• Record Label: Spin Art
  • Release Date: Aug 20, 2002
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

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  1. GregM.
    Aug 25, 2002
    8
    The hotter, sluttier little sister of Black Letter Days is the perfect foil for its brooding, bleak big brother. In, out, and satisfied. So what if you forget what you just heard. Anyway, Frank Black's leavings are better than commercial radio's best.
  2. FrankW.
    Aug 30, 2002
    10
    san antonio, texas and fields of marigold are worth the admission alone. the 3 older songs on this sound fresh. FB continues his solo path.
  3. JimA.
    Aug 30, 2002
    8
    sit down, relax and let it kick you in the brain for a while! It's good and get better.
  4. PeterC.
    Sep 5, 2002
    7
    Strong sounds, mediocre production, but overall the best effort of late from Frank; Lyle Workman, Moris Tepper, and Joey Santiago are welcome returnees to the fold!
  5. AJ
    Jul 10, 2006
    8
    Enjoyable, tight little album. It was a nice add on to "Black Letter Days" but lacks the emotional immediacy of that album. Feels a little like an afterthought. Even so it is better than most albums being released today.
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. If nothing else, Frank's 33-minute Devil's Workshop is the punchy record that should have followed Teenager of the Year.
  2. 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.
  3. Short, simple, and lively, a collection of rollicking, quirky road songs that recall some of the more oblique moments on Teenager of the Year and the more rock-oriented tracks on Pistolero and Dog in the Sand.