Things We Lost in the Fire (album)

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

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

  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

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
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Alternative Press4/5[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[6]
NME9/10[7]
Pitchfork Media8.7/10[8]
Spin8/10[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

  1. ↑ 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
  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. ↑ Tucker, Ken (February 16, 2001). "Things We Lost in the Fire". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ Long, April (February 3, 2001). "Low : Things We Lost In The Fire". NME. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  8. ↑ Schreiber, Ryan (January 21, 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  9. ↑ Salamon, Jeff (April 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Spin. 17 (4): 158–61. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  10. ↑ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  11. ↑ http://www.nme.com/list/darkest-albums-ever-50-of-the-best/203156/page/2


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