Ode to Io

{{Infobox album

| name = Ode to Io

| type = Album

| artist = Lowrider

| cover = LowriderOdetoio.jpg

| alt =

| released = 19 September 2000

| recorded = November 1999

| venue =

| studio = KM Studios, Karlskoga, Sweden

| genre = Stoner Rock

| length = 52:36

| label = Meteor City

| producer =

| prev_title = Nebula/Lowrider

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Refractions

| next_year = 2020

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Reissue cover

| type = studio

| cover = LowriderOdetoioDeluxeEdition.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = 2020 re-release, Ode to Io Deluxe Edition (Remastered) Blues Funeral version

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| noprose = yes

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.0|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r499292|tab=review|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia|accessdate=January 27, 2012}}

}}

Ode to Io is the first full-length album from the Swedish Rock band Lowrider, released on Meteor City.[http://www.discogs.com/Lowrider-Ode-To-Io/release/1044512 "Lowrider - Ode to Io"]. discogs.com. Retrieved on February 3, 2014.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140221064246/http://www.mtv.com/artists/lowrider/discography/263051/ "Lowrider - Ode to Io"]. mtv.com. Retrieved on February 3, 2014.{{Deep link needed|date=January 2019}}

Early reviews noted a similarity to musical elements used by influential rock bands such as Kyuss and Fu Manchu.{{cite web | url =https://www.allmusic.com/album/ode-to-io-mw0000101263

| title =Ode to Io album review | website =AllMusic | access-date =3 June 2023}}

It developed an increased following after the band went on hiatus in 2003. Lowrider reformed to play Desertfest in 2013 and based upon the positive response of the albums performance led to further concert appearances and a subsequent resuming of writing and recording new music.{{cite web | url =https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/interviews/g-q/lowrider-an-interview-with-peder-bergstrand/| title =Lowrider – An Interview With Peder Bergstrand | date =19 May 2020 | website =thesleepingshaman | access-date =3 June 2023}}

Allmusic reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia noted it's "unusually focused songwriting" utilizing "crushing riffs, spacey interludes" and an "understanding for heavy/light dynamics." In contrast, the songs "Riding Shotgun", "Caravan" and "Saguaro" were groove based pieces more akin to the style of the down-tuned guitar riff driven bands like Fu Manchu.{{cite web | url =https://www.allmusic.com/album/ode-to-io-mw0000101263

| title =Ode to Io album review | website =AllMusic | access-date =3 June 2023}}

Peder Bergstrand (bass & vocals), in a 2021 interview shared more details on the previously unknown, continual and increasing interest in the album. When resuming live performance in 2013 at DesertFest Berlin and London the band realized that, "Ode to Io had sort of its own life and grown and become a classic, without us doing gigs." He later stated that they did not "do anything to promote it for 13 years" and at the 2013 DesertFest Berlin performance in particular, "there were like 2,000 people there, and people knew the songs".{{cite web | url =https://morefuzz.net/fuzzy-interviews/lowrider/

| title =2021 Lowrider interview with Mr. Momo of morefuzz.net | date =24 March 2021 | website =Morefuzz.net | access-date =3 June 2023}}

In 2020 a remastered and expanded version was released that included additional tracks from the Ode to lo recording era.{{cite web | url =https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/ode-to-io-deluxe-edition--mr0005245543

| title =Ode to Io Deluxe Edition (Remastered)| date =3 June 2023 | website =AllMusic | access-date =3 June 2023}}