Secret Name
by Low

Secret Name by Low
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 8,030th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 53 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (111th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,296th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,030th)

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Low bestography

Secret Name is ranked 13th best out of 20 albums by Low on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Low is Double Negative which is ranked number 1101 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,569.

Low album bestography « Higher ranked (7,632nd)
The Curtain Hits The Cast
This album (8,030th)
Secret Name
Lower ranked (20,356th) »
Christmas

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Overall rank: 8,030th | 1990s rank: 1,296th | 1999 rank: 111th

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74/100 (from 53 votes)
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10/26/2025 10:19 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,22785/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.3.

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From 04/22/2014 07:06 | #109733
This is my favorite Low album. Steve Albini kills it. So mood.
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From 08/04/2013 18:37 | #83044
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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