- avant-garde, electronic, no wave, noise
- 42 min
- 5 tracks
- 99 Records
The Ascension is the debut studio album by the American composer Glenn Branca, released in November 1981 by 99 Records. The album experiments with resonances generated by alternate tunings for multiple electric guitars. It sold over 10,000 copies and received acclaim from music critics.
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Grave, spare, prestige and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- A1Lesson No. 24:59
- A2The Spectacular Commodity12:41
- A3Structure3:00
- B1Light Field (In Consonance)8:17
- B2The Ascension13:10
5 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Glenn Branca
- Label
- 99 Records
- Released
- 1981
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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