Tracklist

A1	Lesson No.2	4:59
A2	The Spectacular Commodity	12:41
A3	Structure	3:00
B1	Lightfield (In Consonance)	8:17
B2	The Ascension	13:10

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Europadisk
• Published By – Nine Nine Music
• Recorded At – Power Station
• Mixed At – Power Station
• Mastered At – Masterdisk

Credits

• Bass – Jeffrey Glenn
• Composed By – Glenn Branca (tracks: A2 to B2)
• Composed By [1st Section] – Branca* (tracks: A1), Glenn* (tracks: A1), Wischerth* (tracks: A1)
• Cover [Cover Drawing, Assistant] – D. Shea*
• Cover [Cover Drawing] – Robert Longo
• Drums – Stephan Wischerth
• Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – James Farber
• Guitar – David Rosenbloom, Glenn Branca, Lee Ranaldo, Ned Sublette
• Mastered By [Master Engineer] – Howie Weinberg
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Kevin Noble
• Producer – Ed Bahlman

Notes

Track A2: '(For Eiko And Koma)'.

Alternate Silver Label Version with black letters.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): 99-001-LP-A (EDP (circled)) MASTERDISK HW
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): 99-001-LP-B (EDP (circled)) MASTERDISK HW
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
99-001LP	Glenn Branca	The Ascension ‎(LP, Album)	99 Records	99-001LP	US	1981
ACT 002	Glenn Branca	The Ascension ‎(CD, Album, Enh, RE, RM)	Acute Records	ACT 002	US	2003
SV056	Glenn Branca	The Ascension ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Superior Viaduct	SV056	US	2014
ACT002, act002	Glenn Branca	The Ascension ‎(CD, Album, Enh, RE, RM)	Acute Records, Acute Records	ACT002, act002	US	2003
rdc 5021, 129805021 2, RDC 5021 2	Glenn Branca	The Ascension ‎(CD, Album, RE)	New Tone Records, New Tone Records, New Tone Records	rdc 5021, 129805021 2, RDC 5021 2	Italy	1994