I was the only vote for their cover of "War on War," it's awesome. (I've never heard the original.)
― Freeze Instr., Tuesday, 23 November 2021 05:39 (two years ago) link
I like the cover of "Fearless" because the song itself rules, but they don't really do anything with it. Unlike "Down by the River" and "Transmission," they don't make it a Low song.
I ultimately cut all covers from my Top 30 ballot, but "Down" and "Trans." were the last to go.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 07:24 (two years ago) link
My #1 was Ones and Sixes, I really can get lost in that album, which is very consistent and like an enclosed universe. Double Negative probably gives a similar impression. I voted for Long Division over I could live in hope, both high in my ballot, surprised this album is not more loved. Trust, Things We Lost in the Fire, and The Curtain Hits the Cast (voted for in that order next to each other) I find of similar strength, with many highlights, but with passages that occasionally keep me at bay over an album length.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 09:26 (two years ago) link
Curtain was my #1. I'm actually surprised less of the current era fans get behind it, not least because of the imperious DYKHTW - which unsurprisingly became the centrepiece of touring Double Negative since it"s clearly the progenitor in their history.
Who else was the Exit Papers voter? Love that record.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 09:43 (two years ago) link
I didn't expect "Things We Lost in the Fire" to get the most #1 votes, at least not by that margin. It was my #2, and DN my #1, so I can't really complain.
Their covers have never done much for me, having not heard most of them, I didn't send a covers ballot. "Transmission" is too slow (a dumb and obvious thing to say, but it is what it is), "Lord Can You Hear Me?" is one of the worst songs on an otherwise excellent S3 tribute album. "Sunshine" works as a stylistic coda to "I Could Live In Hope" but is otherwise bland and uninspired. I do like the Smiths cover though.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 10:10 (two years ago) link
Enjoyed reading that interview Soundslike, first time I read his thoughts outside their music, thanks for sharing !
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 10:30 (two years ago) link
A day behind here but I did not expect those album results - was sure Curtain would be a runaway #1, Things We Lost and Trust were my top two so I'm happy to see the love for them. I know it's early days but I think Hey What improves slightly on Double Negative, just a bit stronger melodically.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
Hey What is more accessible because on that one vs DN the vocals are not also buried in noise, and that discrepancy sounds more powerful to me as a result as well.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 13:03 (two years ago) link
man, that "down by the river" cover is something else
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
i am unfortunately awake far too early so i'll kick off the tracks rollout soon
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/itAHVla.png61. I RememberReleased on Secret Name (1999)176 points, 5 votersStudio versionAlternate version (released on "Immune" single)
https://i.imgur.com/InlDTd8.png61. NightingaleReleased on C'mon (2011)176 points, 5 votersStudio version
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
almost voted for 'I Remember'! one of many Low songs that are perfect in the context of the album its on
― just staying (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
Love "I Remember," and it was one of the last I cut from my list of tracks.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
Who did the images?
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
it's all my work
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
for those who are into such things
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1GrLJ5GUNVF4UJtRDA9iT0?si=ea3c57f12296426f
― just staying (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
Images are v nice ufo, good work
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/u3J7sDx.png60. GentleReleased on Ones and Sixes (2015)177 points, 6 votersStudio version
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
ah thanks whiney, my graphic design skills are fairly amateur but i'm quite happy with how most of the images for this turned out
i'm a big fan of "gentle", my favourite from ones and sixes. probably the most direct predecessor to double negative? the slight shift halfway through is wonderful
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
Ones and 60s
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
I Remember was my #5. The layers of tape hiss make it feel like some mysterious recovered broadcast from a ghostly numbers station.
