[12] When asked by writer and podcaster Jonathan Ball in 2002 if Black Letter Days and Devil's Workshop were meant to be companion pieces or stand-alone albums, Frank Black said, "Either/or, I guess.

I didn't mix and match, I just kind of left them separate."

so we started to fool around with it a bit and have some fun, and the result was one reel of tape with probably seven different versions of "The Black Rider," one devolving into the next and getting sillier, so what you hear is the first take and the last take.

"[13] All tracks composed by Black Francis, except where noted.

Frank Black and the Catholics Additional musicians Technical