Winning Losers

Lou Barlow | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 19, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Smells Like Records
• ASIN: B0000030KD
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,687 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #86 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > Alternative Folk

Track Listings

1. Stronger

2. Chokechain

3. Only Losers

4. Breakdown Day

5. Rise Below Slowly

6. Dragdown Memory

7. Not Nice To Be Nice

8. Mellow, Cool, And Painfully Aware

9. Crackers And Coffee

10. High School

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Less is More, June 7, 2008

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theDeathVegetable (waltham, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winning Losers (Audio CD)

Lou Barlow's music- although minimalistic and simple, cannot be easily defined, referenced nor categorized. This CD is yet more proof of that statement; how amazing i find his 2 guitars, a couple drums & Lou's trademark unpretentious lyrics combine into type of garage/folk/rock experience which fits no genre.
The apex of this release is the track "ChokeChain". My first exposure to Lou Barlow was this very track, which is on the soundtrack to the very under-rated psycho-horror movie "Session 9" (an absolute perfect match to the song). Using his lyrical ability to invite the listener to a barren yet frighteningly real view of life's pains & trials, this cd surely leaves the listener somewhat exhilerated and certainly wiser. A Must-get disc!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of my favorites, February 17, 2003

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arian (eugene, oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winning Losers (Audio CD)

an ex-boyfriend of mine purchased this album in 1994 and i fell in love with it immediately. something about lou's voice gets me everytime. the simplicity of the music and the cleverness of the lyrics are what make this album one of the best. this is a MUST HAVE for anyone who enjoys the lou songs over the jason songs on the sebadoh albums.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sebadoh's Songwriting Strongman, September 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Winning Losers (Audio CD)

After purchasing a few Sebadoh CDs it was obvious that the songs penned by Lou Barlow were the gems of the collections. Winning Losers offers some insight into how the man sketches the songs that eventually make it onto proper Sebadoh CDs; however, these maintain a raw power that I can listen to repeatedly, unlike most Sebadoh CDs (the exception being Bakesale - their masterpiece). It remains one of my favorites and I highly recommend it.