Fast Man / Raider Man

Magnet - "It continues in the same easygoing Americana vein of last year's HONEYCOMB....The result is like an accomplished bar band being fronted by an eccentric wordsmith." Mojo - "3 stars out of 5 -- "Black strives for a wide scope that makes the album's elegant songcraft, musical telepathy and poetic unpredictability all the more satisfying." Entertainment Weekly - "This double album heats up the twangy, Southern-gothic soul of last year's HONEYCOMB. It's expertly played." -- Grade: B- Alternative Press - "'Fast Man' is a beautiful Muscle Shoals-style ballad -- all wistful organ and heartfelt, overshot high notes -- while 'Kiss My Ring' adds Black's familiarly alluring lyrical mutations to some clean-cut rockabilly." The Guardian - "He's discovered a mellow maturity in Southern soul - and without losing his punk rock perversity or poetry." Music Week (10/06/2006, p.22) - "...a class album featuring a host of warm and heart-felt performances." The Independent - "The voice of a fallen angel." Word - (07/2006, p.96) - "...remains brilliantly, madly unclassifiable...ample evidence that a lovely, skew-whiff greatness still lurks within the big man."

'Fast Man Raider Man' is a double album by Pixies frontman and alt-rock legend, Frank Black. Featuring an all-star cast including The Band's Levon Helm and Al Kooper, the album mixes style and genres effortlessly, proving once again that Black is one of the finest performers of his generation. Includes the tracks 'Dirty Old Town' and 'Fast Man'.|