A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides & Rarities [BOX SET] [ENHANCED]

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Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 2004)
• Original Release Date: July 20, 2004
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Enhanced
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• Label: Chairkickers Music
• ASIN: B0002BO0EO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #131,878 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Box Set Filled With Low Rarities and Surprises , August 15, 2004

By	cameron-vale "cameron-vale" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This superb 4-Disc box set of rarities, live tracks and demos will prove to be a delight for all Low fans. This is definitely NOT an elaborate best-of sampler of the world's greatest slow-core/sad-core band as virtually none of the offerings on hand were culled from their previously released CDs. All of the tracks are relatively obscure and were either never before released or were available on strictly limited edition small label singles. Disc 4 is a DVD that includes a surplus of live music videos (as part of the "Closer Than That" film) as well as several documentaries.

This set has been out since July 20th but Amazon has still not updated the correct tracklisting. For the record, then, A LIFETIME OF TEMPORARY RELIEF: 10 YEARS OF B-SIDES AND RARITIES consists of the following:

Disc 1:
01 Lullaby (demo)
02 Cut (demo)
03 Heartbeat
04 Peanut Butter Toast and American Bandstand
05 Tired
06 I Started a Joke
07 The Plan (demo)
08 Prisoner (demo)
09 Prisoner
10 Tomorrow One
11 Turning Over
12 Bright
13 Walk You Out
14 Tear Down
15 Standby
16 David & Jude
17 Cheek

Disc 2:
01 Venus
02 Boyfriends & Girlfriends
03 Surf
04 No Need (Version 1)
05 Be There
06 Lift
07 Joan of Arc
08 Long Long Long
09 Lion/Lamb (demo)
10 Will the Night (demo)
11 Last Breath
12 Joan of Arc (20 Below Mix)
13 Old Man Song
14 Try Try Try
15 Lord, Can You Hear Me
16 Venus (Time Stereo Dub mix)
17 Those Girls (song for Nico)

Disc 3:
01 I Remember
02 Kindly Blessed
03 Blue-Eyed Devil
04 Sleep at the Bottom
05 When You Walked
06 Back Home Again
07 Don't Drop the Baby
08 Surfer Girl
09 Blowin' in the Wind
10 Open Arms
11 ... I Love
12 Carnival Queen
13 Overhead
14 Don't Carry it All
15 Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me
16 Because You Stood Still
17 Fearless
18 Shots & Ladders

Disc 4: DVD
- Documentaries: Closer Than That (includes live videos for Will the Night, Weight of Water, Don't Understand, Immune, Home, Dinosaur Act, Words, Shame, Over The Ocean, Canada, Looking Out For Hope), In the Fishtank, and Making of Trust

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A bit more info..., October 19, 2004

By	Todd Pokorny (Kent, OH USA) - See all my reviews

Here's a slightly more detailed tracklisting in regard to the musical contents on this set-

Disc 1:
01 Lullaby (demo)
02 Cut (demo)
03 Heartbeat (Live at American University, Washington D.C.)1994
04 Peanut Butter Toast and American Bandstand (When I'm Hungry, I Eat: Songs About Food | GMZ001)1996
05 Tired (Low e.p. | shine 48 Australia) 1994
06 I Started a Joke (Jabberjaw...Pure Sweet Hell compilation)1996
07 The Plan (demo)
08 Prisoner (demo)
09 Prisoner (The Curtain Hits The Cast lp bonus track) 1996
10 Tomorrow One (The Curtain Hits The Cast lp bonus track) 1996
11 Turning Over (finally... e.p.| Yard U.K. 22) 1996
12 Bright (version 2) (outtake from The Curtain Hits The Cast sessions)
13 Walk You Out (outtake from The Curtain Hits The Cast sessions)
14 Tear Down (outtake from The Curtain Hits The Cast sessions)
15 Standby (outtake from The Curtain Hits The Cast sessions)
16 David & Jude (previously unreleased)
17 Cheek (Duplex Planet compilation)

Disc 2:
01 Venus (SP-392 7") 1997
02 Boyfriends & Girlfriends (SP-392 7") 1997
03 Surf (Australian compilation track)
04 No Need (version 1) (Dirty Three/Low TG183) 1997
05 Be There (version 1) (Over The Ocean U.K. B-side)
06 Lift (The Paper 7" split- Papercut 004) 1997
07 Joan of Arc (TUGS-001 7") 1997
08 Long Long Long (TUGS-001 7") 1997
09 Lion/Lamb (demo from Secret Name sessions)
10 Will the Night (demo from Secret Name sessions)
11 Last Breath (Secret Name lp bonus track) 1999
12 Joan of Arc (20 Below Mix) 1999
13 Old Man Song (Secret Name lp bonus track) 1999
14 Try Try Try (Secret Name Japanese cd)
15 Lord, Can You Hear Me (A Tribute to Spacemen 3"- rgirl2)1998
16 Venus (Time Stereo Dub mix) (Tigerstyle cd split) 2001
17 Those Girls (song for Nico) (Tigerstyle cd split) 2001

Disc 3:
01 I Remember (alternate take, B-side of Immune single)
02 Kindly Blessed (Secretly Canadian compilation)
03 Blue-Eyed Devil (TELEconned: We Want the Airwaves- TRG 89380-2) 1998
04 Sleep at the Bottom (Transient Waves 7" split- rgirl4) 1998
05 When You Walked (Shanti Project Collection- Badman Records)
06 Back Home Again (Take Me Home: A Tribute To John Denver BRCD995) 2000
07 Don't Drop the Baby (previously unreleased)
08 Surfer Girl (Live In Belgium)
09 Blowin' in the Wind (Duluth Does Dylan- Spinout Records) 2000
10 Open Arms
11 ... I Love
12 Carnival Queen (Naked In The Afternoon: A Tribute to Jandek- SUM 10) 2000
13 Overhead (Dinosaur Act B-side TUGS-024) 2000
14 Don't Carry it All (outtake from Things We Lost In The Fire sessions)
15 Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me(CKM003 7") 2001
16 Because You Stood Still (CKM003 7") 2001
17 Fearless (Canada e.p.- Rough Trade) 2002
18 Shots & Ladders 2 (Canada e.p.- Rough Trade) 2002

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A quality band, August 5, 2004

By	depthfunction "depthfunction" (St. Louis, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews

It's funny how Amazon's page for this box set only lists 10 tracks in the track listing. In fact, there are over 50 songs spread out over 3 CDs, and there is a double-sided DVD which features 3 documentary films and all of Low's music videos to date. If you want to see a more complete track listing, visit chairkickers.com.

You also get a nice booklet with liner notes for all of the songs and lots and lots of pictures..

I really enjoyed the music videos. Before I picked up this box set, I had only ever seen the videos for "Words" and "Shame," so getting to see the others was a treat. I thought the video for "Canada" was very clever - I thought that letting Alan and Mimi's daughter hold one of the red balloons from the "Shame" video was a nice touch.

The documentaries are great, especially "Closer Than That." I've always been of the opinion that Low is a great band, but after seeing these documentaries I am more certain of that opinion than ever. Even though Low tends to attract only modest-sized audiences when they tour, I'm impressed by the care and dedication that they put into their music.

Sometimes people will say that "Low isn't for everybody" but I think that's a shame because while Low may sound different from most other bands, they are really do make great music that deserves a much wider audience. Anyone who likes to hear music by musicians who really care about their music should listen to Low.