Lie Down in the Light
| Lie Down in the Light | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 20, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Indie folk, alternative country | |||
| Length | 45:39 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
| Producer | Mark Nevers | |||
| Bonnie "Prince" Billy chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| The A.V. Club | A–[3] |
| Cokemachineglow | 83%[4] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| musicOMH | [7] |
| Now | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 8.7/10[9] |
| This Is Fake DIY | 8/10[10] |
| Uncut | [11] |
Lie Down in the Light is a studio album by Will Oldham. It was released under the moniker Bonnie "Prince" Billy on Drag City in 2008.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Will Oldham, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Easy Does It" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "You Remind Me of Something (The Glory Goes)" | 3:56 |
| 3. | "So Everyone" | 4:01 |
| 4. | "For Every Field There's a Mole" | 3:19 |
| 5. | "(Keep Eye On) Other's Gain" | 4:35 |
| 6. | "You Want That Picture" | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Missing One" | 2:47 |
| 8. | "What's Missing Is" | 4:27 |
| 9. | "Where Is the Puzzle?" | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Lie Down in the Light" | 4:09 |
| 11. | "Willow Trees Bend" | 4:08 |
| 12. | "I'll Be Glad" (Shannon Stephens) | 2:43 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Will Oldham – music
- Emmett Kelly – guitar, harmony voice, recorder, shrooti box
- Shahzad Ismaily – percussion, banjo, piano, electric guitar, row of wrenches, laptop organ
- Paul Oldham – bass guitar
- Ashley Webber – voice
- Roy Agee – trombone
- Tony Crow – piano, organ
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Pete Finney – pedal steel guitar
- Ben Martin – percussion
- Dennis Solee – clarinet
- Rod Fletcher – voices
- John Ryles – voices
- Marty Slayton – voices
Production
- Mark Nevers – recording
- Paul Oldham – mixing (5)
- Scott Colburn – mastering
- Joanne Oldham – cover drawing, depicting Jacob Wrestling with the Angel[12]
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 51 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14] | 18 |
References
- ^ "Lie Down In The Light by Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Metacritic. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ Lie Down in the Light at AllMusic
- ^ Heller, Jason (May 21, 2008). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Lie Down In The Light". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ Sinacola, Dom (July 11, 2008). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light". Cokemachineglow. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ Denney, Alex (May 19, 2008). "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ Costa, Maddy (May 23, 2008). "Bonnie Prince Billy, Lie Down in the Light". The Guardian. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ review Archived 2008-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Perlich, Tim (June 11, 2008). "Disc Review - BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY". Now. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ Pitchfork review
- ^ This is Fake DIY review
- ^ Lie Down In The Light is his most coherent LP since the bleak masterpiece "I See A Darkness." [Aug 2008, p.85]
- ^ Alan Licht (Ed.) (2012), Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Faber and Faber Ltd., London, pp. 288-9. ISBN 978-0-571-25814-7.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Bonnie+%22Prince%22+Billy – Lie Down In The Light" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bonnie+%22Prince%22+Billy – Lie Down In The Light". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
External links
- Lie Down in the Light at Discogs (list of releases)