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On Low's fifth album (the fourth was a European-only live album), the band moved away from the fuzzy sound of its previous few releases and re-introduced some of the brittleness of earlier records. Many of the tracks also feature auditory experimentation. Garbled announcements, scratchy backing tracks, an instrument called an opitgan, and strings all find a place here. As the band moved into more experimental territory, it fit better than ever onto the indie label Kranky's roster, alongside Magnog, Jessamine, and the like.
"Starfire" is the band's most rock & roll-sounding song, though its inspiration is more Galaxie 500 than Led Zeppelin. The shimmering "Missouri" plays on the pun of "Missouri/misery." The monumentally aggressive "Don't Understand" features the most brutal drumming to be found on a Low record. Meanwhile, songs like "Immune" actually sound cheerful! The album also contains a very different version of "Will the Night," which originally appeared on the SONGS FOR A DEAD PILOT EP. SECRET NAME is the most experimental and unpredictable Low record and, ultimately, the band's most rewarding.
Fifth album on Kranky Records by this alternative trio, recorded with a string section, timpani & piano. 12 tracks all produced by Steve Albini. 1999 release.
Low: Alan Sparhawk (vocals, guitar, piano); Mimi Parker (vocals, percussion); Zak Sally (bass, optigan).
The Triple A Strings: Ida Pearle (violin); Tresa Ellickson (viola); Kera (cello).
Q (7/99, p.120) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...eerily minimal....This latest set is quite superb, their most fully realised work to date..."
NME (Magazine) (5/1/99, p.40) - "...Just when it seemed that Minnesota melancholics Low couldn't get any further down, they returned with a fifth album of exquisite hush and sorrow..." Purchase Secret Name CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Low I Could Live In Hope CD (1994)
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Low's records are frequently compared to the imagined ...
| | Low Long Division CD (1995)
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For its second album, LONG-DIVISION, ...
| | Low Things We Lost In The Fire CD (2001)
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Over the course of their career, Low's glacially beautiful music has gradually melted into something much more accessible and intimate. The thaw culminates on Things We Lost in the Fire; despite its brooding title, it's the group's loveliest, most approachable collection of songs yet. Voluptuous strings, softly fuzzy guitars, and propulsive percussion suffuse songs like the sweetly melancholy opener "Sunflower" and the slo-mo pop of "Dinosaur Act" and "July" with a warmth and direction that Low's ...
| | VH1 Presents The Corrs Live In Dublin CD (2002)
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This audio document of The Corrs' Dublin homecoming concert has pretty much everything fans of Irish pop could wish for, ...
| | Low Trust CD (2002)
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As the follow-up to Low's universally acclaimed Things We Lost in The Fire, Trust comes with a set of expectations that might be impossible to meet. To the band's credit, Low doesn't just rehash the territory they covered on their previous album; instead, Trust goes in several different directions, mixing dark, sweeping epics with smaller, unpretentious songs and eclectic productions (courtesy of Tchad Blake) and arrangements. It's Low's most diverse work yet, but as it turns out, also their most uneven, which is somewhat surprising considering how their previous album was both consistently inventive and ...
| | Steve Davis Jaunt CD (1996)
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Trombonist Steve Davis, who was 28 at the time of this recording, makes his debut as a leader on The Jaunt. A veteran of both Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers and Jackie McLean's ...
| | Marillion Real To Reel/Brief Encounter CDs (1997)
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| | Conjunto Primavera Los Vas A Negar CD (2003)
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| | David L Holt Perpetual Motion CD (2004)
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David Holt offers up one safe rock song after another in the vein of both Bob Seger and John Fogerty. Kicking off with the summer-driving "Til the Wheels Fall Off," Holt is helped out by a fine supporting cast, including Spooner Oldham on keyboards. Other times Holt is just as capable of softer, midtempo harmony-riddled pop à la Tom Petty on "Walk on the Moon Again" and the lengthy ballad "Mistaken Identity." One significant departure, though, is the funky pop of "Leave a Message," which recalls the Odds performing "Love Is the Subject." One miscue is the soul romantic cover of Little Village's "Fool Who Knows," which sounds a tad out of place, but more fortunately, the highbrow pop of "Man in the Abyss" resembles Neil Finn. Holt's biggest asset is his ability to play the proverbial musical genre field without sounding out of his league. The boogie-driven "Roadblock" is a great example, as it's basically an old-school rock song that Eddie Cochran would have felt at home performing. The ...
| | Rene Marie Serene Renegade CD (2004)
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| | No Te VA Gustar Solo De Noche CD (2007) (Import)
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| | Banda De Lechuga La Sueno Cumplido CD (2007) (Import)
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| | Plankton Beat CD (2008)
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