{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Low Estate | type = Album | artist = 16 Horsepower | cover = 16hplowestate.JPG | alt = | released = 1997 | recorded = Dockside Studios, Lafayette, Louisiana | venue = | studio = | genre = {{Flatlist| * Country rock<ref name=AM/> * neo-gothic<ref name=AM/> }} | length = 50:09 | label = A&M | producer = John Parish | prev_title = Sackcloth 'n' Ashes | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Secret South | next_year = 2000 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=AM>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r331838|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of Low Estate |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2022-04-09 }}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Phantom Tollbooth'' | rev2Score = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tollbooth.org/reviews/16hp.html |title=Review of Low Estate |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=The Phantom Tollbooth |access-date=2022-04-09}}</ref> | rev3 = NME | rev3Score = {{Rating|7|10}} }}
'''''Low Estate''''' is the second full-length album by 16 Horsepower. Produced by John Parish and released in 1997, only a year after ''Sackcloth 'n' Ashes'', it drew heavily upon compositions pre-dating the band's first album. Original bassist Pascal Humbert rejoined the band prior to the recording. It is their only studio album to feature Jeffrey-Paul Norlander (of The Denver Gentlemen, pre-16 Horsepower band formed in 1988 by him and David Eugene Edwards).
== Track listing ==
=== US version === {{track listing | all_music = 16 Horsepower, except where noted | all_lyrics = David Eugene Edwards, except where noted |title1=Brimstone Rock |length1=4:29 |title2=My Narrow Mind |length2=2:59 |title3=Low Estate |length3=4:10 |title4=For Heaven's Sake |length4=4:54 |title5=Sac of Religion |length5=3:28 |lyrics5=David Eugene Edwards, Jeffrey-Paul Norlander |title6=The Denver Grab |length6=5:03 |lyrics6=Edwards, Norlander |title7=Ditch Digger |length7=3:22 |title8=Pure Clob Road |length8=3:43 |title9=Phyllis Ruth |length9=4:36 |title10=Black Lung |length10=2:26 |title11=Dead Run |length11=3:20 |title12=Golden Rope |length12=4:15 |title13=Hang My Teeth on Your Door |length13=2:36 |lyrics13=Norlander }}
=== European version === The 1997 European release replaced "Ditch Digger" with a re-recording of "Coal Black Horses", originally featured on the ''16 Horsepower EP''.
{{track listing |title1=Brimstone Rock |length1=4:29 |title2=My Narrow Mind |length2=2:59 |title3=Low Estate |length3=4:10 |title4=For Heaven's Sake |length4=4:54 |title5=Sac of Religion |length5=3:28 |lyrics5=Edwards, Norlander |title6=The Denver Grab |length6=5:03 |lyrics6=Edwards, Norlander |title7=Coal Black Horses |length7=3:54 |title8=Pure Clob Road |length8=3:43 |title9=Phyllis Ruth |length9=4:36 |title10=Black Lung |length10=2:26 |title11=Dead Run |length11=3:20 |title12=Golden Rope |length12=4:15 |title13=Hang My Teeth on Your Door |length13=2:36 |lyrics13=Norlander }}
=== 1998 European reissue === The 1998 European version omits "Dead Run" but adds "Ditch Digger" and two additional cover songs, both recorded in collaboration with French singer Bertrand Cantat of Noir Désir: "Fire Spirit" (by The Gun Club) and "The Partisan" (by Anna Marly). {{track listing |title1=Brimstone Rock |length1=4:29 |title2=My Narrow Mind |length2=2:59 |title3=Low Estate |length3=4:10 |title4=For Heaven's Sake |length4=4:54 |title5=Sac of Religion |length5=3:28 |lyrics5=Edwards, Norlander |title6=The Denver Grab |length6=5:03 |lyrics6=Edwards, Norlander |title7=Coal Black Horses |length7=3:54 |title8=Pure Clob Road |length8=3:43 |title9=Phyllis Ruth |length9=4:36 |title10=Black Lung |length10=2:26 |title11=Fire Spirit |length11=2:57 |lyrics11=Jeffrey Lee Pierce |music11=Jeffrey Lee Pierce |title12=Golden Rope |length12=4:15 |title13=Hang My Teeth on Your Door |length13=2:36 |lyrics13=Norlander |title14=Ditch Digger |length14=3:21 |title15=The Partisan |length15=4:14 |lyrics15=Hy Zaret |music15=Anna Marly }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (1997) ! Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Netherlands|93|artist=SIXTEEN HORSEPOWER|album=LOW ESTATE|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2022}} |}
==Personnel== ;16 Horsepower * David Eugene Edwards – vocals, banjo, guitar, hurdy-gurdy, concertina * Jeffrey-Paul Norlander – backup vocals, fiddle, cello, organ <small>(credited as "Jeffrey-Paul")</small> * Jean-Yves Tola – drums, percussion, piano * Pascal Humbert – bass guitar, bass fiddle, guitar ;Additional musicians * John Parish – additional percussion, organ, guitar, xylophone * Steve Taylor – guitar on "Phyllis Ruth" * Bertrand Cantat – vocals, guitar and harmonica on "Fire Spirit" and "The Partisan" * Shane Hotle – piano on "The Partisan" ;Technical * John Parish – production, mixing on "Hang My Teeth on Your Door" * Jeff Powell – engineering * Phil Nicolo – mixing, engineering on "Fire Spirit" and "The Partisan" * Shane Hotle and 16 Horsepower - production and mixing on "Fire Spirit" and "The Partisan" * Bob Ludwig – mastering * Sunja Park – art direction, design * Ken Schles – photography
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Category:1997 albums Category:16 Horsepower albums Category:A&M Records albums Category:Albums produced by John Parish
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