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Things We Lost in the Fire (album)

Things We Lost in the Fire
Studio album by
Low
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2001 (2001-01-22)
Genre
Length53:15
LabelKranky
ProducerSteve 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 the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Low. It was released on January 22, 2001, on Kranky.

Recording

Things We Lost in the Fire was engineered by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.[1]

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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] In the UK the album was released by Tugboat Records (catalogue number TUGLP 027).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Alternative Press4/5[4]
Chicago Sun-Times[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[6]
The Guardian[7]
The List[8]
NME9/10[9]
Pitchfork8.7/10[10]
Spin8/10[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes4.5/5[12]

Things We Lost in the Fire garnered a score of 87 out of 100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[2] Online music magazine Pitchfork placed Things We Lost in the Fire at number 117 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s and number 14 on its list of the 30 best dream pop albums.[13][14] Things We Lost in the Fire was listed on NME's "Darkest Albums Ever: 50 of the Best" at number 36.[15] The album was ranked 93rd on The Guardian's 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list, based on a 2019 poll of music writers.[16]

In 2006, the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

The title of the album was referenced by the argentinian writer Mariana Enriquez, in her second short story collection Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego. Mariana has declared to be a fan of the Minnesota group.[17]

Track listing

No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Sunflower"Alan Sparhawk4:39
2."Whitetail"Sparhawk5:03
3."Dinosaur Act"Sparhawk4:13
4."Medicine Magazines"Sparhawk, Mimi J. Parker4:33
5."Laser Beam"Parker2:54
6."July"Sparhawk (first part), Parker (second part)5:35
7."Embrace"Parker5:37
8."Whore"Sparhawk4:23
9."Kind of Girl"Sparhawk, Parker3:30
10."Like a Forest"Sparhawk, Parker2:27
11."Closer"Sparhawk5:06
12."Untitled"instrumental0:46
13."In Metal"Parker4:19

References

  1. ^ "Things We Lost in the Fire". Sub Pop Records website. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Reviews for Things We Lost in the Fire by Low". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  3. ^ Phares, Heather. "Things We Lost in the Fire – Low". AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Alternative Press (153): 78. April 2001.
  5. ^ DeRogatis, Jim (February 25, 2001). "Low, 'Things We Lost in the Fire' (Kranky)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  6. ^ Tucker, Ken (February 16, 2001). "Things We Lost in the Fire". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  7. ^ Cameron, Keith (February 2, 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire (Tugboat)". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Johnstone, Doug (February 15, 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire (Tugboat)". The List (407): 52. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Schreiber, Ryan (January 21, 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  11. ^ Salamon, Jeff (April 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Spin. 17 (4): 158–61. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  12. ^ "Low – Things We Lost in the Fire". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  13. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. September 28, 2009. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  14. ^ "The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums". Pitchfork. April 16, 2018. p. 2. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  15. ^ "Darkest albums ever: 50 of the best". NME. January 19, 2011. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  16. ^ "The 100 best albums of the 21st century". The Guardian. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  17. ^ "Página en reconstrucción". Archived from the original on May 17, 2016.


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Act