Lie Down In The Light (studio album)
by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Lie Down In The Light by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-05-20
Overall rank: 14,000th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 31 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (255th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,549th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,000th)

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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy bestography

Lie Down In The Light is ranked 8th best out of 36 albums by Will Oldham on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Will Oldham is I See A Darkness which is ranked number 988 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,752.

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Overall rank: 14,000th | 2000s rank: 2,549th | 2008 rank: 255th

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76/100 (from 31 votes)
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From 06/28/2012 14:30 | #45528
Much like Iron & Wine, Bonnie "Prince" Billy has been honing his song craft from a "4 track"-like DIY beginning to where he can pump out songs that sound as authentic as they are beautiful; authentic as in poems possibly coming from his own diary pages. And he actually sounds happy for once, which gives these songs a warmth that hasn't been present before, which you can hear in the layered harmonies as on "easy does it". Check out the recalled comfort of "you reminded me of something (the glory goes)" and the basstone hues on "for every field there's a mole". Lush and relaxing without being boring with a voice that seems wise beyond his years.
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