Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Year: 1999
Release date: 1999-03-08
Overall rank: 790th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 431 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1999 (17th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (138th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (790th)

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor bestography

Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada is ranked 3rd 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 12,778.

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Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada rankings

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Overall rank: 790th | 1990s rank: 138th | 1999 rank: 17th

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84/100 (from 431 votes)
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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 83.7/100, a mean average of 82.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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90/100
From 06/16/2022 11:30 | #286427
This is classic Godspeed but in a much more accessible form with it being considerably shorter than their other projects. Due to this the record has absolutely no filler on it, as there is only 2 tracks, and both songs are packed full of outstanding quality. The way they build their songs is mesmerising to be able to experience as they take you on this peaceful journey at the start which slowly starts to become more intense until it reaches breaking point and then it feels like you have stumbled across an apocalypse. You can vividly picture exactly what they are trying to convey to you as well with just the use of their instruments which is such an impressive feat to accomplish. They trap you in this wall of noise that feels like it is constantly closing in and it crumbles just as it is about to reach you and then they start it all over again. Instrumentally, it is a musical marvel and you can only sit back in awe at the genius that is being displayed to u. From the violins to the percussion to the guitars, it is just something extraordinary that completely has a life of its own and it feels so grand. Overall, this is one of the most unique groups to ever create music and this record, amongst a few others, sets them apart from their competition in the genre and from their competition with most artists in general.
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From 01/30/2022 09:27 | #280290
The greatest EP ever made.
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From 01/11/2020 21:38 | #246723
Breathtaking.
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From 10/15/2019 16:26 | #243775
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I thinks this is their 2nd Best, amazing and atmospheric
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95/100
From 04/16/2018 19:49 | #213063
Like many not so popular albums, this suffers from the average rating vs overall rating syndrome. Tracks are rated 92 and 89, overall rating is 84?
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Rating:  
90/100
From 10/24/2017 21:39 | #200032
Easily the best project they ever did, 28 minutes of pure greatness without a single dull moment.

This should be ranked way higher.
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75/100
From 09/29/2017 04:44 | #198873
intense music!
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From 07/26/2017 21:25 | #194955
The greatest thing they ever did. If I included EPs on my charts this would have been way up high.
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95/100
From 07/11/2017 16:28 | #194072
This album is 30 minutes of pure, raw emotion. There is not a single moment in it that does not fully grab my attention
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From 07/14/2015 14:46 | #145730
Some of the band's best material brought down only a little due to the sampling choice.
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