Superwolf
2005 studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney
Superwolf | ||||
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Studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney | ||||
Released | January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25) | |||
Length | 43:53 | |||
Label | Drag City | |||
Producer | Paul Oldham, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Matt Sweeney | |||
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Superwolf is a 2005 collaborative studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney. It was released on Drag City.
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 80/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Pitchfork | 8.4/10[3] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Pitchfork placed the album at number 21 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2005" list.[4]
In 2007, Spin included Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney on the "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups" list.[5]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Will Oldham; all music is composed by Matt Sweeney
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "My Home Is the Sea" | 5:49 |
2. | "Beast for Thee" | 3:41 |
3. | "What Are You?" | 2:38 |
4. | "Goat and Ram" | 5:15 |
5. | "Lift Us Up" | 2:56 |
6. | "Rudy Foolish" | 4:12 |
7. | "Bed Is for Sleeping" | 2:56 |
8. | "Only Someone Running" | 3:13 |
9. | "Death in the Sea" | 2:38 |
10. | "Blood Embrace" | 7:57 |
11. | "I Gave You" | 2:38 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – vocals, bass guitar, percussion, Nord Lead
- Matt Sweeney – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, Nord Lead
- Peter Townsend – drums
- Sue Schofield – vocals (on "My Home Is the Sea")
Charts
Chart | Peak position |
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French Albums (SNEP)[6] | 191 |
References
- ^ a b "Superwolf by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Superwolf - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney". AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ Petrusich, Amanda (January 31, 2005). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney: Superwolf". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ "Top 50 Albums of 2005 (3/5)". Pitchfork. December 31, 2005. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups". Spin: 55–59. April 2007.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Matt Sweeney %2F Bonnie %27Prince%27 Billy – Superwolf". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
External links
- Superwolf at Discogs (list of releases)
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Will Oldham (Palace / Palace Songs / Palace Music / Palace Brothers / Bonnie "Prince" Billy)
- 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
- Best Troubador
- I Made a Place
- Blind Date Party
- Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
- 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
- Amalgamated Sons of Rest
- Seafarers Music
- I Gave You
- Strange Form of Life
- Ask Forgiveness
- Among the Gold