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Where to start with Will Oldham / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

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? by mozzarella_sweaters

So I have 'The Letting Go' and I quite like it. I want to explore his earlier stuff now. Suggestions?

mozzarella_sweaters | 15 May '08, 22:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

so many choices!

i'd go for Master and Everyone and I See a Darkness next, to follow along a similar vein.

then i'd head down into Palace territory by getting Viva Last Blues and maybe Lost Blues and Other Songs.

but honestly, it's all good and you might find you become a bit of an obsessive obscurist before long. i think they're just the most accessible of his earlier stuff.

libbyshuss | 15 May '08, 22:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

hi again

i nominate 'i see a darkness' and 'master & everyone' too.

seeingotherpeople | 15 May '08, 22:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Superwolf

the album with Matt Sweeney is amazing.

I See a Darkness is pretty awesome too.

stwerewolf | 15 May '08, 22:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Go back to his very first album

There is no one that will take care of you.

You've heard the softer, Bonnie side. Now hear the ramshackle Palace. Still, probably, my favourite album of his.

buzzard55 | 15 May '08, 22:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply