Trust
by Low
  • Record Label: Kranky
  • Release Date: Sep 24, 2002
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. 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.
  2. Mojo
    60
    In replacing the stark natural timbre of recent albums with layers of reverb and oblique orchestration, the pure heart of the songs has been obscured, if not lost. [Oct 2002, p.96]
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  3. Stylus Magazine
    41
    Some of the most listless, unaffecting music the band has ever penned.

Awards & Rankings

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

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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
  1. 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 keyWhile 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.… Full Review »
  2. jesusl
    Dec 18, 2002
    9
    the best of 2002
  3. christophern
    Oct 8, 2002
    10
    One of the best of 2002.
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