Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Sings Greatest Palace MusicWill Oldham revisits his most popular tracks (from from 1993 97), as voted on his website. The tracks have been given a Nashville makeover and this is by far his most commercial record to date. It a beautiful, slightly twisted and ironic country album recorded with seasoned Nashville players. If it is a deeply affectionate album that will take Will Oldham onto the next level. 2LP Lavish double vinyl set pressed on 180 gram vinyl with an etching by

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the band veer mellifluously from the fairy-tale escapism of 'Ominous Cloud' to rhythmically pulsing material like 'Pendulum' (which sounds like Kraftwerk colliding with their fellow Teutonic innovators Can)

Types of songs never before expected of the band make appearances here

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lush harmonies of 'Sweet Chris' and 'Two From The Vault' and even kicks up some dust with the chooglin' '(I've Got The) Sanctioned Blues' and the manic 'Woken By Noises'

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