# Superwolf

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{{Infobox album
| name = Superwolf
| type = studio
| artist = [Bonnie "Prince" Billy](/source/Will_Oldham) and [Matt Sweeney](/source/Matt_Sweeney)
| cover = Superwolf_albumcover.jpg|border=yes
| alt = 
| released = {{Start date|2005|01|25}}
| recorded = 
| studio = 
| genre = 
| length = {{Duration|m=43|s=53}}
| label = [Drag City](/source/Drag_City_(record_label))
| producer = Paul Oldham, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney
| chronology = [Bonnie 'Prince' Billy](/source/Will_Oldham)
| prev_title = [Sings Greatest Palace Music](/source/Sings_Greatest_Palace_Music)
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [The Brave and the Bold](/source/The_Brave_and_the_Bold_(album))
| next_year = 2006
}}
'''''Superwolf''''' is a 2005 collaborative studio album by [Bonnie "Prince" Billy](/source/Will_Oldham) and [Matt Sweeney](/source/Matt_Sweeney). It was released on [Drag City](/source/Drag_City_(record_label)).

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 80/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/superwolf/bonnie-prince-billy-and-matt-sweeney|title=Superwolf by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney|work=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)|publisher=[CBS Interactive](/source/CBS_Interactive)|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref>
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/superwolf-mw0000363531|title=Superwolf - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney|work=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|first=Mark|last=Deming|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Cokemachineglow](/source/Cokemachineglow)''
| rev2score = 84%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915062601/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/627/bonnieprincebillyandmattsweeney-superwolf-2005|title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf|website=[Cokemachineglow](/source/Cokemachineglow)|last=Hepburn|first=Peter|date=January 19, 2005|access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[Dotmusic](/source/Dotmusic)''
| rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311082221/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/050126/33/1xiea.html|title=Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - 'Superwolf'|website=[Dotmusic](/source/Dotmusic)|last=Nine|first=Jennifer|date=January 26, 2005|access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[Paste](/source/Paste_(magazine))''
| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>Superwolf is Americana at its most grim. [Apr/May 2005, p.134]</ref>
| rev5 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev5score = 8.4/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/703-superwolf/|title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney: Superwolf|work=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|first=Amanda|last=Petrusich|date=January 31, 2005|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine))''
| rev6score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>Superwolf's arrangements are pretty raw and understated--under-rehearsed, even--but for the better. [Feb 2005, p.102]</ref>
| rev7 = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))''
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>Has the evocative tang of something ancient and the folk-rock idiom of the modern age. [Feb 2005, p.103]</ref>
| rev8 = ''[Tiny Mix Tapes](/source/Tiny_Mix_Tapes)''
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501234620/http://www.tinymixtapes.com/musicreviews/b/bonnie_prince_billy.htm|title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy|website=[Tiny Mix Tapes](/source/Tiny_Mix_Tapes)|date=May 1, 2006|access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))''
| rev9score = 8/10<ref>In this lunar setting, Oldham's visionary, spooked words are lit up with renewed clarity. [Feb 2005, p.78]</ref>
| rev10 = ''[Under the Radar](/source/Under_the_Radar_(magazine))''
| rev10score = 8/10<ref>Superwolf is simultaneously bleak and tender, the kind of album to reveal itself in layers over time. [#9]</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 80, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name=metacritic/>

''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' placed the album at number 21 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2005" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/6222-top-50-albums-of-2005/?page=3|title=Top 50 Albums of 2005 (3/5)|work=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|date=December 31, 2005|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref>

In 2007, ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))'' included Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney on the "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups" list.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups|journal=[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))|date=April 2007|pages=55–59}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = [Will Oldham](/source/Will_Oldham)
| all_music = [Matt Sweeney](/source/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](/source/I_Gave_You)
| length11 = 2:38
}}

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from liner notes.

* [Bonnie "Prince" Billy](/source/Will_Oldham) – vocals, bass guitar, percussion, Nord Lead
* [Matt Sweeney](/source/Matt_Sweeney) – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, Nord Lead
* [Peter Townsend](/source/Peter_Townsend_(drummer)) – drums
* Sue Schofield – vocals (on "My Home Is the Sea")

==Charts==
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!scope="col"| Chart
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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{{album chart|France|191|artist=Matt Sweeney %2F Bonnie %27Prince%27 Billy|album=Superwolf|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 1, 2018}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|8111|Superwolf}}

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Category:2005 collaborative albums
Category:Will Oldham albums
Category:Drag City (record label) albums
Category:Domino Recording Company albums

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