Glenn BrancaBest Glenn Branca Albums Ranked
8.5
Avg Score
7
Opinions
5
Albums
2
Reviewers
Summary from 7 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Glenn Branca's catalog across 5 albums from 7 opinions, with an overall average of 8.5/10. The top-rated Glenn Branca album is The Ascension (1981) with a 9.0/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Lesson No. 1 and Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus). The discography on Wavelength spans 1979 to 2019.
The Ascension
“I was teaching the Dwight highschoolers how to drunk-drive when I first heard *The Ascension*. "When the vision's getting blurry, when you can't handle yer liquor or yer speed," I said, "cover one eye and your head'll stop spinning. It takes that binocular dilemma right out of there so you can see straight. Visionary or not, it's easy to steer straight with only one eye working." Glenn Branca kno”
Lesson No. 1
“Originally issued in 1980, Glenn Branca's first symphony for guitars now sees reissue through the Acute label that re-released his essential 1981 masterwork, The Ascension, last year. Lesson No. 1 is Branca's first great work, and documents the birth of a career whose influence would spread to everyone from Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine to Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Mogwai and Black Dice.”
The Third Ascension
“The celebrated avant-garde composer’s final work is a shrine to ecstatic disorientation.”
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