I Could Live in Hope
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| Studio album by Low | ||||
| Released | 5 December 1994 | |||
| Recorded | Autumn 1994 | |||
| Genre | Slowcore, dream pop | |||
| Length | 57:05 | |||
| Label | Vernon Yard | |||
| Producer | Mark Kramer | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Martin C. Strong | 7/10 |
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I Could Live In Hope is the debut studio album by American band Low, released in 1994 on Vernon Yard Recordings. A reaction to the abrasiveness of alternative rock in the early 1990s —when grunge had a reigning popularity—, Low "eschewed conventional songwriting in favour of mood and movement." Influenced by Brian Eno and Joy Division, the band favored slow-paced compositions, a minimum of instrumentation and an economy of language; working with long-time producer and New York underground mainstay Mark Kramer. Featuring an "unprecedent pace in the then-flowering underground,"I Could Live in Hope help to birth the genre known as slowcore, that encompassed acts from Bedhead to Codeine throughout the 1990s.
The information regarding accolades attributed to I Could Live in Hope is adapted from Acclaimed Music, except where otherwise noted.
All tracks composed by Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and John Nicols, except where indicated.
Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Could Live in Hope.
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