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Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs
October 21, 2002
Score
97
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞
August 14, 1997
Score
95
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Windy & Carl - Antarctica: The Bliss Out, Vol. 2
February 1, 1997
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95
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William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
Score
94
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
October 16, 2012
Score
93
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Windy & Carl - Depths
March 23, 1998
Score
93
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Swans - To Be Kind
May 13, 2014
Score
92
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Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis - Deep Listening
January 1, 1989
Score
92
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Gas - Pop
March 28, 2000
Score
90
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This Heat - This Heat
September 1, 1979
Score
90
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Tony Conrad & Faust - Outside the Dream Syndicate
Score
90
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Swans - The Seer
August 28, 2012
Score
90
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Sunn O))) - Black One
October 18, 2005
Score
89
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Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
November 8, 2011
Score
88
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Gas - Narkopop
April 21, 2017
Score
88
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This Heat - Health and Efficiency
January 1, 1980
Score
88
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David Lynch & Alan R. Splet - Eraserhead
January 1, 1982
Score
88
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Stars of the Lid - Per Aspera Ad Astra
November 18, 1998
Score
88
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The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
April 15, 2013
Score
87
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Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
July 1, 1975
Score
87
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William Basinski - 92982
January 1, 2009
Score
87
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Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
February 14, 2011
Score
86
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Fripp & Eno - Evening Star
December 0, 1975
Score
86
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Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
April 7, 2007
Score
86
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Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
October 29, 2001
Score
86
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