C'mon (Low album)

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C'mon
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Studio album by
Low
ReleasedApril 12, 2011 (2011-04-12)
Recorded2010, at Sacred Heart Studio, Duluth, Minnesota. Additional recording and mixing at Handsome Central, Los Angeles, California. Mastered at Chicago Mastering.
Genre Dream pop, slowcore
Length45:52
Label Sub Pop
Producer Low, Matt Beckley
Low chronology
Drums and Guns
(2007)		C'mon
(2011)		 The Invisible Way
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.7/10 [1]
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 8/10 [11]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

C'mon is the ninth full-length album by American indie rock band Low. It was released on April 12, 2011 (April 11 in Europe) on Sub Pop records. The album was recorded at Sacred Heart Studio, a former Catholic church in Duluth, Minnesota, where the band previously recorded 2002's Trust. [13] The album includes guest contributions from Nels Cline (lap steel, guitar), Caitlin Moe of Trans-Siberian Orchestra (violin) and Dave Carroll of Trampled by Turtles (banjo). [14]

Contents

"Try to Sleep" and "Especially Me" were released by the band in advance of the album; "Try to Sleep" was made available through the band's mailing list in February 2011, while "Especially Me" was premiered on Pitchfork on March 25, 2011. A promotional video for "Try to Sleep" starring John Stamos and Melissa Haro and directed by Travis Schneider was released to coincide with the release of the album. [15] A second promotional video for "Especially Me", directed by Phil Harder was released on August 18, 2011. [16]

Uncut placed the album at number 33 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011". [17]

In June 2017, the song "Especially Me" featured in season 5, episode 8 ("Tied to the Tracks") of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black . [18]

Track listing

All songs written by Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk

No.TitleLength
1."Try to Sleep"4:20
2."You See Everything"4:08
3."Witches"4:02
4."Done"2:54
5."Especially Me"5:30
6."$20"4:12
7."Majesty/Magic"4:14
8."Nightingale"5:00
9."Nothing but Heart"8:12
10."Something's Turning Over"3:20

Charts

Charts (2011)Peak
position
Belgium (Flanders) (Ultratop 50) [19] 60
Ireland (IRMA) [20] 55
UK Albums Chart (OCC) [21] 49
UK Independent Albums Chart (OCC) [22] 7
United States Billboard 200 [23] 73

Personnel

Low
Additional personnel

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