Low should have played the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks season 3.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
Good call
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/OBUpf8m.png58. Like a ForestReleased on Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)186 points, 6 votersMusic video
https://i.imgur.com/v5An7Mn.png58. Spanish TranslationReleased on Ones and Sixes (2015)186 points, 7 voters, 1 #1 voteStudio version
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:35 (two years ago) link
Whoever put Spanish Translation at #1, I will buy you a beer
― Jimmy Iovine Eat World (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/8fcmPk4.png57. Days Like TheseReleased on HEY WHAT (2021)202 points, 7 votersMusic video
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
I'll have that beer. As incomprehensible as it will be for some, I hesitated between Gentle, Spanish Translation, Caroline and Anon as #1. I think it's the combination of softness, delicate harmonies, hisses that have won my heart over. I'd play Spanish Translation as an introduction to the band, it's caressing and abrasive, drifting, the vocal line is addictive, love Mimi's backing vocals too. I guess it speaks of the talent of the band that you can vote for almost any of their songs as #1.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
"everything once within reason" <3 <3 <3
i dig that alternate version of "i remember" with mimi on vocals that sounds like a lost factory recordings track
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
"Like a Forest" is a song of theirs that was the last one cut from TWLITF for me, mostly because I used to *hate* it, yet in the past few years it's become one of my favorite tracks on that particular record.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
One thing I've noticed with Low is how one single line perfectly sung can make you fall in love with a song'It doesn't have to end this way'
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jdbZn3t.png55. BelarusReleased on Drums and Guns (2007)206 points, 6 votersMusic video
https://i.imgur.com/526cNqg.png55. John PrineReleased on Trust (2002)206 points, 7 votersStudio version
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
xp to Nabozo: I spaced out and forgot to submit my ballot, but "Caroline" would have been my #1
― Jimmy Iovine Eat World (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
John Prine is such a weird song to me, it's like a match going out. It seems like it's setting you up for another big crescendo and then it just slowwwwly fades away.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
one of their creepiest/funniest songs
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ivNfyCs.png54. SoonReleased on Secret Name (1999)216 points, 8 voters, 1 #1 voteStudio version
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
There are some really funny moments on Trust, for all of its doom and gloom
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
i couldn't quite fit "belarus" on my ballot but it's a fascinating direction i wish they'd explored further
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
Roll out reminding me of all the great songs I left off my ballot.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/gXLOGqz.png53. Low, Piano Magic & Transient Waves - Sleep at the BottomReleased as a single (1998) & on A Lifetime of Temporary Relief233 points, 8 voters, 1 #1 voteStudio version
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
No real complaints but just noting there's already been 7 songs that didn't make my top 50. I picked a ton of TWLITF songs but not "In a Forest," and I like a lot of Ones and Sixes but I think only one song made my top 50. I'm going to be really interested in seeing what I chose that doesn't place at all.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link
That single really does use Comic Sans
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
it's one of the best fonts out there
― just staying (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZhggrLN.png52. Dancing and BloodReleased on Double Negative (2018)237 points, 7 votersMusic videoLive at NOX ORAE 2019
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
oh i should have mentioned, 175 different tracks were voted for
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link
XD
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
Cool, glad to see Sleep at the Bottom make it (which reminds me, hats off to the other A Lifetime of Temporary Relief voter in the albums section).
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:44 (two years ago) link
only four of the songs announced so far were on my ballot. "dancing and blood" was in my top ten
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
I forgot to vote for "Sleep at the Bottom" because thinking about all the material on A Liftime... was too exhausting a proposition, but it's lovely. Reminds me of A.R. Kane's 69 but prettier.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
the graphic design here is so sweet & it's so good to see the best band in the world getting so much love.
― maelin, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qT2u2xY.png50. Especially MeReleased on C'mon (2011)238 points, 9 voters, 1 #1 voteMusic video
https://i.imgur.com/o1BZTnP.png50. MoreReleased on HEY WHAT (2021)238 points, 10 voters, 1 #1 voteMusic video
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
5 of the first 10 tracks garnered a #1 vote. Shows the depth of the catalog and how everyone finds their own personal Low track.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 22:16 (two years ago) link