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Superwolf

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Superwolf
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
Length43:53
LabelDrag City
ProducerPaul Oldham, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Matt Sweeney
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology
Sings Greatest Palace Music
(2004)
Superwolf
(2005)
The Brave and the Bold
(2006)

Superwolf is a 2005 collaborative studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney. It was released on Drag City.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork8.4/10[3]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Pitchfork placed the album at number 21 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2005" list.[4]

In 2007, Spin included Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney on the "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups" list.[5]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Will Oldham; all music is composed by Matt Sweeney

No.TitleLength
1."My Home Is the Sea"5:49
2."Beast for Thee"3:41
3."What Are You?"2:38
4."Goat and Ram"5:15
5."Lift Us Up"2:56
6."Rudy Foolish"4:12
7."Bed Is for Sleeping"2:56
8."Only Someone Running"3:13
9."Death in the Sea"2:38
10."Blood Embrace"7:57
11."I Gave You"2:38

Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[6] 191

References

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  1. ^ a b "Superwolf by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "Superwolf - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney". AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Petrusich, Amanda (January 31, 2005). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney: Superwolf". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Top 50 Albums of 2005 (3/5)". Pitchfork. December 31, 2005. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups". Spin: 55–59. April 2007.
  6. ^ "Lescharts.com – Matt Sweeney %2F Bonnie %27Prince%27 Billy – Superwolf". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
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