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― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
I love Broadway
― Dan S, Thursday, 25 November 2021 02:40 (two years ago) link
i also love broadway and almost suggested BROADWAY….SO MANY PEO-POLL as the name for this thread
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 November 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link
Great album poll results, I think the only one I had that didn’t place was “In the Fishtank.” I’d be very curious about how the Burton produced albums are rated in ten years or so. They have this Berlin-era Bowie vibe for me right.Unsurprisingly, I find “Double Negative” to be their “Low”!― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, November 22, 2021 10:33 PM
Unsurprisingly, I find “Double Negative” to be their “Low”!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, November 22, 2021 10:33 PM
I thought of this post tonight, and was thinking about a similar analogy with Eno's work with Talking Heads, where their first record together has more of a "traditional" producer/band dynamic, and then goes on to become more of a collaboration over the next few records, eventually down to similar setups where the band lays down tracks, leaves, and the producer does their thing.
― cwkiii, Thursday, 25 November 2021 03:20 (two years ago) link
"Shame" made my ballot and "Violence" would have if we could extend it a few more places. Long Division is not one of my favorites, but still a solid listen with those highs
― Vinnie, Thursday, 25 November 2021 04:58 (two years ago) link
I just realized that Pissing (on GD) has the same chord progression (I think) as John Prine and sees them taking that exercise to the opposite extreme
Yeah, I think "Majesty/Magic" also uses the same progression (and just sounds like a lesser version of John Prine in general). "Pissing" always sounded like their take on Slowdive's "Avalyn" to me.
― toneburst country, Thursday, 25 November 2021 05:39 (two years ago) link
"Broadway" clicked for me when someone in another thread here said it sounded like the answer to the yearning posed in "Lullaby."
― toneburst country, Thursday, 25 November 2021 05:49 (two years ago) link
The Lamb (only seven voters !), Shame, White Horses, Weight of Water, No Comprende and Shots & Ladder were on my ballot from yesterday. I can hardly complain about the songs that are not my idea of Low because I doubt my votes were perfectly coherent. I sound like a broken record already, but for me it's a testimony of their consistency. I'd have a hard time singling out a song that does not belong in the results.
Drums and Guns was one album where I only voted for one song, but Breaker with its minimal wave and claps is totally lovely.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 07:18 (two years ago) link
"Violent Past" was my #1. The studio recording is a beast, cathartic noise over a churning, insistent, inevitable beat. Like a Nine Inch Nails experiment mixed with Zeppelin's "Kashmir". The lyrics are simple but horrifyingly grim. On the announcement thread somebody wrote that In Silence/Murderer/Violent Past is one of their best three song runs, which is completely OTM. It's their best closing stretch for sure, even if D&G as a whole isn't in their top tier of albums.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 25 November 2021 10:14 (two years ago) link
yeah, well put. the organ + its embrace of that sort of carthatic distortion are also obvious predecessors for double negative
i'd agree it's their best closer unless you ignore "dark" in favour of "do you know how to waltz"
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq--nrquHIA
this is terrible quality but lmao
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 10:27 (two years ago) link
yeah, well put. the organ + its embrace of that sort of carthatic distortion are also obvious predecessors for double negativei'd agree it's their best closer unless you ignore "dark" in favour of "do you know how to waltz"― ufo, Thursday, November 25, 2021 11:18 AM (forty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
For what it's worth, I'd take In Metal, Shots & Ladders, DJ and The Price you Pay over both. At the risk of sounding blasphemous, the 14 minutes of DYKHTW sound very cinematographic, quite like a GYBE track, but leave me cold emotionally.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 11:16 (two years ago) link
i'd easily take "do you know how to waltz" over anything in gy!be's catalogue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_RcCOvhF0
there is this bootleg of them performing it together once though
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link
several XP - I’d do one better and say “Take Your Time” through “Violent Past” is their best album run.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 25 November 2021 13:09 (two years ago) link
lol y'all are fucking insane
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 25 November 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
I mean at least I know now whose tastes I can trust, I guess.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 25 November 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
I voted for ten pre-Trust songs, I think my ballot was fairly varied. I voted for five songs from "Things We Lost In The Fire", the most of any album. However, my two favourite albums are Double Negative and The Great Destroyer, which are about as different as it gets from the pre-Trust style.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 25 November 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
My two favs are Ones and Sixes and Long Division, the latter of which seems to mark me as an outlier even among people who hold the early stuff in high regard. (s/o to Brad though!)
― Jimmy Iovine Eat World (bernard snowy), Thursday, 25 November 2021 15:07 (two years ago) link
I put two songs from Long Division in my top 10, one of them at #1.
― toby, Thursday, 25 November 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link
I'm impressed there's so little "I like the early stuff" bias in all these results, even if few of the tracks thus far were in my list (and probably most in my list won't place).
