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.).

[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

• There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You - Palace Brothers (7 June 1993)
• Days in the Wake - Palace Brothers (29 August 1994) (first release was titled Palace Brothers)
• Viva Last Blues - Palace Music (21 August 1995)
• Arise Therefore Palace Music (29 April 1996) (re-released as a Will Oldham album)
• Joya - Will Oldham (27 October 1997)
• I See a Darkness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (19 January 1999)
• Ease Down the Road - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (19 March 2001)
• Master and Everyone - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (28 January 2003)
• Sings Greatest Palace Music - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (23 March 2004)
• Superwolf - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney (25 January 2005)
• The Brave and the Bold - Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (26 January 2006)
• The Letting Go - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (19 September 2006)
• Wai Notes - Dawn McCarthy and Bonny Billy (11 December 2007)
• Lie Down in the Light - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (20 May 2008)

[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)

[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 - Bonnie 'Prince' 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)
• Ode Music - Will Oldham (Drag City, 2000)
• More Revery (live version) - Bonny Billy (Travels in Constants Vol 7, 2000)
• All Most Heaven - Will Oldham and Ryan 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)

[edit] Singles

[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)
• "Get Your Hands Dirty" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Louisville is for Lovers Vol. 8 - Double Malt, 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)

[edit] EPs

• Summer Never Ends - The Anomoanon (Palace Records, 1999)
• Fish & Crabs - Havanarama (Self-released, 1999)
• Mutter - Carrie Yury (Self-released, 2005)

[edit] Songs

[edit] See also

• I Am a Cold Rock. I Am Dull Grass. (Tract Records, 2004) - Tribute album

[edit] External links

• The Royal Stable - an extensive Will Oldham discography.