Wolfroy Goes to Town
Studio album by
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
ReleasedOctober 4, 2011 (2011-10-04)
GenreAmericana, alternative country, folk
Length50:19
LabelDrag City
Bonnie "Prince" Billy chronology
The Wonder Show of the World
(2010) 		Wolfroy Goes to Town
(2011) 		The Marble Downs
(2012)

Wolfroy Goes to Town is a studio album by Will Oldham. It was released under the name Bonnie "Prince" Billy on Drag City in 2011.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
Pitchfork7.8/10[4]

Critical response to Wolfroy Goes to Town was generally positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76 ("Generally favorable reviews"), based on 21 professional reviews.[5] Anthony Carew, writing for the Alt Music Guide, declared that the album was Oldham's "best, or at least most beautiful, since 1999's I See a Darkness".[6] John Mulvey, in Uncut, noted that the album's "mood is even more quiet, delicate and sepulchral than that of The Wonder Show of the World", and approved of the sense of "unflinching intimacy, extreme focus... finely-wrought songs whittled down to their essence, then allowed to unravel in the most stately and unhurried way".[7] Writing for Dusted, Joe Bernardi also commented on the album's starkness, suggesting that Wolfroy Goes To Town is "the sound of a lack, a series of sparse arrangements complementing desolate lyrics about rural desolation... The result makes for a listening experience that’s intense and potentially awkward, but one that also somehow rings true."[8] No Ripcord's David John Wood compared the album to The Wicker Man, advising listeners not to "listen in the dark".[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Will Oldham

No.TitleLength
1."No Match"5:55
2."New Whaling"5:39
3."Time to Be Clear"4:03
4."New Tibet"4:31
5."Black Captain"6:35
6."Cows"4:55
7."There Will Be Spring"3:32
8."Quail and Dumplings"4:57
9."We Are Unhappy"6:46
10."Night Noises"3:27

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 52
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 40

References

  1. ^ "Wolfroy Goes To Town by Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Metacritic. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  2. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Wolfroy Goes to Town - Bonnie "Prince" Billy". AllMusic. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Simpson, Dave (October 7, 2011). "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Wolfroy Goes to Town – review". The Guardian. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  4. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (October 12, 2011). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Wolfroy Goes to Town". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy:Wolfroy Goes to Town (2011): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  6. ^ "Bonnie Prince Billy Wolfroy Goes to Town - Album Review". Alt Music Guide. October 4, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  7. ^ "Blogs". Uncut. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  8. ^ "Dusted Reviews: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town". Dusted. October 6, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  9. ^ "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Wolfroy Goes To Town". No Ripcord. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolfroy Goes To Town" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  11. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolfroy Goes To Town". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 15, 2019.

External links

Will Oldham (Palace / Palace Songs / Palace Music / Palace Brothers / Bonnie "Prince" Billy)
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