Waking Up From A Dreamin'

Today's selection is forty six minutes of Low. 

 

In just over a week from now (6th November), it'll be two years since Mimi Parker passed and Low effectively came to an end.

 

As a celebration of the music that Mimi and husband Alan Sparhawk created, I've curated a 10-song selection gleaned entirely from Uncut and Mojo magazine promo CDs, which were effectively my introduction to Low's music. I've since caught up with all of their studio albums, and it's an incredible body of work to say the least.

 

Low were regular features in both magazine's end of year Best Of countdowns and it's little surprise. The music was by turns abrasive and challenging yet also heartrendingly beautiful in it's complexity, especially when Mimi sang solo or harmonised with Alan. 

 

Most of these are lifted straight from the albums, with a few exceptions. Disarray appears on 2018 album Double Negative, here receiving a slight edit to the intro for the version given away with Uncut. 

 

Uncut magazine also presented cover version compilation CDs in 2019 and 2021, focusing on Wilco and Bob Dylan, so I think Low's contributions to both may be exclusive to those releases. Not wanting to be left out, Neil Young also gets a tribute, also an Uncut magazine freebie, this time with Dirty Three. It's an astonishing version, Mimi once again to the fore.

 

Given the disjointed way that the song choices for today's selection arrived, I'm pleased with the sequencing, which I think makes for a coherent and satisfying listening experience. Let me know what you think.
 
1) What Part Of Me (2015)

2) Witches (2011)

3) Just Make It Stop (2013)

4) Breaker (2007)

5) Down By The River (Cover of Neil Young): Low + Dirty Three (2001)

6) War On War (Cover of Wilco) (2019)

7) Disarray (Edit) (2018)

8) Everybody's Song (2005)

9) Hey (2021)

10) Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Cover of Bob Dylan) (2021)

 

2001: In The Fishtank, Volume 7 EP: 5 

2005: The Great Destroyer: 8

2007: Drums And Guns: 4

2011: C'mon: 2

2013: The Invisible Way: 3

2015: Ones And Sixes: 1 

2018: Electric Wonderland (Uncut magazine promo CD): 7

2019: Wilco Covered (Uncut magazine promo CD): 6

2021: Dylan Revisited (Uncut magazine promo CD): 10

2021: Hey What: 9

Waking Up From A Dreamin' (46:46) (KF) (Mega)