Released in 1994, Teenager of the Year was Frank Black

Frank Black

Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black...

’s second solo album, produced by Eric Drew Feldman

Eric Drew Feldman

Eric Drew Feldman is an American keyboard and bass guitar player. Feldman has worked with Captain Beefheart, Fear, Snakefinger, The Residents, Pere Ubu, Pixies, dEUS, Katell Keineg, Frank Black, The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy, Reid Paley, Charlotte Hatherley, Custard, and PJ Harvey.He was...

. Long considered a testament to Frank Black's songwriting skills as well as his virtue as a performer, Teenager also features work by several backing musicians, including Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago and guitarist Lyle Workman. The record is widely praised by both critics and fans as his strongest post-Pixies moment.

Track listing

All songs written by Black Francis.

1. "Whatever Happened to Pong?" – 1:34
2. "Thalassocracy" – 1:33
3. "(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain" – 2:17
4. "Calistan" – 3:22
5. "The Vanishing Spies" – 3:37
6. "Speedy Marie" – 3:33
7. "Headache" – 2:52
8. "Sir Rockaby" – 2:54
9. "Freedom Rock" – 4:16
10. "Two Reelers" – 3:01
11. "Fiddle Riddle" – 3:29
12. "Olé Mulholland" – 4:41
13. "Fazer Eyes" – 3:36
14. "I Could Stay Here Forever" – 2:27
15. "The Hostess with the Mostest" – 1:56
16. "Superabound" – 3:10
17. "Big Red" – 2:41
18. "Space Is Gonna Do Me Good" – 2:22
19. "White Noise Maker" – 2:42
20. "Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band" – 2:20
21. "Bad, Wicked World" – 1:57
22. "Pie in the Sky" – 2:13

Credits

(The following are taken verbatim from the album insert.)

• Frank Black
  Frank Black
  Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black...
  
  : vocals, guitar
• Eric Drew Feldman
  Eric Drew Feldman
  Eric Drew Feldman is an American keyboard and bass guitar player. Feldman has worked with Captain Beefheart, Fear, Snakefinger, The Residents, Pere Ubu, Pixies, dEUS, Katell Keineg, Frank Black, The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy, Reid Paley, Charlotte Hatherley, Custard, and PJ Harvey.He was...
  
  : bass, keyboards, synthetics
• Nick Vincent
  Nick Vincent
  Nick Vincent is an American rock and roll, jazz, and studio drummer, producer and composer. Artists he has performed and/or recorded with include Frank Black, Donnie and Marie, Art Garfunkel, John Fogerty, Carole King, Jackie DeShannon, Ann-Margret, Hilary Duff, Hanson, Charlotte Hatherley, Ian...
  
  : drums, bass on track 11
• Lyle Workman
  Lyle Workman
  Lyle Workman is an American guitarist, composer, session musician and music producer. His music has been widely distributed since his debut on the eponymous Bourgeois Tagg album in 1986, and is currently best known for his work as composer and bandleader for the Superbad soundtrack.Workman is also...
  
  : lead guitar
• Joey Santiago
  Joey Santiago
  Joey Santiago is a Filipino-American guitarist and composer. Active since 1986, Santiago is best known as the lead guitarist for the American alternative rock band Pixies. After the band's breakup in 1993, Santiago produced musical scores for film and television documentaries, and he formed The...
  
  : lead guitar on tracks 8, 20, 21, 22, and second lead guitar on track 15
• Morris Tepper: lead guitar on tracks 11 and 17