Will Oldham discography

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Oldham in 2006

This is a list of recordings by American singer and actor Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Palace Music, etc.).

Contents

Main discography

The nature of Oldham's work, with constant changes in backing musicians and even the names under which he records, can make for a confusing discography. Below are his releases in as simplified a form as possible.

Albums

A few of these albums are credited to another artist alongside Will Oldham but with Oldham providing vocals throughout each of the tracks they clearly belong on a list of Oldham albums.

Studio albums

YearAlbumReleased AsAdditional Info
1993 There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You Palace Brothers
1994 Days in the Wake Palace BrothersOriginal release had eponymous album title: Palace Brothers
1995 Viva Last Blues Palace Music
1996 Arise Therefore Palace MusicRe-released through iTunes as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.
1997 Joya Will OldhamRe-released through iTunes as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.

As Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

YearAlbumReleased asPeak chart positions
UK
Album Chart
US
Billboard 200
US
Heatseekers
1999 I See a Darkness Bonnie 'Prince' Billy151 [1] --
2001 Ease Down the Road Bonnie 'Prince' Billy88 [1] --
2003 Master and Everyone Bonnie 'Prince' Billy48 [1] --
2004 Sings Greatest Palace Music Bonnie 'Prince' Billy63 [1] --
2005 Superwolf Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney114 [2] --
2006 The Brave and the Bold Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy101 [3] --
2006 The Letting Go Bonnie 'Prince' Billy70 [1] 1948
2007 Wai Notes Dawn McCarthy & Bonny Billy---
2008 Lie Down in the Light Bonnie 'Prince' Billy122 [1] -10
2009 Beware Bonnie 'Prince' Billy71 [1] 1142
2010 The Wonder Show of the World Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang170 [1] -16
2011 Wolfroy Goes to Town Bonnie 'Prince' Billy150 [4] --
2012 The Marble Downs Trembling Bells & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy---
2013 What the Brothers Sang Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy---
2013 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Bonnie 'Prince' Billy---
2014Singer's Grave – A Sea of TonguesBonnie 'Prince' Billy---
2016Fanatic Voyage[tribute to The Mekons]Chivalrous Amoekons---
2016Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little DittiesBitchin Bajas & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2017 Best Troubador Bonnie 'Prince' Billy---
2017Wolf of the CosmosBonnie 'Prince' Billy---
2018Songs of Love and HorrorWill Oldham---
2019 I Made a Place Bonnie 'Prince' Billy---
2021Superwolves [5] Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney---
2022 Blind Date Party [6] [7] Bill Callahan & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy---
2023 Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You [8] Bonnie 'Prince' Billy---
2025 The Purple Bird [9] Bonnie 'Prince' Billy---

Live albums

Compilation albums

EPs

This section again contains several releases which are credited to Oldham alongside another artist or which are credited to a group other than Palace/Palace Brothers/Palace Music/Palace Songs. In these cases Oldham's contribution is such that they merit mention in his own discography rather than in the collaborations section.

