The Letting Go
The Letting Go is a 2006 studio album by Bonnie "Prince" Billy. It was released on Drag City. Production. The album was recorded in Reykjavík, Iceland and produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson, who is known for his work with the Icelandic artist Björk. The arrangement was done by Nico Muhly. Dawn McCarthy of Faun Fables also sings on the album. The album's title comes from the last lines of the Emily Dickinson poem that starts "After a Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes." "This is the hour of lead "Remembered if outlived", "As freezing persons recollect the  snow," "First chill, then stupor, then the letting go"." Critical reception. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, "The Letting Go" received an average score of 84% based on 24 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". "Pitchfork" placed "The Letting Go" at number 195 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. Personnel. Credits adapted from liner notes.