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Things We Lost In The Fire
by Low
| LABEL: |
Kranky |
| RELEASE DATE: |
06 February 2001 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Indie, Rock, Alternative |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Dot Music
It's not too ambitious to suggest few other releases this year will match its grace, humanity and power.... A magnificent album.
91
Entertainment Weekly
Just plain beautiful... carefully harmonized vocals and pellucid guitar hooks that rarely lapse into merely languid melodies. [2/16/2001, p.98]
90
New Musical Express
Low have always sought to make music that can both swell the heart like a gospel tune and capture the amplified absence of a funeral parlour. It's difficult to imagine a more perfect expression of their vision than this.
90
Mojo
Measuring out grief and resilience with a steady hand, these are the best songs of Low's quiet career. [Feb 2001, p.98]
90
CDNow
Low has crafted a recording that exceeds its own high standards of creativity, harmony, and subtlety.
90
Magnet
Low is the heaviest band in rock. [#48, p.100]
90
All Music Guide
Things We Lost in the Fire's slowly rising warmth and subtly hopeful tone not only make this Low's most cohesive, compelling collection, but one of 2001's best albums.
80
Neumu.net
Things We Lost in the Fire finds Low enamoured with harmonies, drawing from such disparate sources as Swans, the Beatles, Wire, and Simon & Garfunkel.
80
Almost Cool
Low continues to create beautiful music.
80
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Low proves enormously versatile here, exploring musically and maturing lyrically.
80
PopMatters
Things finds Low's measured atmospherics and gentle melodies further enhanced by layers of instrumentation -- for instance, cello, violin, piano, mellotron and trumpet. Moreover, it finds the band's melancholy and affecting textures coalescing even more into traditional song structures.
80
Pitchfork
Things We Lost in the Fire's high points are, without question, the best they've done.
80
Revolver
Probably the best indie drone rock since Galaxie 500 put the Velvets jangle to hypnotic use (although Low reach even greater peaks of elegant sublimity). [#4, p.106]
80
Alternative Press
Sparhawk and Parker's boy/girl vocals, Low's overall light instrumentation, and their minimalist approach to compostition all blend to produce an exquisite lethargy that's as haunting as Damon & Naomi's music. [#153, p.78]
80
Ink Blot Magazine
The voices are front and center throughout, but the trio has wrought its most elaborate frames for them yet: brass, strings, and distorted guitars amplify the songs' sentiments and reinforce the cumulative strength of their melodies.
80
Spin
It's impossible to discern whether Mimi Parker's newfound assertiveness as a harmony singer was inspired by, or the inspiration for, this more aggressive batch of songs, but it's this record's signal grace. [Apr 2001, p.158]
80
The Wire
Low's original stark minimalism has gradually given way to a broader sonic range, without sacrificing their strangely accessible otherness. [#204, p.68]
75
Nude As The News
Low's most accomplished album yet, if not its most creative.
75
Spin Cycle
As unhurried and sonically majestic a slab as Low has ever produced.
70
Wall of Sound
For each misstep (like the relentless snare drum on the opening track "Sunflower") there are moments of sublime beauty like "Laser Beam," which feels more like a prayer than a song.
The average user rating for this album is 9.7 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
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