Superwolf
title: "Superwolf" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2005-collaborative-albums", "will-oldham-albums", "drag-city-(record-label)-albums", "domino-recording-company-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superwolf" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Superwolf |
| type | studio |
| artist | Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney |
| cover | Superwolf_albumcover.jpg |
| released | |
| length | |
| label | Drag City |
| producer | Paul Oldham, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney |
| chronology | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy |
| prev_title | Sings Greatest Palace Music |
| prev_year | 2004 |
| next_title | The Brave and the Bold |
| next_year | 2006 |
| :: |
| name = Superwolf | type = studio | artist = Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney | cover = Superwolf_albumcover.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = Drag City | producer = Paul Oldham, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney | chronology = Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | prev_title = Sings Greatest Palace Music | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = The Brave and the Bold | next_year = 2006 Superwolf is a 2005 collaborative studio album by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney. It was released on Drag City.
Critical reception
| MC = 80/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Cokemachineglow | rev2score = 84% | rev3 = Dotmusic | rev3score = 8/10 | rev4 = Paste | rev4score = | rev5 = Pitchfork | rev5score = 8.4/10 | rev6 = Mojo | rev6score = | rev7 = Q | rev7score = | rev8 = Tiny Mix Tapes | rev8score = | rev9 = Uncut | rev9score = 8/10 | rev10 = Under the Radar | rev10score = 8/10 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".
Pitchfork placed the album at number 21 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2005" list.
In 2007, Spin included Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney on the "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups" list.
Track listing
| all_lyrics = Will Oldham | all_music = Matt Sweeney | title1 = My Home Is the Sea | length1 = 5:49 | title2 = Beast for Thee | length2 = 3:41 | title3 = What Are You? | length3 = 2:38 | title4 = Goat and Ram | length4 = 5:15 | title5 = Lift Us Up | length5 = 2:56 | title6 = Rudy Foolish | length6 = 4:12 | title7 = Bed Is for Sleeping | length7 = 2:56 | title8 = Only Someone Running | length8 = 3:13 | title9 = Death in the Sea | length9 = 2:38 | title10 = Blood Embrace | length10 = 7:57 | title11 = I Gave You | length11 = 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
::data[format=table] | Chart | Peak position | |---|---| ::
References
References
- "Superwolf by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney". [[CBS Interactive]].
- Deming, Mark. "Superwolf - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney". [[AllMusic]].
- Hepburn, Peter. (January 19, 2005). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf".
- Nine, Jennifer. (January 26, 2005). "Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - 'Superwolf'".
- Superwolf is Americana at its most grim. [Apr/May 2005, p.134]
- Petrusich, Amanda. (January 31, 2005). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney: Superwolf". [[Pitchfork (website).
- Superwolf's arrangements are pretty raw and understated--under-rehearsed, even--but for the better. [Feb 2005, p.102]
- Has the evocative tang of something ancient and the folk-rock idiom of the modern age. [Feb 2005, p.103]
- (May 1, 2006). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy".
- In this lunar setting, Oldham's visionary, spooked words are lit up with renewed clarity. [Feb 2005, p.78]
- Superwolf is simultaneously bleak and tender, the kind of album to reveal itself in layers over time. [#9]
- (December 31, 2005). "Top 50 Albums of 2005 (3/5)". [[Pitchfork (website).
- (April 2007). "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups". [[Spin (magazine).
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