Black Letter Days

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Black Letter Days
Studio album by Frank Black and the Catholics
Released	August 20, 2002
Recorded	Oct 2001-Jan 2002
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	SpinART
Producer	Nick Vincent
Professional reviews
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Frank Black and the Catholics chronology
Dog in the Sand (2001) Black Letter Days (2002) Devil's Workshop (2002)

Black Letter Days is the first of two albums by Frank Black and the Catholics to be simultaneously released in 2002. The title implies the opposite of the term "Red Letter Days" which are holidays — a "black letter day" being all the ordinary days in a given month.^[1]

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Black Rider"
2. "California Bound"
3. "Chip Away Boy"
4. "Cold Heart of Stone"
5. "Black Letter Day"
6. "Valentine and Garuda"
7. "How You Went So Far"
8. "End of Miles"
9. "1826"
10. "The Farewell Bend"
11. "Southbound Bevy"
12. "I Will Run After You"
13. "True Blue"
14. "Jane the Queen of Love"
15. "Jet Black River"
16. "21 Reasons"
17. "Whispering Weeds"
18. "The Black Rider"

[edit] Musicians

• Frank Black: vocals, guitar
• Scott Boutier: drums, vocals
• Eric Drew Feldman: keyboard, synthesizer, vocals
• Rich Gilbert: guitar, pedal steel guitar, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
• David McCaffery: bass, vocals
• Dave Phillips: guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals

additional musicians:

• Moris Tepper: guitar, vocals
• Nick Vincent: maracas

[edit] Notes and references