Singles

YearTitleArtistLabel/Number
1993"Ohio River Boat Song" / "Drinking Woman"Palace BrothersDrag City DC25
1993"Come In" / "Trudy Dies"PalaceDrag City DC37
1994"Horses" / "Stable Will"Palace SongsDrag City DC47
1994"O How I Enjoy the Light" / "Marriage"Palace SongsDrag City DC64
1994"West Palm Beach" / "Gulf Shores"PalaceDrag City DC61
1995"The Mountain" / "(End of) Travelling"PalaceDrag City DC71
1995"Gezundheit" / "Let the Wires Ring"PalaceHausmusik 12
1995"Black/Rich Tune" / "You Have Cum in Your Hair..."Palace MusicDrag City (no Cat. No.)
1996"Every Mother's Son" / "No More Rides"PalaceDrag City DC83
1996"For the Mekons et al." (Live) / "Stable Will" (Live)Palace LivePalace Records PR13
1996"Little Blue Eyes" / "The Spider's Dude Is Often There"Palace MusicDrag City DC91
1997"Patience" / "Take However Long You Want"Will OldhamDrag City DC118
1997Little Joya: "Prologue" / "Joya" / "Exit Music (for a Dick)"Will OldhamDrag City DC107X
1997"In My Mind" (split 7-inch single with Rising Shotgun)Will OldhamPalace Records PR18
1997"Big Balls" (split 7-inch single titled "Sides 5-6")Palace ContributionSkin Graft GR26
1998"I Am Drinking Again" / "Dreaming My Dreams" (CD)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDomino Rug 67 cd
1998"Black Dissimulation" / "No Such As What I Want" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillieAll City Nomad
1998"The Sun Shines Down On Me" / "I Confess"Bonnie 'Prince' BillyLowFly LF075
1998"One With the Birds" / "Southside of the World"Bonnie 'Prince' BilliePalace Records PR20
1999"Let's Start a Family (Blacks)" / "A Whorehouse Is Any House"Bonnie 'Prince' BillySub Pop SP 462
2000"Little Boy Blue" / "Little Boy Blue 2" / "Blue Boy"Bonnie 'Blue' BillyWestern Vinyl WEST009
2001"Just to See My Holly Home"Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDomino (promo)
2002"Forest Time" (one sided 10-inch single)Will OldhamArtimo 01
2002"Brother Warrior" (split 7-inch single with rainYwood)Bonny BillyPalace Records PR27
2002"We All, Us Three, Will Ride" / "Barcelona"Will OldhamIsota SODY005
2003"Happy Child" / "Forest Time"Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC232
2004"Agnes, Queen of Sorrow" / "Blokbuster" (7-inch version)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC278 – UK #69 [1]
2004"Agnes, Queen of Sorrow" / "Blokbuster" / "Pussyfooting" (CD Version)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC278 – UK #69 [1]
2004"No More Workhorse Blues" / "The Color of My Dreams, If I Had Dreams" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC285 – UK #87 [1]
2004"No More Workhorse Blues" / "The Color of My Dreams, If I Had Dreams" / "The Kiss" (CD)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC285 – UK #87 [1]
2005"Puff the Magic Dragon" (split 7-inch single)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyLucky Dog 03
2005"I Gave You" / "Four Screams"Bonny/SweeneyDrag City DC298 – UK #210 [1]
2006"His Hands"Bonnie 'Prince' BillyiTunes (US only)
2006"Cursed Sleep" / "The Signifying Wolf" / "God's Small Song"Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC316 – UK #133 [1]
2006"Cold & Wet" / "Buried Treasure" (7-inch Version)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDomino RUG235 – UK #186 [1]
2006"Cold & Wet" / "The Way" / "Buried Treasure" (12-inch/CD)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC318
2007"Lay & Love" / "Going to Acapulco" (7-inch version)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDomino RUG246
2007"Lay & Love" / "Señor" / "Going to Acapulco" (12-inch/CD)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC329
2007"John the Baptist" / "Strange Form of Life" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillySelf-released / Tour Only
2007"Strange Form of Life" / "The Seedling"Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDomino RUG248
2008"Notes For Future Lovers" / "¿Dónde Está Prufrock?" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyGold Robot GRR006
2009"One Day At A Time" (iTunes Digital Single)Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & the Bewarers
2009"Forever and Ever" / "In Spite of Ourselves" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & SusannaSelf-released / Tour Only
2009"Stay" / "People Living" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC422/ Palace Records PR43
2010"New Year's Eve's The Loneliest Night Of The Year" (split 7-inch with Mike Heron)Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Trembling BellsHonest Johns HJP51
2011"Island Brothers" / "New Wonder" (10-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & the Cairo GangDrag City DC468
2011"Must Be Blind" / "Life in Muscle" (10-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt SweeneyDrag City DC481
2011"There Is No God" / "God Is Love" (10-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC483
2012"I am a Floozy"/"Remember the Terror Time" (book & cd "Afternoon" [10] )Bonnie 'Prince' BillyBlack Tent Press
2012"The b-sides for Time To Be Clear" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC515
2012"Storms" (split 7-inch with Billy F. Gibbons)Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt SweeneyDrag City DC546
2012"Christmas Eve Can Kill You" / "Walking the Dog" (7-inch)Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC547
2013"Sixty-One / Sixty Minute Man" (10-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDogfish Head (brewery); Barcode: 72410124371
2013"That's My Kind of Night" (iTunes Digital Single)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC587
2013"Better Than I Used To Be" (iTunes Digital Single)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC587
2013"Let Me Love You" (iTunes Digital Single)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC587
2014"There Are Worse Things I Could Do" (iTunes Digital Single)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC587
2014"Lovin' You Is Fun" (iTunes Digital Single)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC587
2014"Die Young" (iTunes Digital Single)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City DC587
2014"Am I Not A Weaker Soldier?" (7-inch)Alexis Taylor vs. Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDomino Records RUG629
2014"New Black Rich (Tusks)" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City Records DC609
2014"Quail And Dumplings" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City Records DC608
2014"We Love Our Hole / I'll Be Alright" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo GangEmpty Cellar Records EMP022
2014"New Trip On The Old Wine / Lay It Down" (7-inch)Trembling Bells & Bonnie 'Prince' BillyTin Angel Records TARRSD1
2015"Mindlessness" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City Records DC607
2015"The Devil Is People" (12-inch)"Bonnie Stillwatter" (Will Oldham & Watter)Temporary Residence Limited
2015"Gloria/Drie Vragen" (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Broeder DielemanSnowstar Records 15-062
2017"Conquer / You Have Been Seen (7-inch)Bonnie 'Prince' BillySlowboy Records BOY 25
2017"Mama Tried" (free digital download)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDrag City Records
2020"This Is Far From Over" (digital download)Bonnie 'Prince' BillyDomino RUG1116
2022"Niagra" Fences & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy [11]
2022"Friends of Devil"Andrew Rinehart and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy [12]
2024"Our Home"Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy featuring Tim O'Brien No Quarter [13]

Compilation appearances

This section lists Will Oldham songs which have appeared exclusively on multi-artist compilations.

