Things We Lost in the Fire (album)
Things We Lost in the Fire | ||||
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Studio album by Low | ||||
Released | January 22, 2001 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, slowcore | |||
Length | 54:19 | |||
Label | Kranky | |||
Producer | Steve Albini | |||
Low chronology | ||||
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Things We Lost in the Fire is a 2001 album by Low, their fifth full-length release. In 2006, the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.[1]
Track listing
- "Sunflower" – 4:39
- "Whitetail" – 5:03
- "Dinosaur Act" – 4:13
- "Medicine Magazines" – 4:33
- "Laser Beam" – 2:54
- "July" – 5:35
- "Embrace" – 5:37
- "Whore" – 4:23
- "Kind of Girl" – 3:30
- "Like a Forest" – 2:27
- "Closer" – 5:06
- "Untitled" – 0:46
- "In Metal" – 4:19
Recording information
Engineered by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.[2]
Editions
Some overseas editions of the album contain the additional tracks "Overhead" and "Don't Carry It All", which were B-sides of the "Dinosaur Act" single, and were also published later on the 2004 box set of rarities, A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides and Rarities. These two tracks were also included on the vinyl LP release of the album. This is a three-sided album, with the fourth side containing the song lyrics etched into the vinyl.
Reception
Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 87/100[3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Alternative Press | 4/5[5] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[6] |
NME | 9/10[7] |
Pitchfork Media | 8.7/10[8] |
Spin | 8/10[9] |
Things We Lost in the Fire garnered a score of 87 out of 100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[3] Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Things We Lost in the Fire at number 117 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[10] Things We Lost in the Fire was listed on NME'S "Darkest Albums Ever: 50 of the Best" at number 36. [11]
References
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/dont-look-back-teenage-fanclub-the-forum-br-tortoise-amp-low-koko-london--none-onestar-twostar-threestar-fivestar-409587.html
- ↑ "Things We Lost in the Fire". Sub Pop Records website. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- 1 2 "Reviews for Things We Lost in the Fire by Low". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ↑ Phares, Heather. "Things We Lost in the Fire – Low". AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Alternative Press (153): 78. April 2001.
- ↑ Tucker, Ken (February 16, 2001). "Things We Lost in the Fire". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ↑ Long, April (February 3, 2001). "Low : Things We Lost In The Fire". NME. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ↑ Schreiber, Ryan (January 21, 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ↑ Salamon, Jeff (April 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Spin. 17 (4): 158–61. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ↑ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.nme.com/list/darkest-albums-ever-50-of-the-best/203156/page/2