Trust
by Low
  • Record Label: Kranky
  • Release Date: Sep 24, 2002
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10

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  1. christophern
    Oct 8, 2002
    10
    One of the best of 2002.
  2. jesusl
    Dec 18, 2002
    9
    the best of 2002
  3. Ricko
    Jul 2, 2014
    7
    While a slight letdown after "Things We Lost In the Fire", "Trust" comfortably fits in with the rest of Low's work. It has all the key elements of a great Low in that its heavy, beautiful, dreary and seeping in atmosphere. "Trust" is an album that requires rather than demands your attention in order to be fully seen and one that I found hard to pin down. It can be hard work but it's anWhile a slight letdown after "Things We Lost In the Fire", "Trust" comfortably fits in with the rest of Low's work. It has all the key elements of a great Low in that its heavy, beautiful, dreary and seeping in atmosphere. "Trust" is an album that requires rather than demands your attention in order to be fully seen and one that I found hard to pin down. It can be hard work but it's an equally satisfying listen. At the record's heart is the brilliant "Last Snowstorm of the Year" and it feels like everything builds and then recovers from this piece in the middle.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

90
#90 Best Album of 2002
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#75 Most Shared Album of 2002

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    90
    You still get the beautiful vocal combination of Sparhawk and Parker and the traditional less-is-more approach Low perfected several albums ago. Yet now you get a band that doesn't want to get stuck in the realm of slow-core, trying new things, redefining themselves. And it works beautifully on what is, undoubtedly, a triumph of an album.
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  2. Playlouder
    60
    Much of 'Trust' dallies down the dark end of the street, where graceful Velvet Undergroundisms lounge around sharing tabs with gentle folk implosions.
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  3. Stylus Magazine
    41
    Some of the most listless, unaffecting music the band has ever penned.
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