A Quietus Interview
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Baker's Dozen
Number 13 Baby: Frank Black's Favourite Albums Revealed
Number 13 Baby: Frank Black's Favourite Albums Revealed
Mic Wright
, April 26th, 2012 07:10
Mic Wright takes down the details of Frank Black's Baker's Dozen, talking to him about old poetry and skewed authenticity
Baxter Dury - Happy Soup
I was researching Gene Vincent online and that brought me to Ian Dury’s song 'Sweet Gene Vincent'. I was not really familiar with it at that point. I knew his hits and I’d seen him on TV and stuff, but I’d never really connected with his music, though I respect him enormously. I was reading up on him and stumbled onto the fact that he had this son, Baxter Dury, who also does music.
I checked out one song on YouTube and went, ‘Oh this is right up my alley’ and I immediately downloaded the whole record. I’ve probably listened to it 75 times in the past two months. It’s become a very important record to me. There’s a variety of things I like about it. I would say, his personality comes through the music. It’s not pretentious. You just have a sense of who he is.
I love the dry, minimalist production. I like records without too much ambience on the instruments. I associate dry records with The White Album. He also has this lovely rich, lower voice and that great accent. I’m a fan of that accent from when I worked with Eddie Argos and Art Brut. I find it a pleasant tone. For a British person, accents carry baggage, but not for me. It’s all connected to you people and your culture on the island there.
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Stavros P. Leibowitz
Apr 26, 2012 2:33pm
Apr 26, 2012 2:33pm
Cpmbat Rock is a terrific album and a really satisfying experience from start to finish. It seems to get overlooked for no other reason than it produced hits when really it's an absolute gem.
Apop
Apr 26, 2012 7:49pm
Apr 26, 2012 7:49pm
Love his passion for music, he doesn't just like these albums, he LOVES these albums. A fun read.
Kid Cornish
Apr 26, 2012 8:44pm
Apr 26, 2012 8:44pm
Tony James should get some props too... after all he is the other half of Carbon/Silicon.
Mic Wright
Apr 27, 2012 5:34am
Apr 27, 2012 5:34am
In reply to Apop:
You're so right. It was a pleasure talking to him because he's super-passionate about music. He was so effusive about the records he chose!
Mic Wright
Apr 27, 2012 5:35am
Apr 27, 2012 5:35am
In reply to Kid Cornish:
I'm pretty sure Charles does know who Tony James is. It was quite a long chat and I couldn't include absolutely everything!
madt
Apr 27, 2012 8:13am
Apr 27, 2012 8:13am
Thankyou sooooooo very much Quietus for the Baker's Dozen Series. It has become most looked forward to in our household and is responsible for the finding out about and listening to some truly fantastic records. Many ta's and keep them coming.
Mic Wright
Apr 27, 2012 10:31am
Apr 27, 2012 10:31am
In reply to sebastin rivera:
Agreed! I'd love to interview Kim Deal.
Terry Tibbs
Apr 27, 2012 5:40pm
Apr 27, 2012 5:40pm
Disappointing selection,alot of drab americana and a couple of shite anglophile choices to placate the brits
I could never give a definitive list as my listening habits change daily so these lists are just snapshots of a moment in time,come back a week later and it will be totally different
Oh yeah,The Clash were and are shit,hugely overrated,never liked em
Apr 27, 2012 7:44pm
In reply to Terry Tibbs:
Cool down, whats with all the negativity?
I found the interview so amusing that i'm going to download Combat Rock to see what all the fuzz is about
Mic Wright
Apr 28, 2012 11:14am
Apr 28, 2012 11:14am
In reply to Terry Tibbs:
Terry, you seem a bit angry. These aren't really his 'favourite' albums but more, as you say, of a snapshot of his current listening. And I don't think he's arsed about 'placating' us Brits.
inkling23
Apr 30, 2012 2:30pm
Apr 30, 2012 2:30pm
Charles partially got his wish, working with Danger Mouse on Dark Night of the Soul. Just sayin'.
The Patient English
May 4, 2012 8:50am
May 4, 2012 8:50am
In reply to Terry Tibbs:
Terry Tibbs... 'S okay. We've seen Phonejacker, and we get the concept of trolling. A closet anglophile yourself?
The albums took back-seat to the sheer joy and passion Black feels for them. A great read, and a great way to discover the site.
Mars
May 14, 2012 2:56pm
May 14, 2012 2:56pm
In reply to Kid Cornish:
I was thinking the same thing, but he clearly would rather make out with Mick.
Ritz
Jun 10, 2012 6:28am
Jun 10, 2012 6:28am
As for Mr. Tibbs, he was much better on "Are you being served".
Euro will soon be worth noth so pucker up lame boy.
FB is a true artist, so bow. Don't be a giant behind a keyboard or dwarf.
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Feb 5, 2013 3:46am
Feb 5, 2013 3:46am
In reply to Mic Wright:
How could an article with the same title as my favorite Pixies song not be good? Thanks for insight...helped me find my lost Robyn Hitchcock groove.
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Apr 26, 2012 12:07pm
Combat Rock is "my" Clash LP too, & listening back to it nowadays I'm rather pleased that my 12 year old self could find so much on it to love. It's their one GENUINELY experimental album, I think - despite it's rep, Sandinista! always struck me as a band fumbling about in the dark, trying to make a "statement" of some kind (of ANY kind, actually!) - & tracks like "Car Jamming" & "Overpowered By Funk" still sound phenomenal DJed out.
Growing up, I was told that Sally Can't Dance was Lou's worst LP, most notably by Lou himself, but it's one that I find myself coming back to surprisingly frequently. It's FUNNY, more than anything, the gallows humour in Lou's music has always been awfully undervalued, I reckon?
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