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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Alternative Press	8/10
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment Weekly	B−
The Guardian
Mojo
NME	5/10
Pitchfork	6.4/10
Popmatters
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Fast Man Raider Man is the eleventh studio album and a double-album by Frank Black released in the United States on June 20, 2006, and in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2006.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Black, except where noted.

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If Your Poison Gets You"		2:56
2.	"Johnny Barleycorn"		4:50
3.	"Fast Man"		4:12
4.	"You Can't Crucify Yourself"		3:23
5.	"Dirty Old Town"	Ewan MacColl	3:03
6.	"Wanderlust"		3:27
7.	"Seven Days"		4:11
8.	"Raider Man"		3:04
9.	"The End of the Summer"	Black, music adapted from Gabriel Fauré's Sicilienne, Op. 78	3:53
10.	"Dog Sleep"	Black, Reid Paley	3:48
11.	"When the Paint Grows Darker Still"		3:34
12.	"I'm Not Dead" (I'm in Pittsburgh)"	Black, Paley	3:41
13.	"Golden Shore"	Black, Paley	3:17

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In the Time of My Ruin"		4:21
2.	"Down to You"	Black, Paley	2:18
3.	"Highway to Lowdown"		2:35
4.	"Kiss My Ring"		2:29
5.	"My Terrible Ways"		3:36
6.	"Fitzgerald"		3:12
7.	"Elijah"		3:16
8.	"It's Just Not Your Moment"		5:32
9.	"The Real El Rey"		3:21
10.	"Where the Wind Is Going"		3:33
11.	"Holland Town"		2:32
12.	"Sad Old World"		4:57
13.	"Don't Cry That Way"		2:25
14.	"Fare Thee Well"	Traditional, arranged by Frank Black	3:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Musicians

Frank Black – lead vocals, guitar, ukulele
Bob Babbitt – bass guitar, backing vocals
Bobby Bare Jr. – backing vocals
Billy Block – drums, backing vocals
Marty Brown – bass guitar, backing vocals, duet vocal on Dirty Old Town
Violet Clark-Thompson – backing vocals
Jack Clement – dobro, backing vocals
Steve Cropper – guitar
Rick Duvall – backing vocals
Steve Ferrone – drums
Rich Gilbert – pedal steel guitar
James Griffin – backing vocals
Levon Helm – drums, percussion
David Hood – bass guitar
Ellis Hooks – backing vocals
Wayne Jackson – trumpet, trombone, fluegelhorn
Duane Jarvis – guitar
Mark Jordan – keyboards
Carol Kaye – guitar, bass guitar
Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Simon Kirke – drums, percussion
Jack Kidney – harmonica, tenor saxophone
Al Kooper – organ
Ian McLagan – keyboards
Buddy Miller – guitar, mando guitar, backing vocals
Spooner Oldham – keyboards, backing vocals
Tom Petersson – bass guitar
Dave Phillips – pedal steel guitar
P.F. Sloan – piano, backing vocals
Billy Swan – backing vocals
Planet Swan – backing vocals
Sierra Swan – backing vocals
Akil Thompson – drums
Chester Thompson – drums
Jon Tiven – alto saxophone, guitar, percussion, piano, backing vocals
Brooks Watson – backing vocals
Lyle Workman – guitar, arrangements (disc 1: tracks 1, 3, 6–13; disc 2: 2, 11)
Reggie Young – guitar

Technical

Brian Borelli – assistant engineer
Jake Burns – engineer, mixing
Scott Carter – assistant engineer
Marc Chevalier – engineer
Adam Deane – assistant engineer
Jim DeMain – mastering
Earl Drake – additional mixing
Jonathan Eubanks – assistant engineer
Michael Halsband – photography
Brent Hardy-Smith – illustrations
Alex McCollough – assistant engineer
Einar Pedersen – assistant engineer
Dan Penn – engineer
Adam Przybyla – assistant engineer
Kevin Rains – assistant engineer
Dan Steinman – assistant engineer
Andrew Swainson – cover design, illustrations
Jon Tiven – producer, engineer
Brooks Watson – assistant engineer
Miles Wilson – engineer
David Z – mixing

References

"Fast Man Raider Man by Frank Black". Metacritic. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
Phares, Heather. "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man". Allmusic. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
"Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man Review". Alternative Press: 208. August 2006.
Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
Hermes, Will (June 19, 2006). "Fast Man Raider Man". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
Lynskey, Dorian (June 23, 2006). "Frank Black, Fast Man Raider Man". The Guardian. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
"Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man Review". Mojo: 104. August 2006.
"Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man". NME: 37. June 17, 2006.
^ Tanari, Joe (June 20, 2006). "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
Huyck, Ed (July 20, 2006). "Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man". Popmatters. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
"Frank Black: Fast Man Raider Man Review". Uncut: 84. July 2006.
Fast Man Raider Man (Liner notes). Frank Black. Back Porch. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

Black Francis (Frank Black)

As Frank Black

Studio albums	Frank Black (1993) Teenager of the Year (1994) The Cult of Ray (1996) Frank Black Francis (2004) Honeycomb (2005) Fast Man Raider Man (2006)
Compilations	Oddballs (2000) Christmass (2006) Frank Black 93–03 (2007)
Singles	"Los Angeles" (1993) "Hang On to Your Ego" (1993) "Headache" (1994)

As Frank Black and
the Catholics

Studio albums	Frank Black and the Catholics (1998) Pistolero (1999) Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day (2000, unreleased) Dog in the Sand (2001) Black Letter Days (2002) Devil's Workshop (2002) Show Me Your Tears (2003)
Compilations	Frank Black and the Catholics: The Complete Recordings (2015)
Members	Lyle Workman

As Black Francis

Studio albums	Bluefinger (2007) Svn Fngrs (2008) The Golem (2010) NonStopErotik (2010) Paley & Francis (2011) (with Reid Paley)
Compilations	Abbabubba (2011)

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