Ease Down the Road

Ease Down the Road is the seventh studio album by American musician Will Oldham, and the second under his moniker Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It was released on Palace Records on March 19, 2001.

Ease Down the Road
Studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Released	March 19, 2001 (2001-03-19)
Length	44:02
Label	Palace
Producer	The Continental Op
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology
I See a Darkness (1999) Ease Down the Road (2001) Master and Everyone (2003)

Domino Recording Company also released a UK limited edition 2-disc version of the album (Domino WIGCD89X). The bonus disc contains tracks taken from a BBC Peel Session first transmitted on March 16, 1999. The lineup includes Will Oldham, Mike Fellows, James Lo, and Matt Sweeney.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Drowned in Sound	10/10[2]
The Guardian	[3]
NME	9/10[4]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[5]
Q	[6]
Uncut	8/10[7]

Nathan Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Seeming more confident than ever, Oldham's Ease Down the Road is a wonderful addition to a catalog that should earn him a place among the finest songwriters of his age, or any age."^[1] Matt LeMay of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.9 out of 10, calling it "Oldham's most fleshed-out work to date" and "his most sonically diverse."^[5]

The Wire included it on the "2001 Rewind" list.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"May It Always Be"	4:04
2.	"Careless Love"	2:06
3.	"A King at Night"	4:29
4.	"Just to See My Holly Home"	3:40
5.	"At Break of Day"	4:14
6.	"After I Made Love to You"	3:53
7.	"Ease Down the Road"	3:06
8.	"The Lion Lair"	6:01
9.	"Mrs William"	3:03
10.	"Sheep"	2:54
11.	"Grand Dark Feeling of Emptiness"	3:23
12.	"Rich Wife Full of Happiness"	3:07

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Carolyn"

UK limited edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"What's Wrong with a Zoo?"	4:29
2.	"I Send My Love to You"	2:42
3.	"Stablemate"	4:21

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Todd Brashear – vocals, lap steel guitar
• Matt Everett – violin
• Mike Fellows – bass guitar
• Paul Greenlaw – vocals, banjo
• Catherine Irwin – vocals
• Harmony Korine – vocals
• Ned Oldham – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
• Will Oldham – vocals, guitar, Nord Lead, percussion
• David Pajo – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, Nord Lead, piano, percussion
• Bryan Rich – guitar
• Matt Sweeney – vocals, guitar, banjo
• Jon Theodore – drums, percussion

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	88