The Great Destroyer
by Low
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Jan 25, 2005
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 38
  3. Negative: 3 out of 38

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  1. DanielW
    Feb 5, 2005
    1
    so sad, so wrong down with Fridmann
  2. bryann
    Mar 2, 2005
    0
    6 words: "Things We Lost In The Fire"
  3. NickH
    Jan 31, 2005
    0
    This is the worst Low album ever. I've bought everything they've done up to this point and seen them live numerous times. I've planned vacations around their tour schedule to see them play. This album is a horrible let down. The lyrics are shallow, the production is embarrassingly generic. The music is self indulgent at times (something they've wonderfully avoided to This is the worst Low album ever. I've bought everything they've done up to this point and seen them live numerous times. I've planned vacations around their tour schedule to see them play. This album is a horrible let down. The lyrics are shallow, the production is embarrassingly generic. The music is self indulgent at times (something they've wonderfully avoided to this point), perfectly great songs are ruined by guitar wanking. This album does not deserve to be called a Low album.… Expand

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#46 Best Album of 2005
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#80 Most Shared Album of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Alternative Press
    60
    A whole that's less than the sum of its parts, a bittersweet pill that's best taken in small doses. [Feb 2005, p.88]
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Indie rock's maturing avatars of tense lethargy paint life as an epic fade. [21 Jan 2005, p.88]
  3. Playlouder
    60
    Whether this is an album that actually suits them is another matter, but it actually makes them feel entirely relevant and, for as prolific a decade-old band, that’s high praise indeed.
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