Lie Down in the Light

Lie Down in the Light
Studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Released	20 May 2008
Genre	Indie folk, alt.country
Length	45:39
Label	Drag City Palace Records Domino Records
Producer	Mark Nevers
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology
Wai Notes (2007) Lie Down in the Light (2008) Beware (2009)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Independent	(favourable) [3]
musicOMH.com	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(8.7/10) [5]
This Is Fake DIY	(8/10) [6]

Lie Down in the Light is a 2008 studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy', and his first full-length album of original songs since 2006's The Letting Go.

Track listing

All songs written by Will Oldham except where noted.

1. "Easy Does It" - 3:53
2. "You Remind Me of Something (The Glory Goes)" - 3:56
3. "So Everyone" - 4:01
4. "For Every Field There's a Mole" - 3:19
5. "(Keep Eye On) Other's Gain" - 4:35
6. "You Want That Picture" - 3:50
7. "Missing One" - 2:47
8. "What's Missing Is" - 4:27
9. "Where Is the Puzzle?" - 3:50
10. "Lie Down in the Light" - 4:09
11. "Willow Trees Bend" - 4:08
12. "I'll Be Glad" (Shannon Stephens) - 2:43

Personnel

• Shahzad Ismaily - percussion, banjo, piano, electric guitar, row of wrenches, laptoporgan
• Emmett Kelly - guitar, harmony voice, recorder, shrooti box
• Paul Oldham - bass
• Ashley Webber - voice
• Roy Agee - trombone
• Tony Crow - piano and organ
• Glen Duncan - fiddle
• Pete Finney - pedal steel
• Ben Martin - percussion
• Dennis Solee - clarinet
• Rod Fletcher, John Ryles, Marty Slayton - voices

Recorded by Mark Nevers
"(Keep Eye On) Other's Gain" mixed by Paul Oldham
Mastered by Scott Colburn
Cover drawing by Joanne Oldham depicting Jacob Wrestling with the Angel^[7]

References

1. "Lie Down In The Light by Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Metacritic. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
2. Lie Down in the Light at AllMusic
3. The Independent review
4. review
5. Pitchfork review
6. This is Fake DIY review
7. Alan Licht (Ed.) (2012), Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Faber and Faber Ltd., London, pp. 288-9. ISBN 978-0-571-25814-7.