I Could Live in Hope

I Could Live in Hope
Studio album by Low
Released February 18, 1994 (1994-02-18)
Recorded Autumn 1993
Genre
Length 57:05
Label Vernon Yard
Producer Mark Kramer
Low chronology
I Could Live in Hope
(1994)		 Long Division
(1995)Long Division1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
NME7/10[3]
Q[4]

I Could Live in Hope is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Low. It was released on February 18, 1994 on Vernon Yard Recordings. A reaction to the abrasiveness of alternative rock in the early 1990s, when grunge had reigning popularity, Low "eschewed conventional songwriting in favour of mood and movement."[5][6] Influenced by Brian Eno and Joy Division, the band, working with long-time producer and New York underground mainstay Mark Kramer, favored slow-paced compositions, a minimum of instrumentation and an economy of language.[1][6][7][8]

Featuring an "unprecedent pace in the then-flowering underground,"[6] I Could Live in Hope helped to birth the genre known as slowcore, which encompassed acts from Bedhead to Codeine throughout the 1990s.[7]

Accolades

The information regarding accolades attributed to I Could Live in Hope is adapted from Acclaimed Music, except where otherwise noted.[9]

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Ned Raggett United States The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties 1999 37
Pitchfork Media Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s 1999 49
Les Inrockuptibles France 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll 2004 *
Ondarock Italy Rock Milestones — *
Screenagers Poland Top 100 Albums of the 90s 2005 40
(*) designates lists that are unordered.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and John Nicols, except where indicated.

No.TitleLength
1."Words"5:45
2."Fear"2:12
3."Cut"5:43
4."Slide"3:46
5."Lazy"5:35
6."Lullaby"9:46
7."Sea"1:45
8."Down"7:24
9."Drag"5:11
10."Rope"6:11
11."Sunshine" (Oliver Hood)2:59

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Could Live in Hope.[10]

Low
Additional personnel
  • Mark Kramer – production
  • Steve Watson – assistant production
  • Low – artwork
  • Gerree Small – inner sleeve photography

References

  1. 1 2 Taylor, Ken. "I Could Live in Hope – Low". AllMusic. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
  2. ↑ Kot, Greg (February 24, 1994). "Low: I Could Live in Hope (Vernon Yard)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Low: I Could Live in Hope". NME: 52. September 3, 1994.
  4. ↑ "Low: I Could Live in Hope". Q (96): 102. September 1994.
  5. ↑ Buckley, Peter (October 30, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 615. ISBN 978-1843531050.
  6. 1 2 3 Earles, Andrew (October 9, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. pp. 177–178. ISBN 978-0760346488.
  7. 1 2 Everhart, John (June 5, 2013). "Low Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ Sprague, David (April 1, 1995). "Vernon Yard/Virgin Is Counting on Low's 'Long-Division'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ Acclaimed Music – I Could Live in Hope. Acclaimed Music. Retrieved on February 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ Low (1994). I Could Live in Hope (Media notes). Vernon Yard Recordings.
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