# Black Francis discography

The discography of Black Francis, an American rock musician, includes 15 studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, one EP, one soundtrack album, and 15 singles.
This list includes material recorded as Black Francis or Frank Black, but does not include material performed with Pixies or Grand Duchy.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US Heat | US Ind. | AUS | FRA | GER | NL | NZ | UK |
| As Frank Black |||||||||||
| Frank Black | Released: March 8, 1993 Label: 4AD, Elektra | 117 | 2 | — | — | — | 83 | 34 | 14 | 9 |
| Teenager of the Year | Released: May 23, 1994 Label: 4AD, Elektra | 131 | 2 | — | 76 | — | 60 | 45 | 35 | 21 |
| The Cult of Ray | Released: January 22, 1996 Label: American | 127 | 1 | — | — | — | 71 | 95 | — | 39 |
| As Frank Black and the Catholics |||||||||||
| Frank Black and the Catholics | Released: September 9, 1998 Label: SpinART | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | 61 |
| Pistolero | Released: March 9, 1999 Label: SpinART | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dog in the Sand | Released: January 30, 2001 Label: Cooking Vinyl, W.A.R.? | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | 81 |
| Black Letter Days | Released: August 20, 2002 Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl | — | 48 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Devil's Workshop | Released: August 20, 2002 Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Show Me Your Tears | Released: September 8, 2003 Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl | — | 30 | 24 | — | 113 | — | — | — | — |
| As Frank Black |||||||||||
| Frank Black Francis | Released: October 12, 2004 Label: SpinART, Cooking Vinyl | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Honeycomb | Released: July 19, 2005 Label: Back Porch, Cooking Vinyl | — | 11 | — | — | 156 | — | — | — | — |
| Fast Man Raider Man | Released: June 20, 2006 Label: Back Porch, Cooking Vinyl | — | 27 | — | — | 129 | — | — | — | — |
| As Black Francis |||||||||||
| Bluefinger | Released: September 11, 2007 Label: Cooking Vinyl | — | 42 | — | — | 108 | — | — | — | — |
| NonStopErotik | Released: March 30, 2010 Label: Cooking Vinyl | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paley & Francis (with Reid Paley) | Released: October 11, 2011 Label: Cooking Vinyl, Sonic Unyon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US |
| The Black Sessions | Released: 1994 Label: Virgin/4AD | — |
| Live at the Hotel Utah Saloon | Released: 2008 Label: The Bureau | — |
| Live in Nijmegen | Released: 2012 Label: The Bureau | — |
| Live at Melkweg | Released: 2012 Label: The Bureau | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US |
| Oddballs | Released: 2000 Label: The Bureau | — |
| Christmass | Released: December 18, 2006 Label: Cooking Vinyl | — |
| Frank Black 93–03 | Released: June 4, 2007 Label: Cooking Vinyl | — |
| Abbabubba | Released: March 15, 2011 Label: The Bureau | — |
| Frank Black and the Catholics: The Complete Recordings | Released: April 6, 2015 Label: Cooking Vinyl | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

### Soundtrack albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US |
| The Golem | Released: February 23, 2010 Label: The Bureau | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

## Extended plays

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Heat | UK |
| The John Peel Session (with Teenage Fanclub) | Released: August 6, 1995 Label: Strange Fruit | — | 98 |
| Svn Fngrs | Released: March 3, 2008 Label: Cooking Vinyl | 35 | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US Alt. | BEL (Fl) | FRA | UK | Album |
| "Los Angeles" | 1993 | 6 | — | 11 | — | Frank Black |
| "Hang On to Your Ego" | 1993 | 8 | 43 | — | — | Frank Black |
| "Headache" | 1994 | 10 | — | — | 53 | Teenager of the Year |
| "Men in Black" | 1995 | — | — | — | 37 | The Cult of Ray |
| "The Marsist" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | The Cult of Ray |
| "I Don't Want to Hurt You" | 1996 | — | — | — | 63 | The Cult of Ray |
| "You Ain't Me" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | The Cult of Ray |
| "All My Ghosts" | 1998 | — | — | — | 87 | Frank Black and the Catholics |
| "I Gotta Move" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | Pistolero |
| "Robert Onion" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | Dog in the Sand |
| "St. Francis Dam Disaster" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | Dog in the Sand |
| "Everything Is New" | 2003 | — | — | — | 92 | Show Me Your Tears |
| "Nadine" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | Show Me Your Tears |
| "Threshold Apprehension" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | Bluefinger |
| "The Seus" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | Svn Fngrs |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

