Ones and Sixes

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Ones and Sixes
Low - Ones and Sixes Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Low
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
StudioApril Base Studios (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) [1]
Genre Slowcore, noise [2]
Length57:02
Label Sub Pop
Producer
Low chronology
The Invisible Way
(2013)		Ones and Sixes
(2015)		 Double Negative
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.6/10 [3]
Metacritic 78/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The A.V. Club B [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 7/10 [8]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Spin 8/10 [13]

Ones and Sixes is the eleventh studio album by Low, released on September 11, 2015. [1] It was co-produced by the band and engineer BJ Burton, at Justin Vernon's April Base Studios in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. [1] Sub Pop released a promotional video for 'No Comprende' in advance of the album's release, on June 23, 2015. [14] The album also features contributions from Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche. [15] The album artwork was created by artist Peter Liversidge. [16] The album's lyrics were nominated for an AML Award. [17]

Contents

Composition

Musically, a shift made itself evident to critics reviewing Ones and Sixes, reaping generally positive assessments. While its predecessor The Invisible Way saw Jeff Tweedy of Wilco handling the production duties, Ones and Sixes would feature Bon Iver associate B.J. Burton producing alongside Low for the first time. He went on to produce their albums Double Negative and Hey What .

The change in technical personnel would result in the trio's sound being "pushed, pulled and wrangled out of shape to devastating effect," [2] "striking a balance between their majestic, slow-moving melancholy and harsher experimental noise." [18]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Low

No.TitleLength
1."Gentle"5:06
2."No Comprende"4:59
3."Spanish Translation"4:17
4."Congregation"3:51
5."No End"2:49
6."Into You"3:57
7."What Part of Me"3:08
8."The Innocents"4:22
9."Kid in the Corner"4:32
10."Lies"4:15
11."Landslide"9:50
12."DJ"5:56

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] 65
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] 34
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 115
Irish Albums (IRMA) [23] 45
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 35
US Billboard 200 [25] 158

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