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| Released | May 20, 1994 (1994-05-20)[1] | |||
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| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 62:51 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
| Mojo | [6] |
| NME | 8/10[7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
| Select | 4/5[10] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[11] |
Teenager of the Year is the second solo studio album by American musician Frank Black. The album was released in 1994 by 4AD in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States. It was co-produced by Eric Drew Feldman, who also played keyboards and bass guitar on the album.[12] Teenager also features work by several backing musicians, including Lyle Workman, Moris Tepper and Black's Pixies bandmate Joey Santiago.
The album reached No. 2 on Billboard'sHeatseekers chart and No. 131 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1994.[13][14] The single "Headache" reached No. 10 on Billboard'sModern Rock Tracks chart that year.[15]
Although not originally well-received, the record is now widely praised by both critics and fans.[16] The album is often cited as the high-point of Francis' post-Pixies catalogue,[2][12][16] and was ranked No. 94 on Pitchfork's "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s".[16] The album is included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die "[17]"
All tracks are written by Frank Black
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Whatever Happened to Pong?" | 1:34 |
| 2. | "Thalassocracy" | 1:33 |
| 3. | "(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain" | 2:17 |
| 4. | "Calistan" | 3:22 |
| 5. | "The Vanishing Spies" | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Speedy Marie" | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Headache" | 2:52 |
| 8. | "Sir Rockaby" | 2:54 |
| 9. | "Freedom Rock" | 4:16 |
| 10. | "Two Reelers" | 3:01 |
| 11. | "Fiddle Riddle" | 3:29 |
| 12. | "Olé Mulholland" | 4:41 |
| 13. | "Fazer Eyes" | 3:36 |
| 14. | "I Could Stay Here Forever" | 2:27 |
| 15. | "The Hostess with the Mostest" | 1:56 |
| 16. | "Superabound" | 3:10 |
| 17. | "Big Red" | 2:41 |
| 18. | "Space Is Gonna Do Me Good" | 2:22 |
| 19. | "White Noise Maker" | 2:42 |
| 20. | "Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band" | 2:20 |
| 21. | "Bad, Wicked World" | 1:57 |
| 22. | "Pie in the Sky" | 2:13 |
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[18] | 76 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] | 45 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] | 60 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] | 35 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[22] | 21 |
| USBillboard 200[13] | 131 |
| USHeatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] | 2 |
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