Low / The Curtain Hits The Cast
Artist Low
Album Title: The Curtain Hits The Cast
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Snore-Core
Format CD
Released 08/13/1996
Label Vernon Yard Recordings
Catalog No VYD 18
Bar Code No 0 17046 80182 9
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Anon (4:20)
2. The Plan (3:40)
3. Over The Ocean (3:50)
4. Mom Says (5:20)
5. Coattails (6:55)
6. Standby (5:10)
7. Laugh (9:37)
8. Lust (4:04)
9. Stars Gone Out (4:26)
10. Same (2:07)
11. Do You Know How To Waltz? (14:39)
12. Dark (0:53)
Date Acquired 10/10/1996
Personal Rating
Acquired from Let It Be
Purchase Price 14.00

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Notes

Recorded January/February 1996.
P&C 1996 Vernon Yard Recordings
(Chair Kickers Music/Sub Pop Music/PolyGram) BMI

The duration incorrectly printed for track 7 is 9:04.

Bass, Keyboards – Zak Sally
Design – Tom Dolan
Engineer – John Goodmanson
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – Alan Sparhawk
Keyboards – Steve Fisk (tracks: 1, 5, 11)
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Percussion, Vocals – Mimi Parker
Photography By [Live Photo] – Bill Phelps
Producer – Steve Fisk
Written-By, Design – Low

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Analyzed: Low / The Curtain Hits the Cast
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10       0.00 dB   -13.95 dB      4:21 01-Anon
DR10       0.00 dB   -13.40 dB      3:41 02-The Plan
DR10      -0.04 dB   -13.80 dB      3:51 03-Over the Ocean
DR11       0.00 dB   -16.05 dB      5:21 04-Mom Says
DR11       0.00 dB   -16.52 dB      6:56 05-Coattails
DR8       -0.50 dB   -13.70 dB      5:10 06-Standby
DR12       0.00 dB   -17.53 dB      9:37 07-Laugh
DR11       0.00 dB   -17.46 dB      4:05 08-Lust
DR10       0.00 dB   -15.41 dB      4:26 09-Stars Gone Out
DR10       0.00 dB   -14.67 dB      2:08 10-Same
DR9        0.00 dB   -12.77 dB     14:39 11-Do You Know How to Waltz?
DR9      -16.17 dB   -31.40 dB      0:54 12-Dark
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           485 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Nitsuh Abebe
The Curtain Hits the Cast was Low's first "major" album, taking the indie buzz over their early work to a much larger audience. The band didn't lose anything in the process -- the album shows them still firmly entrenched in the epic, slow, lazy dirges that got them started. The only noticeable changes come in the form of more elaborate production and a shift in the ratio of dark, creepy dirges to pretty, comforting ones (the latter winning out, as evidenced by the album's single, the beautiful "Over the Ocean"). Low is one of those rare bands that has created such a distinct musical world for itself that even major changes can't affect it -- just like every Cocteau Twins album is unmistakably theirs, and always good, listening to any Low recording involves revisiting a wonderful sound that can't be found anywhere else. The Curtain Hits the Cast is more accessible than much of the band's earlier work, but, since it's a Low album, it isn't really that much different -- the album is probably the best introduction to Low's work.
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