palace inc. (will oldham) greatest hits vote @ dragcity.com

thanks hstencil for the link

I voted for some other songs. I didn't take proper note.

No prob. I can't remember what I voted for, but 12 is too little, man.

I actually haven't heard anything since the Odes record. I have all the stuff up to then, but I just couldn't justify buying more of his albums. They're too samey and too frequent to properly keep up. Is there anything that I've REALLY missed out on?

Yes. "I See A Darkness" is his best record since "Viva Last Blues" - I don't think there's a bad (or even mediocre) song on the record, they're all strong tunes and he tweaks his normal approach a little bit: there's an honest-to-God sea chanty, some beautifuly understated horns on one track, actual harmonizing, etc.

Yeah, I have Darkness, I think that was the last proper album I bought. I also have Lost Blues 2. I like the Viva Last Blues stuff best, where it sounds like he has a real band.

Top 50:

New Partner
Cat's Blues
Riding
Work Hard/Play Hard
Lost Blues
I See A Darkness
Ohio River Boat Song
The Mountain Low
Idle Hands Are The Devil's Playthings
Rich Wife Full of Happiness
(I Was Drunk at the) Pulpit
Nomadic Revery (All Around)
Long Before
The Brute Choir
The Gator
Valentine's Day
No Gold Digger
Death to Everyone
Come A Little Dog
I Send My Love to You
Horses
A King at Night
You Will Miss Me When I Burn
Oh Paul
Come In
More Brother Rides
Old Jerusalem
A Minor Place
I Am a Cinematographer
O How I Enjoy the Light
Madeleine-Mary
At the Break of Day
Hard Life
Just To See My Holly Home
Today I Was an Evil One
May It Always Be
Sugercane Juice Drinker
Grand Dark Feeling of Emptiness
Ease Down the Road
Pushkin
No More Workhorse Blues
Gulf Shores
My Way
Stable Will
We All, Us Three, Will Ride
You Have Cum in Your Hair and Your Dick is Hanging Out
(End of) Travelling
The Spider's Dude is Often Here
West Palm Beach
Mrs. William

The new album ('Master and Everyone’) is a beast (I mean so good it's dangerous in a mythical way, like a dragon/Cyclops). It's his best since 'Days in the wake' of about 8 years ago. It lacks the grim mediaeval imagery of his previous works but is considerably more subtle and effeminate. If his previous two albums can be seen as having taken as themes, death ('I see a darkness') and sex ('Ease down the road') then 'Master and Everyone' can be seen as having taken love as its theme. I mean love in the sense that love can be lost, forgotten, remembered and lusted after just as 'death' can be understood in terms of life, god, fear and pleasure. It is his most simple and honest record to date; you sing along for pleasure rather than for longing, it is a friend rather than a counsellor. The cover is funny too, very hairy.

The Cover is exactly like a Civil War photo, right down the glassy look in WO's eyes.