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The Great Destroyer

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Recorded
  
2004

The Great Destroyer (2005)
  
Drums and Guns (2007)

Release date
  
25 January 2005

Genre
  
Alternative/Indie

Length
  
52:48

Artist
  
Low

Producer
  
Dave Fridmann

Label
  
Sub Pop

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Released
  
January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)

Similar
  
Low albums, Slowcore albums, Other albums

The Great Destroyer is a 2005 album by the slowcore band Low. It was their first recording on Sub Pop Records. "California", a song about Sparhawk's mother, was the first single, backed with a demo of "Cue the Strings". A remix EP of "Monkey", entitled "Tonight the Monkeys Die", soon followed. Music videos were created for both.

Contents

The title of the album (as well as the song "Silver Rider") is taken from the story within the album art.

In March 2009, the album had scored an 82 out of 100 (or "universal acclaim") on Metacritic.

Track listing

  1. "Monkey" – 4:19
  2. "California" – 3:23
  3. "Everybody's Song" – 3:55
  4. "Silver Rider" – 5:03
  5. "Just Stand Back" – 3:04
  6. "On the Edge Of" – 3:49
  7. "Cue the Strings" – 3:30
  8. "Step" – 3:18
  9. "When I Go Deaf" – 4:41
  10. "Broadway (So Many People)" – 7:14
  11. "Pissing" – 5:08
  12. "Death of a Salesman" – 2:28
  13. "Walk into the Sea" – 2:56

"California"


"California" is a single by Duluth, Minnesota slowcore group Low, released in 2004 from the album The Great Destroyer. It includes a QuickTime video for "Death of a Salesman."

Track listing
  1. "California" – 3:26
  2. "Cue the Strings" (Alternate Version) – 3:35

Songs

1Monkey4:20
2California3:24
3Everybody's Song3:56

References

The Great Destroyer Wikipedia
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