Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  • Record Label: Kranky
  • Release Date: Sep 12, 2000
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 214 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 192 out of 214
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 214
  3. Negative: 20 out of 214

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  1. JamesR.
    Nov 7, 2001
    10
    listen
  2. ArmandT
    Nov 5, 2006
    10
    Perhaps the greatest album of all time. There is no other band like Godspeed and there never will be.
  3. BenjaminBunny
    Jun 8, 2004
    10
    The defining instrumental rock LP that no one will ever top. Listen and be blown away.
  4. ReubenIsAGod
    Jul 29, 2015
    10
    As i sit in my room, i stare blanking at the piece of paper, it reads, "who am I", i continue to stair blankly, the walls feel as if they are closing in, its as if im drowning, i cant breath, i whimper for help...no one hears.... Im dying, oh god this is it, im dying, my mind twists and turns, i see, and feel myself slowly fading in and out. The room is on fire, ohhh god the children i seeAs i sit in my room, i stare blanking at the piece of paper, it reads, "who am I", i continue to stair blankly, the walls feel as if they are closing in, its as if im drowning, i cant breath, i whimper for help...no one hears.... Im dying, oh god this is it, im dying, my mind twists and turns, i see, and feel myself slowly fading in and out. The room is on fire, ohhh god the children i see them suffer, i hear there screams of agony, is this a delusion, is this just the harsh reality if which i live in, i feel so hollow, my body, ever so limp, i need to get out, have to escape, but, i can't, im trapped within this reality, there is no hope, no pleasure, all there is is nothing, absolutely nothing.

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  5. Pandoras-Folly
    Oct 15, 2012
    10
    Absolutely mind blowing. GY!BE is able to craft some of the most intense, beautiful, and melancholy tracks ever recorded. A must own for anyone with an open mind and a penchant for plain good music.
  6. chickenbowl
    Mar 19, 2015
    10
    Perfect album. Captures emotion so well. Feel everything from tension to uplift. From tragedy to excitement. This album has lasted 15 years easily and is a modern masterpiece.
  7. LukeC
    Aug 16, 2009
    10
    This album is unlike any other. It is utterly timeless, an instant masterpiece and clearly will always be a masterpiece. Having this album feels like an honour.
  8. ii
    Jan 11, 2008
    5
    I fell asleep while listening
  9. naveedSultan
    Jul 9, 2007
    3
    I can't figure out why everyone thinks this album is mind blowing, I honestly beleive it's waaaaaay behind Sigur Ros and Explosions in the Sky. I don't think i'll be able to grow into it.
  10. friedchicken
    Oct 14, 2007
    10
    How can something be beautiful/hopeful yet be apocalyptic staffan? anyways, great album. best post rock album ever.
  11. DavidC
    Jul 6, 2007
    10
    Just the most astonishingly beautiful album ever released.
  12. SteveC.
    Oct 14, 2001
    10
    In a thousand years, music will sound like this. in a million years, the world will sound like this.
  13. DanG.
    Sep 19, 2002
    9
    This album makes me want to cry... pure beauty and horror over 80 minutes.
  14. wo
    May 9, 2004
    10
    10 it!!
  15. AViewAM
    Nov 2, 2006
    10
    I'd been listening to this album in awe for two straight years. Then I saw it on vinyl in a little record store in Victoria. Needless to say, I snapped it up. Best. Album. Ever.
  16. Staffan
    Sep 6, 2007
    10
    The most beautiful, apocalyptic and hopeful record ever made. The record really helps when the world just feels cold. This is gonna be my favourite album forever and ever.
  17. PauvoB.
    Aug 14, 2001
    10
    One of the best albums ever made! This is what music is all about.
  18. robertom
    Oct 24, 2003
    10
    this is the most increadible album ever made by these guys!!!
  19. damon
    Jun 20, 2004
    10
    perfect! nothing else to say.
  20. IsraelB
    Oct 16, 2005
    10
    Breathtaking beautiful.
  21. chadn
    Dec 16, 2005
    10
    i have been listening to this CD for two years and it never gets old.
  22. DaniiC
    Apr 19, 2005
    10
    It's ridiculous, indescribably beautiful, and something that must be checked out by the individual. reccommended by a friend with excellent taste ^__~
  23. JonL
    Nov 4, 2006
    10
    Oh man, albums like this are what make wading through hours of modern indie rock mediocrity worth the plunge. Full of eerie dissonance, deeply moving sections of pure, organic, rollicking emotion, and a bottomless melancholy both hopeful and apocalyptic, nostalgic and foreboding. Insanely, insanely beautiful and human. Possibly the album of the decade.
  24. BB
    Aug 12, 2006
    10
    I've never felt so moved by instrumental music. It continually surprises me and makes my body churn with inspiration each time I listen.
  25. Kanada
    Sep 7, 2006
    10
    One of those albums that, if people had any taste, would be lauded for years with all sorts of musical, personal, and even spiritual accolades. "Transcendent" is not too strong a word to describe it.
  26. ChrisR
    Oct 6, 2007
    7
    Holy crap! It's Sigur Ros on heroin! (Or should I say more heroin???) Way to go you crazy French Canucks!
  27. FrankC
    Jan 31, 2008
    8
    I had this composition for at least three now and evertime I listen to it a new layer of it is discovered. I usually stop dead in my tracks when it kicks in. Great music and blows away guest when they least expect it
  28. nicom.
    Dec 14, 2001
    9
    i am very critic about music but this is soooooooooooo good en full of brilliant stuff: this is music in his strict form and a standard for other POST-ROCK bands after MOGWAI WE HAVE A TRUE WINNER.
  29. ChrissyF.
    Aug 17, 2002
    10
    This is post rock at its best. I cannot find a single flaw .. it is almost too good to be heavenly.
  30. ZapMan
    Nov 16, 2005
    10
    The GREATEST record of all time. Sleep is the simply the best "song" in the universe. I just can't live without this truly exceptional work of art.
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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Village Voice
    80
    Godspeed's records will either blow your head off or leave you shrugging, depending on where your personal quest for freedom is taking you.
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  2. Neumu.net
    60
    Unwinds slowly, slipping between ghosted noise-and-field-recording passages and the sustained explosions of big, bombastic caterwaul that have become Godspeed's signature sound.
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  3. Almost Cool
    90
    Not only has the group taken their sound and refined it even more, but even the ambient soundscapes and parts between the actual songs are more well constructed.
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