Master and Everyone

Master and Everyone is a 2003 studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It was released on Drag City.

Master and Everyone
Studio album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Released	January 28, 2003 (2003-01-28)
Genre	Americana, contemporary folk
Length	34:09
Label	Drag City
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology
Ease Down the Road (2001) Master and Everyone (2003) Sings Greatest Palace Music (2004)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	9/10[5]
Pitchfork	6.0/10[6]
Q	[7]
Uncut	[8]

At 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".^[1]

NME named it the 37th best album of 2003.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Way"	3:49
2.	"Ain't You Wealthy, Ain't You Wise?"	4:12
3.	"Master and Everyone"	2:35
4.	"Wolf Among Wolves"	3:47
5.	"Joy and Jubilee"	2:45
6.	"Maundering"	3:05
7.	"Lessons from What's Poor"	3:41
8.	"Even If Love"	3:24
9.	"Three Questions"	3:14
10.	"Hard Life"	3:34

All tracks are written by Will Oldham.

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Forest Time"	6:42

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Will Oldham
• Paul Oldham
• Tony Crow – keyboards
• William Tyler – guitar
• Matt Swanson – tambourine
• Gary Lee Tussing – cello
• Marty Slayton – vocals
• John Kelton – whistle

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	47
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	139
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12]	97
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13]	8
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	48
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15]	49