Ease Down the Road

Studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Released

March 19, 2001

Length

44:02

Label

Palace

Producer

The Continental Op

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology

I See a Darkness
(1999)

Ease Down the Road
(2001)

Master and Everyone
(2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Drowned in Sound	10/10^[2]
The Guardian	^[3]
NME	9/10^[4]
Pitchfork	7.9/10^[5]
Q	^[6]
Uncut	8/10^[7]

Ease Down the Road is the seventh studio album by American musician Will Oldham, and the second under his moniker Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It was released on March 19, 2001 on Palace Records.

Domino Recording Company also released a UK limited edition 2-disc version of the album (Domino WIGCD89X). The bonus disc contains tracks taken from a BBC Peel Session first transmitted on March 16, 1999. The lineup includes Will Oldham, Mike Fellows, James Lo, and Matt Sweeney.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"May It Always Be"	4:04
2.	"Careless Love"	2:06
3.	"A King at Night"	4:29
4.	"Just to See My Holly Home"	3:40
5.	"At Break of Day"	4:16
6.	"After I Made Love to You"	3:53
7.	"Ease Down the Road"	3:06
8.	"The Lion Lair"	6:01
9.	"Mrs William"	3:03
10.	"Sheep"	2:54
11.	"Grand Dark Feeling of Emptiness"	3:23
12.	"Rich Wife Full of Happiness"	3:07

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Carolyn"

UK limited edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"What's Wrong with a Zoo?"	4:29
2.	"I Send My Love to You"	2:42
3.	"Stablemate"	4:21

Personnel

Todd Brashear – vocals, lap steel guitar
Matt Everett – violin
Mike Fellows – bass guitar
Paul Greenlaw – vocals, banjo
Catherine Irwin – vocals
Harmony Korine – vocals
Ned Oldham – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Will Oldham – vocals, guitar, Nord Lead, percussion
David Pajo – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, Nord Lead, piano, percussion
Bryan Rich – guitar
Matt Sweeney – vocals, guitar, banjo
Jon Theodore – drums, percussion

References

↑ Bush, Nathan. "Ease Down the Road – Bonnie "Prince" Billy". AllMusic. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
↑ Tudor, Alexander (July 27, 2012). "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Ease Down the Road; Master and Everyone; Greatest Palace Music (reissued)". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
↑ Clarke, Betty (March 9, 2001). "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Ease Down the Road (Domino)". The Guardian. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
↑ Wirth, Jim (March 10, 2001). "Bonnie Prince Billy : Ease Down The Road". NME. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
↑ LeMay, Matt (March 31, 2001). "Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Ease Down the Road". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
↑ "Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Ease Down the Road". Q (175): 96. April 2001.
↑ Young, Rob (July 9, 2012). "Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – reissues". Uncut. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

External links

Ease Down the Road at Discogs (list of releases)

Will Oldham (Palace / Palace Songs / Palace Music / Palace Brothers / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
Studio albums	There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You Days in the Wake Viva Last Blues Arise Therefore Joya I See a Darkness Ode Music Ease Down the Road Master and Everyone Sings Greatest Palace Music Superwolf The Brave and the Bold The Letting Go Wai Notes Lie Down in the Light Beware The Wonder Show of the World Wolfroy Goes to Town The Marble Downs What the Brothers Sang Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Singer's Grave - A Sea of Tongues Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
Live albums	Summer in the Southeast Is It The Sea?
EPs	Goat Songs An Arrow Through the Bitch Hope The Mountain Songs Put Together For (The Broken Giant) Western Music Black/Rich Music Blue Lotus Feet Dream of a Drunk Black Southern Eagle More Revery (live version) More Revery (studio version) Amalgamated Sons of Rest Seafarers Music I Gave You Strange Form of Life Ask Forgiveness Among the Gold
Compilations	Lost Blues and Other Songs Guarapero/Lost Blues 2 Little Lost Blues Pond Scum
Related articles	Discography Drag City Amalgamated Sons of Rest

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