'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor bestography
'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 91 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,813.
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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 3 days ago | Luccaag | 45 | 85/100 | |
| 02/12/2026 03:19 | thepardunk | 2,572 | 69/100 | |
| 01/27/2026 21:56 |  nextorgd | 1,169 | 84/100 | |
| 01/22/2026 05:17 | adbrack1988 | 1,066 | 83/100 | |
| 01/09/2026 04:03 | Praibonito | 38 | 87/100 |
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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 79.5/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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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
FlorianJones 09/13/2015 03:50 | #149626
I don't expect these guys to ever surpass what they did on LYSFLATH, that would just be an unreasonable expectation. But I do think this is their second best.
Mophos 01/06/2014 13:01 | #100001
That's what you call talent. They wouldn't be able to make a bad record even if they tried.
Graeme2 11/24/2013 17:38 | #94352
Love this. Different I think from their other stuff. Great comeback. Wish I could see them live! Love the way mladic builds from the spacemen3 jam then the bass kicks in and then that riff! Amazing production.
RockyRaccoon 07/10/2013 01:32 | #80819
This entire album is instrumental and it’s post-rock at its absolute best. It’s tough to explain this album, it has almost immeasurable depth and breadth, like listening to a beautifully crafted symphony. If you’re familiar with the band Explosions In The Sky, then you’re familiar with this type of music. It is absolutely beautiful, the kind of music that you turn on loudly, lay down and meld into, losing yourself in the music. It’s amazing and I highly recommend it. It’s probably their best album since “Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven". There aren’t really highlights that I can list either, as this is an album that needs to be listened to all the way through, though I will say the first track, “Mladic", is absolutely amazing.
Freddie55 02/28/2013 21:31 | #66478
Best release in 2012.
Why isnt this atleast in the top 20? please anyone, tell me how this is worse than the jack white album..
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