Lie Down in the Light

Lie Down in the Light
Studio album by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Released	May 20, 2008 (2008-05-20)
Genre	Indie folk, alternative country
Length	45:39
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
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

1. "Lie Down In The Light by Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Metacritic . Retrieved October 2, 2016.
2. Lie Down in the Light at AllMusic
3. Heller, Jason (May 21, 2008). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Lie Down In The Light". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
4. Sinacola, Dom (July 11, 2008). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on July 15, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
5. Denney, Alex (May 19, 2008). "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on February 22, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
6. Costa, Maddy (May 23, 2008). "Bonnie Prince Billy, Lie Down in the Light". The Guardian . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
7. review Archived 2008-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
8. Perlich, Tim (June 11, 2008). "Disc Review - BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY". Now . Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
9. Pitchfork review
10. This is Fake DIY review
11. Lie Down In The Light is his most coherent LP since the bleak masterpiece "I See A Darkness." [Aug 2008, p.85]
12. Alan Licht (Ed.) (2012), Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Faber and Faber Ltd., London, pp. 288-9. ISBN   978-0-571-25814-7.
13. "Ultratop.be – Bonnie+%22Prince%22+Billy – Lie Down In The Light" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
14. "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)