Things We Lost in the Fire (album)

Things We Lost in the Fire was engineered by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.{{cite web | url=http://www.subpop.com/releases/low/full_lengths/things_we_lost_in_the_fire | title=Things We Lost in the Fire | work=Sub Pop Records website | accessdate=23 November 2013 | archive-date=December 2, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224708/http://www.subpop.com/releases/low/full_lengths/things_we_lost_in_the_fire | url-status=dead }}

Some overseas editions of the album contain the additional tracks "Overhead" and "Don't Carry It All", which were B-sides of the "Dinosaur Act" single, and were also published later on the 2004 box set of rarities, A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides and Rarities.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} These two tracks were also included on the vinyl LP release of the album. This is a three-sided album, with the fourth side containing the song lyrics etched into the vinyl.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} In the UK the album was released by Tugboat Records (catalogue number TUGLP 027).

{{Music ratings

| MC = 87/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/things-we-lost-in-the-fire/low |title=Reviews for Things We Lost in the Fire by Low |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=March 11, 2013}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/things-we-lost-in-the-fire-mw0000624971 |title=Things We Lost in the Fire – Low |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=March 11, 2013 |last=Phares |first=Heather}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2Score = 4/5{{cite journal |title=Low: Things We Lost in the Fire |issue=153 |journal=Alternative Press |date=April 2001 |page=78}}

| rev3 = Chicago Sun-Times

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4587096.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820115730/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4587096.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 20, 2017 |title=Low, 'Things We Lost in the Fire' (Kranky) |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=February 25, 2001 |accessdate=March 11, 2013 |last=DeRogatis |first=Jim |author-link=Jim DeRogatis |url-access=subscription }}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = A−{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2001/02/16/album-review-things-we-lost-fire |title=Things We Lost in the Fire |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 16, 2001 |accessdate=March 17, 2016 |last=Tucker |first=Ken |author-link=Ken Tucker}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |title=Low: Things We Lost in the Fire (Tugboat) |work=The Guardian |date=February 2, 2001 |last=Cameron |first=Keith}}

| rev6 = The List

| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/2001-02-15/54/ |title=Low: Things We Lost in the Fire (Tugboat) |journal=The List |issue=407 |date=February 15, 2001 |accessdate=June 25, 2017 |last=Johnstone |first=Doug |page=52}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7Score = 9/10{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/low/3945 |title=Low : Things We Lost In The Fire |journal=NME |date=February 3, 2001 |accessdate=March 11, 2013 |last=Long |first=April |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093605/http://www.nme.com/reviews/low/3945 |archivedate=March 4, 2016}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8Score = 8.7/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4892-things-we-lost-in-the-fire/ |title=Low: Things We Lost in the Fire |work=Pitchfork |date=January 21, 2001 |accessdate=March 11, 2013 |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9Score = 8/10{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70ZSDx2TYhcC&pg=PA158 |title=Low: Things We Lost in the Fire |journal=Spin |volume=17 |issue=4 |date=April 2001 |accessdate=March 17, 2016 |last=Salamon |first=Jeff |pages=158–61}}

| rev10 = Tiny Mix Tapes

| rev10Score = 4.5/5{{cite web |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/low-things-we-lost-fire |title=Low – Things We Lost in the Fire |work=Tiny Mix Tapes |accessdate=March 11, 2013}}

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Things We Lost in the Fire garnered a score of 87 out of 100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". Online music magazine Pitchfork placed Things We Lost in the Fire at number 117 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s and number 14 on its list of the 30 best dream pop albums.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/?page=5 |title=The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s |work=Pitchfork |date=September 28, 2009 |accessdate=October 1, 2009 |page=5}}{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-30-best-dream-pop-albums/?page=2 |title=The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums |work=Pitchfork |date=April 16, 2018 |accessdate=April 24, 2018 |page=2}} Things We Lost in the Fire was listed on NME{{'}}s "Darkest Albums Ever: 50 of the Best" at number 36.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/list/darkest-albums-ever-50-of-the-best/203156/page/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818021051/https://www.nme.com/list/darkest-albums-ever-50-of-the-best-1351 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 18, 2018 |title=Darkest albums ever: 50 of the best |website=NME |date=January 19, 2011 |accessdate=July 30, 2019}} The album was ranked 93rd on The Guardian's 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list, based on a 2019 poll of music writers.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |title=The 100 best albums of the 21st century |work=The Guardian |date=13 September 2019 |accessdate=18 September 2019 }}

In 2006, the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

The title of the album was referenced by the Argentinian writer Mariana Enriquez, in her second short story collection Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego. Mariana has declared to be a fan of the Minnesota group.{{cite web | url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201605/147577-las-cosas-que-perdimos-en-el-fuego-mariana-enriquez.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517121527/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201605/147577-las-cosas-que-perdimos-en-el-fuego-mariana-enriquez.html | archive-date=May 17, 2016 | title=Mariana Enriquez: "Me interesa sacar el terror de los lugares comunes" }}

{{Track listing

|extra_column = Lead vocals

|title1 = Sunflower

|extra1 = Alan Sparhawk

|length1 = 4:39

|title2 = Whitetail

|extra2 = Sparhawk

|length2 = 5:03

|title3 = Dinosaur Act

|extra3 = Sparhawk

|length3 = 4:13

|title4 = Medicine Magazines

|extra4 = Sparhawk, Mimi J. Parker

|length4 = 4:33

|title5 = Laser Beam

|extra5 = Parker

|length5 = 2:54

|title6 = July

|extra6 = Sparhawk (first part), Parker (second part)

|length6 = 5:35

|title7 = Embrace

|extra7 = Parker

|length7 = 5:37

|title8 = Whore

|extra8 = Sparhawk

|length8 = 4:23

|title9 = Kind of Girl

|extra9 = Sparhawk, Parker

|length9 = 3:30

|title10 = Like a Forest

|extra10 = Sparhawk, Parker

|length10 = 2:27

|title11 = Closer

|extra11 = Sparhawk

|length11 = 5:06

|title12 = Untitled

|extra12 = instrumental

|length12 = 0:46

|title13 = In Metal

|extra13 = Parker

|length13 = 4:19

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