# Master and Everyone

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{{Infobox album
| name = Master and Everyone
| type = studio
| artist = [Bonnie "Prince" Billy](/source/Will_Oldham)
| cover = Master and Everyone.jpg
| alt = 
| released = {{Start date|2003|01|28}}
| recorded = 
| studio = 
| genre = [Americana](/source/Americana_(music)), [contemporary folk](/source/contemporary_folk_music)
| length = {{Duration|m=34|s=09}}
| label = [Drag City](/source/Drag_City_(record_label))
| producer = 
| prev_title = [Ease Down the Road](/source/Ease_Down_the_Road)
| prev_year = 2001b
| next_title = [Sings Greatest Palace Music](/source/Sings_Greatest_Palace_Music)
| next_year = 2004
}}
'''''Master and Everyone''''' is a 2003 studio album by [Bonnie "Prince" Billy](/source/Will_Oldham). It was released on [Drag City](/source/Drag_City_(record_label)).

==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](/source/Metacritic)|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/AllMusic)|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Guardian)|first=David|last=Peschek|date=January 16, 2003|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[NME](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| 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](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|first=Brent S.|last=Sirota|date=January 16, 2003|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Master and Everyone|work=[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))|issue=199|date=February 2003|page=96}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))''
| rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Palace in Wonderland|work=[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))|issue=69|date=February 2003|pages=74–75}}</ref>
}}
At [Metacritic](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Will_Oldham)
* Paul Oldham
* Tony Crow – keyboards
* [William Tyler](/source/William_Tyler_(musician)) – 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](/source/Official_Charts_Company))<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1270/bonnie-prince-billy/|title=Bonnie Prince Billy|work=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref>
| 48
|-
!scope="row"| US [Independent Albums](/source/Independent_Albums) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'')<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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|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

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