Lie Down in the Light
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{{Infobox album
| name = Lie Down in the Light
| type = studio
| artist = Bonnie "Prince" Billy
| cover = Lie Down in the Light (Front Cover).png
| released = {{Start date|2008|05|20}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Indie folk, alternative country
| length = {{Duration|m=45|s=39}}
| label = Drag City
| producer = Mark Nevers
| prev_title = Wai Notes
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Beware
| next_year = 2009
}}
{{Music ratings
| MC = 81/100{{cite web|title=Lie Down In The Light by Bonnie "Prince" Billy|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/lie-down-in-the-light/bonnie-prince-billy|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=October 2, 2016|quote=}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1390939}}
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2score = A–{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/bonnie-prince-billy-lie-down-in-the-light-1798204305|title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Lie Down In The Light|website=The A.V. Club|last=Heller|first=Jason|date=May 21, 2008|access-date=May 5, 2025}}
| rev3 = Cokemachineglow
| rev3score = 83%{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715075826/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/3749/bonnieprincebilly-liedowninthelight-2008|title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light|website=Cokemachineglow|last=Sinacola|first=Dom|date=11 July 2008|access-date=5 May 2025}}
| rev4 = Drowned in Sound
| rev4score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/13265/reviews/3377687-bonnie-prince-billy-lie-down-in-the-light|title=Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light|website=Drowned in Sound|last=Denney|first=Alex|date=19 May 2008|access-date=5 May 2025}}
| rev5 = The Guardian
| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/23/folk.shopping1|title=Bonnie Prince Billy, Lie Down in the Light|website=The Guardian|last=Costa|first=Maddy|date=23 May 2008|access-date=5 May 2025}}
| rev6 = musicOMH
| rev6score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[http://www.musicomh.com/albums/bonnie-prince-billy-2_0508.htm review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524012233/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/bonnie-prince-billy-2_0508.htm |date=2008-05-24 }}
| rev7 = Now
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611105013/http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=163359|title=Disc Review - BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY|website=Now|last=Perlich|first=Tim|date=June 11, 2008|access-date=May 5, 2025}}
| rev8 = Pitchfork
| rev8score = 8.7/10[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11549-lie-down-in-the-light/ Pitchfork review]
| rev9 = This Is Fake DIY
| rev9score = 8/10[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115134815/http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/bonnie-prince-billy-lie-down-in-the-light/ This is Fake DIY review]
| rev10 = Uncut
| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}Lie Down In The Light is his most coherent LP since the bleak masterpiece "I See A Darkness." [Aug 2008, p.85]
}}
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
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Will Oldham, except where noted
| title1 = Easy Does It
| length1 = 3:53
| title2 = You Remind Me of Something (The Glory Goes)
| length2 = 3:56
| title3 = So Everyone
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = For Every Field There's a Mole
| length4 = 3:19
| title5 = (Keep Eye On) Other's Gain
| length5 = 4:35
| title6 = You Want That Picture
| length6 = 3:50
| title7 = Missing One
| length7 = 2:47
| title8 = What's Missing Is
| length8 = 4:27
| title9 = Where Is the Puzzle?
| length9 = 3:50
| title10 = Lie Down in the Light
| length10 = 4:09
| title11 = Willow Trees Bend
| length11 = 4:08
| title12 = I'll Be Glad
| note12 = Shannon Stephens
| length12 = 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 AngelAlan Licht (Ed.) (2012), Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Faber and Faber Ltd., London, pp. 288-9. {{ISBN|978-0-571-25814-7}}.
Charts
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| {{album chart|Flanders|51|artist=Bonnie+%22Prince%22+Billy|album=Lie Down In The Light|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 15, 2019}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|18|artist=Bonnie+%22Prince%22+Billy|album=Lie Down In The Light|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 15, 2019}} |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|8166|Lie Down in the Light}}
{{Will Oldham}}
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