Collaborations

Albums

EPs

Songs

YearTitleArtistAlbumLabel
1996"Simply Beautiful" Briana Corrigan When My Arms Wrap You RoundEastwest
1996"I Put My Arms Out To You (Acoustic)" Briana Corrigan Love Me NowEastwest
1996"More Brother (Inbred Version)"Ice vs. PalaceMacrodub Infection Vol. 2Gyroscope
1996"More Brother Dub"Ice vs. PalaceOrganized SoundJazz Fudge Recordings
1997"Untitled"The Continental OPSounds Of The Geographically Challenged Vol.2The Temporary Residence
1997"Spotlight"Rising ShotgunDavid Allan Coe's In My Mind 7-inchPalace Records
1997"Tom"The AnomoanonMother GoosePalace Records
2000"I See a Darkness" Johnny Cash American III: Solitary Man American
2001"Happy Child" Tweaker The Attraction to All Things Uncertain Six Degrees/Ryko
2002"How Can I Tell You I Love You" Papa M Sonic Youth presents All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1Bearded Music
2002"One That Got Away"The AnomoanonAsleep Many Years in the WoodTemporary Residence
2004"Valentine" Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation LeagueFrom the End of Your LeashMunich Records
2004"Ruby" Tweaker 2 a.m. Wakeup Call iMUSIC/Waxploitation
2005"Sea Lion" Sage Francis Sea Lion 12-inchEpitaph
2005"Don't Create a Ditch"
"He Was A Friend Of Mine"
"Nothin' to Celebrate"
RedNothin' To CelebrateUniversal Music
2005"Gratitude" Björk Drawing Restraint 9 Polydor
2005"Punks in the Beerlight" The Silver Jews Tanglewood Numbers Drag City
2006"Lowlight" Wrinkle Neck Mules Pull The BrakeShut Eye
2006"His Hands" Candi Staton His HandsHonest Jons/Astralwerks
2006"Idumæa" Current 93 Black Ships Ate the Sky Durtro Jnana
2006"Leave It Behind"Homesick HankLeave It BehindPlayground
2006"BTK Blues"
"Danny"
"Don't Ever Change"
Pink NastyMold the GoldSelf Released
2007"Knoxville Girl" Charlie Louvin s/tTompkins Square
2007"Through My Sails" Soulsavers It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You LandV2
2007"Idumæa (live)" Current 93 Birdsong in the EmpireDurtro Jnana
2007"La Chambre"Soy Un CaballoLes Heures De RaisonMatamore
2007"Evolution of Waters"
"Kin"
Valgeir Sigurdsson EkvilibriumBedroom Community
2007"Do You Want to be Buried With My People"
"Kiss"
"River of No Return"
"Comfort You"
Scout Niblett This Fool Can Now DieToo Pure
2008"Unlit Hallway"
"Like the River"
Sun Kil Moon AprilCaldo Verde
2008"Bury the Ghost" Dosh Wolves and Wishes anticon.
2008"Would You?" Holly Throsby A Loud Call Spunk
2009"Sunrise" Soulsavers Broken V2 / Cooperative Music.

Tributes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Tobias Zywietz (May 7, 2011). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  2. Tobias Zywietz (May 7, 2011). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  3. Tobias Zywietz (May 7, 2011). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  4. "Official Album Chart for the week ending 15 October 2011". UKChartsPlus (529). Liverpool: UKChartsPlus: 5–8.
  5. Carriere, Michael (March 3, 2022). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney are 'Superwolves'". Shepherd Express. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  6. "Bill Callahan and Bonnie "Prince" Billy Merge Their Musical Minds". The New Yorker. January 16, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  7. "Bill Callahan / Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Blind Date Party". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  8. "Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You". Discogs.
  9. https://pitchfork.com/news/bonnie-prince-billy-announces-new-album-the-purple-bird-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/
  10. "Ashley Macomber & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / 'AFTERNOON' BOOK | 10 IN. / Black Tent Press". blacktentpress.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012.
  11. Major, Michael. "Fences & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Collaborate on New 2-Track Single 'Niagra'". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  12. "Watch: Andrew Rinehart and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Share Wild West Inspired "Friend of The Devil" Music Video". Jambands. May 17, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  13. https://pitchfork.com/news/bonnie-prince-billy-announces-new-album-the-purple-bird-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/