Lie Down In The Light - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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81 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: Louisville-born Will Oldham releases his latest album produced by Mark Nevers.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    100
    The eleven original songs all sound distinctively unique and yet, uniquely familiar all the same. And even when Oldham covers a song, he is able to make it sound like one of his own.
  2. The Guardian
    80
    Their second track focuses on Oldham's other great theme, death, and ranks among the finest songs he has written in his 15-year career. The rest of the album is as you'd expect from his twisted majesty: expressions of human futility, belligerent solipsism and awestruck hymns to God, backed with country sounds redolent of moonlit nights, sawdust-strewn saloons and horses' hooves.
  3. Uncut
    80
    Lie Down In The Light is his most coherent LP since the bleak masterpiece "I See A Darkness." [Aug 2008, p.85]
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  4. Mojo
    60
    'Easy Does It' is pleasant and clever rather than emotive and memorable, like so much of this album. [Aug 2008, p.114]
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. NadavG.
    10
    Amazing album.. so many beatiful moments and successes.. pure love for this album.
  2. RyanaB.
    10
    Great album.
  3. FelipeP.
    10
    Fantastic Album.
  4. RogerD.
    8
    Eight outta ten, already.

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