The Purple Bird
by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy bestography
The Purple Bird is ranked 16th best out of 37 albums by Will Oldham on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Will Oldham is I See A Darkness which is ranked number 976 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,782.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Purple Bird track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Purple Bird rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/18/2026 13:59 | ElstonGunnn | 921 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2026 14:53 | gregthealien | 1,077 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 16:25 |  sssvnnn | 8,429 | 67/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2025 18:41 |  Repo | 2,205 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 13:30 | replacementlevel | 7,740 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.6/100, a mean average of 67.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.0.
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Album Rating: 63.00
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - The Purple Bird
31.01.2025
His labour is in vain. Poor at times; only ‘London May’ and ‘Boise, Idaho’ find the boundary
1.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Turned To Dust (Rolling On) 64
2.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - London May 73
3.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Tonight With The Dogs I’m Sleeping 60
4.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Boise, Idaho 74
5.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - The Water’s Fine 65
6.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Sometimes It’s Hard To Breathe 68
7.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - New Water 68
8.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Guns Are For Cowards 29
9.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Downstream (Feat. John Anderson) 57
10.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - One Of These Days (I’m Gonna Spend The Whole Night With You) 63
11.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Is My Living In Vain? 69
12.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Our Home (Feat. Tim O'Brien) 66
Ranked in order:
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Boise, Idaho 74
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - London May 73
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Is My Living In Vain? 69
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - New Water 68
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Sometimes It’s Hard To Breathe 68
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Our Home (Feat. Tim O'Brien) 67
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - The Water’s Fine 65
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Turned To Dust (Rolling On) 64
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - One Of These Days (I’m Gonna Spend The Whole Night With You) 63
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Tonight With The Dogs I’m Sleeping 60
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Downstream (Feat. John Anderson) 57
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (TPB - USA - Jan 25) - Guns Are For Cowards 29
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