways

| length5 = 3:36

| title6 = Fitzgerald

| length6 = 3:12

| title7 = Elijah

| length7 = 3:16

| title8 = It's Just Not Your Moment

| length8 = 5:32

| title9 = The Real El Rey

| length9 = 3:21

| title10 = Where the Wind Is Going

| length10 = 3:33

| title11 = Holland Town

| length11 = 2:32

| title12 = Sad Old World

| length12 = 4:57

| title13 = Don't Cry That Way

| length13 = 2:25

| title14 = Fare Thee Well

| writer14 = Traditional, arranged by Frank Black

| length14 = 3:18

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|others=Frank Black|title=Fast Man Raider Man|year=2006|type=Liner notes|publisher=Back Porch}}

;Musicians

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;Technical

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  • Brian Borelli – assistant engineer
  • Jake Burns – engineer, mixing
  • Scott Carter – assistant engineer
  • Marc Chevalier – engineer
  • Adam Deane – assistant engineer
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Earl Drake – additional mixing
  • Jonathan Eubanks – assistant engineer
  • Michael Halsband – photography
  • Brent Hardy-Smith – illustrations
  • Alex McCollough – assistant engineer
  • Einar Pedersen – assistant engineer
  • Dan Penn – engineer
  • Adam Przybyla – assistant engineer
  • Kevin Rains – assistant engineer
  • Dan Steinman – assistant engineer
  • Andrew Swainson – cover design, illustrations
  • Jon Tiven – producer, engineer
  • Brooks Watson – assistant engineer
  • Miles Wilson – engineer
  • David Z – mixing

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References

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