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* ToughActToFollow: It's widely considered to be the band's best album, and the albums they've released since often suffer from having to be compared to it.
** It should be noted that the band's later releases are still very well loved. It's just that, when you release an album that's commonly considered the defining release of an entire genre, it's difficult to replicate the feat again afterward.

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* ToughActToFollow: It's widely considered to be the band's best album, and the albums they've released since often suffer from having to be compared to it.
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it. It should be noted that the band's later releases are still very well loved. It's just that, when you release an album that's commonly considered the defining release of an entire genre, it's difficult to replicate the feat again afterward.
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* ToughActToFollow: It's widely considered to be the band's best album, and the albums they've released since often suffer from having to be compared to it.

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* ToughActToFollow: It's widely considered to be the band's best album, and the albums they've released since often suffer from having to be compared to it.it.
** It should be noted that the band's later releases are still very well loved. It's just that, when you release an album that's commonly considered the defining release of an entire genre, it's difficult to replicate the feat again afterward.
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* AwesomeMusic: Considered to be this in its entirety, but certain movements stand out:

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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Considered to be this in its entirety, but certain movements stand out:
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* CatharsisFactor: "Sleep", and in particular, "Broken Windows, Locks of Love Pt. 3". After all the tension and dread built up on the rest of the album, it's an incredible release of tension.
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*** ''All'' of "Sleep". "Monheim" is almost unbearably bleak at times, and "Broken Windows, Locks of Love Pt. III" is so unbelievably ethereal it can invoke all kinds of emotional reactions.
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** The second instrumental in "She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field".

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** The second instrumental in "She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field".Field".
* ToughActToFollow: It's widely considered to be the band's best album, and the albums they've released since often suffer from having to be compared to it.
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* NightmareFuel: "Static" in its entirety, particularly the apocalyptic crescendo of "World Police and Friendly Fire", which builds and builds in intensity before collapsing into a quiet, subtle DroneOfDread.
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* MagnumOpus: Generally considered this for the band, and sometimes for ''the entire genre of PostRock''.
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** ''All'' of "Sleep".


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* MagnumOpus: Generally considered this for the band, and sometimes for ''the entire genre of PostRock''.

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** "She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field" is often considered the apex, and it's not hard to see why.

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** The first minute of "She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field" is often considered the apex, and it's not hard to see why.



** "Chart #3", with a sample of a preacher accompanied by sombre instruments.

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** "Chart #3", with a sample of a preacher accompanied by sombre instruments.instruments.
** The second instrumental in "She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field".
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** "Lift Your Skinny Fists, Like Antennas to Heaven...". It feels like waking up to a beautiful day.

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** "Lift Your Yr. Skinny Fists, Like Antennas to Heaven...". It feels like waking up to a beautiful day.



* {{Fanon}}: Many believe that the album is about both life and death. Some of the movements (such the grand "Lift Your Skinny Fists, Like Antennas to Heaven...", the depressing "Murray Ostril: '...They Don't Sleep Anymore on the Beach...'" and the anxiety-inducing "[Antennas to Heaven...]") support this theory.

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* {{Fanon}}: Many believe that the album is about both life and death. Some of the movements (such the grand "Lift Your Yr. Skinny Fists, Like Antennas to Heaven...", the depressing "Murray Ostril: '...They Don't Sleep Anymore on the Beach...'" and the anxiety-inducing "[Antennas to Heaven...]") support this theory.
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* AwesomeMusic: Considered to be this in its entirety, but certain movements stand out:
** "Lift Your Skinny Fists, Like Antennas to Heaven...". It feels like waking up to a beautiful day.
** The latter half of "Gathering Storm".
** "She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field" is often considered the apex, and it's not hard to see why.
* {{Fanon}}: Many believe that the album is about both life and death. Some of the movements (such the grand "Lift Your Skinny Fists, Like Antennas to Heaven...", the depressing "Murray Ostril: '...They Don't Sleep Anymore on the Beach...'" and the anxiety-inducing "[Antennas to Heaven...]") support this theory.
* TearJerker:
** "Murray Ostril: '...They Don't Sleep Anymore on the Beach...'" evokes the sad aspects of nostalgia.
** "Chart #3", with a sample of a preacher accompanied by sombre instruments.

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