I See a Darkness

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I See a Darkness

Studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Released

19 January 1999

Label

Palace Records

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link
The AV Club (very favorable) Apr 19, 2002
Pitchfork (10.0/10) Oct 1, 1999

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology

Joya
(1997)

I See a Darkness
(1999)

Ease Down the Road
(2001)

I See a Darkness is the name of an album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It is Will Oldham's sixth album, and the first on which he used his Bonnie 'Prince' Billy moniker. The album was released in 1999 on Palace Records. The album also features Bob Arellano, Colin Gagon, Paul Oldham, and Peter Townsend.

Johnny Cash would later record the title track on his album American III: Solitary Man (2000). Oldham provided background vocals for Cash's version.

[edit] Track listing

"A Minor Place"
"Nomadic Revery (All Around)"
"I See a Darkness"
"Another Day Full of Dread"
"Death to Everyone"
"Knockturne"
"Madeleine-Mary"
"Song for the New Breed"
"Today I Was an Evil One"
"Black"
"Raining in Darling"

[edit] Awards

The album has been listed as a Best of several times in several publications:

#320 - Acclaimed Music: All-Time Top 3000 Albums ^[1]
#171 - Stylus: Top Favourite 101-200 Albums Ever^[2]
#20 - Mojo: The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime^[3]
#9 - Pitchfork Media: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.^[4]

[edit] References

v • d • e Will Oldham / Palace Music / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Studio albums:	There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You (1993) · Days in the Wake (1994) · Viva Last Blues (1995) · Arise Therefore (1996) · Joya (1997) · I See a Darkness (1999) · Ease Down the Road (2001) · Master and Everyone (2003) · Sings Greatest Palace Music (2004) · Superwolf (2005) · The Brave and the Bold (2006) · The Letting Go (2006) · Wai Notes (2007) · Lie Down in the Light (2008)

Live albums:	Get the Fuck on Jolly Live (2001) · Summer in the Southeast (2005) · Wilding in the West (2008)

EPs:	Goat Songs (1993) · An Arrow Through the Bitch (1994) · Hope (1994) · The Mountain (1995) · Songs Put Together For (The Broken Giant) (1996) · Western Music (1997) · Black/Rich Music (1998) · Blue Lotus Feet (1998) · Dream of a Drunk Black Southern Eagle (1999) · Ode Music (2000) · More Revery (live version) (2000) · All Most Heaven (2000) · Get on Jolly (2000) · More Revery (studio version) (2001) · Amalgamated Sons of Rest (2002) · Slitch Music (2002) · Seafarers Music (2004) · Pebbles and Ripples (2004) · I Gave You (2005) · Strange Form of Life (2007) · Ask Forgiveness (2007)

Compilations:	Lost Blues and Other Songs (1997) · Guarapero/Lost Blues 2 (2000) · Little Lost Blues (2006)

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