Secret Name (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Secret Name

| type = Album

| artist = Low

| cover = Low Secret Name.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 30, 1999

| recorded = November 20–28, 1998

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|slowcore}}

| length = 52:09

| label = Kranky/Tugboat

| producer = Steve Albini{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/04/16/low-secret-name-kranky/199d556d-4bf0-4201-a0fa-0fb0ec0e63f7/|title=LOW|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=April 16, 1999|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}

| prev_title = The Curtain Hits the Cast

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Things We Lost in the Fire

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/secret-name-mw0000241567 |title=Secret Name – Low |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=July 5, 2013 |last=Sullivan |first=Denise}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=355}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com:80/reviews/reviews/19990307153604reviews.html |title=Low – Secret Name |journal=NME |date=April 7, 1999 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |last=Mulvey |first=John |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817195717/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990307153604reviews.html |archive-date=August 17, 2000 |url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4Score = 7.6/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19505/Low_Secret_Name |title=Low: Secret Name |work=Pitchfork |date=April 1, 1999 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302203512/http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19505/Low_Secret_Name |archive-date=March 2, 2008 |url-status=dead}}

|rev5 = PopMatters

|rev5score = 7/10{{Cite web|url=http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/l/low-starseeds.html|title=Low, Secret Name; The Starseeds, Parallel Life - PopMatters Music Review|date=October 28, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001028235045/http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/l/low-starseeds.html|archive-date=October 28, 2000}}

| rev6 = Q

| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Low: Secret Name |journal=Q |issue=154 |date=July 1999 |last=Maconie |first=Stuart |authorlink=Stuart Maconie |page=120}}

}}

Secret Name is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Low.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/low-mn0000250976/biography|title=Low | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=Secret+Name+low+1999+kranky&pg=PA615|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=November 5, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|via=Google Books}} It was released in 1999, their first album on the Kranky record label.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/a-riff-and-a-prayer/Content?oid=904563|title=A Riff and a Prayer|first=Anders|last=Smith-Lindall|website=Chicago Reader|date=February 8, 2001 }} The album was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.

Bass guitarist Zak Sally plays an Optigan on some tracks. The album title comes from the "Weight of Water" lyric: "Make a river through the sand, 'Til you're called by a secret name."