- Record Label: Drag City / Domino
- Release Date: Jan 25, 2005
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Superwolf contains some of [Oldham's] most startling work yet.
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Frayed, fuzzy and undeniably excellent.
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Superwolf is collaboration in the truest sense of the word, and the talents of the two musicians involved feel revitalized and meaningful in ways that they may not have for some time.
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Superwolf is the sound of two artists on the same creative page, both bringing unique abilities to the table and elevating the other's talents as a result.
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Soft and subtle, Superwolf is the kind of record that unwinds slowly, and is best enjoyed over multiple listens and, unsurprisingly, many glasses of wine.
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Superwolf is Bonnie-era Oldham trying to channel Palace-era Oldham.
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With Sweeney on hand, Oldham has kept some of his less appealing musical eccentricities in check -- this is one of his strongest and best-focused works in years.
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Will’s work has seldom had a stronger sonic setting.
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Q MagazineHas the evocative tang of something ancient and the folk-rock idiom of the modern age. [Feb 2005, p.103]
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UncutIn this lunar setting, Oldham's visionary, spooked words are lit up with renewed clarity. [Feb 2005, p.78]
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Sweeney brings an array of agile guitar playing and striking harmonies that create a more contained, musically astute Billyvironment.
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The WireThe collaboration has had the effect of sharpening Oldham's focus and yielding one of the most gripping collections to bear one of his many pseudonyms. [#252, p.48]
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Under The RadarSuperwolf is simultaneously bleak and tender, the kind of album to reveal itself in layers over time. [#9]
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Paste MagazineSuperwolf is Americana at its most grim. [Apr/May 2005, p.134]
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MojoSuperwolf's arrangements are pretty raw and understated--under-rehearsed, even--but for the better. [Feb 2005, p.102]
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It doesn’t feel right to be beating Will Oldham down for doing something that is so distinctly his own, even though he is doing it again and again to a greater or lesser extent.
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New Musical Express (NME)Full of sombre, skeletal and obliquely confessional songs, it's a crafted collection with ruminations on sex and loss. [5 Feb 2005, p.50]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 24
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Mixed: 0 out of 24
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Negative: 2 out of 24
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jeffbMay 20, 2005Great song writing. best work sense ease down the road.
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gelrodApr 5, 2005
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[Anonymous]Apr 1, 2005