''Show Me Your Tears'' is the sixth and final studio album to be released to date by

Frank Black and the Catholics Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies (band), Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Bl ...

. Released in September 2003 by

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in the US and

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in the UK, the album employs a wide range of guests, including piano and an arrangement by

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on the final track, "Manitoba". Within months of the album's release, it was announced that Black would be participating in a

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reunion, and since that time, the Catholics have effectively been defunct.

Recording

Black said, "We’d been playing together a long time, ten years of hard touring and loading our own gear and not making a lotta money out of it, and we’re hittin’ the mid-life crisis. And they’re all getting mad at me ‘cause I’m forcing them to record live to two-track for the umpteenth time."

Track listing

All tracks written by

Frank Black Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Fo ...

. #"Nadine" – 3:05 #"Everything Is New" – 3:51 #"My Favorite Kiss" – 2:06 #"Jaina Blues" – 3:51 #"New House of the Pope" – 3:15 #"Horrible Day" – 3:37 #"Massif Centrale" – 4:52 #"When Will Happiness Find Me Again?" – 2:19 #"Goodbye Lorraine" – 2:37 #"This Old Heartache" – 3:27 #"The Snake" – 2:01 #"Coastline" – 1:57 #"Manitoba" – 4:33

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Frank Black and the Catholics *

– vocals, guitar * Scott Boutier – drums, bells * Rich Gilbert – guitar, piano, pedal steel guitar, vocals * David McCaffrey – bass, vocals * David Philips – guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals Additional musicians *

Joey Santiago Joseph Alberto Santiago (born June 10, 1965) 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, Santiag ...

– guitar *

Keith Moliné Keith Moliné is a British guitarist and electronic musician, best known for his work in Pere Ubu. He has also performed with David Thomas and Two Pale Boys, Infidel An infidel (literally "unfaithful") is a person accused of disbelief in the c ...

– guitar *

Stan Ridgway Stanard "Stan" Ridgway (born April 5, 1954) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and film and television composer known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums. He was the original le ...

– harmonica, melodica, banjo, percussion, vocals *

Eric Drew Feldman Eric Drew Feldman (born April 16, 1955) is an American musician. 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 ...

– organ *

– piano, accordion *Rob Laufer – piano, vocals *Jack Kidney – saxophone, harmonica *Andy J. Perkins – trumpet *Cynthia Haagens – vocals *Eric Potter – vocals *Jean Black – vocals *Pietra Wexstun – vocals Technical * Nick Vincent – producer (tracks 1, 2, 5–8, 11) *

– producer (tracks 3, 9, 10, 12, 13), cover and booklet photos * Ben Mumphrey – producer (track 4), engineer *Frank Black and the Catholics – producer (track 4) *Miles Wilson – assistant engineer *Paul Figueroa – assistant engineer *Phillip Broussard – assistant engineer *Eddy Schreyer – mastering *Jean Black – cover design *Mark Husmann – band photos

References

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