AllMusic wrote that "acoustic folk music had yet to be embraced by the punk/new wave underground, making Folksinger a watershed album." The New York Times wrote that the songs "tend to be too slight and specific for repeated listening; they don't have the resonances of 'Hattie Carroll.'"

Track listing

All tracks composed by Phranc, except where indicated

  1. "One of the Girls" – 4:56
  2. "Noguchi" – 2:56
  3. "Mary Hooley" – 4:02
  4. "Ballad of the Dumb Hairdresser" – 3:24
  5. "Caped Crusader" – 2:16
  6. "Female Mudwrestling" – 2:12
  7. "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" (Bob Dylan) – 4:26
  8. "Amazons" – 2:34
  9. "Liar Liar" – 1:58
  10. "Handicapped" – 1:30
  11. "Carolyn" – 4:27
  12. "Lifelover" – 2:36
  13. "Everywhere I Go (I Hear the Go Go's)" – 2:46

Personnel

  • Phranc - Producer, vocals, guitar

Release details

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| 1985

| Island

| CD

| 422-846 358-2

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| LP

| 422-846 358-1

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| cassette

| 422-846 358-4

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| 1990

| PolyGram

| CD

| 846358

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References

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