Secret Name

Secret Name is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Low. It was released in 1999 as their first album on the Kranky record label. The album was recorded and produced by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.

Secret Name
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 1999
RecordedNovember 20–28, 1998
Genre
Length52:09
LabelKranky
ProducerSteve Albini
Low chronology
The Curtain Hits the Cast
(1996)
Secret Name
(1999)
Things We Lost in the Fire
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME8/10[2]
Pitchfork7.6/10[3]
Q[4]

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

Track listing

No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."I Remember"Alan Sparhawk4:11
2."Starfire"Sparhawk, Mimi J. Parker3:06
3."Two-Step"Sparhawk (first part), Parker (second part)5:49
4."Weight of Water"Parker4:21
5."Missouri"Sparhawk4:04
6."Don't Understand"Sparhawk6:56
7."Soon"Sparhawk5:13
8."Immune"Sparhawk, Parker3:31
9."Lion/Lamb"Sparhawk4:13
10."Days of..."Parker5:57
11."Will the Night"Sparhawk, Parker2:23
12."Home"Sparhawk2:26
gollark: With Plethora you can give them neural interfaces and hijack their bodies.
gollark: Actually, no. Divide the village in half and make one side have its stuff stolen and the other receive free food from a magic box.
gollark: We need to find villagers and somehow exploit them horribly. I'm thinking somehow steal the farm work they do.
gollark: There's basically nobody on it!
gollark: I have a cool thing which automatically slows falls, boosts flight speed, shows somewhat useless velocity overlays, and compensates for the generally awful TPS.

References

  1. Sullivan, Denise. "Secret Name – Low". AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  2. Mulvey, John (April 7, 1999). "Low – Secret Name". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. Schreiber, Ryan (April 1, 1999). "Low: Secret Name". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. Maconie, Stuart (July 1999). "Low: Secret Name". Q (154): 120.

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