The Great Destroyer | ||||
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Released | January 25, 2005 | |||
Recorded | May 3 – September 27, 2004 | |||
Studio | Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York, United States | |||
Genre | Slowcore | |||
Length | 52:48 | |||
Label | Sub Pop | |||
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The Great Destroyer is the seventh studio album by American indie rock band Low. It was released on January 25, 2005, as their first recording on Sub Pop Records. [1]
"California", a song about Sparhawk's mother, was released as the album's first single, backed with a demo of "Cue the Strings". [2] A remix EP of "Monkey", entitled "Tonight the Monkeys Die", soon followed. [3] Music videos were created for both. [2] [3]
The title of the album (as well as the song "Silver Rider") is taken from the story within the album art. [4]
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100 [5] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Blender | [6] |
Entertainment Weekly | A− [7] |
The Guardian | [8] |
Mojo | [9] |
NME | 8/10 [10] |
Pitchfork | 5.5/10 [11] |
Q | [12] |
Rolling Stone | [13] |
Spin | A− [14] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic , The Great Destroyer received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from 34 critic scores. The site named it the 46th-best reviewed album of 2005. [5]
All songs written by Mimi Parker, Zak Sally, and Alan Sparhawk
Low
Additional personnel
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 67 |
French Albums (SNEP) [16] | 190 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [17] | 30 |
UK Albums (OCC) [18] | 72 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [19] | 13 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [20] | 19 |
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