Black Letter Days

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Black Letter Days
Studio album by
Frank Black and the Catholics
ReleasedAugust 20, 2002
RecordedOct 2001-Jan 2002
GenreAlternative rock
Length65:16
LabelSpinART, Cooking Vinyl
ProducerNick Vincent
Frank Black and the Catholics chronology
Dog in the Sand
(2001) 		Black Letter Days
(2002) 		Devil's Workshop
(2002)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press7/10[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Guardian[5]
Pitchfork6.9/10[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Uncut[10]
The Village Voice(choice cut)[11]

Black Letter Days is the first of two albums by Frank Black and the Catholics simultaneously released in 2002 (along with Devil's Workshop). 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.[12]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Black Francis, except where noted.

  1. "The Black Rider" (Tom Waits) – 2:37
  2. "California Bound" – 3:24
  3. "Chip Away Boy" – 2:57
  4. "Cold Heart of Stone" – 3:19
  5. "Black Letter Day" – 3:26
  6. "Valentine and Garuda" – 3:13
  7. "How You Went So Far" – 4:05
  8. "End of Miles" – 3:49
  9. "1826" – 6:40
  10. "The Farewell Bend" – 3:23
  11. "Southbound Bevy" – 3:07
  12. "I Will Run After You" – 3:58
  13. "True Blue" – 1:49
  14. "Jane the Queen of Love" – 5:10
  15. "Jet Black River" – 1:51
  16. "21 Reasons" – 5:40
  17. "Whispering Weeds" – 3:39
  18. "The Black Rider" (Tom Waits) – 3:09

Personnel

  • 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 personnel

Technical

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Black Letter Days by Frank Black & The Catholics". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "Frank Black and the Catholics: Black Letter Days". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Frank Black and the Catholics: Black Letter Days". Alternative Press: 77. October 2002.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ Aizlewood, John (23 August 2002). "Frank Black and the Catholics: Black Letter Days". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  6. ^ Bowers, William (3 September 2002). "Frank Black & the Catholics: 'Black Letter Days' and 'Devil's Workshop'". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Frank Black and the Catholics: Black Letter Days". Q: 100. September 2002.
  8. ^ Frank Black: Black Letter Days at the Wayback Machine (archived 2003-08-17)
  9. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Frank Black and the Catholics". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 74. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. ^ "Frank Black and the Catholics: Black Letter Days". Uncut: 103. September 2002.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (2003-02-11). "The Prelude". The Village Voice.
  12. ^ "Features:Frank Black". Splendid. Archived from the original on 2006-12-15. Retrieved 2007-03-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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