Beware (Bonnie Prince Billy album)

Beware is a studio album by Will Oldham. It was released under the moniker Bonnie "Prince" Billy on Drag City in 2009.

Critical reception
Critical response to Beware was generally favorable and positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 74 ("Generally favorable reviews"), based on 32 professional reviews, and the average user rating for the album is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 12 users' votes. Ben Ratliff of The New York Times gave a positive review of the album, writing: "There's a sense here of smart people being made to focus on a strange project."

Track listing

 * Tracks 12–13 were only available on the initial pressing and have been removed from subsequent pressings. These tracks have been released as a digital download single and the new eleven-track version of Beware has an alternative cover. These changes were instigated by Will Oldham who felt that I Am Goodbye is more suitable as the final track.

Personnel

 * Will Oldham – music

Backing band
 * Joshua Abrams – bass guitar, guimbri, vocals
 * Jennifer Hutt – violin, vocals
 * Emmett Kelly – guitar, keyboards, vocals
 * Michael Zerang – percussion, marimba, drums, vocals

Special guests
 * Greg Leisz – mandolin, pedal steel guitar
 * Rob Mazurek – cornet
 * Dee Alexander – vocals
 * Leroy Bach – organ
 * Jim Becker – banjo
 * Robert Cruz – accordion
 * D.V. DeVincentis – saxophone
 * Jon Langford – vocals
 * Nicole Mitchell – flute
 * Azita Youssefi – piano, synthesizer
 * Neil Strauch – engineering, mixing
 * Paul Oldham – mastering
 * Sammy Harkham – back cover, label design
 * Dan Osborn – layout design
 * Jeff Hamilton – cover illustration