The Great Destroyer

This article is about the album. For the machinima character, see List of characters in Red vs. Blue#The Great Destroyer. For the Nine Inch Nails song, see Year Zero.

The Great Destroyer is a 2005 album by the slowcore band Low. It was their first recording on Sub Pop Records.^[1] "California", a song about Sparhawk's mother, was the first single, backed with a demo of "Cue the Strings".^[4] A remix EP of "Monkey", entitled "Tonight the Monkeys Die", soon followed.^[5] Music videos were created for both.^[4][5]

The title of the album (as well as the song "Silver Rider") is taken from the story within the album art.^[6]

In March 2009, the album had scored an 82 out of 100 (or "universal acclaim") on Metacritic.^[7]

Track listing

1. "Monkey" – 4:19
2. "California" – 3:23
3. "Everybody's Song" – 3:55
4. "Silver Rider" – 5:03
5. "Just Stand Back" – 3:04
6. "On the Edge Of" – 3:49
7. "Cue the Strings" – 3:30
8. "Step" – 3:18
9. "When I Go Deaf" – 4:41
10. "Broadway (So Many People)" – 7:14
11. "Pissing" – 5:08
12. "Death of a Salesman" – 2:28
13. "Walk into the Sea" – 2:56

Charts

References