Things We Lost in the Fire (album)

Things We Lost in the Fire
Studio album by Low
Released	January 22, 2001
Genre	Indie rock, slowcore
Length	54:19
Label	Kranky
Producer	Steve Albini
Low chronology
Secret Name (1999) Things We Lost in the Fire (2001) In the Fishtank 7 (2001)

Things We Lost in the Fire is a 2001 album by Low, their fifth full-length release. In 2006, the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Sunflower" – 4:39
2. "Whitetail" – 5:03
3. "Dinosaur Act" – 4:13
4. "Medicine Magazines" – 4:33
5. "Laser Beam" – 2:54
6. "July" – 5:35
7. "Embrace" – 5:37
8. "Whore" – 4:23
9. "Kind of Girl" – 3:30
10. "Like a Forest" – 2:27
11. "Closer" – 5:06
12. "Untitled" – 0:46
13. "In Metal" – 4:19

Recording information

Engineered by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.^[2]

Editions

Some overseas editions of the album contain the additional tracks "Overhead" and "Don't Carry It All", which were B-sides of the "Dinosaur Act" single, and were also published later on the 2004 box set of rarities, A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides and Rarities. These two tracks were also included on the vinyl LP release of the album. This is a three-sided album, with the fourth side containing the song lyrics etched into the vinyl.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Alternative Press	4/5[5]
Entertainment Weekly	A–[6]
NME	9/10[7]
Pitchfork Media	8.7/10[8]
Spin	8/10[9]

Things We Lost in the Fire garnered a score of 87 out of 100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".^[3] Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Things We Lost in the Fire at number 117 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.^[10]

References

1. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/dont-look-back-teenage-fanclub-the-forum-br-tortoise-amp-low-koko-london--none-onestar-twostar-threestar-fivestar-409587.html
2. "Things We Lost in the Fire". Sub Pop Records website. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
3. "Reviews for Things We Lost in the Fire by Low". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
4. Phares, Heather. "Things We Lost in the Fire – Low". AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
5. "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Alternative Press (153): 78. April 2001.
6. Tucker, Ken (February 16, 2001). "Things We Lost in the Fire". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
7. Long, April (February 3, 2001). "Low : Things We Lost In The Fire". NME. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
8. Schreiber, Ryan (January 21, 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
9. Salamon, Jeff (April 2001). "Low: Things We Lost in the Fire". Spin 17 (4): 158–61. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
10. Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.