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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Live at Crocodile Cafe on 1999-09-20
100

I haven't cried to an album like I did to this in a long time. These are songs for the living in a dead time, the hopeful amidst the apathetic, the human amongst the alienated.

This is perhaps the rawest performance I've ever heard, and the most unique I've had the pleasure of listening to from GY!BE. Everything on the first third of this record is played with delectable subtlety and a glacial pace that really forces you to slow down and appreciate the depth that each note adds ... read more

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Live At Can-Zine Fest
100

One of the most unique, beautiful, powerful recordings of Godspeed ever. The new recording of this show has completely changed my perspective on it. There is nothing quite like this in Godspeed's history.

All of the songs on here feel complete, unlike in 1998 where they try and change things, leading to an apparent lack of confidence in their playing. On this show, everybody plays perfectly, and their confidence could not be higher. This is The Piece in its final form.

The quality of ... read more

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Live at CAT on 2002-01-25
100

To call this show perfect, to even pen a description of it in a medium so futile as the written word, feels disrespectful. Every show or album I've heard other than this is, no matter how transcendent, explainable to some degree. You can discuss the composition, the quality, the performances, the audience, and other such understandable things, but this show can only be understood in two ways; through vulgar reason, explaining that this music simply stimulates our brain such that it ... read more

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Live at Floyd, Athens, on 2024-10-18
100

To call this recording perfect would be an understatement. Everything here is exceptional nearly to the point of being indescribable.

The audio quality is, I believe, this show's most outstanding aspect. As somebody who saw Godspeed live in 2024, this recording sounds exactly as if I were in the room listening to the show. It is truly impeccable. Even if you include studio albums, this is one of the best recordings I have ever heard, which is made all the more impressive by the fact that ... read more

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Live at Middle East on 1999-09-09
98

This show is incredibly consistent, but I feel it lacks the pure greatness of many other Godspeed bootlegs. I feel like I should give this an 100 because I can't point out any flaws with this recording, but it also doesn't have any insane high I can point to as the defining moment of the show.

Overall, great performances, tracklist, and recording, but this lacking something I can't properly describe. Regardless, absolutely worth a listen if you like this era of Godspeed ... read more

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Live at The Metro on 2011-03-26
99

While this show has some very high highs such as the Monheim crescendo, Tazer Floyd's first crescendo, all of Albanian, and all of BBF3, the few mistakes present, such as the missed note on Monheim and the part of Hope Drone where the band hadn't synced up causing them to sound super disjointed are too notable for this to be a 100/100 show.

Fav Track: Blaise Bailey Finnegan III > String Loop Outro

Least Fav Track: Hope Drone

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I love all different types of music, but there will forever be a special place in my heart for noisy epic Post-Rock like GY!BE and Swans.
Profile skews very positive because I don't rate albums I don't finish.
I'm trying to do more reviews, but my writing still sucks, so I mostly just have ratings.
Currently attempting to listen to every Godspeed You! Black Emperor bootleg ever recorded.

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Every GY!BE album/live show I've listened to ranked. This is by no means definitive, and it mostly serves as a tool to track my GY!BE listening progress while getting some writing practice ...
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