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| | Barnes & Noble.com Music - Devil's Workshop -- Frank Black and the Catholics - CD |
 | | The companion album to the reflective, ambitious Black Letter Days, Devil's Workshop is 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. |
 | | And, as on Black Letter Days, Frank Black uses travel and the West as muses, particularly on the bright, bittersweet jangle pop of "Out of State"; the bouncy yet edgy "San Antonio, TX"; and "Are You Headed My Way?," a singalong set to a boogie-woogie beat. |
 | | In particular, the album features some of the most sizzling guitar work to appear on one of Black's albums since his days in the Pixies; even some of the lesser songs here, such as "The Scene" and "Whiskey in Your Shoes," boast impressively slashing rhythm guitars and incendiary leads. |
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