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Blind Date Party
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
ReleasedDecember 10, 2021
Genre
Length90:00
LabelDrag City
Bill Callahan chronology
Gold Record
(2020) 		Blind Date Party
(2021) 		Ytilaer
(2022)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
chronology
Superwolves
(2021) 		Blind Date Party
(2021) 		Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
(2023)

Blind Date Party is a collaborative studio album by

Bonnie "Prince" Billy, released on December 10, 2021, via Drag City. The project consists of covers of other artists' songs, many of which are from the duo's Drag City labelmates.[2]

Reception

Blind Date Party ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Backseat Mafia7.9/10[2]
The Guardian[5]
Mojo[6]
Pitchfork7.5/10[1]
Spectrum Culture35/100[7]
Uncut8/10[8]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Blind Date Party received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from 6 critic scores.[3]

Track listing

Blind Date Party track listing
No.TitleOriginal byLength
1."Blackness of the Night" (featuring
Sir Richard Bishop)
John Prine4:46
Total length:90:00

Charts

Chart performance for Blind Date Party
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 101
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 35
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] 53
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 51
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14] 21

References

  1. ^ a b Woodbury, Jason P. (December 28, 2021). "Bill Callahan / Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Blind Date Party Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Sawle, Chris (December 6, 2021). "Album Review: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Bill Callahan - Blind Date Party: a Rolling Thunder Lockdown Revue of the Drag City Stable, Cast in Cover Versions". Backseat Mafia. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Blind Date Party by Bill Callahan Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Phares, Heather (January 28, 2022). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Bill Callahan - Blind Date Party". AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  5. ^ Empire, Kitty (December 5, 2021). "Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy: Blind Date Party review - revelatory fun with old favourites". The Guardian. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  6. ^ Segal, Victoria. "Bill Callahan and Bonnie Prince Billy - Blind Date Party". Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  7. ^ Vellucci, Justin. "Bill Callahan/Bonnie Prince Billy: Blind Date Party". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  8. ^ McKay, Alastair. "Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy - Blind Date Party". Uncut. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy – Blind Date Party" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy – Blind Date Party" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  11. GfK Entertainment Charts
    . Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  13. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy – Blind Date Party". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  14. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 5, 2022.


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