Will Oldham discography
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This is a list of recordings by Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Palace Music, etc.).
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Studio albums
| Year | Album | Released As | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You | Palace Brothers | |
| 1994 | Days in the Wake | Palace Brothers | Original release had eponymous album title: Palace Brothers |
| 1995 | Viva Last Blues | Palace Music | |
| 1996 | Arise Therefore | Palace Music | Re-released through iTunes as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. |
| 1997 | Joya | Will Oldham | Re-released through iTunes as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. |
[edit] As Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
| Year | Album | Released As | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Album Chart |
US Billboard 200 |
US Heatseekers |
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| 1999 | I See a Darkness | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 151[1] | - | - |
| 2001 | Ease Down the Road | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 88[1] | - | - |
| 2003 | Master and Everyone | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 48[1] | - | - |
| 2004 | Sings Greatest Palace Music | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 63[1] | - | - |
| 2005 | Superwolf | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney | 114[2] | - | - |
| 2006 | The Brave and the Bold | Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 101[3] | - | - |
| 2006 | The Letting Go | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 70[1] | 194 | 8 |
| 2007 | Wai Notes | Dawn McCarthy & Bonny Billy | - | - | - |
| 2008 | Lie Down in the Light | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 122[1] | - | 10 |
| 2009 | Beware | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 71[1] | 114 | 2 |
| 2010 | The Wonder Show of the World | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang | 170[1] | - | 16 |
| 2011 | Wolfroy Goes to Town | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 150[4] | - | - |
[edit] Live albums
- Get the Fuck on Jolly Live - Bonny Billy and Marquis de Tren featuring the Monkey Boys (2001) limited edition tour CD
- Summer in the Southeast - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (15 November 2005)
- Wilding in the West - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (21 January 2008)
- Is It The Sea? - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy with Harem Scarem & Alex Neilson (20 October 2008) UK #172[1]
- Funtown Comedown - Bonny Billy & The Picket Line (15 December 2009)
[edit] Compilation albums
- Lost Blues and Other Songs - Palace Music (31 March 1997)
- Guarapero/Lost Blues 2 - Will Oldham (21 February 2000)
- Little Lost Blues - Bonny Billy (19 September 2006)
[edit] 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.
- Goat Songs - The Sundowners (Sea Note, 1993)
- An Arrow Through the Bitch - Palace Brothers (Domino, 1994)
- Hope - Palace Songs (1994)
- The Mountain - Palace (Drag City, 1995)
- Songs Put Together For (The Broken Giant) - Palace Soundtrack (Drag City, 1996)
- Western Music - Will Oldham (Ovni, 1997)
- Black/Rich Music - Will Oldham (Drag City, 1998) (re-release of Songs Put Together (for the Broken Giant))
- Blue Lotus Feet - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Domino, 1998)
- Dream of a Drunk Black Southern Eagle - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Domino, 1999)
- More Revery (live version) - Bonny Billy (Travels in Constants Vol 7, 2000)
- Ode Music - Will Oldham (Drag City, 2000)
- All Most Heaven - Will Oldham and Rian Murphy (Drag City, 2000)
- Get on Jolly - Bonnie Billy and the Marquis de Tren (Drag City, 2000)
- More Revery (studio version) - Bonny Billy (Temporary Residence, 2001)
- Amalgamated Sons of Rest - Amalgamated Sons of Rest (Galaxia, 2002)
- Slitch Music - The Continental OP (Drag City, 2002)
- Seafarers Music - Will Oldham (Drag City, 2004)
- Pebbles and Ripples - Bonny Billy and Brightblack (Galaxia, 2004) / (Split EP)
- I Gave You - Bonny/Sweeney (Drag City, 2005)
- Strange Form of Life - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Drag City, 2007)
- Ask Forgiveness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (19 November 2007)
- Chijimi EP - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Drag City/ Palace Records, 2009) / (Tour-Only 10")
- Among The Gold - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Cheyenne Marie Mize (19 May 2009)
- The Mindeater - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Phantom Family Halo (10" EP) / (September 2011)
- "Bonnie & Mariee EP" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Mariee Sioux (Spiritual Pajamas, Feb. 2012)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Artist | Label/Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Ohio River Boat Song" / "Drinking Woman" | Palace Brothers | Drag City DC25 |
| 1993 | "Come In" / "Trudy Dies" | Palace | Drag City DC37 |
