Will Oldham discography

This is a list of recordings by Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Palace Music, etc.).

Main discography

The nature of Oldham's work with constant changes in backing musicians and even the names under which he records can make for a confusing discography. Below are his releases in as simplified a form as possible.

Albums

A few of these albums are credited to another artist alongside Will Oldham but with Oldham providing vocals throughout each of the tracks they clearly belong on a list of Oldham albums.

tudio albums

*"There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You" - Palace Brothers (7 June 1993)
*"Days in the Wake" - Palace Brothers (29 August 1994) (first release was titled Palace Brothers)
*"Viva Last Blues" - Palace Music (21 August 1995)
*"Arise Therefore" Palace Music (29 April 1996) (re-released as a Will Oldham album)
*"Joya" - Will Oldham (27 October 1997)
*"I See a Darkness" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (19 January 1999)
*"Ease Down the Road" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (19 March 2001)
*"Master and Everyone" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (28 January 2003)
*"Sings Greatest Palace Music" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (23 March 2004)
*"Superwolf" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney (25 January 2005)
*"The Brave and the Bold" - Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (26 January 2006)
*"The Letting Go" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (19 September 2006)
*"Wai Notes" - Dawn McCarthy and Bonny Billy (11 December 2007)
*"Lie Down in the Light" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (20 May 2008)

Live albums

*"Get the Fuck on Jolly Live" - Bonny Billy and Marquis de Tren featuring the Monkey Boys (2001) limited edition tour CD
*"Summer in the Southeast" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (15 November 2005)
*"Wilding in the West" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (21 January 2008)
*"Is It the Sea?" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (20 October 2008)

Compilation albums

*"Lost Blues and Other Songs" - Palace Music (31 March 1997)
*"Guarapero/Lost Blues 2" - Will Oldham (21 February 2000)
*"Little Lost Blues" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (19 September 2006)

EPs

This section again contains several releases which are credited to Oldham alongside another artist or which are credited to a group other than Palace/Palace Brothers/Palace Music/Palace Songs. In these cases Oldham's contribution is such that they merit mention in his own discography rather than in the collaborations section.
*"Goat Songs" - The Sundowners (Sea Note, 1993)
*"An Arrow Through the Bitch" - Palace Brothers (Domino, 1994)
*"Hope" - Palace Songs (1994)
*"The Mountain" - Palace (Drag City, 1995)
*"Songs Put Together For (The Broken Giant)" - Palace Soundtrack (Drag City, 1996)
*"Western Music" - Will Oldham (Ovni, 1997)
*"Black/Rich Music" - Will Oldham (Drag City, 1998) (re-release of Songs Put Together (for the Broken Giant))
*"Blue Lotus Feet" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Domino, 1998)
*"Dream of a Drunk Black Southern Eagle" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Domino, 1999)
*"Ode Music" - Will Oldham (Drag City, 2000)
*"More Revery" (live version) - Bonny Billy (Travels in Constants Vol 7, 2000)
*"All Most Heaven" - Will Oldham and Ryan Murphy (Drag City, 2000)
*"Get on Jolly" - Bonnie Billy and the Marquis de Tren (Drag City, 2000)
*"More Revery" (studio version) - Bonny Billy (Temporary Residence, 2001)
*"Amalgamated Sons of Rest" - Amalgamated Sons of Rest (Galaxia, 2002)
*"Slitch Music" - The Continental OP (Drag City, 2002)
*"Seafarers Music" - Will Oldham (Drag City, 2004)
*"Pebbles and Ripples" - Bonny Billy and Brightblack (Galaxia, 2004) (Split EP)
*"I Gave You" - Bonny/Sweeney (Drag City, 2005)
*"Strange Form of Life" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Drag City, 2007)
*"Ask Forgiveness" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (19 November 2007)

