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| 1. The Dead Flag Blues - Godspeed You Black Emperor! |
| 2. East Hastings - Godspeed You Black Emperor! |
| 3. Providence - Godspeed You Black Emperor! |
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It's hard to imagine this disc coming out of Montreal or, really, any urban habitat. The post-rock instrumentals on f#a#(infinity symbol), distantly related to the sounds made by the Australian band Dirty Three, serve as walking music for a loner hoping to hitch a ride in the middle of the Arizona desert and dealing with the inevitability of another night in coyote territory. Godspeed's swelling array of guitars, bagpipes, cellos, violins, trumpets, and drums is riveted together with an understated hope that is emotionally clutching, often devastating. This core of heavy Midwestern stoicism, saturated with waves of strings, hardcore interludes, and ripples of Morricone guitar, leaves listeners with the understanding that there is no escape from the badlands that surround and permeate us. --Michael Woodring
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Debut full-lengther from 1998 by the meditative Montreal chamber-rockers! Inexplicably beautiful instrumentals ...
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I literally just bought this out of curiosity because I'd heard the odd good thing about it here and there. As soon as Dead Flag Blues kicked in I was blown away. It begins by setting the scene with a stark monologue, before the violins glide in.
Inside about the first 2 minutes you know you're in for something special. I would say this is a concept album, it seems to be anyway, on the theme of modern living in an industrial society. It conveys so many emotions over the hour, but overall it is uplifting and hopeful.
It's a very hard album to describe because it's basically an hour of ambient/chillout music with some voice samples and sound effects to carry the "story" along.
I think someone said, think Pink Floyd without the vocals, regarding this album; and they'd be right. One of the best progressive albums I've heard in some time. I'm pretty eager to get some more stuff by this band now.
Peace,
Dom x
Inside about the first 2 minutes you know you're in for something special. I would say this is a concept album, it seems to be anyway, on the theme of modern living in an industrial society. It conveys so many emotions over the hour, but overall it is uplifting and hopeful.
It's a very hard album to describe because it's basically an hour of ambient/chillout music with some voice samples and sound effects to carry the "story" along.
I think someone said, think Pink Floyd without the vocals, regarding this album; and they'd be right. One of the best progressive albums I've heard in some time. I'm pretty eager to get some more stuff by this band now.
Peace,
Dom x
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By 77
Format:Vinyl
I don't actually have a record player, yet even that can't stop me from loving this album. The famed train-crushed penny is present in all its mangled glory, as are numerous gorgeous photos and other images, not to mention the hand-written thank you note from one of the guys at Constellation (cheers Sean). This is why the MP3 age sucks; such delights will never be offered to those seeking an easy fix, and this is why you should support you independent labels, even one with such a huge cult following as these Canadian dudes. Call it materialistic if you will but, for me at least, these are just some of the benefits of being a fan of musicians and labels who care more about art than money. My eternal respect and admiration.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A. M. Ross
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A truly awsome album.
Grim, dark, angry and tragic.
Crank it up loud, then go louder, make your speakers burst and your neighbours go mad.
Amazing mix of blank verse poetry with orchestral and rock backing. What prog rock might have been if they had not taken too much acid and been into faeries and pixies.
The reviewer who said it was boring obviously was not playing it loud enough, it does not work as background music it is made to be focussed on.
There is ferocious guitar, massive drums, sound effects. A great party killer.
Grim, dark, angry and tragic.
Crank it up loud, then go louder, make your speakers burst and your neighbours go mad.
Amazing mix of blank verse poetry with orchestral and rock backing. What prog rock might have been if they had not taken too much acid and been into faeries and pixies.
The reviewer who said it was boring obviously was not playing it loud enough, it does not work as background music it is made to be focussed on.
There is ferocious guitar, massive drums, sound effects. A great party killer.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Unusual and yet definitely unmissable
I genuinely can't say straight off the top of my head what makes this album good, it just is. godspeed you Black Emperor! Read more
Published 6 months ago by Random Name 10101
5.0 out of 5 stars
In another dimension.
I was recently given as a gift Mumford & sons latest cd but after having recently bought F#A#0o I just couldn't get into The Mumford CD at all. Read more
Published 6 months ago by G. Benjamin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent pressing of an excellent album
The album itself needs no reviews -- it is excellent ambient post-rock and certainly worth a purchase. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Brandon Nuttall
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
I first saw the GYBE @Estragon Bologna some months ago and immediately fell in love with the group.
It was amazing, three hours of non stop playing, not even a word said by... Read more
It was amazing, three hours of non stop playing, not even a word said by... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Idan Peled
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Slow Burning Masterpiece
the first thing i remember about listening to this album for the first time, was the poignancy of the monologue in the opening half of "The Dead Flag Blues" - a woe begotten lament... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2009 by J. Stewart
4.0 out of 5 stars
Post-apocalypse soundtracks
You scarcely notice that the album has started: there's just a growing drone, then a male voice begins to speak: "The car's on fire - and there's no driver at the wheel. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2008 by Earthshaker
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sounds nice in places....
There is just too much silence here for my liking. I'm a fan of the actual music that Godspeed create but theres just not enough here to keep my attention. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2007 by P. Stevenson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow.
The only word I can ever think of after listening to this album. This album is certainly GY!BE's most debated-about album. Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2007 by MrMetalFlower
4.0 out of 5 stars
The End of Music
I will cut to the chase here - `F#A#ooXxx' is a fractured, flawed, apocalyptic album of outstanding reach and vision. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2007 by D. Newton
4.0 out of 5 stars
I open my wallet, and its full of blood.
Ok, heres the deal. It only gets 4 stars because 5 stars is perfection, and I believe theres only one or two albums out there that are perfect. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2006 by JW83
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