| 1994 | "Horses" / "Stable Will" | Palace Songs | Drag City DC47 |
| 1994 | "O How I Enjoy the Light" / "Marriage" | Palace Songs | Drag City DC64 |
| 1994 | "West Palm Beach" / "Gulf Shores" | Palace | Drag City DC61 |
| 1995 | "The Mountain" / "(End of) Travelling" | Palace | Drag City DC71 |
| 1995 | "Gezundheit" / "Let the Wires Ring" | Palace | Hausmusik 12 |
| 1995 | "Black/Rich Tune" / "You Have Cum in Your Hair..." | Palace Music | Drag City (no Cat. No.) |
| 1996 | "Every Mother's Son" / "No More Rides" | Palace | Drag City DC83 |
| 1996 | "For the Mekons et al." (Live) / "Stable Will" (Live) | Palace Live | Palace Records PR13 |
| 1996 | "Little Blue Eyes" / "The Spider's Dude Is Often There" | Palace Music | Drag City DC91 |
| 1997 | "Patience" / "Take However Long You Want" | Will Oldham | Drag City DC118 |
| 1997 | Little Joya: "Prologue" / "Joya" / "Exit Music (for a Dick)" | Will Oldham | Drag City DC107X |
| 1997 | "In My Mind" (split 7" single with Rising Shotgun) | Will Oldham | Palace Records PR18 |
| 1997 | "Big Balls" (split 7" single titled "Sides 5-6") | Palace Contribution | Skin Graft GR26 |
| 1998 | "I Am Drinking Again" / "Dreaming My Dreams" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Domino Rug 67 cd |
| 1998 | "Black Dissimulation" / "No Such As What I Want" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billie | All City Nomad |
| 1998 | "The Sun Shines Down On Me" / "I Confess" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | LowFly LF075 |
| 1998 | "One With the Birds" / "Southside of the World" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billie | Palace Records PR20 |
| 1999 | "Let's Start a Family (Blacks)" / "A Whorehouse Is Any House" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Sub Pop SP 462 |
| 2000 | "Little Boy Blue" / "Little Boy Blue 2" / "Blue Boy" | Bonnie 'Blue' Billy | Western Vinyl WEST009 |
| 2001 | "Just to See My Holly Home" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Domino (promo) |
| 2002 | "Forest Time" (one sided 10" single) | Will Oldham | Artimo 01 |
| 2002 | "Brother Warrior" (split 7" single with rainYwood) | Bonny Billy | Palace Records PR27 |
| 2002 | "We All, Us Three, Will Ride" / "Barcelona" | Will Oldham | Isota SODY005 |
| 2003 | "Happy Child" / "Forest Time" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC232 |
| 2004 | "Agnes, Queen of Sorrow" / "Blokbuster" (7" version) | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC278 - UK #69[1] |
| 2004 | "Agnes, Queen of Sorrow" / "Blokbuster" / "Pussyfooting" (CD Version) | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC278 - UK #69[1] |
| 2004 | "No More Workhorse Blues" / "The Color of My Dreams, If I Had Dreams" (7") | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC285 - UK #87[1] |
| 2004 | "No More Workhorse Blues" / "The Color of My Dreams, If I Had Dreams" / "The Kiss" (CD) | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC285 - UK #87[1] |
| 2005 | "Puff the Magic Dragon" (split 7" single) | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Lucky Dog 03 |
| 2005 | "I Gave You" / "Four Screams" | Bonny/Sweeney | Drag City DC298 - UK #210[1] |
| 2006 | "His Hands" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | iTunes (US only) |
| 2006 | "Cursed Sleep" / "The Signifying Wolf" / "God's Small Song" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC316 - UK #133[1] |
| 2006 | "Cold & Wet" / "Buried Treasure" (7" Version) | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Domino RUG235 - UK #186[1] |
| 2006 | "Cold & Wet" / "The Way" / "Buried Treasure" (12"/CD) | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC318 |
| 2007 | "Lay & Love" / "Going to Acapulco" (7" version) | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Domino RUG246 |
| 2007 | "Lay & Love" / "Señor" / "Going to Acapulco" (12"/CD) | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC329 |
| 2007 | "John the Baptist" / "Strange Form of Life" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Self-released |
| 2007 | "Strange Form of Life" / "The Seedling" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Domino RUG248 |
| 2008 | "Notes For Future Lovers" / "¿Dónde Está Prufrock?" | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Gold Robot GRR006 |
| 2009 | "Forever and Ever" / "In Spite of Ourselves" (7") | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Susanna | Tour Only |
| 2009 | "Stay" / "People Living" (7") | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC422/ Palace Records PR43 |
| 2011 | "Island Brothers" / "New Wonder" (10") | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & the Cairo Gang | Drag City DC468 |
| 2011 | "Must Be Blind" / "Life in Muscle" (10") | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney | Drag City DC481 |
| 2011 | "There Is No God" / "God Is Love" (10") | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Drag City DC483 |
[edit] Compilation appearances
This section lists Will Oldham songs which have appeared exclusively on multi-artist compilations.
