Eternity Road: Reflections of Lowlife 85–95

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Eternity Road: Reflections of Lowlife 85-95
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Compilation album by Lowlife
Released 2006
Recorded Scotland
Genre Post-punk, alternative rock, dream pop
Label LTM
Producer Various
Lowlife chronology
Gush
(1995)
Eternity Road: Reflections of Lowlife 85-95
(2006)
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Eternity Road: Reflections of Lowlife 85–95 is a compilation album released in 2006 by LTM, as part of their re-release of Lowlife's entire back catalogue. It served as an introduction to the band and spanned their entire career. Allmusic gave the album "4.5" stars (out of 5) and noted, "Eternity Road taken as a whole is so shockingly good that it's practically astonishing at how the group never gained greater attention or cachet during its lifetime -- in retrospect they easily deserve mention alongside groups like The Sound and most especially The Chameleons."

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

LTM Recordings is a British independent record label founded in 1983, and best known for reissues of artists and music from 1978 to the present day, as well as modern classical and avant-garde composition. The label is based in Norfolk, England, and is curated by James Nice.

Lowlife (band)

Lowlife was a Scottish alternative rock/dream pop band, active from 1985 to 1997. Although the group never obtained mainstream popularity, they developed a cult following that continues to this day.

Track listing

  1. Sometime, Something
  2. Again and Again
  3. Coward's Way
  4. Permanent Sleep
  5. The Betting & Gaming Act 1964
  6. Hollow Gut
  7. Ragged Rise to Tumbledown
  8. From Side To Side
  9. Eternity Road (7" version)
  10. Swing
  11. Ramafied
  12. Where I Lay, I'll Lie
  13. I Don't Talk To Me
  14. I The Cheated
  15. My Mother's Fatherly Father
  16. Suddenly Violently Random
  17. Give Up Giving Up
  18. Truth in Needles
  19. Swell

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