Yanqui U.X.O.
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor bestography
Yanqui U.X.O. is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by Godspeed You! Black Emperor on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Godspeed You! Black Emperor is Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven which is ranked number 91 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,808.
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Yanqui U.X.O. track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Yanqui U.X.O. ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/13/2026 08:54 | zrommeke | 16 | 86/100 | |
| 01/27/2026 21:52 |  nextorgd | 1,169 | 84/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 18:01 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 | |
| 11/28/2025 06:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,702 | 70/100 | |
| 11/09/2025 20:28 | LittleM1971 | 5,900 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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ForegroundNoise 02/20/2026 14:39 | #313228
What comes after the end of the world? Lift Yr Skinny Fists... expounded on the pervasive despair of F#A# by reframing the advent of the apocalypse as all the more reason to dare to hope, it's title a literal call for radical optimism. Expectations for their third record were high, but instead of pulling the narrative thread towards something that built on its predecessors, Yanqui... removes the human aspect entirely: no supermarket tannoy talk, no roadside interviews. The post-human vision of the apocalypse it offers foregoes any stylisation in favour of something that feels bleakly inevitable, the grainy still on album cover telling us all we need to know about what kind of future this album predicts for us.
Controversial at first due to its lack of sampling and Steve Albini's production style, but Yanqui is an unmitigated masterpiece nonetheless. Few pieces of music in the history of modern music have matched the emotional thrill and epic scale of the closing Redeemer suite, truly one of the greatest passages ever put to CD or wax.
Just re-listening to this album. First time in about 12 years...fuck it's good!! Rockets Fall! I left the planet for some time, forgive me for letting this collect dust!!!!
JulianR 10/03/2017 05:25 | #199035
a lot better than Lift Your Fists I think
Motherfucker=Redeemer! One of the best dynamic build ups and subsequent rock outs of all rock music. I got to see them play this at a show in a church in amsterdam a few years back and it was one of my favorite concert experiences ever.
NoeSSS 05/08/2016 21:59 | #165458
People won't belive me if I say that this is superior to F sharp A sharp infinity or Lift yr Skinny Fists.
But as every is entitled to like whatever he wants, I like this more than these albums, but I don't trust anyone who rates this less than 3 stars
The most underrated Godspeed album, it's refreshing not to hear any vocal samples, you just get the straight up hugeness of post-rock. This band never failed so far, one of the most impressive discographies in history!
cartoken 02/06/2012 13:56 | #36540
You wanna just play it again and again ! I'm officially addicted to GY!BE.
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