Secret Name (studio album) by Low

Secret Name by Low
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 8,010th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 52 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (112th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,312th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,010th)
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Secret Name is ranked 12th best out of 20 albums by Low on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Low is I Could Live In Hope which is ranked number 1110 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,580.

Low album bestography « Higher ranked (7,337th) This album (8,010th) Lower ranked (8,167th) »
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74/100 (from 52 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 74.3/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.2.

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This is my favorite Low album. Steve Albini kills it. So mood.
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From 08/04/2013 18:37
I suppose this is a bit of a transitional album. Its the first point where they consistently vary the arrangements of their songs- adding strings, static sound effects, different guitar effects and percussion sounds.

Thematically they are becoming a bit less angsty, and throwing some vaguely religious references or moods into the lyrics (weight of Water, Missouri, Two Step). The songwriting seems more hopeful, less minor key + slight dissonance and droning style songs, more major key ballads with pretty melodies that could be lullabies.

I'd say its my favourite Low album alongside the debut, at least at the moment.
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