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: 774th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 434 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1999 (15th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (133rd)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (774th)

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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 92 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,315.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor album bestography « Higher ranked (245th)
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Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada
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Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 90 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 774th | 1990s rank: 133rd | 1999 rank: 15th
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2026pinkfreud1981Top 11 Music Albums of 19995/113
2026 Xxnu99etxXMy Top 116 EPs (of those allowed on the site) pt. 11/82 -
2026 Repo1999: Punk + Post-Rock1/3 -
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s71/1006
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Greatest Music Albums38/10063
2026 TheDarkOrbTop 51 Music Albums of 19998/514
2026leniadTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s61/1008
2026stareaterogni0nTop 75 Music Albums of the 1990s13/7517
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s92/1002
2026 DingerbellTop 10 Music Albums of 19993/104
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s20/10016
2026 RepoTop 58 Music Albums of 19993/585
2026 ERadioTop 60 Music Albums of 199915/604
2026 RockyRaccoonPost-Rock19/100 -
2026jackharrison21Top 100 Greatest Music Albums6/10091
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199920/1004
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 199926/503
2026LittleM1971Top 90 Music Albums of 199916/904
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s3/10020
2026Exist-en-cielTop 99 Music Albums of 19993/995
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 270
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 2,230
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84/100 (from 434 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 83.8/100, a mean average of 82.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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90/100
From 06/16/2022 11:30 | #286427 | TOP COMMENT
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.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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100/100
From 01/30/2022 09:27 | #280290
The greatest EP ever made.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 01/11/2020 21:38 | #246723
Breathtaking.
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100/100
From 10/15/2019 16:26 | #243775
100/100

I thinks this is their 2nd Best, amazing and atmospheric
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95/100
From 04/16/2018 19:49 | #213063 | TOP COMMENT
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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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!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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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90/100
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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