Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Studio album by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Released	October 9, 2000
Recorded	February 2000 at Chemical Sound Studios in Toronto, Ontario
Genre	Post-rock, drone, ambient
Length	87:21
Label	Constellation, CST012, Kranky, KRANK043
Producer	Daryl Smith
Godspeed You! Black Emperor chronology
F# A# ∞ (1997)	Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)	Yanqui U.X.O. (2002)

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (also known as Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven and Levez Vos Skinny Fists Comme Antennas to Heaven) is the second studio album by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It was recorded at Chemical Sound Studios in Toronto, Ontario and released by Kranky and Constellation Records in 2000.

In 2001, Q magazine placed the album on the list of "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time".

Structure

The album's structure and intention are more like a symphony than traditional music of popular or rock music. The four tracks on the album consist of many themes, with their own titles and smoothly passing one into the other. The music contained on the record is instrumental, with the exception of a few samples and vocals.

The vinyl edition of the CD contains a diagram on the cover by Efrim Menuck, illustrating each piece and its components as a rectangle, the length of which is determined by the duration of the work; in addition, some rectangles float to form curves. Titles and durations are added to this chart.

The CD insert contains CDs by William Schaff, an artist from Rhode Island. The vinyl edition also contains these graphics on the cover. On the reverse side of the cover there are photos taken by team members.

Track listing

There are four tracks on the CD, each of which contains several segments. Their titles can be found on the cover of the album; the duration was given according to the official discography of GY! BE, because the lengths given in the insert are imprecise.

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Storm" "I. Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven..." "II. Gathering Storm/Il Pleut à Mourir [+Clatters Like Worry]" "III. 'Welcome to Arco AM/PM...' [ L.A.X.; 5/14/00] "IV. Cancer Towers on Holy Road Hi-Way"	22:32 6:15 11:10 1:15 3:52
2.	"Static" "I. Terrible Canyons of Static" "II. Atomic Clock" "III. Chart #3" "IV. World Police and Friendly Fire" "V. [...+The Buildings They Are Sleeping Now]"	22:35 3:34 1:09 2:39 9:48 5:25
Total length:		45:07

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sleep" "I. Murray Ostril: '...They Don't Sleep Anymore on the Beach...'" "II. Monheim" "III. Broken Windows, Locks of Love Pt. III."	23:17 1:10 12:14 9:53
2.	"Antennas to Heaven..." "I. Moya Sings 'Baby-O'..." "II. Edgyswingsetacid" "III. [Glockenspiel Duet Recorded on a Campsite In Rhinebeck, N.Y.]" "IV. 'Attention...Mon Ami...Fa-Lala-Lala-La-La...' [55-St. Laurent]" "V. She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field" "VI. Deathkamp Drone" "VII. [Antennas to Heaven...]"	18:57 1:00 0:58 0:47 1:18 9:43 3:09 2:02
Total length:		42:14

Notes

• "Broken Windows, Locks of Love Pt. III" was originally titled "3rd Part."
• "She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field" first had the title "John Hughes."
• "Monheim" and "Chart # 3" were presented on January 19, 1999 in a broadcast by John Peel as the first two segments of the song "Hung Over as Queen in Maida Vale." The party closing the song was entitled "Steve Reich" in honor of a minimalist composer.