- "For The Mekons, et al." - Palace Brothers (Hey Drag City - Drag City, 1993)
- "Don't I Look Good Today" - Palace Brothers (Louisville Sluggers Vol.3 - Self-Destruct, 1993)
- "Two More Days" - Palace Brothers (Love Is My Only Crime 2 - Veracity/Intercord, 1994)
- "I Am A Cinematographer (Live)" - Palace Brothers (The Drag City Hour - Sea Note, 1996)
- "Meaulnes (Live)" - Palace Brothers (The Drag City Hour - Sea Note, 1996)
- "I Send My Love To You (Live)" - Palace Brothers (The Drag City Hour - Sea Note, 1996)
- "You Will Miss Me When I Burn (Live)" - Palace Brothers (The Drag City Hour - Sea Note, 1996)
- "Little Blue Eyes" (studio version) - Palace (Sourmash: A Louisville Compilation - X-Static/Boss Snake Music, 1996)
- "Ebb's Folly" - Will Oldham and Jim O'Rourke (Dutch Harbor OST - Atavistic, 1997)
- "Blokbuster (Live)" - Live Palace Music (Felidae - Last Exit, 1997)
- "What's Wrong With A Zoo?" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Quelque Chose d'Organique OST - Virgin France, 1998)
- "Watch With Me" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Methods of Intimate Plumbing - Blue Bunny Records, 1999)
- "Song For The New Breed (acoustic)" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Louisvillesonicimprint-Vol. 1 - Ghetto Defendant, 2000)
- "Today I Started Celebrating Again" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (At Home With The Groovebox - Grand Royal, 2000)
- "The Eagle and the Hawk" (John Denver) - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Take Me Home - Badman Recording Co., 2000)
- "Early Morning Melody" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Shellac presents All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0 - BMI, 2002)
- "You Can Never Go Fast Enough" - Will Oldham and Alan Licht (Don't Cry, Driver - Plain Recordings, 2003)
- "There's Something About What Happens When We Talk" - Bonnie Billy and Mary Feiock (Louisville is for Lovers Vol. 3 - Double Malt, 2003)
- "All These Vicious Dogs" - Will Oldham (All The Real Girls OST - Sanctuary Records/Combustion Music, 2003)
- "Lessons From What's Poor (different version)" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Now Who's Crazy? - Drag City, 2003)
- "Antagonism (live)" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Wide-Awake Crescent-Shaped - CWAS smile, 2004)
- "Demon Lover" - Superwolf (Sprout OST - Brushfire Records, 2005)
- "My Home is the Sea (live)" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney (Drag City A-Z - Drag City, 2005)
- "Will Oldham Speaks His Peace" - Will Oldham (Sea Note presents Mr. Jews 7" - Sea Note, 2005)
- "Song For Doctors Without Borders" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Not Alone - Durtro Jnana, 2006)
- "Monolith Lamb" - Bonnie Billy & Oscar Parsons (Spacemoth 5th Anniversary Compilation 2 - Spacemoth CDr, 2006)
- "Love Is Pleasing" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Louisville Is For Lovers 6 - Double Malt, 2006)
- "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (The Beach Boys) - Oldham Brothers (Do It Again: a Tribute to Pet Sounds - Houston Party Record, 2006)
- "Puff the Magic Dragon" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Songs for the Young at Heart - V2 Records, 2/2007)
- "Get Your Hands Dirty" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Louisville is for Lovers Vol. 8 - Double Malt, 2008)
- "Torn And Brayed" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney (Palermo Shooting OST, 2008)
[edit] Collaborations
[edit] Albums
- Fearful Symmetry - Box of Chocolates (Mad Entropic Carnaval, 1990)
- The Last Place To Go - The Boxhead Ensemble (Atavistic, 1998)
- Songs From Robert Louis Stevenson's 'A Child's Garden Of Verses' - The Anomoanon (Palace Records, 2000)
- Greetings from Providence, R.I. - Havanarama (Self-released, 2000)
- Whatever, Mortal - Papa M (Drag City, 2001)
- Tranquil Isolation - Nicolai Dunger (Virgin, 2002)
- Rock The Blockade - Havanarama (Secret Eye, 2003)
- Ala.Cali.Tucky - BrightBlack (Galaxia, 2004)
- No Earthly Man - Alasdair Roberts (Drag City, 2005)
- Safe Inside the Day - Baby Dee (Drag City, 2008)
- Silent City (album) - Brian Harnetty & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Atavistic, 2009)
[edit] EPs
- Summer Never Ends - The Anomoanon (Palace Records, 1999)
