Black Letter Days
| Black Letter Days | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 20, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | October 2001 – January 2002 | |||
| Studio | Frank Black and the Catholics' mobile recording studio, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 65:16 | |||
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| Producer | Nick Vincent | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 60/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Alternative Press | 7/10 |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Guardian | |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10 |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Uncut | |
| The Village Voice | |
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.