Secret Name

Secret Name
Studio album by Low
Released	1999
Recorded	20–28 November 1998
Genre	Indie rock, slowcore
Length	52:09
Label	Kranky
Producer	Steve Albini
Low chronology
The Curtain Hits the Cast (1996) Secret Name (1999) Things We Lost in the Fire (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
NME	(8/10) [2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10) [3]
Q	[4]

Secret Name is the fourth full-length album by the slowcore group Low. It was their first album on the Kranky record label, and their first to be produced by Steve Albini.

Track listing

1. "I Remember" – 4:11
2. "Starfire" – 3:06
3. "Two-Step" – 5:49
4. "Weight of Water" – 4:21
5. "Missouri" – 4:04
6. "Don't Understand" – 6:56
7. "Soon" – 5:13
8. "Immune" – 3:31
9. "Lion/Lamb" – 4:13
10. "Days of..." – 5:57
11. "Will the Night" – 2:23
12. "Home" – 2:26

Recording information

Recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.

Notes

• The album title comes from the "Weight of Water" lyric, "Make a river through the sand, 'Til you're called by a secret name".
• Bass guitarist Zak Sally also plays an Optigan on some tracks.

References

1. Sullivan, Denise. Secret Name at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
2. "Secret Name". NME. 7 March 1999.
3. Archived 2 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
4. Maconie, Stuart (July 1999). "Review: Low - Secret Name". Q (EMAP Metro Ltd): 120.