The Cult of Ray

The Cult of Ray is the third solo studio album by American musician Frank Black. Black opted to produce The Cult of Ray himself, after Eric Drew Feldman produced his first two albums.

The album title is a reference to author Ray Bradbury. The album's final song is a tribute to Shazeb Andleeb, who was beaten to death at Narbonne High School in Harbor City, California (a school Black attended), in May 1995.

Chart performance
The Cult of Ray peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and number 127 on the Billboard 200 in 1996.

Personnel
The core musicians employed on this album would eventually be dubbed The Catholics and would continue as Black's backing group for the following seven years (albeit with a changed line up).


 * Musicians
 * Frank Black – vocals, guitar (right channel)
 * Scott Boutier – drums
 * David McCaffery – bass
 * Lyle Workman – lead guitar (left channel)
 * Matt Yelton – backing vocals on "Men in Black", "You Ain't Me", "The Adventure and the Resolution" and "Dance War"
 * Nick Vincent – drums and bass on "I Don't Want to Hurt You (Every Single Time)"
 * Technical
 * Frank Black – producer
 * Matt Yelton – engineer
 * Billy Bowers – assistant engineer
 * Greg Fidelman – assistant engineer
 * Jim Champagne – assistant engineer
 * Eddie Miller – assistant engineer
 * Mike Baumgartner – assistant engineer
 * Ian MacPherson – assistant engineer
 * Andy MacPherson – mixing
 * Bob Ludwig – mastering
 * Inertia – design