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Teenager of the Year by Frank Black
Teenager of the Year is an album by Frank Black, released in 1994. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Headache”, on 12 lists with a best position of #45.
Teenager of the Year was Frank Black's second solo album, out in 1994 on Elektra in the States and 4AD in Britain, with the Pixies freshly broken up behind him. Eric Drew Feldman co-produced it and played keyboards and bass, while Lyle Workman, Nick Vincent, Moris Tepper and old Pixies bandmate Joey Santiago filled out the room.
The shriek is mostly packed away. Black trades the Pixies-era yowl for the steadier, tunefuller delivery of his solo years, and the songs come tumbling out one after another, loose, oddball and full of hooks. "Headache" is the pop peak, a bouncy, jangling thing that climbed to 10 on the Modern Rock chart. Critics shrugged at first; the years have been kinder, and plenty now rank it as the best thing he made after the Pixies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Teenager of the Year on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Headache | 12 | #45 | – | 1994–2014 | |
| 2 | (I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain | 1 | #826 | – | 2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.