Low Life (Peter Brötzmann and Bill Laswell album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Low Life

| type = album

| artist = Peter Brötzmann/Bill Laswell

| cover = Peter Brotzmann and Bill Laswell - Low Life.jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1987|5|12}}

| recorded = January 3–6, 1987 at B.C. Studios, Brooklyn, NY

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Free jazz

| length = 40:35

| label = Celluloid

| producer =

| chronology = Peter Brötzmann

| prev_title = Go-No-Go

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Réservé

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Bill Laswell

| type = album

| prev_title = Baselines

| prev_year = 1983

| title = Low Life

| year = 1987

| next_title = Hear No Evil

| next_year = 1988

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Olewnick |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000193180|pure_url=yes}}|title=Low Life |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=October 19, 2014}}

}}

Low Life is a collaborative album by Peter Brötzmann and Bill Laswell. It was released on May 12, 1987 by Celluloid Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.celluloidrecords.net/releases/CELL5016.php |title=Peter Brötzmann & Bill Laswell - Low Life |publisher=Celluloid Records |date=2014 |access-date=October 19, 2014}}

Track listing

{{Tracklist

| all_music = Peter Brötzmann and Bill Laswell, except "Locomotive" by Thelonious Monk

| title1 = Death Rattle

| length1 = 4:25

| title2 = Low Life

| length2 = 3:30

| title3 = Disengage

| length3 = 3:00

| title4 = Locomotive

| length4 = 3:41

| title5 = Barrier

| length5 = 4:06

| title6 = Wheeling Vultures

| length6 = 3:50

| title7 = Curved Dog

| length7 = 1:33

| title8 = Abasement

| length8 = 1:38

| title9 = Land One

| length9 = 8:09

| title10 = Tingle Hairs

| length10 = 4:11

| title11 = The Last Detective

| length11 = 2:32

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Low Life liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Low Life |others=Peter Brötzmann and Bill Laswell |year=1987 |type=booklet |publisher=Celluloid Records |location=Paris, France}}

;Musicians

;Technical personnel

Release history

class="wikitable"

! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

United States

| 1987

| Celluloid

| CD, LP

| CELL 5016

United States

| 1993

| Celluloid

| CD

| CELD 5016

Germany

| 1998

| Charly

| CD

| CDGR 209

References

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