I Could Live in Hope
I Could Live In Hope | ||||
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Studio album by Low | ||||
Released | 5 December 1994 | |||
Recorded | Autumn 1994 | |||
Genre | Slowcore, indie rock | |||
Length | 57:05 | |||
Label | Vernon Yard | |||
Producer | Mark Kramer | |||
Low chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Martin C. Strong | 7/10[2] |
Music Story | [2] |
I Could Live In Hope is the debut studio album by American band Low, released in 1994 on Vernon Yard Recordings. A reaction to the abrasiveness of alternative rock in the early 1990s —when grunge had a reigning popularity—, Low "eschewed conventional songwriting in favour of mood and movement."[3][4] Influenced by Brian Eno and Joy Division, the band favored slow-paced compositions, a minimum of instrumentation and an economy of language; working with long-time producer and New York underground mainstay Mark Kramer.[1][4][5][6] Featuring an "unprecedent pace in the then-flowering underground,"[4] I Could Live in Hope help to birth the genre known as slowcore, that would encompass acts from Bedhead to Codeine throughout the 1990s.[5]
Accolades
The information regarding accolades attributed to I Could Live in Hope is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net, except where otherwise noted.[2]
Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank | ||
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Ned Raggett | United States | The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties | 1999 | 37 | ||
Pitchfork Media | Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s | 1999 | 49 | |||
Les Inrockuptibles | France | 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll | 2004 | * | ||
Ondarock | Italy | Rock Milestones | — | * | ||
Screenagers | Poland | Top 100 Albums of the 90s | 2005 | 40 | ||
(*) designates lists that are unordered. |
Track listing
All tracks composed by Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and John Nicols, except where indicated.
- "Words" – 5:45
- "Fear" – 2:12
- "Cut" – 5:43
- "Slide" – 3:46
- "Lazy" – 5:35
- "Lullaby" – 9:46
- "Sea" – 1:45
- "Down" – 7:24
- "Drag " – 5:11
- "Rope" – 6:11
- "Sunshine" – 2:59 (Oliver Hood; cover of You Are My Sunshine)
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Could Live in Hope.[7]
- Producer - Mark Kramer
- Producer assistant - Steve Watson
- Artwork - Low
- Inner sleeve photography - Gerree Small
- Low
- Alan Sparhawk - guitar, vocals
- Mimi Parker - percussion, vocals
- John Nichols - bass
References
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