The Curtain Hits The Cast
by Low

The Curtain Hits The Cast by Low
Year: 1996
Release date: 1996-08-13
Overall rank: 7,634th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (136th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,208th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,634th)

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The Curtain Hits The Cast is ranked 11th best out of 20 albums by Low on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Low is Hey What which is ranked number 1087 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,609.

Low album bestography « Higher ranked (7,349th)
Long Division
This album (7,634th)
The Curtain Hits The Cast
Lower ranked (7,653rd) »
The Invisible Way

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Curtain Hits The Cast rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,634th | 1990s rank: 1,208th | 1996 rank: 136th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 56 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.


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60/100
Not my cup of tea. I hate when people say an album is boring but I have to say it about this one. I prefer their debut and will jump to other albums to see if I get the connection with them somewhere else.
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85/100
Their barest, most haunted work. 'Over the Ocean' is a song that brings you out of time itself.
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They whispered their fears into each other ears as the world caved in on itself.
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I think this might be Low's slowest, most drawn out, and depressed album. On one side we have the gentle pop melody of Over the Ocean, on the other the 15 odd minutes of drone and delay that is Do you know how to waltz.
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