Wonder Show of the World

Bonnie Prince Billy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B003AGPMSQ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,969 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

For this 2010 album of songs, Bonny Billy and The Cairo Gang together have built a bridge forward, assembled with riffs and bits from Emmett Kelly's guitar and the lyricism of Bonny's heart. But mostly, The Wonder Show of the World was, in its making, about trust. It's a record made eye-to-eye in a room, close and careful, by and for a few men who wanted to be together, who wanted to make music that sounds as good to listen to as it did to make, and who in doing so forged something new in space, the wonder of you and of them.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New BPB continues amazing streak of recordings..., April 2, 2010

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jcsnet "jcsnet" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wonder Show of the World (Audio CD)

I received this release in the mail a few days ago and I've been repeatedly listening to it ever since. The lyrics are intimate and the music rich and sparse at the same time. Many of the songs take some time to register as they don't have an immediate hook but once I stopped waiting for the immediate rush of a hook and provided the album my full undivided attention I felt like I was being enveloped. This is the rare album that manages to be both accessible and challenging at the same time. With time I think it could easily rank near the top of my favorite BPB recordings.

Finally, I can't give Billy all the credit... Emmett Kelly's backing vocals and guitar work are an amazing compliment to these songs. The songs feel almost spur of the moment but these two are in lockstep with one another and present a brilliant collaboration. Highly recommended for BPB fans!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid!, April 1, 2010

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Rico Suave - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wonder Show of the World (Audio CD)

I like this record. I find it holds together quite well, is maybe a little less dark than "Beware" (not that I mind dark...), and with the unique addition of the Cairo Band's Emmett Kelly as a wonderful (and amazingly appropriate) match, I can highly recommend it. I must say, and this is something that I am pretty sensitive to, I don't really find it that much more "lo-fi" than some of the other recent albums (Is it the Sea as an obvious exception). I have a nice tube/b&w system and find it tonally correct and full with solid imagining. Not to say I don't like Mark Nevers work - especially on Lie Down - but I don't think this is a badly recorded album. Plus its freaking brilliant that they pressed vinyl. I have not been able to get the song "The Sounds are always Begging" out of my head for freaking days! Well done Will. Thank you.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good show, February 15, 2011

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Awesome!!! (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wonder Show of the World (Audio CD)

I feel this is the best album he has made since Arise Therefore. "That's What Our Love Is" is the most beautiful song I have heard him do. Other great tracks on here too. The harmonizing is beautiful. Hopefully he will collaborate with these folks again. Please release a live album of these songs. Saw them play these in Grass Valley and it was very moving.