Glenn Branca   The Ascension
4.2
excellent
Ranking: #27 for 1981

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4.5 superbEnotron | November 8th 09

I think it's time somebody offers Glenn Branca to do scores for horror movies. Not that this is all sort of freakish clatters of noise. There are certainly wonderful, actually well-organized and composed moments. The drums on this record are phenomenal, bringing the various guitars into direction and rhythm. The guitars on here work hand in hand, and bring this large orchestrated, dissonant yet melodic pieces. The onslaught of sound on this record is truly awestriking.

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4.5 superbKip | September 13th 25

Windmill owes a lot to this album, regardless or not they know it

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5.0 classicI mean you can?t be really that stupid, but here we are. If i was about to get phd in meta psycholog | July 22nd 24

I mean not only did this guy invent no wave but he changed the face of noise rock, post-punk, math rock forever. I think it wouldn't be too much a stretch to say he was an early influence for mathcore too.

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4.0 excellentIre | June 16th 13

COOL ALBUM

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3.0 goodNevermindAlex | February 16th 13

An exceptionally inaccessible album for any casual listener of music, and well, even the
music lover. It's an album driven by what it wants to be, erratic.

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