ingles

Compilation appearances

This section lists Will Oldham songs which have appeared exclusively on multi-artist compilations.
*"For The Mekons, Et Al" - Palace Brothers ("Hey Drag City" - Drag City, 1993)
*"Don't I Look Good Today" - Palace Brothers ("Louisville Sluggers Vol.3" - Self-Destruct, 1993)
*"Two More Days" - Palace Brothers ("Love Is My Only Crime 2" - Veracity/Intercord, 1994)
*"I Am A Cinematographer (Live)" - Palace Brothers ("The Drag City Hour" - Sea Note, 1996)
*"Meaulnes (Live)" - Palace Brothers ("The Drag City Hour" - Sea Note, 1996)
*"I Send My Love To You (Live)" - Palace Brothers ("The Drag City Hour" - Sea Note, 1996)
*"You Will Miss Me When I Burn (Live)" - Palace Brothers ("The Drag City Hour" - Sea Note, 1996)
*"Little Blue Eyes" (studio version) - Palace ("Sourmash: A Louisville Compilation" - X-Static/Boss Snake Music, 1996)
*"Ebb's Folly" - Will Oldham and Jim O'Rourke ("Dutch Harbor OST" - Atavistic, 1997)
*"Blokbuster (Live)" - Live Palace Music ("Felidae" - Last Exit, 1997)
*"What's Wrong With A Zoo?" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Quelque Chose d'Organique" OST - Virgin France, 1998)
*"Watch With Me" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Methods of Intimate Plumbing" - Blue Bunny Records, 1999)
*"Song For The New Breed (acoustic)" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Louisvillesonicimprint-Vol. 1" - Ghetto Defendant, 2000)
*"Today I Started Celebrating Again" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("At Home With The Groovebox" - Grand Royal, 2000)
*"The Eagle and the Hawk" (John Denver) - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Take Me Home" - Badman Recording Co., 2000)
*"Early Morning Melody" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Shellac presents All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0" - BMI, 2002)
*"You Can Never Go Fast Enough" - Will Oldham and Alan Licht ("Don't Cry, Driver" - Plain Recordings, 2003)
*"There's Something About What Happens When We Talk" - Bonnie Billy and Mary Feiock ("Louisville is for Lovers Vol. 3" - Double Malt, 2003)
*"All These Vicious Dogs" - Will Oldham ("All The Real Girls" OST - Sanctuary Records/Combustion Music, 2003)
*"Lessons From What's Poor (different version)" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Now Who's Crazy?" - Drag City, 2003)
*"Antagonism (live)" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Wide-Awake Crescent-Shaped" - CWAS smile, 2004)
*"Demon Lover" - Superwolf ("Sprout OST" - Brushfire Records, 2005)
*"My Home is the Sea (live)" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney ("Drag City A-Z" - Drag City, 2005)
*"Will Oldham Speaks His Peace" - Will Oldham ("Sea Note presents Mr. Jews" 7" - Sea Note, 2005)
*"Song For Doctors Without Borders" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Not Alone" - Durtro Jnana, 2006)
*"Monolith Lamb" - Bonnie Billy & Oscar Parsons ("Spacemoth 5th Anniversary Compilation 2" - Spacemoth CDr, 2006)
*"Love Is Pleasing" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Louisville Is For Lovers 6" - Double Malt, 2006)
*"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (The Beach Boys) - Oldham Brothers ("Do It Again: a Tribute to Pet Sounds" - Houston Party Record, 2006)
*"Puff the Magic Dragon" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Songs for the Young at Heart" - V2 Records, 2/2007)
*"Get Your Hands Dirty" - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ("Louisville is for Lovers Vol. 8" - Double Malt, 2008)

Collaborations

Albums

*"Fearful Symmetry" - Box of Chocolates (Mad Entropic Carnaval, 1990)
*"The Last Place To Go" - The Boxhead Ensemble (Atavistic, 1998)
*"Songs From Robert Louis Stevenson's 'A Child's Garden Of Verses'" - The Anomoanon (Palace Records, 2000)
*"Greetings from Providence, R.I." - Havanarama (Self-released, 2000)
*"Whatever, Mortal" - Papa M (Drag City, 2001)
*"Tranquil Isolation" - Nicolai Dunger (Virgin, 2002)
*"Rock The Blockade" - Havanarama (Secret Eye, 2003)
*"Ala.Cali.Tucky" - BrightBlack (Galaxia, 2004)
*"No Earthly Man" - Alasdair Roberts (Drag City, 2005)
*"Safe Inside the Day" - Baby Dee (Drag City, 2008)

EPs

*"Summer Never Ends" - The Anomoanon (Palace Records, 1999)
*"Fish & Crabs" - Havanarama (Self-released, 1999)
*"Mutter" - Carrie Yury (Self-released, 2005)

ongs

Tributes

*"Harm of Will" from Björk's "Vespertine" album (2001), written by Harmony Korine, is about, and named after, Will Oldham. [cite web | publisher = Bjork.com | title = Vespertine song information | url=http://www.bjork.com/facts/lyrics/album.php?album=Vespertine&era=Bj%F6rk#Harm%20Of%20Will | accessdate = 2007-05-08 ]
*Oldham was the subject of a 2004 30-track double-CD tribute album (and a smaller 18-track version) released on Tract Records, titled "I Am a Cold Rock. I Am Dull Grass.", The album features performances by Calexico, Jolie Holland, Sodastream, and Iron & Wine, among others.
*Half Man Half Biscuit mention both the Palace Brothers and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy in the song "Emerging From Gorse" on their "Trouble Over Bridgewater" album.
*Jeffrey Lewis's album "City and Eastern Songs" (2005) included the track "Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror."
*Scottish rock group Biffy Clyro mentioned Oldham in their song "Saturday Superhouse" from their album "Puzzle" (2007).

External links

* [http://users.bart.nl/~ljmeijer/oldham/ The Royal Stable] - an extensive Will Oldham discography.