Superwolf

Superwolf
Studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney
Released	January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
Length	43:53
Label	Drag City
Producer	Paul 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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[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

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

No.	Title	Length
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

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – vocals, bass guitar, percussion, Nord Lead
• Matt Sweeney – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, Nord Lead
• Peter Townsend – drums
• Sue Schofield – vocals (on "My Home Is the Sea")

Charts

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

References

1. "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.

External links

• Superwolf at Discogs (list of releases)