- Fish & Crabs - Havanarama (Self-released, 1999)
- Mutter - Carrie Yury (Self-released, 2005)
[edit] Songs
| Year | Title | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Simply Beautiful" | Briana Corrigan | When My Arms Wrap You Round | Eastwest |
| 1996 | "I Put My Arms Out To You (Acoustic)" | Briana Corrigan | Love Me Now | Eastwest |
| 1996 | "More Brother (Inbred Version)" | Ice vs. Palace | Macrodub Infection Vol. 2 | Gyroscope |
| 1996 | "More Brother Dub" | Ice vs. Palace | Organized Sound | Jazz Fudge Recordings |
| 1997 | "Untitled" | The Continental OP | Sounds Of The Geographically Challenged Vol.2 | The Temporary Residence |
| 1997 | "Spotlight" | Rising Shotgun | David Allan Coe's In My Mind 7" | Palace Records |
| 1997 | "Tom" | The Anomoanon | Mother Goose | Palace 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 1.1 | Bearded Music |
| 2002 | "One That Got Away" | The Anomoanon | Asleep Many Years in the Wood | Temporary Residence |
| 2004 | "Valentine" | Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation League | From the End of Your Leash | Munich Records |
| 2004 | "Ruby" | Tweaker | 2 a.m. Wakeup Call | iMUSIC/Waxploitation |
| 2005 | "Sea Lion" | Sage Francis | Sea Lion 12" | Epitaph |
| 2005 | "Don't Create a Ditch" "He Was A Friend Of Mine" "Nothin' to Celebrate" |
Red | Nothin' To Celebrate | Universal 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 Brake | Shut Eye |
| 2006 | "Idumæa" | Current 93 | Black Ships Ate the Sky | Durtro Jnana |
| 2006 | "Leave It Behind" | Homesick Hank | Leave It Behind | Playground |
| 2006 | "BTK Blues" "Danny" "Don't Ever Change" |
Pink Nasty | Mold the Gold | Self Released |
| 2007 | "Knoxville Girl" | Charlie Louvin | s/t | Tompkins Square |
| 2007 | "Through My Sails" | Soulsavers | It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land | V2 |
| 2007 | "Idumæa (live)" | Current 93 | Birdsong in the Empire | Durtro Jnana |
| 2007 | "La Chambre" | Soy Un Caballo | Les Heures De Raison | Matamore |
| 2007 | "Evolution of Waters" "Kin" |
Valgeir Sigurdsson | Ekvilibrium | Bedroom Community |
| 2007 | "Do You Want to be Buried With My People" "Kiss" "River of No Return" "Comfort You" |
Scout Niblett | This Fool Can Now Die | Too Pure |
| 2008 | "Unlit Hallway" "Like the River" |
Sun Kil Moon | April | Caldo 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. |
[edit] Tributes
- Johnny Cash recorded a version of "I See a Darkness" on his American Recordings disc, American III: Solitary Man (2000). Oldham provided backing vocals.
- Half Man Half Biscuit mention both the Palace Brothers and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy in the song "Emerging From Gorse" on their Trouble Over Bridgwater album (2000).
- "Harm of Will" from Björk's Vespertine album (2001) is about, and named after, Will Oldham.
- Oldham was the subject of a 2004 30-track double-CD tribute album (and a smaller 18-track version) released on Tract Records, titled I Am a Cold Rock. I Am Dull Grass., The album features performances by Calexico, Jolie Holland, Sodastream, and Iron & Wine, among others.
- Jeffrey Lewis's album City and Eastern Songs (2005) included the track "Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror."
- Steve Adey also covered "I See a Darkness" on his LP All Things Real (2006).
- Scottish rock group Biffy Clyro mentioned Oldham in their song "Saturday Superhouse" from their album Puzzle (2007).
- Mark Kozelek recorded a version of Oldham's "New Partner" on his 2008 disc, The Finally LP.
- In 2009 Mark Lanegan and Soulsavers recorded a cover version of "You Will Miss Me When I Burn". The release is a split single, backed with the Lanegan penned "Sunrise" featuring vocals by Oldham.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Tobias Zywietz (2011-05-07). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_B.HTM. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ Tobias Zywietz (2011-05-07). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ Tobias Zywietz (2011-05-07). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_T.HTM. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ "Official Album Chart for the week ending 15 October 2011". UKChartsPlus (Liverpool: UKChartsPlus) (529): 5–8.
[edit] External links
- The Royal Stable - an extensive Will Oldham discography.
