Bonnie Prince Billy - Greatest Palace Music
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Free Music Notes for Greatest Palace Music
Free Music Review: If you wait another year....
Hit: 3 Stars
Not a "bad" cd, but definitely not what one would expect from Mr. Oldham (or as I guess that's the point). From my selfish perspective, I always tend to pick up BPB's latest offering ready to have a completely NEW cd and music listening experience. In each new song on each new release, there always seems to be surprises, which keeps the music of BPB interesting. Sure on this offering there was the initial surprise of "holy!!! This is a straight Nashville country cd!!!", but the surprise wore thin quickly (i.e. not much a surprise after the 4th song with the same type of guitar in the background).Not being a huge fan of Nashville based country, I didn't really get into this. Plus with the 100's of "alternate" versions of these songs already floating on the internet from live shows, was it necessary to "redo" them again? I think I would have rather seen a "formal" live release than this.
Not a bad CD, but I just can't see this cd getting as much "air time" in my cd player as his previous releases. I would highly recommend the Nicolai Dunger "Tranquil Isolation" CD if you're a completist of Will Oldham, and still haven't picked it up yet, rather than this.
Free Music Review: Insane. Wonderful. Terrible.
Hit: 3 Stars
This is a truly bizarre record. 'Viva Ultra' is totally, deeply magisterial. 'More Brother Rides' is a pile of tosh. 'Pushkin' is... well, 'Pushkin' is out of control, really. Most of the lyrics don't work so well in this setting; it's a testament to Oldham's musical ability that the words of his early work occasionally show up narrow and trashy in so heavily standardised a setting. The man writes and performs songs; he does not write and sell them. And this record shows why.
I can't listen to it all the way through without wanting to skip something or other, and I expect that's how it'll stay: a curiosity.
Free Music Review: Overlapping demographics
Hit: 3 Stars
Cult-country folkster Oldham serves up a fitting tribute for fans of his earlier groups associated with the Palace moniker, offering his particular brand of contemplative chanteys, although in this context it comes more straightforwardly restrained and at that, more predictable and less engaging, even in the face of a relatively strong lineup.Free Music Review: Completists Only
Hit: 2 Stars
This album is for Will Oldham die hards only (and if you are an Oldham completist, you are a braver man/woman than I). This is also not a good place to start for beginners, they should be directed to works such as 'i see a darkness' and 'viva last blues'. Oldham has taken some of his old Palace songs and reworked them as smooth country songs. Although it is interesting to hear how he has reworked his older songs, I would only get this if you have money just burning a hole in your pocket.