LowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology ('91–'93)
lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology ('91–'93) is a compilation album by Firehose released in 2012 to coincide with the band's reunion gigs of the same year.[2]
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| Released | April 3, 2012[1] | |||
| Recorded | January 21, 1991 - January 30, 1991[1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 2:11:43[1] | |||
| Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
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Bassist Mike Watt said it was the work of the record label and not the band itself.
Yeah, that’s the record company. It’s just the albums we put out with a couple of other tracks. I think there’s a no word version of “Down with the Bass,” a live version of “Powerful Hankerin’ and some song from a movie. There’s nothin’ really that new about it.[2]
The anthology collects Flyin' the Flannel, Mr. Machinery Operator, and Live Totem Pole along with a handful of extra live tracks and instrumental versions.[3] The anthology is the first time material from the long out-of-print Live Totem Pole has been made available.[4]
Track listing
Disk One[5]
- Down with the Bass
- Up Finnegan's Ladder
- Can't Believe
- Walking the Cow (Daniel Johnston cover)
- Flyin' the Flannel
- Epoxy, For Example
- O'er the Town of Pedro
- Too Long
- The First Cuss
- Anti-Misogyny Maneuver
- Toolin'
- Song for Dave Alvin
- Tien an Man Dream Again
- Lost Colors
- Towin' the Line
- Losers, Boozers and Heroes
- Max and Wells (re-done by Mike Watt with Mark Lanegan on Ball-Hog or Tugboat?[2])
- Down with the Bass (Instrumental)
- The Red and the Black (Blue Öyster Cult cover - Live)
- Sophisticated Bitch (Public Enemy) cover - Live)
- Revolution, Pt. 2 (Butthole Surfers cover - Live)
- Slack Motherfucker (Superchunk cover - Live)
- What Gets Heard (cover - Live)
- Mannequin (Wire cover - Live)
- Makin' the Freeway (Live)
Disk Two[5]
- Formal Introduction
- Blaze
- Herded Into Pools
- Witness
- Number Seven
- Powerful Hankerin'
- Rocket Sled / Fuel Tank
- Quicksand
- Disciples Of The 3-Way
- More Famous Quotes
- Sincerely
- Hell-Hole
- 4.29.92
- The Cliffs Thrown Down
- Blaze (Instrumental)
- Witness (Mersh Again Edit)
- 4.29.92 (Live)
- Powerful Hankerin' (Live)
- Tien An Man Dream Again (Live)
- Formal Introduction (Live)
Reception
PopMatters gave it seven out of ten stars and called it "a great rock 'n roll story."[6] Spectrum Culture gave it three and a half out of five stars saying "Though lowFLOWs doesn’t quite live up to the expectation of rewriting the history of a beloved if somewhat obscured underground band that went big, it does at least do justice to its source material, giving it a nice but unobtrusive touch-up."[7] Pitchfork gave it 7.9 out of 10 and called it "a pleasure to revisit a group that served so necessary a function for all involved, driven on by heart, their blue-collar work ethic, and stubborn perseverance."[8]
References
- "lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology ('91-'93)". AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- Cohan, Brad (May 2, 2012). "Q&A: Mike Watt On Snapping Pics In San Pedro For on and off bass, The fIREHOSE Reunion, And Playing Stooges Covers". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- Battan, Carrie (March 2, 2012). "The fIREHOSE Reunion Now Includes an Anthology". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- Kandell, Steve (April 16, 2012). "Hear 'Making the Freeway' Off fIREHOSE's New Anthology". Spin. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- "fIREHOSE – "lowFLOWs" The Columbia Anthology ('91 - '93)". Discogs. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- Fiander, Matthew (May 24, 2012). "fIREHOSE: lowFlOWs: The Columbia Anthology ('91-'93)". PopMatters. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- Hanover, Nick (April 4, 2012). "fIREHOSE: lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology ('91-'93)". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- Murphy, Matthew (April 4, 2012). "fIREHOSE - lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology ('91-'93)". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 13, 2019.