Bonnie "Prince" Billy vs Palace Brothers/Songs/Music vs Will Oldham

Palace

"Was" his best? Has he died?

His best work has been in the last decade imo.

that dude in the wire didn't like him, maybe he offed him?

Am I the only one round here who liked the BPB does Palace album?

I hope we can have 20 Will Oldham polls over the next fortnight, it'll be enlightening and great.

No I love the Sings Greatest Palace Music album but I love most of everything he's done.

I bet you own everything too
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I've not heard the last BPB album actually, was it any good?

damn...this is super hard for me, very very close.

I hope we can have 20 Will Oldham polls over the next fortnight, it'll be enlightening and great.

― cockroach shakespeare (Noodle Vague),

20 is a bit many but maybe a couple more just for you good sir

Voted Palace because Viva Last Blues is in my All Time Top 10 Rotation for Life but his BPB-era material, taken as a body of work, is as good as anyone's done in the last ~10 years.

"but his BPB-era material, taken as a body of work, is as good as anyone's done in the last ~10 years."

Agreed

viva last blues probably is my fave of his albums these days

We should have an album poll of BPB/Palace/Oldham albums, I think Viva would put up a good fight for first place.

for me Viva Last Blues > all the BPB stuff (tho i did not hear the last one) > everything else.

sure go for it!
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Cool, anyone know where a complete list can be found?

no, that's why I said you should do it! lulz

I used discogs I'm guessing that will be complete

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Palace?anv=Palace+Music

I'll c&p from discogs (if AG isn't already on it)

lol xp

The Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Palace et al/Will Oldham ALBUM POLL

noodle is getting his wish

i think nv needs more polls though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_D5OWqmV2Q

This and the other Oldham threads of the last few days have spurred me to re-download a bunch of his records. I have a lot of them on vinyl but don't have a great setup for listening to vinyl, so it's been a long time. Just downloaded four full-lengths, an EP, and two comps. This catches me up more or less to where I left off when I stopped listening to Oldham around 2000. Looking forward to refamiliarizing myself with these songs and then getting into the newer stuff.

yeah i have a few things to catch up on too!

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0 sounds about right for the Oldham material. I mostly hate Arise Therefore and Joya is average at best.

Why do you hate Arise Therefore, scott? It vies as one of my favourites, which goes for my friends who like him as well.

Oh, and isn't it normally designated as being by 'Palace'? Tho trying to keep track of his designations can be a brow-furrowing task.

I've seen Joya rebranded as BPB, didn't something similar happen with Arise Therefore - and why?

Oh right, didn't realise that. I can't remember my copy of Joya even having anything on to say it was by anyone.

Actually I think that's the case with Arise Therefore. My copy of Joya is credited to Will Oldham, but I've seen it more recently as a BPB release in shops.

O wait, Arise Therefore has a Palace Music sticker on the front of mine.

Arise Therefore originally had no artist name on it; I think a Palace Music sticker was placed on the outer wrapper. But later I think he rebranded it as Will Oldham. I thought Joya was always credited to Oldham? I haven't kept up in a while so I might be wrong about this stuff.

Re Arise Therefore - I've always found it to be an inert record. For the most part I think it lacks emotion (and good melodies). The title track and "You Have Cum..." are the exceptions. Overall it feels very numb to me.