Lie Down In The Light
by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy bestography
Lie Down In The Light is ranked 9th best out of 38 albums by Will Oldham on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Will Oldham is I See A Darkness which is ranked number 939 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,850.
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Lie Down In The Light track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Lie Down In The Light rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Rock Blogger Best Albums 2008 | 22/48 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard 2008 Year in Review | 10/15 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0501-0600 | 15/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2008 | 71/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2008 | 7/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Delusions Of Adequacy Top 50 of 2008 | 12/51 | - |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (USA) - Ranked | 19/41 | - |
| 2025 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 99 Music Albums of 2008 | 81/99 | 1 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 2008 To-Do List | 10/12 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 42 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 92 | |||
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Lie Down In The Light ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/10/2026 12:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,888 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2025 14:32 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2022 04:38 |  Arthurknight | 9,585 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 7.9.
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 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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