## Other appearances

| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
| 1996 | Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files | Warner Bros | Compilation album released in association with the American science fiction television series The X-Files Track: "Man of Steel" |
| 1998 | Super Bad @ 65: A Tribute to James Brown | Zero Hour | Tribute album for James Brown Track: "Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)" |
| 2000 | Heroes & Villains: Music Inspired by The Powerpuff Girls | Rhino | Compilation album released in association with the American cartoon series The Powerpuff Girls. Also played during the credits of The Powerpuff Girls Movie. Track: "Pray for the Girls" |
| 2003 | Wig in a Box | Off Records | Charity tribute album of songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch Track: "Sugar Daddy" |
| 2005 | High School Reunion | American Laundromat Records/ Face Down Records | 1980s film tribute album Track: "Repo Man" (Iggy Pop cover) |
| 2006 | Hello Radio: The Songs of They Might Be Giants | Bar/None | Tribute album for the band They Might Be Giants Track: "Road Movie to Berlin" |
| 2009 | New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets | Justice Records | Tribute album for the band Love and Rockets Track: "All in My Mind" |

## Guest appearances

| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
| 1994 | Pawnshop Guitars | Virgin | The debut solo album by the former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke (as Frank Black) – guitars, background vocals Track: "Jail Guitar Doors" (The Clash cover) |
| 1995 | The Sacred Squall Of Now | Upstart Records/Continental Record Services | The debut solo album by Reeves Gabrels (as Frank Black) – co-writer, vocals, rhythm guitar Track: "119 Years Ago" |
| 1995 | Ball-Hog or Tugboat? | Columbia | The debut solo album by the former Minutemen bass guitarist Mike Watt (as Frank Black) – lead vocals Track: "Chinese Firedrill" |
| 1995 | E-Ticket Ride | Columbia | 7" promo for Ball-Hog or Tugboat? (as Frank Black) – vocals Track: "Big Bang Theory" |
| 2000 | Ulysses (Delta Notte) | E-Magine Records | Reeves Gabrels album (as Frank Black) – vocals, rhythm guitar Track: "Jewel" feat. David Bowie & Dave Grohl |
| 2000 | (Breach) | Interscope Records | Wallflowers 3rd album (as Frank Black) – backing vocals Track: "Letters from the Wasteland" |
| 2000 | A Merilly Christmas | MEC | Alan Merrill Christmas album (as Frank Black) – backing vocals Track: "Let's think about it" |
| 2001 | The Best of Pigface: Preaching to the Perverted | Invisible Records | Recorded but unused for the 1991 Pigface live album Welcome to Mexico... Asshole (as Black Francis) - background talking & guitars Tracks: "Ogre (& The Six Million Dollar Man)" & "Dog" |
| 2002 | Hitting the Ground | Instinct Records | Debut solo album by Gordon Gano (as Frank Black) – vocals Track: "Run" |
| 2016 | This Becomes Us | Prescription | The debut solo album by the former Million Dead and Future of the Left bassist Julia Ruzicka – vocals Track: "Painter Man Is Coming" |

## Music videos

| Year | Album | Title | Director |
| 1993 | Frank Black | Los Angeles | John Flansburgh |
| 1993 | Frank Black | Hang on to your Ego | Adam Bernstein |
| 1994 | Teenager of the Year | Headache | Adam Bernstein |
| 1995 | The Cult of Ray | Men in Black | Mike Mills (director) |