Lie Down in the Light

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Lie Down in the Light
Lie Down in the Light (Front Cover).png
Studio album by
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
ReleasedMay 20, 2008 (2008-05-20)
Genre Indie folk, alternative country
Length45:39
Label Drag City
Producer Mark Nevers
Bonnie "Prince" Billy chronology
Wai Notes
(2007)		Lie Down in the Light
(2008)		 Beware
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Independent favorable [3]
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Pitchfork 8.7/10 [5]
This Is Fake DIY 8/10 [6]

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.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Will Oldham, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
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

Production

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 51
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [9] 18

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References

  1. ↑ "Lie Down In The Light by Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Metacritic . Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ Lie Down in the Light at AllMusic
  3. ↑ The Independent review
  4. ↑ review Archived 2008-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Pitchfork review
  6. ↑ This is Fake DIY review
  7. ↑ Alan Licht (Ed.) (2012), Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Faber and Faber Ltd., London, pp. 288-9. ISBN   978-0-571-25814-7.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bonnie+%22Prince%22+Billy – Lie Down In The Light" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bonnie+%22Prince%22+Billy – Lie Down In The Light". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
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