I've been a fan for 25 years, and loved "the early stuff". But I also loved the next phase thereafter, and the most recent phase. Seems like a shame to close the door after the first three records, just because those captured a certain crystaline sound and approach. The breadth and itch for experimentation was always there, even from the beginning. If they'd kept on retreading that ground faithfully, would we even be talking about them in the present tense?
― Soundslike, Thursday, 25 November 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
Agree with that statement but I’m sure there will be more early stuff as go further in the poll.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 25 November 2021 16:04 (two years ago) link
i had to cut “lazy” from my ballot but i still hope the first low song i ever heard places
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 November 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
just catching up with the results! (spotify playlist is updated too)
― just staying (Karl Malone), Thursday, 25 November 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
so far...
61. Nightingale - 176 points, 5 voters61. I Remember - 176 points, 5 voters60. Gentle - 177 points, 6 voters58. Spanish Translation - 186 points, 7 voters, 1 #1 vote58. Like a Forest - 186 points, 6 voters57. Days Like These - 202 points, 7 voters55. John Prine - 206 points, 7 voters55. Belarus - 206 points, 6 voters54. Soon - 216 points, 8 voters, 1 #1 vote53. Sleep at the Bottom - 233 points, 8 voters, 1 #1 vote52. Dancing and Blood - 237 points, 7 voters50. More - 238 points, 10 voters, 1 #1 vote50. Especially Me - 238 points, 9 voters, 1 #1 vote49. Immune - 250 points, 5 voters, 1 #1 vote48. Anon - 257 points, 7 voters47. Just Like Christmas - 266 points, 7 voters46. Venus - 270 points, 11 voters45. Always Up - 271 points, 6 voters44. Lies - 273 points, 9 voters43. July - 274 points, 10 voters42. California - 276 points, 9 voters41. The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off) - 277 points, 9 voters
40. Tempest - 278 points, 7 voters39. Last Snowstorm of the Year - 279 points, 8 voters37. Whitetail - 285 points, 8 voters37. Landslide - 285 points, 11 voters35. Weight of Water - 291 points, 9 voters, 1 #1 vote35. No Comprende - 291 points, 11 voters34. Broadway (So Many People) - 302 points, 7 voters33. The Lamb - 303 points, 7 voters, 1 #1 vote31. Will the Night - 310 points, 11 voters, 1 #1 vote31. Violent Past - 310 points, 10 voters, 1 #1 vote30. White Horses - 331 points, 10 voters29. Shots & Ladders - 352 points, 14 voters28. Breaker - 370 points, 13 voters27. Shame - 394 points, 13 voters26. In The Drugs - 397 points, 14 voters
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/m6JDG3r.png25. Always Trying to Work It OutReleased on Double Negative (2018)400 points, 12 votersMusic videoLive at NOX ORAE 2019
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
the bridge where it all dissolves into the most beautiful noise is incredible
it's one i expected that it could have made it to the top 10, since it seemed to be a favourite on double negative
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/SCThwpz.png24. MonkeyReleased on The Great Destroyer (2005)405 points, 13 votersMusic videoStudio version
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
oh i didn't even consider that it's thanksgiving in the us lol that's why it's quiet on here today
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
"monkey" always reminds me of "bullet with butterfly wings" lol
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
I imagine there would be more early stuff bias if the band's later stuff weren't so awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
Late cut, undeniable album opener
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
yeah, it’s, how do you say, the mood
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/TxFtRDR.png23. The PlanReleased on The Curtain Hits The Cast (1996)417 points, 12 votersStudio versionDemo
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
one of their prettiest moments
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
the best song ever
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/XZVL86H.png22. CoattailsReleased on The Curtain Hits The Cast (1996)424 points, 13 votersStudio version
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
first draft of my list, “coattails” was no. 1
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
otherworldly swirl of mystery
https://i.imgur.com/noRNq64.png21. StarfireReleased on Secret Name (1999)428 points, 15 voters, 1 #1 voteStudio version
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
Yes, voted for these last three. The Plan and Coattails both my top ten. All fucking time. What a band.
― kraudive, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/FefVd4T.png20. FlyReleased on Double Negative (2018)433 points, 12 voters, 1 #1 voteMusic videoLive at NOX ORAE 2019
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
probably steve garrington's greatest moment? both that bass line & those keyboards
! Had written it off placing at this point. One of my SN that made the cut.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
There's a lot of this record isn't there.
― kraudive, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/caWh8cK.png19. QuorumReleased on Double Negative (2018)438 points, 14 votersMusic videoLive at NOX ORAE 2019
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
remember when they premiered the first three tracks of double negative and since then we’ve been living in a fundamentally different universe
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 November 2021 21:08 (two years ago) link
That was such a brilliant way to announce what they were doing. As a long-time fan of 'weird' Low, I was so proud and excited.
― Soundslike, Thursday, 25 November 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QQrfhf8.png18. Dinosaur ActReleased on Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)440 points, 14 voters, 1 #1 voteMusic video
― ufo, Thursday, 25 November 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
dinosaur aaaaaaact
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 November 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
dinosaur aaaaaaaaact
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 November 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link