Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black

So I remember seeing this album cover back in the 90’s, and I can tell you that it wasn’t something I was going to search out… Don’t ever recall hearing any of the songs from this album, so it was completely new to me… Was absolutely dreading this exercise based on my scaring from the album cover, and my angst was doubly amplified when I saw the album was over an hour long… Really??? Ugh… Anyway, given how low I set the bar, I was pleasantly surprised that it didn’t suck nearly as much as I thought it would… Still don’t get all of the excitement over “Whatever Happened To Pong?”, but there are several tracks towards the later half of the album that I thought were decent… Perhaps the most interesting vibe that I had while listening, was how several of the songs, sorta sounded like they would have fit right into the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” soundtrack… Not sure why I got that – but that occurred on multiple occasions, so who knows, anybody else get that??? Not sure that any of tracks rose above 4-stars on my 7-star rating system, but the tracks that stood out were – “Freedom Rock” “Fiddle Riddle” “Fazer Eyes” And the best track on the album IMO was “Big Red”… Definitely NOT on the same level of the albums that I have scored a 3 to date, but it’s definitely better than a 1… Nothing better than low expectations…

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