Things We Lost in the Fire (album)

Things We Lost in the Fire
Studio album by Low
Released January 22, 2001
Genre
Length 54:19
Label Kranky
Producer Steve Albini
Low chronology
Secret Name
(1999)Secret Name1999		 Things We Lost in the Fire
(2001)		 In the Fishtank 7
(2001)In the Fishtank 72001

Things We Lost in the Fire is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Low. It was released on January 22, 2001 on Kranky.

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]

Recording information

Things We Lost in the Fire was 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Alternative Press4/5[5]
Chicago Sun-Times[6]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[7]
The Guardian[8]
The List[9]
NME9/10[10]
Pitchfork8.7/10[11]
Spin8/10[12]

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 placed Things We Lost in the Fire at number 117 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s and number 14 on their list of The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums.[13] Things We Lost in the Fire was listed on NME's "Darkest Albums Ever: 50 of the Best" at number 36.[14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sunflower"4:39
2."Whitetail"5:03
3."Dinosaur Act"4:13
4."Medicine Magazines"4:33
5."Laser Beam"2:54
6."July"5:35
7."Embrace"5:37
8."Whore"4:23
9."Kind of Girl"3:30
10."Like a Forest"2:27
11."Closer"5:06
12."Untitled"0:46
13."In Metal"4:19

References

  1. ↑ https://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
  2. ↑ "Things We Lost in the Fire". Sub Pop Records website. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for Things We Lost in the Fire by Low". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Things We Lost in the Fire – Low". AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Alternative Press (153): 78. April 2001.
  6. ↑ DeRogatis, Jim (February 25, 2001). "Low, 'Things We Lost in the Fire' (Kranky)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 11, 2013. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ Tucker, Ken (February 16, 2001). "Things We Lost in the Fire". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ Cameron, Keith (February 2, 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire (Tugboat)". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ Johnstone, Doug (February 15, 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire (Tugboat)". The List (407): 52. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  10. ↑ Long, April (February 3, 2001). "Low : Things We Lost In The Fire". NME. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  11. ↑ Schreiber, Ryan (January 21, 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  12. ↑ Salamon, Jeff (April 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Spin. 17 (4): 158–61. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  13. ↑ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  14. ↑ http://www.nme.com/list/darkest-albums-ever-50-of-the-best/203156/page/2
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