{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Master and Everyone | type = studio | artist = Bonnie "Prince" Billy | cover = Master and Everyone.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2003|01|28}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = Americana, contemporary folk | length = {{Duration|m=34|s=09}} | label = Drag City | producer = | prev_title = Ease Down the Road | prev_year = 2001b | next_title = Sings Greatest Palace Music | next_year = 2004 }} '''''Master and Everyone''''' is a 2003 studio album by Bonnie "Prince" Billy. It was released on Drag City.
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 83/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/master-and-everyone/bonnie-prince-billy|title=Reviews for Master And Everyone by Bonnie "Prince" Billy|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/master-and-everyone-mw0000019492|title=Master and Everyone – Bonnie "Prince" Billy|publisher=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2score = A−<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/02/14/master-and-everyone/|title=Master and Everyone|work=Entertainment Weekly|first=Rob|last=Brunner|date=February 14, 2003|access-date=June 15, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122060656/http://www.ew.com/article/2003/02/14/master-and-everyone|archivedate=November 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Guardian'' | rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jan/17/popandrock.artsfeatures6|title=Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Master and Everyone|work=The Guardian|first=David|last=Peschek|date=January 16, 2003|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> | rev4 = ''NME'' | rev4score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-nme-6959|title=Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy : Master And Everyone|work=NME|first=John|last=Robinson|date=February 4, 2003|access-date=June 15, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324051023/http://www.nme.com/reviews/bonnie-prince-billy/6959|archivedate=March 24, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev5score = 6.0/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/698-master-and-everyone/|title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Master and Everyone|work=Pitchfork|first=Brent S.|last=Sirota|date=January 16, 2003|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Q'' | rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Master and Everyone|work=Q|issue=199|date=February 2003|page=96}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Uncut'' | rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Palace in Wonderland|work=Uncut|issue=69|date=February 2003|pages=74–75}}</ref> }} At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on 11 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name=metacritic/>
''NME'' named it the 37th best album of 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/a-decade-in-music-50-best-albums-of-2003-1426721|title=A decade in music – 50 best albums of 2003|work=NME|date=November 25, 2009|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Will Oldham | title1 = The Way | length1 = 3:49 | title2 = Ain't You Wealthy, Ain't You Wise? | length2 = 4:12 | title3 = Master and Everyone | length3 = 2:35 | title4 = Wolf Among Wolves | length4 = 3:47 | title5 = Joy and Jubilee | length5 = 2:45 | title6 = Maundering | length6 = 3:05 | title7 = Lessons from What's Poor | length7 = 3:41 | title8 = Even If Love | length8 = 3:24 | title9 = Three Questions | length9 = 3:14 | title10 = Hard Life | length10 = 3:34 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus track | title11 = Forest Time | length11 = 6:42 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Will Oldham * Paul Oldham * Tony Crow – keyboards * William Tyler – guitar * Matt Swanson – tambourine * Gary Lee Tussing – cello * Marty Slayton – vocals * John Kelton – whistle
==Charts== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Flanders|47|artist=Bonnie %22Prince%22 Billy|album=Master And Everyone|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 1, 2018}} |- {{album chart|France|139|artist=Bonnie %22Prince%22 Billy|album=Master And Everyone|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 1, 2018}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|97|artist=Bonnie %22Prince%22 Billy|album=Master And Everyone|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 1, 2018}} |- {{album chart|Norway|8|artist=Bonnie %22Prince%22 Billy|album=Master And Everyone|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 1, 2018}} |- !scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1270/bonnie-prince-billy/|title=Bonnie Prince Billy|work=Official Charts Company|access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> | 48 |- !scope="row"| US Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/296311/bonnie-prince-billy/chart?f=326|title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Chart history – Independent Albums|work=Billboard|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> | 49 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|8066|Master and Everyone}}
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Category:2003 albums Category:Will Oldham albums Category:Drag City (record label) albums Category:Domino Recording Company albums