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~ Bonnie Prince Billy
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (17 Jan 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Domino
  • ASIN: B0006IGOWY
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 65,712 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. My Home is the Sea
2. Beast for Thee
3. What Are You?
4. Goat and Ram
5. Lift Us Up
6. Rudy Foolish
7. Bed is for Sleeping
8. Only Someone Running
9. Death In The Sea
10. Blood Embrace
11. I Gave You

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Amazon.co.uk Review

As expected from the Domino Records stable (Franz Ferdinand excepted), and from Bonnie "Prince" Billy (the very definition of an obscure musical genius), don't expect anything too commercial. Attractive though the melodies may be, and with the repeated meditations on the bleakness of sex and death, it's not easy listening. This collaboration between the Prince and Matt Sweeney (frontman of Chavez and former member of Billy Corgan's good-on-paper indie supergroup Zwan), challenging each other to write songs, this album is the result, and despite the lack of immediacy, it's still a gently enjoyable album. Musically, it's based almost entirely around simple two guitar/ two-voice arrangements, allowing maximum room for the listener to enjoy the odd meditations on sex such as the gentle but misleading "A Beast For Thee", and obscure lyrical asides on "Lift Us Up". The work becomes most effective on the slow build up of "Goat And Ram", one of the few songs to feature a rhythm section, and the seven-minute film-sampling "Blood Embrace". Certainly not for everyone, but business as usual for those used to Oldham (and Domino)'s resolutely uncommercial approach, and for the curious, there are worse albums to pick up on a whim than this. --Thom Allott


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'Superwolf' is the first collaboration between Will Oldham and former Chavez and Zwan member Matt Sweeney. The duo share writing and vocal duties on this release. It sticks to thevaguely upbeat sound of Oldham's Bonnie 'Prince' Billy project; whilst still retaining the dark and twisted country folk sound for which he is more well known.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Oldham does it again, 18 Jan 2005
This review is from: Superwolf (Audio CD)
Will Oldham is a very rare thing in this day and age - an artist of genuine calibre who seems unafraid to continue making music to satisfy nobody but himself. He is by nature a fickle beast - after ten years of what some refer to as 'alt-country', his definitive brand of under-produced acoustic based recordings, his last album was something of a curveball, employing a full session band to revisit fifteen of Palace Brothers 'greatest hits and give them a polished Nashville sheen. The gamble paid off - Oldham managed to prove himself an extraordinary songwriter, the songs power holding up even without the mood inducing melancholy which the lo-fi backings had managed to instill on the original versions of the songs.

And so Oldham's decision to team up with long-term friend Matt Sweeney - ex-Slint and Billy Corgan's ill-fated Zwan - may take some by surprise. Oldham's major contribution here is lyrical, as he takes a back seat and allows Sweeney to come up with the music. For the most part the results are fantastic.

Anybody who has heard any of Will Oldham's previous work will know that it does not always make for easy listening, and the eleven selections on Superwolf are no exception. Oldham uses his whole palette on this album. Opener 'My Home Is The Sea' is something of a false start, Oldham has deliberately placing the most accessible and best produced track at the start of the album to lull the listener into a false sense of security. 'Beast For Thee' follows, its lush sounding arpeggios recalling the sound of Mogwai. The harmony vocals provided on this track by Sweeney are exquisitiley arranged, as they are throughout the album.

'What Are You?' shows Oldham's more comical side, as he threatens to 'take you over my knee, and spank you mercilessly.''Goat and Ram' is the track which sounds most like Palace Music, its gentle drum backing given it something of a tribal feel, before giving way to something similar to Slint.

'Bed Is For Sleeping' is possibly the standout track on this album. It's lyrics are typical wistful Oldham:-'where are you going? why are you leaving? Left on a walkway, to swallow my grieving?'

Oldham and Sweeney save their greatest epic until it is alomost time for them to leave - 'Blood Embrace' is a brooding piece almost eight minutes in length, its mood summed up within Sweeney's opening guitar hook. The lyrics find Oldham questioning the stability of his love :- 'does she test me does she know? that i would sooner turn and go? and find another if that is what she'd have me do.'

In the past, Oldham has tended to lighten the mood with his closing tracks - Rich Wife Full Of Happiness on Ease Down the Road and Hard Life from Master and Everyone. Not so here - 'I Gave You' is a bitter lament to somebody who has wasted all that they have had provided for them, Oldham cursing the person who he has 'given ten lives, when you wasted twenty.' The last lines of the album are genuinely haunting with Oldham stating ' You have vanished into the air, the air in which I must live.' As the last lines of the album fade, the sense of loss which has pervaded the whole album from the opening ' I have often said, I would like to be dead' stays with the listener.

Somehow, despite the heavy content of the lyrics, Sweeney's music is a perfectly fitting accompaniment and the two elements together make this an album that is really worth playing over and over again. It's only the third week of the year, and Oldham and Sweeney have already provided us with a serious contender for album of 2005.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars knocks you sideways, 28 April 2005
By amy (the land of the brave and bold) - See all my reviews
as an old -time fan of mister willy o, i was excited to check out his latest offering, written and performed with his old buddy matt sweeney. the result is this: a beautiful, at times melancholy, uplifting, soothing, and golden-hued piece..less DIY than his old stuff, but the clarity [as opposed to fuzz] of his 'new' sound makes for an altogether different, but equally enchanting, musical experience...
ten out of five, hands down
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superwolf, 1 Feb 2005
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From the first notes of this album I knew it was gonna be a favourite of the year for me. I love Oldham's unconventional lyricism anyway, coupled with Sweeney's guitar I thought it was divine. The first few tracks are certainly more cheerful than the last few...but how can you have an oldham cd without a few darknesses? It's certainly an easier way in to his stuff if you havent heard him before...you'll be hooked...
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4.0 out of 5 stars a fine piece of work.
This is a good piece of work the two match each other perfectly, classic Oldman lyrics and melodies, wit a little bit more rock and roll from Sweeney. Read more
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