Show Me Your Tears is the sixth and final studio album to be released to date by Frank Black and the Catholics. Released in September 2003 by SpinART in the US and Cooking Vinyl in the UK, the album employs a wide range of guests, including piano and an arrangement by Van Dyke Parks on the final track, "Manitoba". Within months of the album's release, it was announced that Black would be participating in a Pixies 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. "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
Frank Black – 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 – guitar
Keith Moliné – guitar
Stan Ridgway – harmonica, melodica, banjo, percussion, vocals
Eric Drew Feldman – organ
Van Dyke Parks – 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) Stan Ridgway – 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