Ode To 10

Lowrider | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Meteor City
• ASIN: B00004XT0S
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,492 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In My Top 5..., May 25, 2004

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Rocksanne (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ode To 10 (Audio CD)

Coming from a longtime stoner rocker, especially the psych end, they are in my top 5 with Kyuss, 7zuma7, 35007 and Colour Haze. Lowrider is Sweden's finest. I love this band and play them on my internet radio station.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Viking Stoners, October 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Ode To 10 (Audio CD)

If you like Unida you will dig these guys. They rock as hard and have a great sound. Awesome guitar tone and unlike the other reviewer I think the vocals are pretty darn good and fit the music. I give them five stars because although this isn't the most innovative work they make a tremendous effort here and definetly satisfy my hunger for riffage and grooves. The production is also excellent. Rock On..........

5.0 out of 5 stars Swedish Stoner Rock That Re-Lives The Golden Days, June 3, 2006

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Tom Chase (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ode To 10 (Audio CD)

Lowrider's split EP with Nebula showed their ability to create fuzzy and melodic desert rock tracks. It was a big nod, perhaps even a massive head jerk to the legendary Kyuss. _Ode to Io_ sees the band experimenting with structures and melody more; they create a fine piece of stoner/desert rock as a result.

I have read a review criticising the vocals on this album, but personally I enjoy them. They have a relaxed, dreamy quality to them, highlighted by the slow burning "Riding Shotgun" and the very trippy, desert recalling "Texas Pt I & II". Also the melancholic, almost ballad-esque "Anchor" seems a direct nod to QOTSA and particularly Homme's eerie and ethereal background vocals.

Examples of the bands keen ear for melody and song structuring is highlighted in my personal favourite "Dust Settlin'" which has a strong groove and a mighty chorus. The title track closes the album in instrumental style with the band demonstrating why this is not your average throw-away stoner album. It builds and broods, much like the epic Kyuss tracks did, full of fuzzy riffs and jamming; finally reaching a riff onslaught.

This is a great album and one that builds as it progresses. These Swedes don't worry about hiding their Kyuss and Sabbath influences, they relive the golden says and give it a hint if their own style. A good advancement from the four track EP.

Fans of Kyuss, Sleep, Unida, Hermano, Sabbath, Orange Goblin etc will enjoy.