F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity]
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor bestography
F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] is ranked 2nd 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 11,896.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 90 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stareaterogni0n | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 17/100 | 84 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 56 Music Albums of 1997 | 2/56 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ForegroundNoise | Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Worst to Best | 1/9 | - |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 401-500 Greatest Albums Of All Time | 49/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 4/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 37 Music Albums of 1997 | 2/37 | 5 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 58/100 | 40 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 654 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6,346 | |||
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F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 18:34 | araidernomore | 494 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2026 20:08 | Untitled | 1,811 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2026 14:32 |  Tamthebam | 23,301 | 69/100 |
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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 84.4/100, a mean average of 82.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 04/25/2026 20:00 in Album of the day (#7097): F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Rhyner 11/24/2024 19:12 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 11/01/2024 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movementsF♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] comments
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koner1 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/07/2015 21:26 | #136341 | TOP COMMENT
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Fun fact: The story behind the album title is that the first side starts in the key of F#, and the second side stars in the key of A#, with the infinite loop at the end... F♯A♯∞!
(Edited)
ehm, the track listing makes it hard to rate the songs. As in 2112 by Rush, Close to the Edge by Yes etc. there are titled segments within the songs. The listed songs here are titled segments, not actual songs in themselves. Personally I don't know when one segment ends and another one begins. I'd much prefer this tracklist:
1. Nervous, Sad, Poor...
2. Bleak, Ucertain, Beautiful...
Or:
1. The Dead Flag Blues
2. East Hastings
3. Providence
Depending on whether to use the LP- or cd track list (Edited)
Space-Dementia 12/03/2015 02:17 | #153828 | TOP COMMENT
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I really don't see the big deal. Lift Your Skinny Fists was a masterpiece, but this just really doesn't do much for me. I listened to the longer CD version, so here are my track ratings:
Dead Flag Blues 85
East Hastings 75
Providence 75
I guess I understand why people love this album, but to me it seems like some cool instrumental melodies and then just a bunch of random noises. And people are gonna be telling me that they're not random and they really mean something to the album, but I guess I just don't see it.
Patman360 03/20/2013 13:31 | #69129 | TOP COMMENT
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Never clicked with me first time listening, but I just gave it a second chance... WOW! Might just have to bump this into my top 100!
One of my first Vinyl purchases. The vinyl came with extra goodies and features a looping end track, which I have never found on any other Vinyl record.
This album reminds me of the novel The Road, an end of the world. Though bleak, the message it sends is short, and the instrumentals can be hypnotic after a few listens.
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