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- Record Label: Drag City / Domino
- Release Date: Jan 28, 2003
- Summary: Don't know Bonnie "Prince" Billy? You may know him better by his given name, Will Oldham, who recorded under his name as well as Palace Music throughout the 1990s. This is his third album under the Billy moniker, and features contributions from members of Lambchop.
- Record Label: Drag City / Domino
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Country
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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UncutIn just over 35 minutes, the Bonnie Prince's mastery of form, blend of gentle awe and trembling sweetness are distilled to their essence. [Album of the Month, Feb 2003, p.74]
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It is perhaps Oldhams best work yet, and somewhat ironically, his most accessible as well.
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Entertainment WeeklyIf you can find 30 minutes in your day for a Friends rerun, surely you can carve out time to give this gentle sigh of a record the attention it deserves. [14 Feb 2003, p.73]
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Oldham concentrates on crafting unremittingly introspective and confessional material in a spare, old-timey format. As sometimes happens on the recordings of his kindred spirit Cat Power, such unstinting uniformity can be a curse as well as a blessing.
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Q MagazineHis most poignant and accessible work to date. [Feb 2003, p.96]
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A good album that finds Oldham retreating from the layered solemnity of his most recent releases in favor of a mood that is as intimate and delicate as it is bittersweet and biting.
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The WireEvery knot has been planed away. It's hushed, wistful, 'cool,' acoustic, sweetly dolorous and subtly well crafted... and dull as corrective footnotes in a treatise on ditchwater. [#228, p.54]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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AndeeGMar 13, 2003how ever, it is a really great album. great songs with a great voice!
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stompiedjMar 10, 2003perfect
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WaltMAug 4, 2006
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bengApr 12, 2003incredible. the most beautiful album i've ever heard, no questions asked.
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brettaApr 21, 2005Esential listening
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MathieuCMay 12, 2006
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BenjaminBunnyApr 16, 2004
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