- Record Label: Kranky / Constellation
- Release Date: Nov 4, 2002
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Universal acclaim- based on 54 Ratings
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Positive: 51 out of 54
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Mixed: 1 out of 54
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Negative: 2 out of 54
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JonLNov 15, 2006
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MitchMOct 2, 2006Great album. Their best hands down.
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HTamSep 14, 2006Among the greatest music ever recorded. Those into common music won't get it, but it's a post-rock masterpiece. Also it's all instrumental, which already filters out the mainstream listeners.
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BenDJun 12, 2006while i would have liked to hear the voice sample and explosions of noise from Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, i still find Yanqui U.X.O. to be a very exciting listen. Overall there is more actual music and less of the ambient noise passages from skinny fists. I would highly recommend motherfucker=redeemer. This track could just possibly be the future of the band.
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KeithHNov 26, 2005I have only just found this band via Aural Moon; stunning, ethereal, challenging. Loved Motherfucker=Redeemer.
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PaulBMar 1, 2005
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DBApr 11, 2004
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MardyNov 26, 2002With my skinny little fist I say, "God Speed You Black Emperor!". This is the best album ever made by a real black emperor. Check it out homies. Though I am white, I feel you all the way to my skinny little fist
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MaxHNov 13, 2002
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Awards & Rankings
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Stripped of some of Godspeed's hallmarks, including its creepy spoken-word samples and propensity for building to an overbearingly climactic full-on pummel, the disc's power lies more in its subdued shading and slow, methodical builds.
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A difficult and rewarding thrill.
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Lift Your Skinny Fists told a story, included more extremes in volume and emotion, and added vocal samples. Yanqui, thus, is more subtle, more restrained. Yet it's also more moody, more cerebral, more intense.