Sings Greatest Palace Music

Sings Greatest Palace Music
Studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Released	23 March 2004
Genre	Alt-Country
Label	Drag City Domino
Producer	Mark Nevers, Will Oldham
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology
Master and Everyone (2003) Sings Greatest Palace Music (2004) The Letting Go (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
BBC	(mixed) [2]
Pitchfork	5.0/10 [3]
Uncut	[4]

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Sings Greatest Palace Music is an album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It features new recordings of songs from his Palace music era (1993–1997), recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with a large group of country session musicians. The lo-fi nature of the songs' original recordings was abandoned in favour of a more conventionally polished country sound. Guest musicians include Eddie Bayers, Stuart Duncan, Mark Fain, Mike Johnson, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Andrew Bird and Bruce Watkins.

Track listing

1. "New Partner" - 4:31 (original version from Viva Last Blues)
2. "Ohio River Boat Song" - 2:54 (original version from "Ohio River Boat Song" single)
3. "Gulf Shores" - 3:54 (original version from "West Palm Beach" single)
4. "You Will Miss Me When I Burn" - 4:08 (original version from Days in the Wake)
5. "The Brute Choir" - 3:41 (original version from Viva Last Blues)
6. "I Send My Love to You" - 2:28 (original version from Days in the Wake)
7. "More Brother Rides" - 3:04 (original version from Viva Last Blues)
8. "Agnes, Queen of Sorrow" - 3:13 (original version from Hope)
9. "Viva Ultra" - 3:56 (original version from Viva Last Blues)
10. "Pushkin" - 4:01 (original version from Days in the Wake)
11. "Horses" - 3:45 (original version from "Horses" single)
12. "Riding" - 3:42 (original version from There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You)
13. "West Palm Beach" - 4:03 (from "West Palm Beach" single)
14. "No More Workhorse Blues" - 2:56 (original version from Days in the Wake)
15. "I Am a Cinematographer" - 7:44 (original version from Days in the Wake)

Personnel

• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Mark Fain – bass
• Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar
• Mike Johnson – pedal steel
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle and mandolin
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Andrew Bird - fiddle

References