{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Arise Therefore | type = studio | artist = Palace Music | cover = Arisetherefore_albumcover.gif|border=yes | alt = | released = {{Start date|1996|04|29}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = {{Duration|m=43|s=58}} | label = Palace | producer = Steve Albini | chronology = Will Oldham / Palace | prev_title = Viva Last Blues | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Joya | next_year = 1997 }} '''''Arise Therefore''''' is the fourth studio album by Will Oldham. It was released in 1996 under the moniker Palace Music, although sometimes credited simply to "Palace". The album features David Grubbs, Ned Oldham, and a Mayatone drum machine credited as "Maya Tone". It was recorded by Steve Albini at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/arise-therefore-mw0000187574 |title=Arise Therefore – Palace Music |website=AllMusic |access-date=June 17, 2016 |last=Wolff |first=Kurt}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2score = 5/5<ref>{{cite journal |title=Palace Music: Arise Therefore |work=Alternative Press |issue=97 |date=August 1996 |page=82}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = B−<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://ew.com/article/1996/05/03/arise-therefore/ |title=Arise Therefore |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 3, 1996 |access-date=June 15, 2017 |last=Smith |first=Ethan}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Palace Music: Arise Therefore (Domino) |work=The Guardian |date=April 26, 1996 |last=Sweeting |first=Adam}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Palace Music: Arise Therefore |work=Mojo |page=100 |quote=''Arise Therefore'' remains unsettled, uncanny, uplifting and sad, a phantom creation beyond the comprehension of even its creator.}}</ref> | rev6 = ''NME'' | rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal |title=Palace Music: Arise Therefore |work=NME |date=April 20, 1996 |page=49}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Select'' | rev7score = 4/5<ref>{{cite journal |title=Palace: Arise Therefore |work=Select |issue=72 |date=June 1996 |last=Male |first=Andrew |page=99}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Uncut'' | rev8score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/bonnie-prince-billy-reissues |title=Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – reissues |work=Uncut |date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=June 17, 2016 |last=Young |first=Rob |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711045246/http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/bonnie-prince-billy-reissues |archive-date=July 11, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> }} Kurt Wolff of AllMusic praised the lyrics, calling them "beautiful in their stark, pale honesty as often as they are indecipherable."<ref name=allmusic/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Stablemate | length1 = 3:36 | title2 = A Sucker's Evening | length2 = 3:01 | title3 = Arise, Therefore | length3 = 4:05 | title4 = You Have Cum in Your Hair and Your Dick Is Hanging Out | length4 = 3:40 | title5 = Kid of Harith | length5 = 4:03 | title6 = The Sun Highlights the Lack in Each | length6 = 5:36 | title7 = No Gold Digger | length7 = 4:05 | title8 = Disorder | length8 = 3:50 | title9 = A Group of Women | length9 = 3:04 | title10 = Give Me Children | length10 = 3:27 | title11 = The Weaker Soldier | length11 = 5:28 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.
* David Grubbs – piano, organ * Ned Oldham – bass guitar, effected guitar, additional vocals * Will Oldham – vocals, electric guitar * Maya Tone – drums, percussion * Steve Albini – recording * John Golden – mastering * Gene Booth – artwork
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|20702|Arise Therefore}}
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Category:1996 albums Category:Will Oldham albums Category:Drag City (record label) albums Category:Albums produced by Steve Albini