Double Negative (album)

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Double Negative
Low - Double Negative.png
Studio album by
Low
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2018 (2018-09-14)
Studio
Genre
Length48:50
Label Sub Pop
Producer BJ Burton
Low chronology
Ones and Sixes
(2015)		Double Negative
(2018)		 Hey What
(2021)
Singles from Double Negative
  1. "Quorum"
    Released: June 12, 2018
  2. "Dancing and Blood"
    Released: June 12, 2018
  3. "Fly"
    Released: June 12, 2018
  4. "Disarray"
    Released: August 16, 2018

Double Negative is the twelfth studio album by Low, released on September 14, 2018. [9] It is the last album to feature bass guitarist Steve Garrington, who would go on to leave the band in 2020.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 8.1/10 [10]
Metacritic 86/100 [11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The A.V. Club B− [12]
Clash 9/10 [13]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [14]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Pitchfork 8.7/10 [16]
PopMatters 9/10 [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [18]
Uncut 9/10 [19]

On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Double Negative has an average score of 86 based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [11] Writing in Pitchfork 's list of the best albums of 2018, Marc Hogan said that "static prevails and flickering tones are almost untraceable to the instruments that made them," and that this sound "captured [2018's] pervasive dread like nothing else." [20]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRank
NPR The 50 Best Albums of 201817 [21]
BrooklynVegan Top 50 Albums of 20182 [22]
Uncut Uncut's Best New Albums of 20181 [23]
Paste The 50 Best Albums of 20189 [24]
Vulture The 15 Best Albums of 20182 [25]
The Quietus 100 Best Albums of 20188 [26]
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 20188 [4]
The Wire Releases of the Year 1–5010 [27]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 20188 [28]
Pitchfork The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s96 [3]
Tiny Mix Tapes Favorite 50 music releases7 [29]
The Guardian The 50 best albums of 20189 [30]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Low.

No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Quorum"
  • Sparhawk
  • Parker
3:42
2."Dancing and Blood"Parker6:22
3."Fly"Parker5:48
4."Tempest"Sparhawk4:48
5."Always Up"
  • Sparhawk
  • Parker
5:28
6."Always Trying to Work It Out"Sparhawk3:55
7."The Son, The Sun"
  • Instrumental, spoken word by Parker
3:30
8."Dancing and Fire"Sparhawk4:17
9."Poor Sucker"Sparhawk3:35
10."Rome (Always in the Dark)"
  • Sparhawk
  • Parker
3:32
11."Disarray"
  • Sparhawk
  • Parker
3:52
Total length:48:50

Personnel

Low
Additional musicians
Technical
Artwork

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [31] 41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [32] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [33] 109
Irish Albums (IRMA) [34] 69
Italian Albums (FIMI) [35] 90
Scottish Albums (OCC) [36] 14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [37] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [38] 52
UK Albums (OCC) [39] 26

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