'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! is ranked 4th 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 97 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,931.
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'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Post-Rock | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Blow Up Critics Playlist 2012 | 6/50 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | 2010-2014 | 53/60 | - |
| 2026 | radio-head | Top 79 Music Albums of the 2010s | 22/79 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 35 Music Albums of 2012 | 30/35 | 1 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2012 | 15/46 | - |
| 2026 | VanillaBean | Top 46 Music Albums of 2012 | 15/46 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 89/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 342 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,712 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 15:08 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 13:39 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/26/2026 15:43 |  Milhaud | 2,156 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.6/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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BestEverAlbums 07/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5387): By awesomness425 BestEverAlbums 07/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5368): By pago82
Rhyner 09/22/2025 18:32 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! comments
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I was tempted to bend the record sleeve in order to squeeze it into a dust jacket but I eventually got it in there towards the end of side A1, thereby succeeding in not bending but ascending to the enviable spiritually enlightened state of having this record in a dust jacket. Of course I was then almost forced to proclaim, "HALLE-FUCKING-LU-YAH." My life is therefore basically complete and I can die happy as the only person who truly understands this album's title while simultaneously also attaining the probable title of "Only Person Ever to Actually Get This Album In A Dust Jacket." For real, the only records I can think of that were more of a pain to protect than this were Titus Andronicus's quadruple LP "The Most Lamentable Tragedy," and Nick Cave's "Skeleton Tree." Even 2pac's quadruple lp, "All Eyez on Me" was easier from what I recall. I do refuse to so much as open "Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper" though, so this will likely, eventually "ONLY" be my 4th hardest LP to squeeze into a dust jacket out of about 900 records. And it's not even a double. Wrap your head around that bullshit.
That's essentially all you need to know about this album and I hope/know it was a very helpful comment. Okay, I'm sorry. Please forgive me and tell me if you know of any brand of dust jackets bigger than the Vinyl Styl brand. (Edited)
Side two is one of the best things to come out this year.
Something else indeed. Wonderful.
Just as good as LYSF and F#A#.., this one is not to be dismissed. Mladic might be my favorite Godspeed track
JulianR 09/29/2017 04:17 | #198872
Mladic was amazing, the rest was OK
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