Show Me Your Tears

Show Me Your Tears
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2003 (UK)
September 9, 2003 (US)
StudioFrank Black and the Catholics' mobile studio, Los Angeles, California
GenreAlternative country
Length41:31
Label
Producer
Frank Black and the Catholics chronology
Devil's Workshop
(2002)
Show Me Your Tears
(2003)
Frank Black Francis
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press6/10[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Mojo[5]
Pitchfork5.4/10[6]
Q[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Stylus MagazineB[9]
Uncut [10]
Under the Radar[11]

Show Me Your Tears is the sixth and final studio album to be released to date by Frank Black and the Catholics. Released in September 2003 by SpinART in the US and Cooking Vinyl in the UK,[12] the album employs a wide range of guests, including piano and an arrangement by Van Dyke Parks on the final track, "Manitoba". Within months of the album's release, it was announced that Black would be participating in a Pixies reunion, and since that time, the Catholics have effectively been defunct.

  1. ^ "Show Me Your Tears by Frank Black & The Catholics". Metacritic. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  2. ^ Heather, Phares. "Frank Black & The Catholics: Show Me Your Tears". Allmusic. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Frank Black & The Catholics: Show Me Your Tears". Alternative Press: 108. November 2003.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ "Frank Black & The Catholics: Show Me Your Tears". Mojo: 113. September 2003.
  6. ^ Carr, Eric (September 23, 2003). "Frank Black & The Catholics: Show Me Your Tears". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "Frank Black & The Catholics: Show Me Your Tears". Q: 98. September 2003.
  8. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Frank Black and the Catholics". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 74. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ "Frank Black and the Catholics – Show Me Your Tears – Review – Stylus Magazine". July 9, 2007. Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Frank Black And The Catholics – Show Me Your Tears – Review – Uncut.co.uk". May 19, 2011. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ "Frank Black & The Catholics: Show Me Your Tears". Under the Radar (4): 98.
  12. ^ Gilstrap, Andrew (October 8, 2003). "Frank Black & The Catholics: Show Me Your Tears". PopMatters. Retrieved July 10, 2020.