Beware (album)

Beware
Studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Released 17 March 2009
Genre Americana, alternative country
Label Drag City
Domino
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology
Lie Down in the Light
(2008)		 Beware
(2009)		 The Wonder Show of the World
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Drowned in Sound (4/10) [2]
Entertainment Weekly (B+) [3]
The New York Times [4]
Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) [5]
PopMatters (4/10) [6]
Rolling Stone [7]
Spin [8]
The Skinny [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes [10]

Beware is a studio album by singer-songwriter Will Oldham, released on March 17, 2009, on Drag City. The album is Oldham's seventh under the name Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Beware was recorded in October 2008 at Engine Studios in Chicago, IL. It was engineered by Neil Strauch and Will's backing band included Josh Abrams of Town & Country, Jennifer Hutt, Emmett Kelly of the Cairo Gang band, and Michael Zerang of Peter Brötzmann's and Ken Vandermark's jazz-combos. Guest artists included Leroy Bach (ex-Wilco), Jon Langford (of the Mekons, Waco Brothers), Greg Leisz, Rob Mazurek (of Chicago Underground Duo, Isotope 217), Nicole Mitchell, Azita Youssefi and others.

Contents

Reception

Critical response to Beware! was generally favorable and positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 74 ("Generally favorable reviews"), based on 32 professional reviews, and the average user rating for the album is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 12 users' votes.[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Will Oldham.

  1. "Beware Your Only Friend" - 4:01
  2. "You Can't Hurt Me Now" - 3:42
  3. "My Life's Work" - 3:53
  4. "Death Final" - 3:01
  5. "Heart's Arms" - 3:26
  6. "You Don't Love Me" - 3:09
  7. "You Are Lost" - 2:55
  8. "I Won't Ask Again" - 4:26
  9. "I Don't Belong to Anyone" - 3:15
  10. "There Is Something I Have to Say" - 3:19
  11. "I Am Goodbye" - 2:21
  12. "Without Work, You Have Nothing" - 3:45
  13. "Afraid Ain't Me" - 4:49

Personnel

Backing band

Special guests

References

  1. ^ Beware (album) at Allmusic
  2. ^ Drowned In Sound review
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ New York Times review
  5. ^ Pitchfork review
  6. ^ Popmatters review
  7. ^ Rolling Stone review
  8. ^ Spin review
  9. ^ The Skinny review
  10. ^ Tiny Mix Tapes Review
  11. ^ "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy:Beware (2004): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/bonnieprincebilly/beware. Retrieved 2009-03-19. 
Will Oldham (Palace / Palace Songs / Palace Music / Palace Brothers / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
Studio albums
There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You (1993) · Days in the Wake (1994) · Viva Last Blues (1995) · Arise Therefore (1996) · Joya (1997) · I See a Darkness (1999) · Ode Music (2000) · Ease Down the Road (2001) · Master and Everyone (2003) · Sings Greatest Palace Music (2004) · Superwolf (2005) · The Brave and the Bold (2006) · The Letting Go (2006) · Wai Notes (2007) · Lie Down in the Light (2008) · Beware (2009) · The Wonder Show of the World (2010) · Wolfroy Goes to Town (2011)
Live albums
Get the Fuck on Jolly Live (2001) · Summer in the Southeast (2005) · Wilding in the West (2008) · Is It The Sea? (2008)
EPs
Goat Songs (1993) · An Arrow Through the Bitch (1994) · Hope (1994) · The Mountain (1995) · Songs Put Together For (The Broken Giant) (1996) · Western Music (1997) · Black/Rich Music (1998) · Blue Lotus Feet (1998) · Dream of a Drunk Black Southern Eagle (1999) · More Revery (live version) (2000) · All Most Heaven (2000) · Get on Jolly (2000) · More Revery (studio version) (2001) · Amalgamated Sons of Rest (2002) · Slitch Music (2002) · Seafarers Music (2004) · Pebbles and Ripples (2004) · I Gave You (2005) · Strange Form of Life (2007) · Ask Forgiveness (2007) · Among The Gold (2009)
Compilations
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