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Great Box Set Filled With Low Rarities and Surprises

cameron-vale | Seattle, WA | 08/16/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This superb 4-Disc box set of rarities, live tracks and demos will prove to be a delight for all Low fans. This is definitely NOT an elaborate best-of sampler of the world's greatest slow-core/sad-core band as virtually none of the offerings on hand were culled from their previously released CDs. All of the tracks are relatively obscure and were either never before released or were available on strictly limited edition small label singles. Disc 4 is a DVD that includes a surplus of live music videos (as part of the "Closer Than That" film) as well as several documentaries.



This set has been out since July 20th but Amazon has still not updated the correct tracklisting. For the record, then, A LIFETIME OF TEMPORARY RELIEF: 10 YEARS OF B-SIDES AND RARITIES consists of the following:



Disc 1:

01 Lullaby (demo)

02 Cut (demo)

03 Heartbeat

04 Peanut Butter Toast and American Bandstand

05 Tired

06 I Started a Joke

07 The Plan (demo)

08 Prisoner (demo)

09 Prisoner

10 Tomorrow One

11 Turning Over

12 Bright

13 Walk You Out

14 Tear Down

15 Standby

16 David & Jude

17 Cheek



Disc 2:

01 Venus

02 Boyfriends & Girlfriends

03 Surf

04 No Need (Version 1)

05 Be There

06 Lift

07 Joan of Arc

08 Long Long Long

09 Lion/Lamb (demo)

10 Will the Night (demo)

11 Last Breath

12 Joan of Arc (20 Below Mix)

13 Old Man Song

14 Try Try Try

15 Lord, Can You Hear Me

16 Venus (Time Stereo Dub mix)

17 Those Girls (song for Nico)



Disc 3:

01 I Remember

02 Kindly Blessed

03 Blue-Eyed Devil

04 Sleep at the Bottom

05 When You Walked

06 Back Home Again

07 Don't Drop the Baby

08 Surfer Girl

09 Blowin' in the Wind

10 Open Arms

11 ... I Love

12 Carnival Queen

13 Overhead

14 Don't Carry it All

15 Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me

16 Because You Stood Still

17 Fearless

18 Shots & Ladders



Disc 4: DVD

- Documentaries: Closer Than That (includes live videos for Will the Night, Weight of Water, Don't Understand, Immune, Home, Dinosaur Act, Words, Shame, Over The Ocean, Canada, Looking Out For Hope), In the Fishtank, and Making of Trust

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A bit more info...

Todd Pokorny | Kent, OH USA | 10/19/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Here's a slightly more detailed tracklisting in regard to the musical contents on this set-



Disc 1:

01 Lullaby (demo)

02 Cut (demo)

03 Heartbeat (Live at American University, Washington D.C.)1994

04 Peanut Butter Toast and American Bandstand (When I'm Hungry, I Eat: Songs About Food | GMZ001)1996

05 Tired (Low e.p. | shine 48 Australia) 1994

06 I Started a Joke (Jabberjaw...Pure Sweet Hell compilation)1996

07 The Plan (demo)

08 Prisoner (demo)

09 Prisoner (The Curtain Hits The Cast lp bonus track) 1996

10 Tomorrow One (The Curtain Hits The Cast lp bonus track) 1996

11 Turning Over (finally... e.p.| Yard U.K. 22) 1996

12 Bright (version 2) (outtake from The Curtain Hits The Cast sessions)

13 Walk You Out (outtake from The Curtain Hits The Cast sessions)

14 Tear Down (outtake from The Curtain Hits The Cast sessions)

15 Standby (outtake from The Curtain Hits The Cast sessions)

16 David & Jude (previously unreleased)

17 Cheek (Duplex Planet compilation)



Disc 2:

01 Venus (SP-392 7") 1997

02 Boyfriends & Girlfriends (SP-392 7") 1997

03 Surf (Australian compilation track)

04 No Need (version 1) (Dirty Three/Low TG183) 1997

05 Be There (version 1) (Over The Ocean U.K. B-side)

06 Lift (The Paper 7" split- Papercut 004) 1997

07 Joan of Arc (TUGS-001 7") 1997

08 Long Long Long (TUGS-001 7") 1997

09 Lion/Lamb (demo from Secret Name sessions)

10 Will the Night (demo from Secret Name sessions)

11 Last Breath (Secret Name lp bonus track) 1999

12 Joan of Arc (20 Below Mix) 1999

13 Old Man Song (Secret Name lp bonus track) 1999

14 Try Try Try (Secret Name Japanese cd)

15 Lord, Can You Hear Me (A Tribute to Spacemen 3"- rgirl2)1998

16 Venus (Time Stereo Dub mix) (Tigerstyle cd split) 2001

17 Those Girls (song for Nico) (Tigerstyle cd split) 2001



Disc 3:

01 I Remember (alternate take, B-side of Immune single)

02 Kindly Blessed (Secretly Canadian compilation)

03 Blue-Eyed Devil (TELEconned: We Want the Airwaves- TRG 89380-2) 1998

04 Sleep at the Bottom (Transient Waves 7" split- rgirl4) 1998

05 When You Walked (Shanti Project Collection- Badman Records)

06 Back Home Again (Take Me Home: A Tribute To John Denver BRCD995) 2000

07 Don't Drop the Baby (previously unreleased)

08 Surfer Girl (Live In Belgium)

09 Blowin' in the Wind (Duluth Does Dylan- Spinout Records) 2000

10 Open Arms

11 ... I Love

12 Carnival Queen (Naked In The Afternoon: A Tribute to Jandek- SUM 10) 2000

13 Overhead (Dinosaur Act B-side TUGS-024) 2000

14 Don't Carry it All (outtake from Things We Lost In The Fire sessions)

15 Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me(CKM003 7") 2001

16 Because You Stood Still (CKM003 7") 2001

17 Fearless (Canada e.p.- Rough Trade) 2002

18 Shots & Ladders 2 (Canada e.p.- Rough Trade) 2002

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A quality band

depthfunction | St. Louis, Missouri USA | 08/05/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's funny how Amazon's page for this box set only lists 10 tracks in the track listing. In fact, there are over 50 songs spread out over 3 CDs, and there is a double-sided DVD which features 3 documentary films and all of Low's music videos to date. If you want to see a more complete track listing, visit chairkickers.com.



You also get a nice booklet with liner notes for all of the songs and lots and lots of pictures..



I really enjoyed the music videos. Before I picked up this box set, I had only ever seen the videos for "Words" and "Shame," so getting to see the others was a treat. I thought the video for "Canada" was very clever - I thought that letting Alan and Mimi's daughter hold one of the red balloons from the "Shame" video was a nice touch.



The documentaries are great, especially "Closer Than That." I've always been of the opinion that Low is a great band, but after seeing these documentaries I am more certain of that opinion than ever. Even though Low tends to attract only modest-sized audiences when they tour, I'm impressed by the care and dedication that they put into their music.



Sometimes people will say that "Low isn't for everybody" but I think that's a shame because while Low may sound different from most other bands, they are really do make great music that deserves a much wider audience. Anyone who likes to hear music by musicians who really care about their music should listen to Low."