Pond Scum
by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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  1. interference
    Feb 3, 2016
    10
    What a beautiful collection.
    Great combination of old Palace Prince Billy songs, some well known ones and some obscure ones, some in different arrangements some true to the original but all similar in mood and quality.

    Immaculate really.
    I generally don't rate any album that is a collection of previous work a 10, but this one deserves it.

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77

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
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  1. Record Collector
    Mar 25, 2016
    80
    The album itself feels like a lost Oldham classic, it’s a joy to hear him tackling some of the more obscure corners of his repertoire in such an intimate fashion.
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  2. The Wire
    Mar 8, 2016
    70
    Oldham's rewriting of his own songs sometimes turns into a queasy compulsion.... There are some stunning revisions in this collection. [Mar 2016, p.62]
  3. PopMatters
    Mar 2, 2016
    80
    Pond Scum, Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s latest offering, excavates rare artifacts--performances occasionally eclipsing the original album tracks, especially given the vocal clarity to underscore Oldham’s lyrical virtuosity.
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