Joya [EP]

Will Oldham | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B0000019S6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,597 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. O Let It Be

2. Antagonism

3. New Gypsy

4. Under What Was Oppression

5. The Gator

6. Open Your Heart

7. Rider

8. Be Still and Know God (Don't Be Shy)

9. Apocolypse, No!

10. I Am Still What I Meant to Be

11. Bolden Boke Boy

12. Idea and Deed

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joy..ah!, November 17, 1999

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Joachim Lyssens (Leuven, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joya (Audio CD)

I think the songs on this album sound a little stronger than on other albums. If this is a good thing or not, I can't say. All I can say is that the resulting CD is one of my favourite Palace-linked records. I like this one better than Arise Therefore (with its drum programming) and almost as much as Viva Last Blues or I see a darkness! It definitely takes a while to get into this one, but once you've accomplished that, you're on for a lifetime of joy...ah!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly inspired, September 1, 2003

By A Customer

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This review is from: Joya (Audio CD)

"Joya" and "I See A Darkness" are utter masterpieces. If you like one then buy the other immediately. The rest of the Oldham oeuvre is worth having too, but these two are the pinnacle.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars After it's open, it's unlimited!, March 1, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Joya (Audio CD)

At first, it may seem dingy, purposefully clumsy, lame. Occasionally rocking, but nothing special. Then the iris opens, and its perfection is revealed. I have long claimed to not be so crazy about Will Oldham -- "I like more rockin stuff, less affected stuff" -- but the truth is, I rarely listen to this album just once through anymore -- I am ALWAYS hitting play once it's over. You have to give it time, though. Bravo, gentlemen! Robert Arellano who plays guitar on this just published a novel with Akashic books. And David Pajo... oh, Pajo!