Double Negative
by Low
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Sep 14, 2018
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 63
  3. Negative: 6 out of 63
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  1. Ricko
    Dec 7, 2018
    6
    I'm a long time fan of Low and rate them highly. I've seen them live a couple of times and honestly think they are great. Over the years they've changed their sound bit by bit but always maintained their essential sound. "Double Negative" is the biggest departure they've made throughout their whole career yet one of the most striking things about it is that despite the sea change andI'm a long time fan of Low and rate them highly. I've seen them live a couple of times and honestly think they are great. Over the years they've changed their sound bit by bit but always maintained their essential sound. "Double Negative" is the biggest departure they've made throughout their whole career yet one of the most striking things about it is that despite the sea change and radical departure, it's still got that Low essence. The first few times I listened to this there were a few tracks I found really hard to get through. Distorted electronics that seemed to add little and went on for too long. I have to admit that this album improves with every listen and I like it a hell of a lot more now than I did initially. Still though, there is a lot of unnecessary tinkering with the base material happening and I'm unconvinced if the album needed to be as experimental.… Expand

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. The Quietus
    Sep 28, 2018
    80
    The songs not only feel like they exist in a vacuum, but that they demand the listener create one too. It’s an important and serious album because it forces you to experience it as one, it asserts itself as the only thing you can concentrate on.
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  2. The Wire
    Sep 21, 2018
    80
    Double Negative stands alongside Yo La Tengo’s There’s A Riot Going On as a painfully honest expression of what it’s like to live in a post-truth country and have to call it your own. [Oct 2018, p.58]
  3. AllMusic
    Sep 19, 2018
    70
    Double Negative is a brave and thoughtful collection of songs that lets Low's beating heart scream for its life against a world without compassion, and if it isn't much fun, in 2018 it's truly necessary.
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