Blind Date Party

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Blind Date Party
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 10, 2021
Genre
Length90:00
Label Drag City
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(2020)
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(2021)
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(2022)
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(2021)
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(2023)

Blind Date Party is a collaborative studio album by Bill Callahan and 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]

Contents

Reception

Blind Date Party ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Backseat Mafia7.9/10 [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [1]
Spectrum Culture35/100 [7]
Uncut 8/10 [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 Azita) Yusuf Islam 3:45
2."OD'd in Denver" (featuring Matt Sweeney) Hank Williams Jr. 3:30
3."I've Made My Mind Up" (featuring Alasdair Roberts)Dave Rich4:27
4."Red Tailed Hawk" (featuring Matt Kinsey)The Other Years2:40
5."Wish You Were Gay" (featuring Sean O'Hagan) Billie Eilish 3:54
6."Our Anniversary" (featuring Dead Rider) Smog 5:19
7."Rooftop Garden" (featuring George Xylouris) Lou Reed 6:20
8."Deacon Blues" (featuring Bill MacKay) Steely Dan 7:17
9."I Love You" (featuring David Pajo) Jerry Jeff Walker 6:41
10."Sea Song" (featuring Mick Turner) Robert Wyatt 7:21
11."I've Been the One" (featuring Meg Baird) Little Feat 3:55
12."Miracles" (featuring Ty Segall) Johnnie Frierson 4:17
13."I Want to Go to the Beach" (featuring Cooper Crain) Iggy Pop 5:34
14."Night Rider's Lament" (featuring Cory Hanson)Michael Burton4:59
15."Arise, Therefore" (featuring Six Organs of Admittance) Palace Music 3:24
16."The Night of Santiago" (featuring David Grubbs) Leonard Cohen 4:16
17."The Wild Kindness" (featuring Cassie Berman) Silver Jews 3:32
18."Lost in Love" (featuring Emmett Kelly) Air Supply 4:05
19."She Is My Everything" (featuring Sir Richard Bishop) John Prine 4:46
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

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