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- Summary: One of two simultaneous releases (Black Letter Days being the other), Devil's Workshop is perhaps the more straightforward of the pair, although like its companion it was recorded direct to 2-track, representing a back-to-basics approach for Black and Co.
- Record Label: Spin Art
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 5 out of 12
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Mixed: 7 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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This is one tight little record.
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Exudes a sense of immediacy and echoes the group's tight live show.
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Devil's Workshop is the most compact realization of the group's aesthetic, and it contributes 11 solid songs to Frank's ever-expanding canon.
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Alternative PressIt feels like the afterthought it most likely was. [Oct 2002, p.77]
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Devil’s Workshop is not awful, but its steady flow of roots rock near-misses is, at the very least, disheartening.
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UncutBrisk playing compensates for some unremarkable songs. [Sep 2002, p.103]
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Q MagazineDominated by common-or-garden blues workouts, with few of the startling dynamics that marked his former band's finest work. [Sep 2002, p.100]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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FrankW.Aug 30, 2002san antonio, texas and fields of marigold are worth the admission alone. the 3 older songs on this sound fresh. FB continues his solo path.
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GregM.Aug 25, 2002
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JimA.Aug 30, 2002sit down, relax and let it kick you in the brain for a while! It's good and get better.
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AJJul 10, 2006
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PeterC.Sep 5, 2002
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